The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-07-13

. "ouUSE no" many W1LQl0 the near.
Ing of my voice know what daily la
Dor paper in any city in the state would
do for labor? ~...g - L. e.... - .
THE steel trust has its daily press in
every city in this nation, and they jeal-
ously guard it's interests. These papers
are supported by the trusts and labor
men also. If labor men were as true
to their class interest as capitalists are
they would support labor paper
The next speaker was Organizer KEEL
ley, OF West Superior, whose toast was
"Organtzed Labor of Superior" He told
OF the effective work done there during
the past year.. .-... -, -
''The Defensive Weapons Of Organ
lied Labor" was the toast offered to
Secretary Fred Brockhousen Of Mil
waukee. He spoke as follows:
Il am proud to say that we are a
part of the people upon whom depends
the very existence of the community.
Without the laboring class the other
classes would starve. The laboring class
provides for cloths, food, shelter, and
all imaginary luxuries. All the wealth
owned by the small majority is provid-
ed for by our class, and yet, we are
treated to starvation. We get the poor
est food, the poorest clothes, the poor
est houses to live in. Our women are
forced into misery and degradation
and our children are denied an educa-
tion. ,.-'
1.-THE nearest question at hand is, how
has these conditions come about? We
find that it is by reason of the system
Of exploitation Of labor, and the private
ownership Of national resources; for
example. If man is permitted to own
1000 acres of land, labor comes to him
for employment, which is received. In
return the laborer receive an existence,
but the product amounts to many times
the amount received. This surplus goes
into the Golfers Of the one individual.
the owner, who against sells the sur
plus product for profit. In this way
one individual gathers wealth upon
wealth, which In return is used to still
more exploit labor. With this surplus
wealth all the land, the. mines, the
wells, and all inventions are bought;
with this wealth legislation is controll-
ed; the judiciary influenced; and the
brute force armed to the teeth employ
ed to shoot commercialism under the
guise of christianity into the peaceful
foreigners, and very often American
workmen. need only here. remind
you of virden, Hazelton. Homestead,
the Idaho Bull Pens, st, Louis, Albany,
and many other places in which the
possessing class resorted to brute force.
Long ere this time men Of all callings
and creeds have come together to form.
trade unions for the purpose OF better
ing conditions.
1T becomes absolutely compulsory on
the part Of the working class to attend
to the change sof system, because Of
lli
ty are satisfied Aud emf Dying life BY the
skin labor system; hence, The workmen
organize trade unions, city centrals.
state centrals, and met in convention
to discuss the ways and means where
by better conditions can be brought
about. Especially, now, has the time
come when we should be true to our
class and aply all the manhood we
have at our command to meet condi-
tions and devise ovr tactics in accord
ance with the times, and the ever ad-
vancing oppression of the capftalistic
system. While we have weapons such
as the strike, unfair list, the labels, yet
we must bear in mind that these
weapons were inaugurated at time
when conditions were different.
''Twenty years ago we did not have
an oil trust, nor a meat trust, nor a
sugar trust, and where we could years
ago apply our weapons on the small
manufacturer and dealer. we today re-
cognize the fact that we could not ef-
fectively fight the trusts with the hoy
colt, strike or label, that, we hereafter
add one more weapon in our fight
against capitalism, and henceforth let
the weapons be the strike, the unfair
list, the label and the ballot"
Paul Hebner Of the executive board
of the Amalgamated woodworkers,
spoke on the international OFFICER"
He said in parts. "
MANY people imagine that all an in
ternational officer had to do was to
count per capita tax, smoke ten cent
cigar and drink wine, my experience
has been different. We are not only
abused by the employers bpt by the
unions as we'll. because we do not grant
every request they ask. The speaker
told many good stories by way of illus
tration with telling effect. His speech
was to be in German, but every one
was glad that he spoke in EnElish.
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