Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-07-02
UNION LABEL TOSTAY
Past Few Years Show Remarka-
BILE Advance in Ottumwa.
Has BETTERED CONDITION OF LABOR
The Union Man Betters Civilization
Label Safeguard for the Working
Classes-Labor Day Arrangements
Progressing Rapidly-Labor News.

1.-THE matter published in this col
umn is furnished by the officers of tie
Federation of Labor.
(From Fridays Daily.]
After many years of agitation for
! the union label, the labor organiza-
tions, have at last interested large
portion of the citizens of Ottumwa to
demand this symbol of unionism.
This has been brought about by a
campaign of education in the interest
of the working people, proving that
! the union label is an emblem that
guarantees to the worker, that the
condition of those whose product
bears the label, is much improved ov'
er that of their brother non-unionists.
| A comparison of the two will show
that the union laborers have a greater
earning capacity than the non-unlon-
lists, and that they are more self re-
liant, better able to provide and take
care of themselves and their families,
have better knowledge of the condi-
| ton existing in the industrial field,and
are better able to resist the encroach-
ments designed upon society that is
advanced by greed and avarice. Not
only that but they are better able to
advance civilization.
Notwithstanding all the arguments
brought forth against the union label,
it still stands, as the only safe guard
for the working classes, and the only
emblem that should prove to the pub
lie that living wages and decent treat
ment are extended to the toiler. From
a mere infant it has grown to a large
] sized boy and will il it receives the
patronage of the working classes
bring sunshine into every home.
lhe power of the union label is linn
. tied only by the extent to which it is
patronized. In the union label we
hold the key to emancipation. Let us
make use of it. Demand the union
label If labor and it's friends demand
; it, manufacturers will use it, If they
use it they must concede labor's
! rights. Ii the worlingmen do theil
= duty to themselves purchase only
: goods adorned with union emblems)
. labors emancipation will speedily FOL
low
: Protect your interest by protecting
. the interest of others. In asking fol
! the union label you are doing this
:. Every time you demand the label you
J are putting money in the pockets o
:, those who are organized on the same
principle that you are.
IL each individual member of eacl
trade union would only adhere a
closely to the cardinal principles o
trade unionism himself as he woul,
t, have all other individual members o
all other trades unions do, the capita
d and labor question would be perma
r nently settled within a fortnight.
a What Life Is For.
Life's purpose determines life
g worth. The use to which man put
{, his life depends on what he think
= his life is for. His standard of suc
cess, his choice of means, his though
of struggle, his attitude to circun
stances, his estimate of failure Wi
all be according to his real iudgmen
of lfe's chief end. That question i
Ut personal to every man, and when h
is at his best man knows that it
: supreme. He may think of life as III
is old time palmist thought of it: as
n vapor that appeareth for a little an
;e then vanisheth away: but he know
% that, whether vanishing or abiding,
a. has @ purpose, and that success an
lg failure are adjudged, not by life's c,
If ternals and accidents, but by its fide
to ity to it's original and supreme ide;
in To know what life is to take the frs
Sc step to lifes enduring success.
er What is life for? That question
e. not easy to answer so long as We stan
" in the thick of life's hustle and bes
of the burden of life's work. But evel
rs man who would keep himself stron
" masterful and true must, at times, S
st apart from life, unabsurbed in its d
II ties, .undisturbed by its noise, unve
ed by its fret 1t is then, when ii
eye is single and his heart free, tn;
he comes to himself and to the trut
by which he lives.
IN In that hour of thought and jud
ment, when conscience is quick and e
N perience bears witness, this life
re man is seen to be motived and mat
Id for one supreme end. That end
a. character. Life as men know it al
Mt live it is fitted for nothing else. N
n for making money not for enjoyil
,e pleasure not for winning fame-f
nv none of these supremacy was Ii
or made 1t has too much uncertainty,
at too changeful and too chanceful, eros
%. ed by too many accidents and su
m ject to too many thwartings, to nal
of money or pleasure or fame its chic
est end. Worldliness is out of pla
in world like this.
But if character is what life is fl
then this world, with it's risk a,
;e- chance and struggle, is the best
worlds. If mans life CONSISTENT n
in the abundance of the things viii
GO he possesseth, but in the manner
nj man he is, in being good and true a,
M tender and patient and loving a,
ed helpful and strong, then life is no m
gh take and it's mystery and crossin
os- and perils are all ''co-operant to
Sc end" If the molding OF personal CHI;
en- acter is what life is for, that purpc
he is not defeated, but rather promot,
of by Ire defeats of other ends and t
mt. fluN and fortune of lesser things.
Ior What a tragedy then is a life ri
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