Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-09-19
LABOR
Organized and Unoreanlzed

In our last we promised to speak on
the necessity of organizations:
The laborer and the farmer are the
only classes of men who have not the
advantage OF thorough organization.
Every state has bar association, in
which the lawyers meet and discuss
pans for the advancement of the pro-
fession, q schedule of fees is adopted:
riles &c admission to practice are for
mulated, and through the influence of
the association are adopted by the
courts.
A lawyer, in order to become mem
Der of the 'lsar Association" mus.
have learned the tr de, OF have prAc-
ticed for certain ,cng,h of time. and
have been admitted TO practice in
courts of record
Aud who will say that the Bar asso-
cations of the various states, aud tn.
National association, have not been y.
immense benefit to the profession:
uatil, while representing in the censu,
for Iowa only about ons per cent %,
the population, they represent in TN
Legislature about seventy five per cent
aud this too, while they are nelthe,
better morally, orhigher mentally thar
| ,thers.
| When person is taken sick, they
send for physician, and pay for his
services such sums as has been determ
lined by The Medical association, ane
while the fees for services may be, and
40 donbt are higher than they wou'f
be if no association existed, ye.
through the exchange of ideas, and tn.
opportunity of protiting by another
experience, as gained by membership
in the association, more efficient ser
vices are rendered than would Other.
wise be possible; and the same is true
As we'll in regard to dentistry.
In the line of journalism we hav.
the Association, State and National
and through thu influence gained b.
,rganization, proposed laws are foster
I'd until they have place on our stat
ute books, or opposed until the bill is
defeated and the attempted legislafio,
is buried beyond redemption. The Ed
ltorial ASSOCIATION places man OH the
pinnacle of fame, or buries him in OBJ
liyion. 1t moulds public opinion, ano
SITS public sympathy in the desired
direction
In the mertantile world there is nc
longer individual effort; every branci
of trade IS governed by organization
The importers, the wholesalers, the
Ijobbers, and the retailers each have
their organization in every line of mer.
chandise.
If man dies his coffin is bought of
representative of the furniture deal.
ers association; his burial robes CAME
through hands of member of the
clothier's association; his body is pre-.
pared by one who belongs to the asso
eli ated undertakers, and his funeral il
preached by member of the minister
iAl associations; the widow receives thu
life insurance from beneficiary socie
ty which belongs to the "Fraterna
Congress" an association composed OF
all the Legitimate beneficiary organi
cations of the country.
The chances are that her home is
under mortgage, and she clears it BY
paving the mohey to representative
of the Bankers association, and If sh'
sails to pay it, q member of the Sher
ifs association will serve notice O
foreclosure.
She prepares her children for schoo
by buying shoes made by the Sho'
Manufacturer association, from leath
or made by the tanners association
md passed by them to the leathe
iealers association.
She buys books made by some mem
Der of the association of school bool
manufacturers, and sends them t.
school to q member of tho Teacher
association, whose president is mem
Der of the County Superintendent as
ISOLATION.
Does she wish to make a visit o
,r take trip on business, she buy
her ticket Of railroad company who's
general manager belongs to Genera
Managers association, and whose gen
eral passenger agent, general freigh
agent, master mechanic and maste
+ car builder. each belong to their re
spective association
VI 1t is recognized as an established
2 fact, that in business, individual effor
is at q discount, and as Governor Sha,
said in his first inaugural address,
The chances for success for the ma
of SIN all means in business, are yer,
remote"
In other words, if man of sma
means, wishes to enter the bushes
field, he must associate himself wit
Others in like line of trade, or go {
the wall.
IT then, it is so necessary that ther
ba organic .tion in every professio
s1d every business, is it not equally q
n acessary that there be organizatio
among the laborers? those who "kee
the wheels rolling" and upon who's