The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-11


present stage have been reached. When
! the laboring nfen woFized sii DAY at the
beginning of the century that did not
have machinery to handl, and had inter-
[ vais .. rest. Tne i.9s.:it OF machinery
has n,ade weTk more is'borous and allow.
ed less rest to be tabcn.
DR.. Andrews said 4nat he did not adj
vocate eight hours simply from the eco
ncmic point of view, or because it gives
little more rest but for reasons of
aealth Most mep now work ten hours
a day syith machinery. The morse and
clamg tef the ma hinery is a ir1tsant to
the nervous sv tenn, and eeuqsed with
that rs the exftcise. of only oae set of
muscles, which of itself is tsd for the
health. This subjects tie men to such
Strain that they are not ut for any
thisg else afsl slowly undermined their
hes'lti, making them psensturely gray
and sending them TO al early grave
iii e RAILROADS. know tais atad their policy
lis to get nd of every ran over forty
Eve or tifts years OF ags.
The labsring man is entitled TO syms-
1pathy. Can IA man develop physically
and mentally and be q comfort to has
family tssid of, vafsae to society when ae
goes iron his work &c slis bed. and fne7n
his bed TO his work? The laboring snan
lis entitled 70 comforts as Wei as Tire
banker OF professional man. The pro
fessional m an does nat as a rnle put in
the hours that a lalssring mar does, RDd
even II his hours are Cater, he takes more
,restfa5 noon. Long hours of work also
beget inte importance.
The eight hour cay is the ~peatesrt
beHefHction that CTS. come TO tie labor
ING srnan of today 1t gives MIRA better
wages, more hours kat of the shen, gives
him anore time at come and helps to de ,
velap his manhood Dr. Andrews gredict-
ed that before tine close of she century
the .laboring man will be enjoying much !
better conditions tflan they are today /
The eight hour system gives eaSisfac- !
ton in Australia, and wherever the sys-5
tenn has been established it has msSe the
people better, wisw; and wealtsser
iBr Andrews clesed with a strong plea.
for tsetter treatment of servant sii1as, in
which case there would be less scarcity
of gals. AS he ,hse gone fronn house to
house in the city, yhis heart ached for
the WAY the servantsgirls are treated 1t |
is .tiae fault of the housewife that |
it is $50 hard to geI hired girls T@ey
shoulE;' be given more hours of rest, hoald
be I,gsie "a part OF ethe family, should
have the use of the bath room. warm
and clean linen, and less work
10 do sn Sundays. Treat them right
aad they will treat you right.
The Msterville Citizens band played
pleasing selection.
George NY. Meyer of Minneapolis, for
merry national president of the stone
cutters tItions, and now an attorney,
WAS the next speaker. He said that he
believed in labor organizations, and the
stone eiitteEs were the first eight hour
been said about DONG hours Leading to in
was absolutely true. In
Minneapolis. the tailoring meg used to
stop in drinking places when on their I
way home tired, aad would ges full"
Now all work eight hours day. and
hey go home and spend the time with /
heir families, instead of spending St in s
he saloons. Laboring men need organi- S
alton more than any other class. We IS
vent to help ourselves by organizing
dr, Meyer said that he was a stone cut ]
er for twenty years before he became a G
awyer. and it was a fact that lawyers Ia
% not work as long hours as laboring |
nen, and some do not work at ALL
'You must organize, educate and agi-
ate," declared Mr.. Meyer. "In Mime
polls, when the stone cutters organized,
hey were getting SIPS day for ten a
ours work. A year later they asked p
Of eight hours and $3.50 day, and in
ne following spring got 1t. Later they
OF 1920, still later $500 and finally 81
)r eight hours work. The same thing
ill apply to the different organizations J,
l Mankato. Don't forget that you must
iucate yourselves first and then agi- >,
ate. We want organization for our +
'yn protection. The laboring men should
clip one another, for the injury of one W
the concern of all. Patronize the IL
ores where union clerks are employed k
ID the goods having the union label. {
he ladies and house wives can help by e
Ding this. &C
Conditions can be changed by the =
allot, by putting the right man in office. y
Congressman McCleary, the laboring +
zen have staunch, true friend I be- !e
eve in government ownership. If Man II
alto owned and controlled the electric Is
nd gas lighting systems the laboring
len would not be paying tribute to
ockefeller and the Standard Oil COM :,
any by using kerosene. The city owns r
lie streets and alleys and is a corpora
on, and you are stockholders in it to Il
lie extent of your votes. Vote right tt
nd put people into office who will give 81
OH government ownership. If the mat a
er were properly agitated here, the la
ayor and council would take up the 81
uestion of government ownership and n
on would have good service.
organized laboring men, attend your -
lettings and pay your dues. Transact -;
our business at the meeting of the - =,
MONS and do not talk on the street cor u u
ers. The jealousies that exist within n
he ranks of organized labor do a lot of W "
arm. In the parlance of the newsboy, :,
ut it out" y
Congressman McCleary was present
nd consented to make few remarks. +,
e said that he had been on the commit w
.e on labor in congress for ten years, n,
the request of the labor leaders. w
hey always knew where he stood, and
ley insisted on his staying ON the COM q.
ittee, although he had desired to go on :
Their committees, where he could study ;,
ther subjects. He had thus had an OPP u
ortunity to see and study the condi- s.
ons surrounding labor. What had i'm II
ressed him most was the growing con- o.
,rvatism of the men who direct the G.
Dor unions. Your troubles are not over 81
hen you join the unions, he said, the d
rst solution of the labor problems that i !,