The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-06-13

There res five sunionsS at Crook ton.
that should affiliate with the <Feder-
orsanizer Of the the Federation e ioary to ,o Witt sit
There is splendid dd Held for @ erEaniza esnisa:
baeSa eG 5sFrsGfg %f f2Tth ed %ea17
that an or9anizer should be sent there
at once.
Necessity for State Federation.
Our work during the past few years
demonstrated the necessity of state
federation of labor in this state. Many
| unions owe their existence to the Fed
eration. and several cities would, have
in organization without the support OF
the Federation. This Federation has
| two distinct duties to perform It
must continue the work of organization
SO wei! begun until every city in the
must perfect plans, and carry on a
campaign whereby it shall become
much easier to secure the enactment
of laws for the relief of labor.
Much should be done at this. con.
vention preparatory to the work of
organization the coming year. 1t is
the all important matter before this
meeting, and il. should not be neglect
ed. AS I said before thousands of the
unorganized workers Of this state are
them the gospel Of trade unionism
It is our sacred duty to go to them.
created by the :usts. brings with It It
the demand fora organization among the
wage. earnerS rusts have, by in
creaslng the; c. Of living, and at the
mot tmd redsin eiGepl1E6 f6e waEs5 Stat9nary
Worklngmen to seek protection in or
from his pleasant slumbers of security.
they have taught him that unity Of
| Ifn1 fSo1 ~ 1t,
being.ay that it is essential to his
very existence as free man.
The supreme aim of organized society
is to make reason and Justice govern
to, some extent is still distrustful of the
| labor movement, owing to it's newness !;
but it's welfare will best be served by
Wlnnlng public favor: and the labor
It: This view, I am sure. is supported
Dy every true man in! the labor move
ment. but it is incumbent upon
tnHm mith to not only disayow any sympathy
WIN laWiessness: but to convince the
i approved by organized labor.
AS organized labor gains power and
strenFth. and GAINS in experience it
rendS to e. eopservntism hs,t It's occasional
ness: and the hard and stern condi-
tions confronting it can be relied up-
on TO keep it within bounds. The
| PIoUteulS WHICH CraQe unions raise are
but the problems, Of democracy. Where
people try to assert and govern them
selves there is trouble at first. The
simplest condition is des potism. pol
ltlcal or industrial. 1t just consists in
allowing someone else to: decide for
you what is best for yourself. :
l+'.Ihe~ trade union movement is an ap-
gresslVe as we'll as a progressive move
ment. So much is expected of it. thnt
there'is every reason to be cautious II,
every undertaking: There is-m ia
lose today than there. was a few yea rs
ago: The. attainments Of trade uniOn-
ism have been so great, and T may saw
rapid that one foolish blunder is cap.
4 able of having a very decrying, ef.
Izfect. then becomes our duty in
organizing new unions to be very par
ticular in our adVice*asSto the. methods
they should pursue. Let the newer
unions.profit BY the. + experience 81
those that have failed in the past. {,
/ :szs:S 81 likes =and Boycotts. M
The history Of sour NOV smenf bears
i but the stateme tl1at &" wherever
q Dor siss ELL org ganized here are ! tic
L l5least@number of strike 81
But strikes 8somet times becomes sIen.
Il #esslI and WheI, sI "a We Isay
81 R "A "A Thereg. ara
lSson1eS thlngsSsW worse han sstrlke iil1d
sNonsSof asnlssi depfessed M ni1l,od