Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-08-22


 the lady clerks, bookkeepers dress makers seamstresses, etc, organize If the men act selfshly and do not as siSt the working woman they may ex- pect to be supplanfed in every position which a woman can fill, Equal pay for equal work Is what we need, and 1t is only through the most thorough, sys- tenatic and intelligent, organization that this can be accomplished. If we have the women heartily enlisted in our cause it will not be long before the curse of child labor, which is genera ton after generation reducing us to race of weakly dwarfs, will be abol- ished and too much attention cannot be given to this branch.--Edito M J. Sullivan of the Official Record, AL bany, N. Y.
 Tomorrow occurs the much talked of claTnbake of the Bartenders' union. As usual it is to be held at Moore's grove and it will undoubtedly be the swell event of the season so far as clanJbakes go Everything that goes to make up first class bake will be there, and if 1t is not cooked and served in "a perfect manner the caterer may look for trouble. The amuse- ment side has not been neglected and among the features will be ping pong game between Morgan Burke and Thomas Flynn. singing by quar- @tet composed of Martin Clark. Neil Mulvflle, John Hackett and Henry Donovan, contortfonist act by 'Billy" Noonan, stump speech. Harry Weitz, cake walk, Thomas Neiligan and "Jack' Quirk. and a song and dance by William Flynn. Buses will be at the end of the street car line to con vey people to the grove.
 Arbitration is being roundly scored by many leading trade journals. All seem to agree on one point, and that is on the unfairness of the third member of the board, whose final say becomes law Take the recent case of the printers at Minneapolis where both President Lynch and commissioner Driscoll agreed upon local politician for umpire. His findings, to jndge from what we, read, have not proven satisfactory to either side. The arbi- tration board decided that the news paper printers should work eight hours and twenty minutes per day, for which they will receive S2O a week. The board fixed the standard of com potency at 4,O00 ems an hour. The operators are said to be carrying out the terms of the award 1iteralIy-set- ting 4,OOO ems an hour, no more, no less. The result is that the publishers are receiving much smaller quantity of type daily, wllile all of the offices are running more than the regular forces. The printing trade is, really ! art it is hard to master, requiring great skill and science, is full of im- portant details that seem insignificant to an outsider. Consequently when this outsider-be he bishop or politi- ,cian-is given absolute power to say what price shah be paid and how many hours shall constitute weeks work. the chances are about 10 to 1 that he will give a decision that will be entirely at variance with the workers demands -- New England Allied Printing Trades Journal.
 In recent article in the American Federationist on 'sFalse Alarms About Organized LabOr," President Gompers of the A. F. of l.. says among other things: Let those who talk about the insanity of union labor honestly con- sider whether he who gets $1O $15 or even $2O a week really threatens the industrial and social order when he demands ten Or twenty per cent in crease, or a reduction of hours that would enable him to work to live in- stead of living to work and being a beast of burden. If we are so won derfully prosperous and progressive, the workman is entitled to fair share of our prosperity. Even when he de- l mands more he is within his rights, and there is no sense or decency in de nouncing him as a criminal or an en- emy of society. But cries the plu- tocratic chorus, labor is not only un- l reasonable, but irresponsible and law less as well; irresponsible, because if violates its agreements and breaks its contracts; lawless, because 1t prevents other people from exercising their right to work on such terms as they please to accept There Is no crisis and no danger of a revolution. Law and order are secure so far as organ l ized labor is concerned. The fair and 1 sensible employer has nothing to fear. He will always receive consideration. and never be refused arbitration. The agreements which he may make with union labor will be kept sacred1y. It is only he who prefers war to friendly negotiation who will have trouble and l difficulty He that takes up the sword shall perish by the sword.''
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