Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-03


 outranks Syracuse, Albany, Troy and Utica
 The year just closed can be looked back upon With pride by every nolesc trades .nlon4st i'll WaterDury. Durlng the year the number or organizations mas nearly douDled anu the total mem Dershlp SHOWS all even greater percent age or gam. Inat the unon men are ln mucn better condition to-day than year ago is point beyond dispute. For tue Increase in the number of or ganlZatlons much credit is due to John Il. Flanagan, president of the Central Labor union, and John T. Daily, chair man or the organization committee of Unat body; fer the great gain ill mem Dership or the different locals the off cers and members of nearly all are en- titled to praise. That some mistakes have been made is no more than could De expected, but it can also be said that when such mistakes were discov- ered immediate steps were taken to rectify the same in almost. every in- stance, and safeguards thrown out to prevent a repetition. Persons in more than one union have learned that posi- tons In their organization are not for personal gam or aggrandiZement and are round no more in places of trust or doing duty on important committees. lime and time again has the value of the central Labor union been shown durlng the year. Newly formed and ether small unions have approached employers with just grievances only to De turned away without satisfaction, nIt When q committee from the Cen 6xyx they would be received with the ut most courtesy and ill the great major lty of cases the matters would be an1ic7bly adjusted. Tn the one case they were dealing with the twenty. forty or one hundred who made up the local and in the other with combined body of 4.500 to 5000 wage earners. Without this aid some of the newly formed organizations would have been unable to gain a foothold when now they are on firm foundation and in a position to put their shoulders to the wheel and do their part to advance the cause of unionisnl. For the coming year everything looks particularly bright Several crafts have the pre- liminary work shout completed for or ganizing and before the first month rolls by # is expected that several new charte"s VII ba received The major- | itv of tl1o o'de~ cr@anizafions4 have con- @ot--c 1ivc mon at tho he1,1, who will be i--rt i',i tfsn'"5 FeaIinre with the en- n'r'--e~ It r-'1r |" fheir demand for rl,e+ + st-'l--- t',eirs. The employers e''n e--'c---i-,~ Tnnrn and more willing to tSrcan 7. y1-' r, th urions on business mat +c1- and n, the whole a much better , foelinc evist tl'an was the case a few vears agn Taking these things all into corr' 'ar-a+scr it IS not too much l to expect that 1903 will show as great strides in nnionism as did it's predeces- sor.
 Few Resolves. 1 will attend the meetings of my union regularly.
 I will pay my dues promptly. l will patronize only union bakeries. will not consider myself consis- tent union man as long as my clothing, hats. shoes, etc, do not bear the union label.
 I will purchase goods only of union clerks.
 I will use no cigars or tobacco that l do not bear the blue label of the Cigar makers or Tobacco Work kers' unions. will patronize on1y.union laundries
 as soon as those union cards arrive.
 will read only uniorHsnewspapers and will purchase no tickets for fairs, dances or other entertainm ents that do