The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-10-01

this Or#5Other# crafts do not bear the
union label, Or some evidence Is not
given that they were manufactured by
union firm, o. persons, shall be fined
| IS for the first :offense, and suspended
| or expelled as the union may elect, for
| continued disregard OF this law.
%In many of the cities of New Eng
| land there's such law In existence,
and as a result it is hard in most Of
| these places to find a non-union cigar.
Stores dare not carry them. II they
do they are boycotted by the Cigar
| makers union, and to receive the ban
from them Is to receive 1t from all. All
| unions work together in this regard.
No saloon dare, I believe in the states
Of Connecticut and Massachusetts,, to
I display non-union goods
Boys. let us look at this question
right" says Tom, when advocating his
resolution. "There Is no body of men
who are banded together that can 80 i'll
afford, throwing all moral issues aside,
to let the label Of any craft go by de-
fault. Support Of the label, no matter
which it maybe, is the only protection
OF the printer today. Depending on
| our own members alone, depending up
OH our knowledge and skill in the line
| OF work we have chosen, we are as
| weak as il the art Ut printing had
| been invented yesterday. The greatest
field OF strength does not lie In the
banding together Of large army Of
| skilled men; that is simply the first
| step in the right direction. Gather to-
gether as many as you may, or as few
| as you wish, and you will, at all times.
find among the ranks of organized
bodies no matter what their calling,
| men who are in through compulsion
| men who are there because there is a
| dollar III it for then1selves-for them
selves alone. Some men would today
as they have in the past, desert if
the opportunity presented itself-and
that opportunity. a money considera-
ton. There is a greater step forward
than the organizing Of ourselves, and
| that is the perfecting, through coop
| Grafton, the organization of others.
which, together constitutes the vast
purchasing element. This can best be
done by the advocacy of a constant
watch for and use Of the label, as rec
commended by ourselves. It should be
the endeavor of every person who feels
justified in Identifying himself or her
self with an organization demanding
the labels use, TO practice what he
breaches, and to encourage those in
| ana without organized labor bodies to
| look for the label, which represents
! honest endeavor through an honest
and fair means to receive honest wage.
! No union can afford less than the ty-
! pOgra pEicai union to disregard the
emblem of unionism of other crafts.
Note in the city of New York, while
| ago, when one Of the great dailies had
locked out it's men. Was 1t the refusal
Of union printers to buy the paper
that caused submission? No. 1t was
the ever ready response of men who
are union men at heart; men who had
/ a. principle. men who had no selfish
olive: In advocating that principle
land who. are always ready to put 1t
Into. ctice: men who recognize the
/ Justice .ofs unto 3 and were willing
| that az just fia1ol s organization be
maintained. It was they, not we, that
turned the: tide in our favor. It was
their sintercessions WITH and their re-
fusal to patroize firms that advertise
| in a non union paper, that forced rec
ognition Of a stern truth. that when
laboring men put their hearts to q
cause, whether it be for peace or for
war, whether their enlistment in the
cause De for the preservation Of a just
government, or whether 1t be for the
| maintenance Of the contention that
we have right to live under that
Just government and enjoy to our linn
tied extent the fruits Of our Industry
| that cause should not and can not fail
To whom is this debt of gratitude due
To ourselves alone? No. But to those
who have spoken In loud tones, not to
one office alone, but to all, when they
had proved that behind any true and
just labor movement there is an army
no one has dared to count that is
ready and willing to lend it's every ef-
fort to bring about a just result. Let
us repay that debt Of gratitude. just
think of the possibilities II all union
men would put into practice their pro-
fessioas of belief! No combination
could battle against its purchasing
power. 1t is within our power to ex-
tend this principle and to great ex-
tent make the weak strong and the
strong stronger still. The greater the
strength Of our allied trades, the
greater the strength OF all who must
toll that they may live, the create,
we in particular are fortified. Let us
by example, build up that strength
might mention particularly the cigar
r1lkers' union. Don't patronize place
of business because it keeps one brand
OF union cigars>that at its best is bad
and Is so intended to pe. so that you
Will not insist that all goods be union
or no patronage, and We will be bound
to win in the end and you will have put