Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-14

lego is president Of the Boston Wo-
MANS Union Label league She Is a
bright woman intellectually and mueh
interested in woman's work She writes.
"The Boston Womnns Union Label
League IS composed OF women VINO
may or mpy not belong 10 trades
unions. but who feel II their duty as
consumers to patrouiZe unlon-made
goods They believe The label to be the
most effective means we have of eN-
tending practical loyalty to the great
principle which Is rcv0lutionizinG
modern Industry. This principle they
hold 10 bo that the primary consider
alton I'm industry Is the welfare of the
producer, ard that only when this well
fare is adequately protected may we
rightfully aim nc Cheapness or quality
of product. Organized labor In Amer
lea is the most important agent which
is pressing practically toward the en-
forcement of this vital principle; and,
therefore. toward a social order more
stable. democratic and Just than that
which we at present enjoy. To demand
goods bearing the union label is direct
~ to further the cause Of social rlghte-
BUSINESS, and To Join the label league
gives TO ones individual witness the
added force which Away comes from
organized effort"
TRADES UNIONS AND WOMANS
CLUBS,
As to trades unions. Miss Scudder
writes
Trades unions are certainly a good
thing for women II they are q good
thing for men, and l believe that wo-
men can help to improve the industrial
condition of their sex more effectively
by entering the ranks Of organized Ia
Dor than I'm any other way To belong
To 20 trades union 'unseXcs' a woman
no more than to belong TO one of the
womcn's clubs popular among the priv
| ileEed class, Indeed, II strengthens
more directly a high feminine IDEAL in
asmuch as the primary aim Of the wo-
mans club is usually intellectual self
culture, while the primary aim of the
trades union Is ethical and humane.
Nothing more cnlarges the SYM
pathies ana uplfts the desires Of a
| working woman than to belong to the
right kind Of trades union, and to
learn to look beyond the personal ad-
vintage Of the moment to the perma-
nent welfare Of all her comrades in
! labor"
FROM THE BOOT AND SHOE
WORKERS,
The Boot and Shoe Workers Union
! Is found in many parts Of the country
| II numbers thousands, and Is especial
| ~ strong in the west. / have a letter
| before me from Miss Emma Steghagen
| Of the executive board Of this union
| 1t is dated Chicago. She says that
! the Woman's Label League is n great
! help to the union, as It's members are
! pledged to buy none but union
/ stamped shoes. and all other commod-
! tiles which bear the union label She
writes that this league IL national IN
! it's scope, and that its mission Is to ed
ucate trades union mems wives wo-
men workers and club women up tC
| the standard of unionism This league
demands the union label on every pur.
| chase and is helping women and chill
| drcn workers 10 better conditions,
Miss Steghageu says that the Boo
! and Shoe Workers Union has a woman
I,in the field whose duty IT is to organ
ize the women Of the trade and also Il
| work for the union label. This organ
izatlon pays So per week sick benefits
AZ a week to every one of its members
ON "a strike ana from $50 to 800 IN
case of death She says that her unior