The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-27

iacI the "nole 1aprlc rests upon the
backs of the men and women who
toll with their hands. It is ridiculous
the contrary is true. Watch the
EheTe is first the s neM s6op of thy
mechanic. Gradually this is enlarged
by the industry within, until it be-
labor is first
I believe that in our present civiliza-
ton the modern machinery, Of society
tice no one would complain The
trouble Is the parasites make and con-
strue al of the laws; make all the
their own fav 1 AS resuit labor IS
crushed beneath a load Of injustice.
Before he asserted himself the laborer
had no.voice in anything and was re-
duced to mere beast of burden.
Labor Gets Lesson from Capital
Under the inspiration of the spirit
of freedom labor lifted up it's head
and looked at the sun, that great re-
organized. nothing could be done by
labor without organization, so it or
ganized. Many mistakes were made It
betrayed their trusts and accepted
brides. Considering how general this
IS among other classes, this too was
the progress Of ORGANIZED labor has
been wonderful. It adopted the strike
as a. weapon, because it possessed no
other. It lost hundreds of strikes, and
hundreds of organizations went to
pieces, but every time they went to
earth they got new strength and came
up again. In few years it began the
dispute upon the ground from which
1t had been driven. Step by step it has
thus gained one disputed point over
It yet went forward and it must con-
tinue to fight and go forward until
ali men shall get their rights; until
the hand Of toll shall be given a fair
Judge or capitalist shall dare strike
the back Of labor with the lash of in
%ands The who fope tG With tG
roads, who build shops, who build
cities, who build schools and churches,
they are the men who make civiliza-
deed, but the laborer is indispensable,
therefore he must have justice.
AS a rule capital can win any strike by
while labor does: But it is also true
that the victory is generally a barren
one. For in a few years labor comes
the n pont IS s Iabor
quires it,
Ca capi t. i rarely suffers BY rseogntztH;g
with, the unions: Only pride has sur
fered, that is ALL
Labor serf Without Organization.
Without organization the working
children would be made beasts of bur-
den. Through organization he has al
ready l,sa improved his condition immeas-
uchby E vtgrv not o unon LABOR
the status of union labor, but Of non
union labor as well. The nom union
man and his family get the benefit of
all that union labor achieves.
On the other hand when non-union
man takes q strikers place and brushes
a union, he not only lowers the condi-
ton of the union man and his family,
cause his own family must share the
degradation of all labor
He who would attempt to foretell
what the ultimate end Of this indus
trial struggle will be is but idealist.
Trade unions are the weapons of today.
Some. sort Of political organization
while believe that trade unions are
absolutely necessary for the purpose OF
securing immediate economic improve
ments, complete industrial indepen-
the coalition between the money power
and the politicians is severed, and this
can never be accomplished except
through the influence of the labor
question. They are but the instru-
ments of today. One of their purposes
ousies bitterness and rivalry between
nationalities and to strengthen the
foibles Of the workingmen; to impress
terests are Identical; that the sun
burnt man who works in the ditch has
the same class interest, as the man
who runs locomotive. Never can
there be a solidarity of labor until this
truth is recognized
Trade Unions Are Evolutionary.
Trade unions mark the orderly rise
and development of the wealth pro-
airy, educational process. Their meth
DDS and acts stand out in bold relief
when contrasted with the revolution
airy methods of 1.-THE re-actionary en-
Trade unions stand for everything
that is good that can be consistently
apPieabs psineiple5 tSey slang tang So;
may be all very we'll in their partic-
ular field: but the workingman must
relief from industrial ills.
An aged friend said to me the other
| day: why is 1t necessary, to have
them whe GnT % R9w 'b bey and t scans ns
to me we got along much better
then" True, said, but in your day
there were no trusts or laree corpora
nership in business. You worked my
friend. in a time that unhappily is
god. Before America ran wild with
commerclalism. When the employer
had some interest In his labor besides
getting all that he could out Of them.
When he knew something Of their do
nestle conditions and social surround
ings. That was when there was room
for us all in this good old world now it
is the survival of the fittest.' That was
when churches followed the Golden
Rule, and before preachers fell in with
the rule Of gold. When quality of the
work had precedence over the guam
tity. Before the factory machine did
the thinking for the man.
I maintain that trade unions are in
keeping with the progress of the age,
and are as necessary to labor as is a
large navy to this country during this
mad period of commercialism. If it is
a good thing for. capital to organize
then it ought to be good thing for
labor. Even If you are opposed to lab
| or organiza tions, you must recognize
that some form of unity is NECESSARY
to prevent labor from becoming an in
Man Forgotten In Race for Wealth.
: In this f cruel ''get rich quick" age
man is too often forgotten in the rae e
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