The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-16
Gives Convention of Long
shoremen Some Good and
Timely Advice-Loyalty to
Contract is Trade Unionists
First Duty.
Has no Better Solution of the
Industrial Problem Than
Annual Agreements Between
the Employers and Workers.
Insure Harmony.

the absolute necessity of recognizing
that all who work as marine workers,
must sooner or later be united with a
common bond. With common pur-
pose, realizing that a common inter-
est in the welfare Of the highest and
the lowest is essential to the success
of the world. That the success Of
each and every man working in the
marine calling, and the organization
in general, is dependent upon the SOL
idarity of the entire craft working In
unison, is apparent to all. No trade
or calling ever advanced very far at
the expense of another trade, the mis-
fortune or calamity Of the humhblest
at the foot Of the ladder, never raised
the others, we rise by raising others.
This Is the philosophy of all expert
ence since man first became the hired
man Of his brother. 1t is moral de-
fusion to believe that the prosperity
Of one is dependent upon the adversely
of another. It is false because the
moral law could not exist if it were
true.
The man, or set Of mon, care not
how great or powerful they may be,
who feel that they have nothing in
common with those below them in the
struggle for existence, and for recog-
milton Of their rights, have ever come
to grief. It Is but an exempliflcation
Of the story Of old as. told in the
Bible. The Lord removes the mighty
form their throne and exalts the poor
from the dung hill" There can be no
aristocracy of labor If we ever hope
for complete success. AN injury to
one is the concern of ALL"
Trade Agreements.
/ The day of individual bargains in
the industrial world is past. In all the
great industries organized labor in the
future must be prepared to deal with
organized capital.
A Labor union is simply partner
ship, wherein each and every member
is an integral part, and a. partner Of
ir1nnp "a lS.ssss and
VerY.rlnernber should s d have hes arile
mutual interest and desire that the
business of the union be conducted on
strict business principles. The func-
ton Of the organization is purely the
selling Of its labor at the best market
price; the same as corn or any other
commodity, with no sentiment or 9TH
er consideration calculated in any way
to Interfere with its businesses All
we ask is justice and an equitable
proportion Of the wealth our labor
creates; the enjoyment Of humane
conditions and treatment as human
beings.
Trade Union Business Organization.
A labor union has no special mis-
sion as a social organization, nor as
fraternal or religious society. Your
deliberations should be considered as
cold-blooded business proposition
where sentiment or good fellowship
hold no part, and where all are actual
ed by the one sole motive, VIZ: The
success Of the organization and pros
perity Of it's members. The effort, the
zeal, and untiring labor that an indi-
vidual puts forth to make his private
business a success, should be your ex-
ample; and the respect, the confidence
the standing the merchant strives for
with his trade and the public general