Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-14

President International Glove Workers of America.
get it. The advantages men have are
only those which they have been able
to demand. When women are organized as
the men they will secure the same advan-
tages. At present the women cigar makers
receive the same wages the men. The
same is true in many other trades where
unionism prevails.
Woman as a Striker.
81 think the women stand by their de-
mands in strikes as steadfastly as the men.
This is shown by their actions in the re-
cent strikes IN Fall River, Lawrence, Clio
versville and in the garment working
trades, and also in the shoe workers strike
OF Lynn, MARLBORO and Haverhill l do
not believe in strikes except when they are
absolutely necessary, and think every pos
slbie means toward an amicable settlement
should be made. l do believe in the boy
colt in all cases where an employer threat
ems to lower the standard of labor in a
given industry, and think it the duty of
the whole people to boycott such employ
ers
You ask me what organized labor has
done for my trade? 1t has raised the wages
from 10 to II per cent. has bettered our
working conditions and has reduced the
hours of labor one hour per day. with a
Saturday half holiday during the summer
months 1t has raised the self-respect of
the working girl by making her feel that
Ing machine, and that she has an influence
in fixing the conditions under which she
works. This has been to the mutual ad-
vantage OF both employer and employee"
will trades unions eventually prevail
among our clerks, typewriters and servant
girls?''
Yes, they have already extended to
clerks and typewriters. The trades union Is
big enough, broad enough and liberal
enough to cover all classes of labor ire
spective of its nature
A Voice From Wellesley.
Miss Vida Scudder of Wellesley College is
president of the Boston Woman's Union
Label League. She is a bright woman in
tellectually and much interested in woman's
work. She writes:
The Boston Woman's Union Label
League is composed of women who may or
may not belong to trades unions but who
feel it their duty, as consumers, to patron
lie unfon-made goods. They believe the
label to be the most effective means we
have of extending practical loyalty to the
great principle which is revolutionizipp
modern industry. This priciple they hold
to be that the primary consideration in in
dustry is the welfare of the producer; and
that only when this welfare is adequately
protected may we rightfully aim al cheap
ness or quality of product. Organized labor
In America is the most important agent
which is pressing practically toward the
enforcement OF tnlS Vital prlncipleS and,
therefore, toward a social order more sta
BILE, democratic and just than that which
we at present enjoy. To demand goods
bearing the union label is directly to fur
Their the cause of social righteousness, and
to join the label league gives to ones in
dividual witness the added force which al
ways comes from organized effort
Trades Unions and Woman's Clubs.
AS to trades unions, Miss Scudder writes:
Trades unions are certainly good thing
for women if they are good thing for
men; and 1 believe that women can help to