The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-08-12
ALL LABOR GETS G00D
FROM WORK Of UNIONS
Not All Working Men and Wo-
men in Country Are in
Unions, But All Benefit.
Union Labor Gets Good Condi-
tions for Non-Memhers of
Trade and Labor Unions.

!. all 1nes1. antfHwcmsn~ff n
this country are In labor organization
but the most Of them are working un-
der improved conditions and for wages
that are the result Of the union Dor
movement, says Railroad Trainmen's
Journal. Unless the locality be so far
removed from other industrial centers
and is peopled by employees who have
never been in touch with the outside
world, their hours and wages are the
result of labor union endeavor to bet-
ter working conditions. It is a per-
Torrance of the minority that benefits
the majority and has the approval of
the entire number. Some Of them do
not so understand it, others do not care
to understand it, but there are others
who are selfish enough not to partici-
pate in the work for further better
ments.
It may sound strange to say that
wages are regulated in an industry that
has no affiliation with organized labor,
but the effect Of union wages and con-
d1t1ons are so apparent to Intelligent
workers that they go after them and
naturally bring wages at home very
close, If not equal, to wages paid for
like service in other localities. The
cost Of living is usually responsible for
what little difference there is.
It is pretty well established as q fact
that certain classes of people stand for
certain standards of living. They de-
mand certain grade Of food, clothing,
shelter. education and recreation.
Their demands are regulated by their
earning capacity, and when one section
Of the country makes wage standard
the others very soon have to meet it.
If it does not supply the needs of the
people affected, thy work diligently
for an increase of wages that will, and
their work has always been performed
by some sort OF organization which
has finally resulted in the present la
Dor movement.
We find as result of this movement
that wages, hours and services are gen.
orally standardized. Where the union
workers receive the advantage the nom
union worker receives it likewise.
There are very few exceptions to the
practice, but, generally scpeakfng, it is
the rule. What has ben done by the
la Dor movement has been enjoyed by
all the people. 1t is movement for
the betterment of the majority, and
under our accepted standards of gov
ernment it ought to be accepted as the
proper thing by everybody but it isn't.
In some quarters it is decidedly un-
popular.
There is nothing that is so far-reach-
ing in its effects upon the home life
of the nation as a movement that seeks
to better the working conditions of
men, women and children, that prop
erly accepts the doctrine Of govern
rent by the majority as it's plan of op-
GRAFTON, accepts the courts of Justice
for its regulation, approves the doc
trine of law and order, believes in fair
ness in wage-earning and wage-pay-
ing, stands for good standards of liy-
ing and believes in it's own sunperiority
over that of every class Of wage-work-
ers in the world. That is what the la
bor movement means, and everybody
must admit that the objects are praise
worthy; but, admitting they are, there
is a good big majority that is willing