The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07
PRESIDENT NUeEIT
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and destroy its usefulness. And
can still see before it a strenuous
life ere it has reached that stage OF
development, when its usefulness
viii bring forth that appreciation
and respect due the principles it SC
valiantly advocates.
tsTo bring our organization up to
this standard of efficiency we must
command the confidence and respect
not alone of those with whom we are
affiliated, but also of those with
whom we have business dealings,
and to insure this it is essential that
our methods be honest, and our in
tegrity as an organization be ire
proachable.
ffIn this age of rapid commercial
development when the methods f
producing wealth are fast being re-
duced to a science by the aid of
powerful machinery, which is daily
coming into competition with the
wage Garner, and his inability to sue
cessfully Withstand that competition
as an individual, the necessity for
submerging that individuality into
his crafts organization has become
apparent, and while some relief has
thus been gained to both the indi-
vidual and the craft thereby, still
there is much yet to be done before
that competition thus forced upon
him can be met ina manner that will
place him in his proper relationship
with his employer, make paramount
his rights, and uphold the dignity of
manual labor.
at is truth not to be denied that
the great majority of troubles arts
ing between the employers and their
employees, result from their inabil-
ity to see, or their failure to appre-
ciate that mutual interest that
should knit them so thoroughly to-
gether; and that dissemination to
acknowledge their separate rights re-
sulting therefrom, this lack of good
judgment on either side is much to
be regretted by us all.
cit is, however, matter of his
tory that to the extent that they do
realize and admit this community of
interests, to that extent are those
troubles diminished, and the future
of the industrial world insured, and
it is needless to say that upon that
assurance depends largely the COM
mercial, political and social welfare
of our state. So that it is highly
proper that we consider ourselves as
important factors of society; not
alone by giving this assurance to
those dependent upon us, but also by
cooperating first together, and then
with those whose interests are iden-
teal with ours in advancing those
interests and guaranteeing their pro-
lection.
cit is with this end in view that
the Federation of Labor opens its
arms to all of the organized crafts
of the State of West Virginia, bidd-
ing them to amalgamate in this
great union of unions, that the in
terests of all in so far as they are
in common, may be advanced
through this combination of their
energies in a common cause.
sIn the future, if we enter upon
this course sincerely and faithfully
and intelIigentlv adhere to the prin-
ciples for which our organization
stands. our success is assured and
our future progress depends largely
upon the vigor with which that cause
is passed.
tTnasmuch as the progress of the
Individual has ever been measured
bv his ability to succeed alone, and
his failure to do this being evidenced
by the necessity which compelled
him to combine with his fellows, his
progress thereafter is rightly meas
rred bv the number in that com
bination. and the energy with which
This course was pursued, and as that
number increased, their aDlllty 10
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