The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-12-23
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E Trade onions. like nearly all other
organization Of general and yolun-
tary mernbership. ind one Of the great
EFT obstacles to their progress and con
tinuous growth In the fact that as soon
~ tho novelty, Of tho situation. has
worn away from the circurn4 tanoes sur
rounding their initiation, the interest
Of the average member begins to nag,
enthusiasm varies, and in some cases
ideas dies out gil together There are
numerous causes for these conditions,
but the principal one is undoubtedly
lack of appreciation Of intelligent and
effective effort. A little communication:
and merited praise. goes a, long way
towards making the performance OF
LIES manifold duties q pleasure In
stead Of burden.
Again., even though a very large
majority are we'll satisfied with the
work accomplished. one kicker with
4 sour, morose disposition, that takes
advantage Of every opportunity to ind
fault, will do more to discourage the
good that the willing members would
gladly bring about, than all Of the rest
can Overcome. This malcontent fs al
ways going around, figuratively speak
Ing. with his head down, paving the
ground, bawling like a mad bua1 at
anything and everything that does not
happen to originate within the con-
fines Of: his own narrow brain. He is
to harmony, what q drop Of acid is to
q pan Of sweet milk. It curdles every
thing within the radius Of its pernicious
influence, He ID always sure that he
can see the proverbisl ''pigger In the
fence" Every discrepancy, no mat.
ter how small, IL magnined a thousand
diameters, ana If he could have his way
every roomtng-hou in town would be
converted into a Jail to ipcarcerate the
Imaginary delinquents. He howls In.
cessantly because there 10 not a larg-
or attendance at the meetings, when, II
the truth were known, he is probably
the real and principal cause why the
majority stays away. All such should
take a. tumble to themselves, and they
will probably find that they are not
OF so much Importance as their rela-
tives and hullcination> have led them 20
believe
Again there il always certain num-
Der who are ever disposed to criticize
others that will not accept any office
or committee work, as though they
were some costly bric-a-brac that is
not to be touched or handled by any Of
the visitors to the particular hall OF
Tame in. which they happen to be on
exhibition. They are so very brittle
that the last. breath Of air is liable to
cause a serious fracture to their SUPER
sensitive feelings. They have to be
moved with gloves on, so that their fine
texture will not be seiled~ by coming In
contact with the fingers of the
plebeians in the rank and file. II they
were the only ones who could be de-
pended upon to do anything, there are
great many things which have to be
done that would never get done.
What Is for the best good of the
labor movement and every other move
ment is to hold up the hands Of those
who are willing to sacrifice their time
and energy to make the whole q grand
and signal success. Those who work
for thanks should be defrauded out of
their pay. Some process should he de-
vised by which an attachment could
be levied on the knocks which deter
SO many from engaging in the noble
work that makes for the good of all.
If the whole category Of injudtcious
criticism could be closed out at a
fraction of it's cost, and consigned to
the garbage crematory progress would
be- encouraged to a heretofore unheard-
of degree. Trade unions have much
more I'd fear from the knocking Of
their OWL members than from all: other
enemies combined. AS soon as one has
said, Reform should begin with the
person whose face one sees when he
looks in the glass; The best way to
build up the union is to reconstruct
the foundation, which in many in
stances in honeycombed with the pet
ty jealousy of its constituents. Every
such element should be eliminated and
charity put In its place. Malice and
fraternity will not mix any more than
will oil and water. He who taught
Bear ye one another's burdens also
said: Nov abideth these three, Faith,
Hope and Charity, but the greatest Of
these is Charity"
LESSON IN EQUITABLE.
President: Nicholas Murray Butler.
Of Columbia denounced to the stud
ents modern business methods as re-