Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-09-04
THE TRlUMPHS OF LABOR
SECURED BY ORGANIZATION
Anonymous

Inc self-defense of labor against the power of con
wealth is as old as organized greed; but the
nlnd mas been slow to learn the worldwide
truth that social misery comes more from ineouat of
privileges regarding property than, from an ineouo
oi potca rights Steadily being forced to rec
oslze the fact that with ali ongboasted secp of
poucal equality only the thorough Organization Of
aooI IN detense of its rights us from the same
Europe money ueSpo'i9m ol
United labor, though an immense unwieIdv often in
harmonious and still ncohesive mass often wropa in m
lolS ana brutal in its wrath is nevertheless growing
IN ability to hold its against united capita Tho lost
4u century has witnessed steady rise in wages
Neu uecrease IN the hours of toll and a decided bet-
eImeht OF the wage eaTners condition Union Iabor ba
not only raised itself but has raised nonunon ,ar With
y" louay' because Of the trumphs of unionism every
nan VINO works for wages whether he is union man
Of not works under hettcr terms and cn51fons tto,
lid the man Of twenty-five years ago The ala ,tt
ION hat labor is capitals slave and must be content win
peau and cothes as its employer sees fit TO accord
IT, Is dead in this land forever. Ion pity is that was
80 long in dying organized greed was able 10 gain fre
mendous advantage ~ SUN 'ie
The long blindness originated in the teachings and
"Iss Oh past generations. Our fathers having brayed
e pelS Oh unknown seas and survived the prvaons of
howling Wilderness that they might believe in and
utter aloud without hindrance or restraint certafn r
isious maXims, came in time to believe thar thor ra
o poNlcai gospel somewhat akin their theological
oteeu III Whlch national salvation could be assured nv
SIMPLY utterng from time to time certain plitterlng cen
erahtes on political distractions And we CAM ~ 10 =
race OF political phrase eaters. Epgrams that had been
passed down. canned and duly labeled were boted down
Without inspection or test TO maxims and proverbs
Sucn lor instance as Government of the peone nv tho
people and for the people," All men are create deGro
ana the like ad infinumwe looked for our sole nolit
cal and social salvation.
10 thls 1ools paradise were greatly helped bv the
nappy circumstances attending the early conquest of civ
lzallon over rich and virgin continent The deem fer
e SOL OF our wide domain which Offered free home, IN
e INDUSTRIOUS saved us for time from that fierce COM
peuIlon Whlch crowds the hungry masses down Failing
10 comprehend from what gained our prosperity we
alulouted al the good enioed to our free instit
liohs as we called them, and bindy proceeded to cl
from under our good fortune the very foundation of our
advantage We donated whole territories of our preco
uomah TO corporations until the surplus land was prac
ucay exhausted and then, with the same conditions thar
nave SO long afflicted Europe began to wonder that
our Iee institutions" to have lost their charm The
OaHot laled to bring just remuneration for TOLL The
sacred maxim that al men created equal" was lie
eh one man had power to fix the terms and conditions
uhuer winch another must work for him.
When labor had learned that if it was TO have rights
ey must be secured and maintained by its own united
acLon' then came the dawn of a brighter day. Never
oelore IN the world was large body of men so well
paid and so happily conditioned as is the vast bodv o
american workngmen who today celebrate the trunphs
ana advancement of united labor.