The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-11-11
HOW TO GET THE BEST
LIVING IN THE WORLD
Philosopher in the Carpenters
Union Points Out a Safe
Path to Travel.
Tells Workingmen that Only
Through Organization Can
They Expect Progress.

Get the best living you can, and if.
things don't come your way, 60 after
them. The world owes every man q
living, and every man owes the world
an effort to get it.
How can we get that living, and
how can we best improve our condi-#
tions? 1t is against the law of gravi-#
tation, or the law of any successful
people to stand stilL We must either
advance or retreat. We can not re-
main stationary.
Can we command higher wages,
shorter hours or more sanitary condi-
tions acting as individuals than we can
acting as a soldffied unit, or as an or
ganization; and acting as whole. can
we not ask for and receive the assist
ance and support of organized labor
in general, and of our own locality In
particulars? Could we receive such
assistance acting as Individuals?
The trade union movement can well
be likened to wheel, the component
parts of which are the hub, spokes,
felloe, tire and tire bolts. All those
parts as units are useless until prop
toward moving the world.
So, my friends, it is thus with the
trade union movement; as units We
amount to practically nothing, but as
a unit there is no wrong we can not
right: there is no contemplated unjust
legislation we can not prevent; there
is no unfair measure we can not have
stricken from the laws Of our city,
state or nation. -
Organize, educate and cooperate
should be the slogan of every Amer
lean worker. Don't stop with making
it your slogan, however. Remember
that the empty vessel makes the
greatest sound.
Work quietly, but steadily for the
upbuilding of your own organization.
Believe in doing things, and when you
talk to a non-unionist don't fear to
walk up close to him. His clothes or
person are not communicating; either
will his looks annihuate you. He is
just an atom the same as yourself;
probably little more stubborn or OBJ.
stinate, and if you can, by moral
suasion,. prevail upon him to join You.
in the good work, you have gained
.naara than y. 1eoaa secured the
ton 81 half saaoSeH iE5 ~
ism was of mushroom growth.
This stubborn fellow will be the
fighter and the most consistent, once
he is won over, and it is worth quite
a talk on your part to convince him
that it is his assistance you need, and
that if he lends his presence and in
fluence the cause will be strengthened
materially.
Again, do not neglect, ignore or for
get him, once you have his initiation
fee. Show him on every occasion when
the opportunity presents itself that
you appreciate his help; make con-
fidant Of, and get his views on any ana
all questions that come up. =
Impress upon the minds Of all that
the trade union is big enough, strong
enough, great enough and broad enough
to assume all risks, and that it is now
recognized by majority of the em-
ployers as a necessary and very USE
full adjunct to the proper carrying on
of business, because it guarantees to
keep inviolate any equitable agrees
ment entered into.
1t is big enough to accept all respon-
sibilities, and it should be our mission
to scatter its propaganda over all tho
civilized world: we should plant its
seeds in all soils: we should make 1t
supreme among the toilers by relieving
the oppressed and downtrodden and
disseminating it's principles wherever
and whenever cruel, inhuman, barbar-
Gus and slavish conditions exist for the
workers.
in life. as in cards. the glory is not SO
much in the winning as in playing
poor hand we'll.
so, therefore, if you experience trou-s
BILE, rebuffs and disappointments in
erdeavoring to build up and increase
the membership of your organization,
Go not be discouraged; be optimistic,
get the best living you can, but re.
member that it is through organiza-
tion that your conditions are improved
and hettered. and that the trade union
today stands between the American
worker and industrial slavery.
BAER's WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
That interesting parsonage, Mr..
George F. Baer, who once wrote that
the property interests of the country
had been committed by God to the
hands of few Christians, has broken
out in fresh places. In a recent in-
terview he said: STRIKES began with
Genesis. They originated at the be-.
ginning of the world. Cain was the
first striker, and he killed Abel be-
cause Abel was the more prosperous
fellow" Isn't that a gem? That
man Baer has wonderful thoughts at
times. @ :z:s
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