The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-08

lEuSN HAusS SolSld44l C4ANSHsNA 70 NS force higher and higher prices for all kinds of human necessities. There IS no limit to the squeezing" Of the peo- pie once the Unions gst strong enough.
 You help tie your own hands when you accept an article with union Ia bel on it, and you will pay dearly for such stupidity if continued
 Tha weak, serviie manufacturer that proclaims his slavery by the union la bel hates himself enough; We will re- frain from adding to his burden by any comment. How long his business will survive the disease is prOblematical.
 Let the buying public remember that the Union Label as managed under diseased unionism'' is the seal ot ser vitude and contribution to the most ar rogant and abusive trust extant. Let every manufacturer particularly give preference to boycotted firms and goods.
 EMPLOYERS LIABILITY.
 Go over your machinery and plant carefully and put guards over every set screw, pin or revolving projection, guard elevators and openings, perfect the safety devices and make it impos- sible for a workman to be hurt from fault of the manufacturer. Then make contract With each employe, so careful ly drawn that you will be protected from injustice. Our association can furnish copies of such contract forms.
 My experience with liability insurance
 companies has been very unsatisfacto-
 ry thus far. prefer to have the plant put in safe condition for our people and
 then let them bear their own risk,
 which in this life We must all run, and
 when accidents happen, not from the fault of another, make it impossible for
 crafty, designing person to extract
 monsy from any one not owing that
 money and not responsible for such in-
 jury.
 There is growing tendency in labor union circles towards being "babied." If woow worker saws off his finger or has any sort of accident he wants the employer to pay for it. There seems to
 be no corresponding provision on the part of the labor unions to pay dam ages to a manufacturer that loses health in the struggle to meet union
 rules, keep alive and find money each
 week to pay his employees. Let every
 right thinking man stand on his own l feet expecting reasonable and safe con- ditions, but no charity nor money from | legal hold up of some one else. HOMES.
 We have had some practical experi- ence in building homes for our enl- ployes. The subect is an important one | and may interest you.
 have built perhaps two hundred and | fifty five and ten-room houses, each on
 a separate lot and of varying types of
 architecture. When an employe, man
 or woman, has served us faithfully for
 one year and shown he is the right sort
 he can then buy one of the houses at | cost of the house and very slight ad-
 vance over the cost of lot, lots ranging about $500, the total cost of the home
 being from about $1 100 to $1,S00, and
 the employe can pay sS, $10 or SIP per
 month, as he can afford and thus ulti-
 mately own home.
 Good workmen don't want charity or gifts. .n.
 They do appreciate assistance that gives them a chance to help them
 selves, as a fair return for honest ser vices.
 Each year I hang up fivt $25 prizes | and ten $12.50 prizes for the best kept
 and most attractive front yards, inclu- ding appearance of house. It would please any one to see the delft touches about these homes. The smooth cropped lawns. the roses and flowers,
 the vines trailing over porch and door way, and the many little signs of thrift which proclaim to the passer, This is our home, where the spare moments are given to making it more homelike as the years go by, and where content ed children's bare feet may pat a worn path from mothers kitchen to outside playgrounds, so safe haven of peace for happy little ones that the picture | never becomes dim, and in old age they
 may bring to mind with everlasting joy
 the remembrance of father, mother and home"
 A little verse runs:
 Tt is home, sweet home-forever When the long days work is done,
 Where the chubby, laughing baby Comes to grest you on the run.
 It is home where every night time, AS the evening shadows cr:ep A wee white-robed figure whispers, Now lay me down to sleap.'" A home is the bright lone star that | every right minded man centers his mind upon and strives for. We owe to | our faithful people help to get home all their own. They are not always | able to plan as wisely as the trained | lrnd of the boss.
 Help them finance bit.
 It's worth while, my friends. There are other things in this world besides simply piling up money for self. Don't slop over, but above all things l don't miss the comfort that comes from putting out an honest hand to help an- other honest hand,
 EIGHT-HOUR DAY.
 The eight-hour question is here and | must have careful consideration. It is ! many sided. A flat look seems to show | that eight hours work and ten hour pay means 1-5 ir 20 per cent extra cost | on the labor, and as all domestic mate ! rial, iron ore lumber, etc., stands for | what workmen are paid to produce it, | hence the articles made therefrom rep
 resent labor entirely. If, therefore, a