The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-09-07

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succeed increased md the mn
diyfdual and collective Interests adj
Yanced IN proportion
aWhat Is true of the individual
workman in this respect, Is equally
! true of the individual organization
and to the extent that they affiliate
one with the other, to that extent
do hey surround each other with a
| band of protection that has often
proved a sustaining force when
| their individual forces had become
exhausted.
4Since the mind of man first be-
gan to retain impressions there has
| beem a general movement toward
unity and consolidation of inter
| ests. the progress of which can be
easily measured by the environments
surrounding those who engaged
therein. and the success of those
movements has in every instance
been due to the vigorous and unfal-
tering persistence with which they
have carried through their deter
mination.
eESuch discrimination of purpose
has made of the world what we
found it at our advent; and it IS a
duty we owe to posterity, and
work we can well. be proud OF to
leave this world better as result
of the efforts put forth by US while
here.
seBv no means has this tendency
towards combinations been always of
-6ure motives, or founded upon hon
est principles, and wherever that
was true there stands today monu-
ment marking the grave of collos-
al failure. and the worlds history
is repIete with mistakes made that
have proven disastrous to people,
and destructive to governments. ct
civilization owes its progress to that
indomintable viii of men who when
they in turn engaged in the work OF
advancement, avoided the mistakes
of their predecessors, and by this
means they and the cause for which
they toiled each profted.
ssWhatever may be the record OF
the past, struggles of mankind:
whatever their success or failures.
the fact is paramount that their
present environment is the newt
able result thereof. And to the ex-
tent that those efforts toward prog
ress are measured by their present
conditions. hkwise will their future
condition depend upon their present
ACTIVITY in the cause they espouse
and Trims connection it behooves
us all to unite whatever force for
aood we possess. that that combined
force NAV be honestly and intelli-
gently utilized for the future adj
vancement and protection of all.
tSIany of the failures which mark
the past struggles of organized labor
are due to the inadequate protection
given it by the laws of our land, and
more especially is this true in West
Virginia, where through our own
inability to combine our efforts, VIC
have as vet failed to have enacted
such legislation as would insure US
that protection under the laws OF
our state, and as citizens engaged IN
the development of its various re-
sources, I feel we are entitled to. :.
seThat W are entitled to this pro
lection, and to more protection than
be are today receiving, Is wen
known fact, and it is also admitted
that we do not get that to which we
are entitled as citizens, whether or
-anized or unorganized, we should
have. And the responsibility for
not having as yet enjoyed that pro
lection, lies wholly with us, and IN
stead of further Sinking that re-
sponsibility it is time that we GRID
ourselves with the strength born of
that confidence, mutual understand
ing, and honest endeavor, the in
evitable results of combination The
wage earners in the State of West
Virginia represent nine-tenths Of its
population; yet all the legislation
on its statute books at TIE present
time relative to its industrial vel
fare is undeniably in favor of the
other tenth; and before we can hope
to change this, or bring before our
legislative bodies facts irrefutable to
demonstrate to them the necessity
for such change, we must combine.
and in the powers resulting from our