The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-11-06

coming to YOU But It you won't get out and
help to make your conditions better, I'm
not going to waste any time on YOU You've
had an organization here, but it hasn't done
what it should. That's because YOU have been
negligent Why, | understand that only few
weeks ago member of your local got up on
the floor of this hall and moved that your local
surrender its charter That mans head ought
to be bored for the simples. Give up your
charter? No-a thousand times no! What
you want to do is to hustle. Get wise to the
fact that you arc a1ivet When the Hebrew
cemetery committee wanted inscription to
go on the arch spanning the entrance to their
new graveyard they asked the irish sexton to
give them something. Pat thought minute
and then said 'Oi tink tIot I'VE are here to
stay would be III roght thing
We are here to stay, and don't you for
get it. Now you get out and hustle and help
to be of some service to you. If You'll do
your share I'll promise to stay right here until
you thoroughly organized We received
charter from the American Federation of
Labor III 1888. We organized seven little To-
Gals with membership of less than So, 500.
In seventeen years we have grown to be the
third largest union in America. III another
year we will be the second largest. And the
team drivers union is the real key to the in
dustrial situation. They can't do without us.
Now. with all this III our favor why not get
together and take advantage of our opportun-
tiles. ] a union because want my
children to have a better chance than l have
had, | want my children to be better than
| have been. l want them to have better school
ing than | have had-and know that without
the unions my children and your children
would be driven into the mills and the sweat
shops There isn't man here who wouldn't
fight like wild cat if some brute nsulted
YOUR wife the streets, but you go right
ahead working for starvation wages and leav-
ing your wife to suffer the pangs of privation
and hunger and you haven't got the sand to
protest. Shame on YOU. Protect your homes
and your families Id rather have my wife
insulted than to have her sfaryes hut 4 II be
boWed if LII stand for either if | can help
it, and | rather think can. protect her
from insult by my own efforts, but j only
protect her from privation by having the com
bined help of my fellow craftsmen, for singly
and alone | mere nothing in the indus
trial field.
"Now boye; let's get down to business and
organize organize, organize
Mr.. Young spoke for nearly an hour, bur
rupted by hearty cheers all through his re-
marks. He said that it was intention to or
ganze the team drivers into at least three To-
Gals, transfer drivers, coal drivers and laun-
dry drivers. Without this separate organiza-
ton little could be done to improve conditions,
and he explained why this is true. Several
transfer drivers were present and signihed
their desire to be organized into separate
union Mr. Young then told them what to
do and how to do it. and arranged for anothe:
meeting next Monday evening. And every
teamster i'll Lincoln should be there 1t will be
money i'll his pocket and hours with his family
to join hands in perfecting the organization
of the craft in Lincoln