The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-14

+ All truth is safe, and nothing else Is
safe; and he who keeps back the truth
or withholds 1t from men, from mo-
tives or expediency, Is either cow
ard or a criminal, or both.-Max Null
Ter.
He that will not reason is a bigot;
he that cannot reason Is a fool; he
that dares not reason Is slave.-Sir
William Drummond.
Give us a label for everything we
wear, from the sole Of our feet to the
crown of our head. Hammer it into
our shoes; paste 1t in our hats: sew
1t in our wearing apparel. Have the
baker bake it in his bread, the paint
er paint 1t on his signs, the plaster
plaster it on the walls, the polisher
polish it on his metals. the machinist
mold it in his engines. the pattern
maker pattern 1t in his patterns. Have
the sailor nail it to the mast and the
shipwright carve 1t at the PROV. Have
union doctors bow us into the world,
and union grave diggers usher us out
Let labor once learn this lesson and
strike at the business counter of the
non union store, and it will carry with
it an influence and example that no
opposition can withstand. Official
Journal, Hold Carriers and Building La
borers. =.
When union men buy goods and do
not ask for the label, they really de-
nounce their principles. When they
call for the union label they help un-
ionism, wages and conditions, too.
You shiuld consider ,ouyrself an en-
ployer, as you Indirectly employ the
men who make the goods you pur-
chase. If you insist on the label you
are employing union men. If you take
the product without the label, you are
employing non union or "scab' labor
Unless you show that you have an
interest in unionism by demanding
the label. the business men will not
go to the trouble of keeping label
goods, and the union idea. will fall
into disrepute with the public. You
should always call for the label. whe-
Their it is possible to get it or not, as
1t will at least advertise unionism.-
Trades Union Advocate.
Strong unions prevent strikes.
There is such a thing as armed
to make him run and howl. But the
bulldog has the right of way and no
questions asked. The fear of a mighty
bite saves the bulldog many a kick
To all whom it may concern: We are
not yellow dogs. We don't want a
strike. but we will If we have to. We
want better collective bargaining. We
want to AVOID conflict There will al
ways be strikes. but is our duty to
minimize them."-Exchange
The laboring people, do not practice
what they preach, or else they would
have their share of representatives
in the legislative halls. The politicians
know this and do not want to change
the condition. They are satisfied so
long as the workingmen cast their
votes as directed. Why not cut out
the politicians and elect a few work.
ing people to office for a change-The
Labor Advocate.
What part of your wages earned the
past week under union conditions have
you spent in the purchase of union la
bel products, and what part in the
purchase of unfair goods? Take an in
ventory:--The Labor News. & r"
he has them not he is a servant In
| proportion as he has dollars he has a
king. In proportion as he has them not
he Is subject.-Labor Journal.
! To be able to say II am a union
man" ought certainly to be considered
great honor by any intelligent wor-
kingman. And so it is-by all the in
telligent ones.-Fox River Leader.
This looks like business: ITO the
| Granger. Mine Workers and Trades
Unionists in Armstrong county: At a
meeting of Mine Workers held at Oak
| Ridge, Pa, June II, the secretary was
! instructed to issue letter to the trade
! un1on1sts and Changers of Armstrong
| county for them to elect one DELEGATE
from the different unions and Grange
| lodges. and from townships in which
there are none Of the above, to assem-
BILE at Kittaning. Pa. at date to be
decided upon later. for the purpose OF
taking action toward the securing OF
better legislation, and placing candi-
dates In the field for assembly. Labor
can only be truly represented by send
ing laboring men to the legislature as
representatives"
| Inc tWenty-elghth annual cOnven-
ton of the New Jersey State Fedora
ton of Labor will be held in the AS
sembly chamber. state capital. at Tren-
ton. N. j., commencing Monday. Aug
20, and concluding on the next day
! Woodsmen have formed a new To-
cal at Blaine. Wash. The organization
is now working on uniform wage
i scale.
The following scale has been agreed
upon for the pick miners of West
Virginia: The section in the miners
scale was agreed to by the committee
it providing for work on 90-cent ba-
sis. This is practically the agreement
Of 1903 endorsed. In the matter of the
outside wage scale there was little
time lost and the wages agreed tc
. were practically the figures proposed
! by the miners. The trimmers are to
| get $1.97. The first blacksmith is tt
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