The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-02
by Mrs. s. Waudby In Eloquent Address Before the ss.
New York typographical Union.
COUNTRY NEEDS MORE UNION WIVES AND DAUGHTERS
"no n fish and Win Against Woman Woman ,sbe sbd
" fart Toward Advancing Organized By Always Demand
ing the Union Iabel-r S Her Duty

Mrs. VIM. S. Waudby, of Batn-
via, n. Y, eX-Chaplain to the
Women's International Auxiliary
10 the l. L. u, made an eloquent
address before the wives, daupht-
ers and sweethe;lrts of Syrncuse
UNION men. She spoke nearly two
houis and among other things said.
When u man mnrries he general
~ tries to the best of his ability To
make his home pleasant and com.
fortable for the girl who has con.
sented to share her lot with him.
And u woman ought to consider
her husbands interests first.
When a man belongs to n union,
The greatest and only protection a
worklngman has, how many wives
uphold thems When there is an
extra assessment TO aid strike she
Will say, as IL rule: "Let them take
care of themselves. You are NOT
one of thems I need that small
amount myself. l want to buy q
new waiSt.''
But listen The husband will
say: eff ever / am on strike these
men will help me.''
The wife answers: ssBut Won
may never go Oh strike; there is all
your money gone"
such woman might be talked
TO until man turned TO stone and
she'd never understand. She does
not want to, and when persons
DON'T want to understand they are
worse than those who can't.
"A man comes home and saws 10
his wife: "My dear, when YOU 90
into Il store to buy anything al
ways ask for goods with the label
on them, as they will insure the
TACT that we are not buying peni
tehtiary or sweat-shop made
goods"
The wife smiles very sweetly and
says she will, and the very next
day she goes to an unfair house
and buys goods that the salesman
tells her are not made by union
workmen.
Now, what are union men poinp
to do III their fight for Justice when
their wives who have promised to
De helpmates TO them, will tear
down what they have built ups
Even If union men do buy ana de-
mand union made goods, where
they spend one dollar their wives
and daughters will spend fifty.
What the country wants and
needs are union wives and daught-
ers.
Where women have come to the
front haven't they always won
Who can fight and win against a
woman who is woman!
Can't the women see and under
stand that where the husbands re-
celved 50 day before unions were
founded they now receive SO a
dayf
Won't they understand that
every time they buy non union
make articles the weaken their hus-
bands cause and strengthen their
industrial enemiess
The old saying, "Men must
work and women must weep,n has
gone out of style. There is yery
little use for the weeping, clinging
women that men used to die for
and consider themselves heroes for
doing 1T. What we want now are
women. who work; women who are
not afraid to hold up their heads
and say, "I demand the rights that
belong to me and mine.D
Oh, women-SisteIS wake IN
before 1T is too late! When women
will stand side by side with men in
their struggles, the men are
and encour.pad. and
the women should consider, who
are the men fighting for, if not for
them. If man cared nothing for
his family, would he care how
iaacn he earned, as long as he was
provided for.
And now let us put our hand in
the hand of our union brothers and
say: As long as 1 live / will do nv
part toward advancing the cause of
organized labor by always demand
ing the union label.