The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-06-16
LABOR MOVEMENT NOT
DESTROYED BY COLD
The Mission of the Movement
Is to Convert-Master
Minds Give Much Aid.
No Limit to the Work For
Labor Organizations They
Have a Worlds Work.

put 1O[lH SUCH d klkdulIC AIOHl tlic1
the common people are awed or else
frightened at possible calamity which
may befall them If they refuse to do
the bidding of whichever contestant
they work for.
We as a people are afraid to pro-
claim our righteous prerogatives. The
spell" Of what may befall us unless
we heed monopoly's voice so overcomes
us that We drift hither and thither,
fearful lest one act of disobedience
on our part sewers us from our chance
to earn the daily bread.
Standing out in absolute clearness
is the harvest of many a corporation.
How can any one have respect for
them when their methods of doing
business and results are 80 pronounce
ed? Ponder one moment. ask the
question: In what manner am build
Ing up any one Of these corporations?
Scarce one need to enter into detail.
No fingerpost is necessary. The pow
er OF the labor-crushing machine Is
strong. Its effect Is everywhere visi-
BILE. The enormous amount of money
rned by these corporations is because
of the lease" with which men submit
to whatever is placed upon them Cor
porations are fattened by men and wo-
men who are content to work long
hours and for a mere pittance, The
"sweatshops" of the country are not
all in the tenements-many exist where
one would never think to look for
them.
The thousands Of young girls labor
ing IN tobacco and shoe factories, manv
or them unable to spell the name of
the city In which they live, working
the hours OF Chinese for a couple
or dollars a week, working side by
SIDE with boys and men in places on1v
nit for the dwelling of rodents-these
creatures toll on, and the owners rean
rich harvests, but oh! at what fearful
cost The authorities care nothing for
such a state of affairs so long as tares
are paid and divers regulations OBJ
served ABOUT the time an inspector 1s
due. But a brighter day will dawn
some time for these poor girls, BOYS
and men.
Inere Is the INSCRIPTIONS emplover
who forces his employees to long hours
and Tow wages. Such are eyeryWherriaps
They are found in the church and out
OF 1t. The christianity Of the present
appears to be a sort Of "convenience,
10 tnem. The church Is great harbor
lts members can do almost anything
they desire with fmpunity The trait
OF deliberate lying is so esconsed in
some that it matters not whether OBJ
legations are violated or associates he.
trayed.
tI,s
ing else save the tremendous strides
taken by combinations and this has
been the rock on which many has
lounoered. This growth has 50
scared' men and women that the de-
sire of many seems to be: Let me inst
earn enough for daily needs. no mat
ter how long l toll; it's no use. if 7
1eaVe- mere someone else will take nv
place, SO Ill naturally submit to all as
to complain will do no good. And TINS
1t goes on until Unionism steps in and
breaches its doctrines and makes con-
verts out of them.
Because of impending calamity which
threatens our country under non-union
conditions, caused largely by the Dump
Ing or cheap foreign labor upon us, and
for the protection of American toilers
Union leaders throughout our country
have reused themselves as never be-
fore, and recent events have shown inst
what can be accomplished, once people
are awake. The matters of great no.
lltical import now occupying attention
is largely due to agitation by the Union
LABOR movement. Great reforms are
being inaugurated, and the days to
come will witness things the most con-
servative among US dared scarcely ex-
pect.
But there are secret forces operating
IN places both high and low. The mis-
sion OF the union movement is inspired
OF God. That Its ranks contain bad
men Is admitted, yet even the church
has Its hypocrites. The power OF wealth
IS against organized labor, because to
crush 1t means a large source of rev.
enue, and what can be done Is being
zone TO crush. antagonize and disrupt
organized iaoor. Even the church, to a
large extent Is arrayed against 1T. 1t
Is understood the church must "s;de
In with combines, for the church. gem
orally speaking, today Is the preacher
And this is amply demonstrated hv
certain recently published statements
OF Bishop McCabe of the MethodYa+
church. No preacher of this denom,na-
tion dare answer him. What fools wa
mortals be!' to allow a bishop to sneak
for whole church and no votca i,
raised in contradiction for fear of off,
fence!
Yet this is not ALL Many other ra-
1igious denominations send all their
printing to long hours s-and-low-wag-
es" shops. believing 1t proper to nro-
cure work the cheapest, no ma++or
whether printers in such places earn
80 or $40 week. Take away the un,on
men and women from the modern
church and many denomination. ,,,,,,
have buildings for sale. There aro
many true and sincere minister's and
to these, assisted by organized 1ahor
IS the task given of spreading light :"
The power OF wealth will not keen 6owr
the toilers once they perceive the bene.
4its accruing from organized labor. Tho