The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-25
AN APPEALTO WOMEN
Why THEY SHOULD SUPPORT THE
UNION LABEL.

In Their Hands Is Placed the Power
to Strengthen or Retard the Prog
ress of the Trades Union Movement,
Duty Of All Wage Farmers.
! Organized labor the world over is
struggling to open the minds of women
wage earners to the great and lasting
benefits to be theirs by joining their
forces with it in trying to improve the
conditions under which workers labor.
lIts literature daily presents simple
remedies entirely within their power to
vastly improve their conditions with
out entailing any sacrifice, says Shoe
| Workers Journal Every improvement
organized labor seeks either from the
legislature, society or capital means
dollars, health and happiness to ali
wage earners and a better world To
live In for ALL A shorter workday,
! greater opportunities for education and
heaithful recreation. adjustment oil
child labor, sanitary conditions in fac
tories and arbitration Of all differences
between employer and employee are
some Of the improvements organized
labor hopes to bring about.
Would not the individual station Ia
the life Of every one Of us wage earn
ers be vastly bettered IL these improve
mcnts could be gained? These improve
ments and more will lie gained ii wo-
men wage earners would join labor nm
ions IN larger numbers. Become inter-
ested enough To try To improve your
present labor conditions. 1t should be
your first and not your last c0nsldera-
ton 10 not think that because labor
unions do not gain an immediate hi
crease OF wages they are not worthy on
the support your membership would
give. Think of what thcy have gained
with comparatively little support, anu
it will be easy to estimate what could
be gained With the united support OF all
wage earners.
Can You think Of anything that or
ganized labor has gained that has not
benefited you? Can you think Of any
thing it Is striving to gain that will not
benefit your Tan you think OF any
better way to improve your condition
than by joining forces with If? Does
It not hold ont to you great hopes Of
future advancement if you viii only
give Il your support? Forget for
moment your small prejudIees against
Joining labor unions ana answer these
questions fairly. IT the answer is sat
isfactory do not stop there, but join
your local union at once Interest
yourself IN what IS primarily your own
affair and by joining a labor union |
make that interest powerful fnfiu- |
ence. Contribute your support to or
ganized labor, which Is doing so much |
TO support you. Strengthen the weap-
ons in its hands BY your support and
Il viii strengthen the weapons in your
hands by its support You receive
much for little and in every other
transaction would consider that you
had made good bargain Fortify /
against reduction of +
wages by joining your local union.
Each wage Garner contributes his
trihing support. and organized labor
viii furnish the advancement and build I
the road over which you travel to
reach It Spend your money for union
stamped goods, thereby becoming the
arbitrator TO settle the differences be-
tween your employer and the competi-
ton Of his market. and be will speedily
become the arbitrator 10 settle the
grlevous differences between yon and
the market for your labor Buy union
stamped goods and Increase the pur-
chasing power of your dollar. Where
they are not for sale create demand
for them and broaden the market for
every manufactures of union label
goods. BY this simple means you are
your own cause and making
t possible for widespread trades IN.
on market
Your fortunes nre Indlssolubiy linked
With yonr employers. He Is not en-
irely to blame FOR prevailing eondi-
ions. II sou spend your wages for
he products Of sweat shops you force
lecent manufacturers to meet sweat
hop competition If your employer
must compete with the proprietor Of a
weat shop You must compete with the
workers in sweat shops.
Buy union label goods and drive the
weat shops ont Of existence. Wage
arners by buying the products of
weat shops become the supporters or
hem. Continue to support them and !
on will soon be working ii them.
Women are the household economists b
nd as the managers and disbursers
( the family income can, by buying t
Mon label goods, make il possible for /
ne breadwinners 10 increase the faml-
I Income 4 vast power is within tile II
ands Of women % incalculahly {
lrcngthen or greatly retard tlie trades
Mon movement VIII sou use it by
uying union label goods to strengthen
lis movement and promote your up
fling Or viii YOU use it by buying ii
veat sliop goods to retsrd this move b
tent aud resard your uplIfting3 All
age carneFs. promote your interests =
nd strengthen your unions BY eombin- y
g yonr wages into one gigantic fund {,
II the purchase of union label goods.
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Labor Lenders Icxpedicnt.
When speaking In London John
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