The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-07-28
A. LITTLE. TALK TO THE WORK.
lNGMAN

JNGMAN.
With your permission Mr.. Editor,
want to say to the workingnen what
they no doubt have many times been
told-the workingman is worthy OF his
hire-that is intended to be, a great
truth but how many times 1t appears
In the minds of workmen to be a false
fabrication. When he is shoveling in
the mine standing in the water pil1ng
up the mud under the harsh treatment
OF some giant foreman. constituted of
more ignorance and brutality than Of
humanity, and intelligence. who hires
the laborer under promises, which they
never expect to keep. While the faith
full workman is worthy Of his hire and
often stays so and 10 days, he is fire.
quently cut $500 per month by his
foreman, to allow Mr.. Foreman to
make good standing for himself with
his employer. Now I am not saying
this about all foremen or all employers
for there are many exceptions, but
there are entirely too many skinners
and then they wonder why men leave
them. There Is another side of his sor-
rows and well he knows I know some-
thing OF his troubles. Some employ
ment agents are good, some are bad,
and when their rents come due and
they need the money then they hire
men on old dead orders and without
orders on mere guess that the men
will get Job. Anything to get the
dollar. Sheehy once sent six men to
Hibbing to make hay and charged them
$500 when Joe knew he could eat all
hAC h0N I4% l. L. ILL.,
nually. Another trouble arises from
some foremen who are troubled with
an itching palm and they send the en-
ployment agent orders for men when
when they don't need them and don't
intend to keep them more than one or
two days just so they can say they
put them to work and then discharge
them without cause. The poor man
has most likely paid his fair up and
back and gets home about even but
the foreman has earned his half Of
the employment fee and he is happy
and forgets the day when he was a
common laborer. These are the men
whom would drive out Of the business
as well as the employment agent who
would enter into such false compact
with an untrue and unjust foreman,
and that remedy is coming as certain
as the labOrtng man sends his friend
to the Legislature next winter. want
to caution every working man who
votes to pick out the man who will
come nearest doing right and who has
speck of manly independence In his
soul, and with and honest desire to
help his fellow man more than he helps
himself. Here is another thing, my
boys. when q hese candidates canvas
your votes bn't fail to canvas his
standing and his ideas on the great
questions that interest you. Before
you promise him your suffrage ask
him how he stands on the labor
problems that will surely come before
the Legislature. Ask him If he will
vote to lessen the burdens Of labor.
Ask him If he will vote for laws to
abolish and wipe out every form of
trust and unlawful combinations known
Combines that absolutely control and
fix the prices Of all sorts Of food stuffs
that goes into your and my household
for consumption-your meat, -four, hay,
grain, butter and milk, sugar and eggs,
clothing boots and shoes. Everything
you eat, drink and wear, is under the
management Of combination in Du-
luth, but they don't like to be called
q trust. The wholesale combine on
Michigan street, like the grain COM
bine at the Board Of Trade is a public
conspiracy under law, and is crime
for which every man in it will one day
have to answer. You say, as I did
one day, to q RETAIL. grover: "Why in
the world do you charge 50 much for
storage eggs. I can buy fresh ones
from the farmers at Germantown for
less money and much betters and fresh
er eggs?" "Oh, well, we are not al
lowed to patronize the Germantown
farmers. We have to buy our goods on
Michigan street, else they will not sell
us any more goods, then they tell us
the price to charge for butter, eggs,
salt. meat. poultry. fruit Of all kinds,
fish, salt and fresh-weu everything.
They keep the market short as rule,
no surplus allowed to bull the market"
Watch faithfully your public serv-
ants who are in office, and when they
get into bad repute, never honor them
or trust them again with your vote.
Remember your interest, never mind
the party, vote for the best man. When
you enter your booth to vote there will
be no one there but your God and your
pencil. Its your golden opportunity to
express your American independence
and you are a better citizen every time
you do &c. If you vote the very best
you can for the best man. Away with
party until patriotism lives again and
partisanisn, the destroyer of patriotism
dies never to live again. Amend the
election laws. Ask your representative
to vote to amend the election laws, 50
every man can vote Independently and
freely for the best candidate. If the
men cannot do this, we will get wo-
mems suffrage, and then we will fix
all the tricksters so they will obey the
laws or leave the country.
Thanking you for this opportunity.
am yours truly for the best govern
ment for all the people and for fair
play for every man.
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