The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-04-21
FATE Of MOVEMENT ::
IN HANDS WOMAN
The Fate of the Labor Move
Ment Depends Upon the 10y,
atty of Union Mans Wife. .
Her Demand for Things Which
Her Husband Produces
Will Solve Problems.

| aeT- auSDaMQ PRODUCES
Will Solve Problems.
The fate Of the labor movement is
in the hands Of the. American woman.
If she is the wife In the home, she
must learn to be more insistent in her
demand for the union label; IT, she is
one Of the many thousand women
workers who have Invaded the field of
industry, she must grasp the union
idea and became organized. These two
things, greater demand for the union
label and more, organization among
women workers, are the obstacles that
loom largest today IN the path of union
progress. Es !: z:s4s
1t is the wife in the home who spends
most Of the money with the butcher,
the banker and the grocer: The pur-
chasing power OF the workingman's s
dollar is in her Ekeeptng. She can
spend her husbands money for union
label products. on she can trade it into
the hands Of the men who are con-
| spring to reduce her husbands wages.
She is the GREATEST spender, she is the
one to whom organized labor must
appeal to makeSmore general the de-
mand for unton-label products. Until
this demand becomes yoiced by the
| women inseVery workingman' home in
America, the ultimate victory of union
ism over he1selhshness Of capital will
! be detarred. ~. ss
The AraunSentsof the Dollar.
The stxpotent argument that the
Work1ngman can use to oinduce his en-
ployer to enlalekerms with unionism is
| the argument of the dollar. It is the
argument. that says TO- the capitalist
| Take our labor at q 5fair price. or
leave it, justaas ou5choose, but If you
leave 1t, remember that not a single
union man or wpnlana in this country
will buy the products that you must
| sell in order to. maintain your busi-
ness" s;ssS ..9s
When Observation-Disclosures can say
| that to every employer In the land, the
| triumph of.sunionismw will no longer be
a dream, but. a realtt r. 4"s....:s
! ,Assdennands for the union label in
| every union home however. will5not of
/ Itself win the y bat tile for all working
| men and worr1e 11e scabs: the
treubla sInslk kerS III ia sSie 11oSxta nized
ltoilers-for as yet 2 fhere are .5ss - not
enough union homes. with the gen
eral extension Of the union. campaign.
| the women workers must be better or
ganized. They are Increasing bv
| thousands every year and TODAY rep
! resent great menace to, the future
| Of unionism-a menace because the
average woman who works. is indif-
| ferent to the need or organization.
Makes Victory Certain.
In spite of this indifference. in snite
| of all hardships that men have heen
forced to endure because Of the invas-
| ion of the woman worker the advent
of woman in the shop and factory has
rendered more certain the final tri-
umph Of union labor, Until man con-
vinces woman of the need of organ MIA
ton to save the home and the family.
the labor union battle will never be
| won anyway. The best way to con-
vince her is by practical experience.
1t has only been by the hardest kind
! of knocks and long years of experience
that the union men of today have been
convinced that organization is the only
thing that will force their EMPLOYERS
to pay living wages. The Indifference
of the women workers todav is not
a, circumstance to the ind,fference
that existed among vorkingmen, to the
claims or organization. 40 wears aro
AS men have learned the lesson Of
unionism. 50 women will learn # also.
Considering the shortness Of time
since women began to work beside
men in all kinds of industries. the pro-
gress of organization among them has
been marvellous. And when the women
workers are all convinced. it won't take
them long to convince all the other
! women and mankind in general that
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