The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-12-22
MORE Please" IS CRY
Of LABOR ORGANIZATION
Many People Labor Under the
Delusion That Labor Asks
For Too Much.
Its Whole Demand May be Chrys-
talized Into One Phrase:
"More, Pleased"
(By w. G.. Randolph.


people have a notion that working
man does not deserve anything? 1t is
a common thing for some people to
show their surprise and resentment
when a trades unionist has the tenn
Gritty to demand higher standard OF
living for himself than has formerly
obtained.
They cannot be oblivious of the fact
that employers and others are enjoy
ing wealth and luxury that could not
be had by kings and mobiles In the
past and that have all been created by
labor. Yes, these people who OBJ
ject to increasing. the comfort Of the
toilers are perfectly willing to concede
| or professional class"
Now, it is perfectly in order to regis
ter a strong protest against this flag
rant and unjust discrimination. We
| do, and it Is part of our duty as
members of organized labor, to resent
it and boldly and plainly declare that
1--WE have a natural right, not only to
the good things Of the world, but to
an increasing share Of them.
j. If the men who create these things
are not good enough to use and enjoy
them, I would respectfully beg leave
! to ask who in the name of justice are?
Have those who do not produce them
a greater right to them than Hhose
who do? Would not the sacriHce of
; strength and many times of health,
rest and recreation that the toilers
incarnate into the worlds goods, give
them a better title to enjoying, them
than to the employing or non produce
i ing class?
To make the illustration clearer, is
not the inventor and maker of a val
liable machine more brainy in the
real sense of the word, more useful
and necessary to humanity, even
though he wears overalls, than some
slick gent who speculates in or cor
ners the machine after it has been
made?
But though all the. world judge
otherwise, we trades unionists fee
that bys all divine, and yes, by natura
rights, the intelligent and self-sacri-
ficing worker is Infinitely more de.
serving Of credit than the Spectator
schemer or deVer
Can we afford to look forward t
the time when special distinction!
shall be yanked topsy-turvy, when la
Dor is accorded its rightful place il
human society and the preser13 stat
Of affairs completely changed? We, o
organized labor, don't propose to wal
for this change to come about b,
snails-gait evolution Of natural Sc
lection" We proclaim to the worl
that we consider ourselves warrante
in passing our plates here and now
for more and then "some,"' just l.
proportion as the productivity Of hu
man labor increases with the progress
sive perfecting of the implements &
labor and system Of management.
When we announce a demand for a
increase for next year, and Mr.. Broad
cloth and Miss Fluffsilk gasp in horro
at our "audacity," we will just quietl
remind them that not only have GU
living expenses been increased, bu
our labor is becoming moro efficier
all the time and we object to a fe,
getting all the benefits Of this increas
getting it at both ends-by chargin
us more for what they sell u.s. and be
sides taking for their own benefit a
the increase In the efficiency Of mod
ern skill and improved machinery.
We propose to speak our mind rig1
out in "meetin'" when a rich lady {
gentleman will jew and contrive |
cheaper the labor cost Of their hous
and then when it is finished go to til
house furnishing store and pay O,
I fortunes for silks, lace curtains an
glittering gewgaws that have no otht
I function than to advertise the coarse
I ness of the purchaser.
I Yes, brothers, it is time to speak O,
! now and say, "Well, ladies and gentle
men, we are sorry to give you such
nervous shock, but we prepared tt
food by our labor, we made the clott
! Ing. and pictures and all other Koc
I things, and here is to you while i
I reach for them! THE Carpenter. Il ss
! Mr.. Union Man lofty your OH,
that the Bell Phone i. Unfsi