The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-08-24
VOTE. on IN AMENDMENT !. NJ !. / !.
SHOULD Be Unanimous D !
Labor Organizations Of Minnesota
" Are Asked to Support Pro IL
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Z posed Amendment. 3i2a.
State Federation Of Labor Is Bad
" in Need of Money to Get
Good Results. ~ !.

| several hundred unions in Minnesota
a proposition to amend the constitu-
ton providing for an increase in the
revenue OF the Minnesota State Fed.
Grafton of Labor. This proposition
has been before: the unions for three
consecutive years. Last year 1t came
! within a few votes Of passing. It is
| hoped by the officers. Of the FEEDER
alton that it will carry by q large ma
! jority with this vote ~.
| Nothing that we can say in behalf
| Of the amendment can be put so we'll
| as the following able editorial from
the Minnesota Union Advocate, the
official organ Of the federation. It
| tells the whole story and is as follows:
There is one word in the language
| which expresses the highest hopes and
best achievements Of Organized labor in
| this and every state in the Union.
That word is organization! 3:
without organization our move
| ment Is nothing. In fact, without or
| ganization it could not be in existence
! as force for good for our people to
| any extent that would amount to any,
| thing at all.
More than that all experience Of
all unionists proves, beyond all
thought Of contradiction or question,
| that, in proportion as organization is
| extended. organized labor has grown
| powerful and effective.
Nov, We have this subject deeply
at heart. We see the enemies of our
people and their. cause organizing in
secret and in public. We see the
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ments placed freely and without stint
at their disposal. And, all to what
end? In order to destroy trade union
ism. That is the aim, first and last
OF the various employers organiza-
lions now in existence, 50 far as the
public knows anything about them.
| "A million and a half dollars has
been contributed for organization of
the interests thai seek TO destroy
union organization. 1t may be thought
that these people are trying to do the
impossible. They are not the class of
men, but be it remembered, that start
In to do impossible things. They are,
on the other hand, the class in regard
to which it is true that, with their tre-
mendous resources. nothing is impos-
sible.
IF unionism is to live in this state
and to flourish there must be more
work done In Minnesota. What is be-
ing done now is utterly insufficient.
we must go forward, Or we must
stand still. The state and it's several
J. communities in which union labor
exists grow greater daily in popula-%
ton and wealth. Are we to keep pace
with this progress? = If we are not,
then the end Of unionism is not far
! to look for.
with all the earnestness possible
to use, we again urge on our readers
and on all true unionists to vote for
the increase Of the per capita tax
from one to two cents per month";. -
The work now being done is well
DONE But it is not enough, nor near
enough. 1t is not enough because the
money available from the present tax
Is not enough. For the work mapped
out every dollar Of the increased
amount will be used and will be
necessary.
Local, men are or should be in
charge Of every organizing district.
They can do the work better than
outsiders, and they will do it. But
none of us is able to give our time
or labor to the cause of organization,
The men that do it must be paid for
their work, as they are paid for the
Work at their crafts. This cannot be
done unless the good sense and devo-
t1on of the men Of the several unions.
as Expressed In the aggregate vote
on this proposition. enables it to be
done. i =,
Let us not be blind to our own in
terests This proposition should have
substantially unanimous vote in
support of it. We believe it will have
The men we have placed at the
head of our state organization know
that 1t is absolutely necessary. They
have said. So Their statements agree
with the enlightened information of ali
uniontsts. Let us then at once express
our faith in them and our devotion to
our own cause by voting to a man in
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