The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-04-27
EDUCATION THE BASIC
PRINCIPLE OF UNIONS
Mental Training Is Every
where Necessary to a Sue
cessful Laboring Career.
Development Ensures a Broad
er and More Comprehensive
View of Conditions.


View Of Conditions.
Education, as the basic principle in :
the emancipation of the laboring class
from it's present servile condition,
seems to be gaining ground in the
minds of the, worlds thinkers.
Labor Is running the gamut of re-
medal conditions with little or no
success. Ideas and opinions from
every available source have been act
ed upon as the remedial factor. Pal
Native after palliative has been pro-
mulgated and adopted with but little
beneficial result. We have hailed
with joy the advent of labor unions,
leaders,, strikes, sympathetic strikes,
regulation, and, in fact, all manner
of concerted action; and we have ad-
vanced slowly and falteringly toward
the coveted goal.
improvement Of Condition. r
Time, labor and brain work has
been exhausted in bettering condi-
tions Laws have been enacted tend
ing to relieve the distress into which
! labor is plunged. The whole world
of thinkers is endeavoring to furnish
the means whereby the toiler may re- .
alize and enjoy, in just and due meas (
! ure, the benefit of his labor. Yet the
consummation is scarcely nearer at
hand than formerly. The unsuccessful
efforts of the past and present should
have gifted us with insight into the
difficulty, and we should be able to
see our hort-comings clearly. 4
Lessons of History.
Everywhere, and always, in the his.
tory of mankind and society, that i'm :
portant factor, education, has been
neglected. From Adam down to the
! present, we have indulged ourselves
in the untenable idea, that education
is unnecessary to the proper enjoy
ment Of life. People of all classes
| and races have been slow to grasp the
benefits Of education. Society has
sought to eradicate the necessity Of
| mental training. Subterfuge after
subterfuge has been resorted to-
Mans nature has revolted against It..
1t has been avoided as studiously as
has the poisonous serpent been sflun-#
ned. We have allowed our brains
little or no time or opportunity for
| offspring that he shall build up and.
| carefully exercise and nourish the
physical being; but that it is unnec-s
source
mifld. Since the creattons
have we fondled and. coddled the phy-:
sical being and allowed the main-
spring of power and opportunity to,
exist undeveloped, unskilled, unnur.
tured and unprepared. 81
E. Advances Now Made.
The wonderful advances now being
| made by men with trained minds, as
| we'll as hands, should lead the toll
ers to the belief that the time-hon-s
ored theory that mental training is
! unnecessary to a successful laboring
career is based upon te wrong pre-
| mise. Dwarfed mentalities are no.
| where evidenced in the lead. Ex-z
! ceptions exist, assuredly, serving but
F.! to prove the truth of the assertion,
generally. We must, Of necessity,
deal with society as a unit; not Of.
! men as individuals. ~
| The professional vocations entail a;
degree of mental training scarcely to
| be credited by those who have never.
ventureds therein. Even with them
| the better trained mind is continually
demonstrating its superiority This
! latter fact is evidenced each day, and
| is given general credence by the La
| boring classes. se#
Trained Minds Demanded, E.
! This truth applies none the less
| forcibly to labor. The man of bet
ter mental training is certain TO-
achieve the greater degree of skill
manually. Employers appreciate the
advantages Of mentally trained work
men. and are continually giving them
! precedence. To see a young employe,
with well developed mind, steadily
step by step, advanced over his fell
low laborers, is now no uncommon
sight. Today labor of all kinds IL.
slowly but surely demanding the:
qualification Of mental, as well as
| physical training. The movement to-
ward trained minds is Irresistible. The
present day affords better and more,
opportunities to the mentally and ply
sically trained laborer than ever be-
fore in the history Of mankind.
With the development of the mind
we insure ourselves a broader and
| more comprehensive view Of condi-
tions. We are better able to cope with
emergencies. We are the better able.
( to treat with Intelligence hte subjects
Of vital importance affecting our con-
dition as toilers. The more advanced
mentally, the better shall be the. re-
suits Of our. deliberations; the more
beneficial the results Of our actions.
We may rely upon our Judgment, and
we nay pass righteous Judgment upon
the actions of fellow men. sss
Mr.. Union Map Notify your baker.
that the Bell Phone is Unfair.