The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1907-06-08
EVERY WAGE EARNER| 4:
SHOULD JOIN UNION
Strong and Effective Argu-
ment in Favor of Or
ganized Labor.
Some Unanswerable Reasons
Given Why Every Work.
ingman Should Unite.

straightforward, physical or ma
terial-is the only assurance Of sue
cess of any body.
Unionism, to be effective, must be
strong. In fact, it must be over
Whelm1ng; it must control.
The public, SO, long accustomed to
be obseQuious to wealth and to people
OF wealth. must learn that money Is
not the only power there is. The
public must learn that the solid front
OF united labor has power a thousand
fold more strong, thousand fold more
effective, and a thousand fold more
just than the whole united force of
wealth combined.
But first labor itself must realize
this truth. Labor itself must appreci-
ate Its own power.
Money. of itself, has no power. The
man Of wealth is the most arrant cow
ard in public life. The pocketbook is
the most sensitive thermometer in the
social world.
Moneys power is entirely made up
of it's command over labor
Would Stop Plundering.
If the laboring men were organized
SO that none Of that now unorganized
part could be used by the corporate
plunderers to carry out their criminal
schemes, corporate plundering would
stop from it's own powerlessness.
The way that corporate robbery sue
ceeds Is by constantly taking to itself
part-usually the larger part-of
the wealth created by labor, This
constant accumulation is invested" or
loaned out to the worker so as to
again divide the little the worker has
allowed to him. Or invested" in land,
so that as landlord the System" can
take all OF the remaining part the
worker has left after scantily feeding
and clothing himself and family.
These vast accommodations thus Sc
cured are so held that If labor pro-
tests against this robbery the money
may be used to hire labor (unorganiz-
ED to fight labor (organized).
Robbery Would Be Stopped.
If it were not for this vast field of
unorganized labor this robbery could
be stopped
Labor has the power. It is only be-
cause of the lack of recognition Of this
truth that large numbers Of working
men allow themselves to be used as
instruments Of their own destruction.
We say their own destruction" for
the reason that the raising of wages
for organized labor raises the wages
Of unorganized labor.
The lettering of conditions of work
for organized labor betters the condi-
lions Of unorganized labor, and so on.
II the unorganized workers once
fully appreciated this truth, he would
begin to see the immense value Of
unionism.
He would also see that higher wages
for others meant higher wages for
himself.
More Benefit to Labor,
He would see that the cause of la
Dor is one and that it would be of
more benefit to his own interest to
join with the striker or protester
against injustice than to join with the
corporate robbers in their conspiracy
against the worker.
The unorganized worker should
realize that all these labor controver-
sizes are in one sense or another dis
putes about the division Of created
wealth.
The sweatshop is merely a means OF
taking larger amount from the work.
er than could be taken under livable
conditions.
Long hours is merely another form
of robbery.
Rent for land values, not for houses
or improvements. is another form.
System Would Be Exposed.
And SO we might go on and show
that all these Industrial disturbances
resolve themselves ultimately into
truth that the system" is taking from
the worker that which rightly belongs
to him as a worker
So the vast accumulations of the
System" pile up and the morgan
lied worker plays the part that en-
ables the System" day after day and
year after year to continue it's policy
Of plumber.
Organization will stop this robbery,
Organization will secure justice. Or
ganization will insure the peace and
stability of government.
Without organization, Injustice will
continue, disorder will continue, and
government and law themselves will
be endangered.
Labor unfonism Is the best security
that government and order have to-
day.
Working men, organize!
SUMMONS IN APPLICATION FOR
REGISTRATION OF LAND.