The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-03-28
] FIVE CENTS.
CREATE 4 DEMAND
FOR THE UNION LABEL
Il Il
Plan Upon Which all Inside the
Ranks Of Organized Labor
Can Unite.
Buy Union Label Goods Yourself
and Educate Your Neighbor
to do Likewise.

Nearly every member of organized
labor has a plan in his or her mind
which they think would advance the
interests OF the working people,.
Some Of these plans are good-if
carried out-many others are impos-
sible.~ There is one plan. however upon
which all may unite-and that plan IS:
to educate as many people as possible
to demand the union label
Create the Demand.
There is need of education along thisz
line, inside the ranks of organized la
Dor, so it is very easy to see that
much work must be done to educate
the well meaning people outside of the
ranks or organized labor, in order TO
create much Of demand for goods
bearing the union label.
You can't blame people outside Of
unions for not calling for the goods
made by members Of trade unions, for
if some lodge was to call on people
to buy only goods bearing the label
of their lodge they would be looked
upon as trying to work a selfish game
and would have very por success in in
ducing people outside Of their oldge.
Educate the Outsider.
This is the way that many people
outside of labor organizations view the
the union label; they don't understand
the difference; they must be educated.
The general public must be made to
understand that the union label is a
guarantee that the goods bearing it,
are made by men and women who are
working under fair and sanitary condi-s
tions, receiving living wages and set
ting enough time off for improvement
and recreation. The public must also
be educated to the fact that the union
label Is a safeguard to their health, for
the label is a guarantee against filth
and disease made in a clean and sani-
tary factory. ! ,ss
Protect the Helpless.
: To the many thousands who cry
out against the horrors of child labor
the label should be remembered, for
children are protected by the unions
and are not employed much in union
shops. The working girl can be help
ed to keep the right path by patron
izing the union label, for the union
working girl makes enough money to
live on, and il the girls are encouraged
W ulI1O1lS duu sup
ported by patronizing the labels OF
their rzorganfzations, they will not haze
to sell their .virtue. ;n order to meet
the problem of how to pay living ex-.
penses Of $500 per week and dress
themselves on a salary Of 5000 per
week. All members of organized labor
should first educate themselves up to
the point of buying union made goods.
then start in ITO educate the public as
to why union made goods should be.
purchased
Buy Label Goods.
And when you go after union made
goods-get them. Don't let the smart
clerk or the smooth business man steer
you off with the time worn and moth
eaten lie that the goods are union
made all right, but they don't put the.
label on an ymore; just walk out and
give them shock. Perhaps he will
dig up union made goods for the next
customer that asks for them and he
may keep them In sight If a few Of his
customers demand labeled goods. The.
label Is more powerful than strikes. 50
get In and create a demand for the
label by educating yourself and the
public as to what the label stands for;