The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-22

the city, spend and pay out approx
1nately IS per cent Of tne earnings OF
union men. q special committee or the
the Central Labor Union is devising
plan whereby IL win be possible 70
insure the expenditure Of this money
FOR union-made goods.
II has. beer. realized for several years
bv local labor leaders that despite the
..unfair" list, and other eontrivanees,
that reached only the men OF the fam
ily. money earned under union condi-
tons was spent for the promotion OF
the unfair shop. With the ban
placed upon the publication of the ''un-
fair" list by the recent court decisions
and the general inability to reach the
women. the shoppers Of the family the
thinkers have reached the conclusion
that some decisive measure is neees-
sary.
plan Women's Auxiliary.
It is the present plan TO form a won-
ems auxiliary TO every local UNION III
the city, and, II the worst comes 70 me
worst in the court decisions 10 spreau'
in this way. the unfair list
THE feature Of the plan uncer CON
sideration is the calling OF a mass meet
ing jn Convention Hail or some otnsI
hfr auditorium to which every woman
member OF the family Of a trades IN
ionist viii receive personal lnNlt%tlSh
10 attend The best speakers IN ne
local movement VIII actress lIle ne 49,
mo and impress upon the women the
r47rnoses and reasons Tor orgdIlAhtiOli'
and bring them to a better under sta s-llS.
ing OF the labor NOV cement anu no It
in means to the Wage-earners OF Us
country They win be told that with
d 600 union men in the city, REPRESENT
tins. with their families over lOOUo per
sons or z third Of the pOpuldtlohi SIlele,
If they consistently decline TO puFeAla -st,
articles made by nonunlon labor II VII,
he h,ff a short time before the iabSi
VIII become universal
Union Label Indispensable.
They will also be impressed with the
fact that the union wage is responsible
for their increased spending power and
they viii be told that to increase the
power OF the trades unions viii be 20
sin further increase the amount they
VIII have to spendA
John II. Brinkman. secretar-'-treas-
urer OF the International Carriage and
wagon workers Union. is chairman OF
a committee OF fve appointed by the
Central Labor Union, TO promote the
plans for the forming OF auXlharles-
ID is probable that one Of the speakers
viii be L. Z. Roberts. former CHAIRMAN.
of the label committee OF the central
Labor Union. and at present IN charge
Of the label campaign OF the American
Federation OF Labor.
Handicap Own Cause.
One Of Mr.. Roberts most forceful ar
guments for the label, that will be used
by him in his address, is that recently
written by him for a trade paper. 1t
is, in part, as follows;
Just as long as union men take the
money made under union conditions and
purchase nOn-uniOn goods with II, so
long win the Manufacturers AssOcia-
ton continue their hostile spirit Every
time we buy a nOn-uniOn article (When
we can get the union article for the
asking) we are contributing just that
much, great or small, to the manufac-
turers' association fund to disrupt trade
unions.
The fellow who pays one dollar a
month N dues 10 maintain his union
ana spends the rest in the purchasing
of non-uniOn goods is contributing ten
times the amount to tear down what he
is trying TO build up and maintain when
he pays his dues
Power Of Purchase.
''Workingmen have got to realize that
the purchasing power is one OF the
greatest instruments in their hands. and
when used in the interest of 'unionism'
,
cation OF unfair employers can combat
It.
1.-The time has come when tbs con-
science of the union men ought to be
aTOused-an awakening from the feel
ing that has been lying dormant for
Iow-unionists, and that he Is just a little
inconsistent when he complains about
the unfair employer when he himself
is supporting the unfair firms and prac-
- HHHnaa Ell
whenever he buys a nOn-uniOn article. |
Work Through Dealer.
IF your merchant does not handle
union-label goods. ask him why. Union
men have got to create a demand for
them
Think OF a committee calling upon |
an employer and requesting Of him |
to employ union men. pay union wages, /
etc, and that same committee not wear
ing a union-made article. That would !,
be asking an employer 10 do that which /
the committee failed to do. An en- 1
ployer would have a perfect right to t
say Whom do you employ? Do you en- /
plOy union labor? You have asked me 1
10. Who made your shoes, hats, clothes. |
shirts. collars, Overalls, etc. I? How
embarrassing question of that kind 1
would be to committee who never /
thought enough of the other fellows /
label 10 ask for it.
Want Label Exhibit.
Let the Central Labor Union Of /
Washington begin now to try to /
have a label exhibit here next spring. 1
Probably we could get the central /
bodies Of Baltimore and PHILADELPHIA
interested in the movement, for afterl
leaving here the exhibit could be /
taken to Baltimore. The Central La
Dor Union OF Chicago had such an |
exhibit several years ago and il /
proved to be an educational feature
along trade union lines.
THE union label Is the 'in hoe signo
Vinces' of the crusade to rescue the
child from the mine, mill, and fac
tory, and the woman from the sweat
shop and tenement house districts.
Win we help to rescue them, or will
we continue to pour our money into
the laps OF those that are organized to
disrupt US ??
Referendum Vote.
Members Of the International Car
riage and Wagon Workers Union of
North America are casting a referen-
DUN vote in every section of tba