The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-01-25
thIIRgl TIC ACTION
NOT PASSIVE POLICY
Must Be the Slogan Of Organized
Labor IS Success Is to Be 3
81 Assured.
Men on the Firing Line 2ofsIndus.
trial Civilization Must ~
Get Busy.

from the Toledo, Union Leader so. ad-
mirably expresses our sentiments that
we reproduce it in full.
An Urgent Question.
Is 1t q fair question when we ask:
What is the policy of organized labor
regarding conditions that, now con
We ask this question as we note
the silence of many labor papers and
trade union Journals engrossed in
discussions of. little things. Is the
labor movement to live. up to it's
ideals, and blaze path through I'M
known judicial and political forests,
or is 1t simply to act as trailer" for
the safe and sane, in our desire to
travel the beaten road that means
contentment and ease. How long will
it take the germ of discomfort to
blossom into constructive life? How
long before we realize only through
political power can we secure even
hearing? Are we making gains on
child labor ,agitation-is the evil les
SEEMING? Are the number of injunc-
tons decreasing? Cannot troops be
had for the asking? Aren't we en-
joined from patronizing whom we
please? ~
Is it necessary to continue?
Consideration Of Remedy.
And WHAT'S our remedy? We talk
of "evolution::''' = Bah! There is no
difference between revolution and
evolution except that seen by timid
people: The trust is revolutionary,
but because it didn't come suddenly,
people talk Of evolution. They mag
inc ten years in the life of nation is
long time: Our battle for political
liberty Is referred to as "revolu-
ton" We are told this contest started
on Lexington's field. It's not true
The first gun was fired by German
poets and French writer's many years
before.
What Duty Requires.
The labor movement must step for
ward. and combat new forces, wrest-
ing from them weapons now turned
against us.
Plutocracy in this country is far
mere dangerous than that Of CONT
mental Europe, because ours appears
masked as democracy, while the for
eigp kind frankly declares it is there
by divine right
Baer,s to date, is alone brave enough.
to make frank confession. 81
You. say the workers can't unite
politically Do they do it in Eng
land? = In Germany? In Australia?
In Vancouver? And don't they swing
thousands Of unorganized into their
ranks, just as the non unionists made
common cause With Pope strikers, in
this city, a short time ago?
This plutoeraey dreads--anything
Glass against class" they in i,t,
lently cry as workers are told of the
value. of a: public opinion whose
worth is shown in the child labor.
liability acts, shorter work-day and
anti-sIum movements.
Harmony Must Rule.
I We will never stick If we continue
discussing individual faults. and take
political advice from those opposed
to: us.
If the. Organized Workers imagine
they amount to something, Just
watch their finish at the hands of
Ohio's legislature and our national
congress. IL
Our trade union" is: proof that we
are dissatisfied. Let. us draw out OF
these organizations or show we really
mean business by "going the limit
just as you did on that last strike:
. Isn't Organized Labor too careful in
selecting weapons?' Does it's enemies
use that caution? 1909 -.