The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-08-08
Quarterly Bulletin for August,
September and October Of /.
This Year. 49,. =
ON DUTIES PRESCRIBED .
BY W1NoNA CONVENTION
Embracing Per Capita Tax, Polit-
ical Action, Union Label {.
and Labor Press. n:

Dor, contained the following quarter
" bulletin from Secretary Treasurer
McEwen for August, September and
October Of this year. The Bulletin is
as follows: .
= To Affiliated Unions: Enclosed will
be found blanks for the submission OF
per capita tax for the quarters end
ing October 81, 1908. It will be re-
that all tax Is payable lin
advance. Unions which are in ar
rears for the quarter ending July 81
should remit at once and have them
selves placed In good standing on our
books.
Our State Program. - :.
This is the first circular from this
office since the Winona. convention.
which was the largest and most sue
cessful ever held by labor organiza-
tion in Minnesota Several matters
were referred by the convention to the
secretary treasurer, and they are
stated briefly to the unions as follows:
Need a Political Fund:
First-Union labor. Is called upon to
enter the political field this year as
it never was before. 1t is not from
mere choice that we take such a
course, but from necessity, made SO by
the continued apathy of state and ma
tional making bodies to the legis-
lative demands OF union labor. A very
energetic political committee has been
appointed, and each union is solicited
to appropriate money for the promo,
tion of the work of said committee.
II every union In: Minnesota would
contribute a sum equal to ten cents
for each member we would have q
fund sufficient to properly carry on
the work. All contributions should be
sent to the secretary treasurer OF the
state central ) Il
Deacon, so7 Twenti eth venue south
Minneapolis Minn.. who will issue;
proper receipt for the same.
Send List Of Members.
Second-To enable the members of
the political committee to more ad-
vantageously carry on their work, each
union in the state is advised to send
to the committeeman in its respective
district full list Of it's membership.
together with the address Of each
member. If the members of the labor
organizations are known. and their
Individual corporations is secured,
much more effective work will be done.
Do not fail to send in your list Of
members at once.
Some "Rat" Publications.
Third-The members of union labor
are reminded that the following publ
cations continue to act unfairly to-
wards organized labor: Saturday
Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal,
Butterick, New Idea and Standard
patterns, Delineator and Designer
Magazines.
Your State Labor Press
Fourth-By an appropriate resolu-
tion. the convention urges upon each
union to subscribe in a. body for some
labor paper. It is conceded that no
thing tends to aid the movement in
any locality like a. live and up-todate
labor publication. The labor papers
in Minnesota are the Minnesota Union
Advocate Of; st. Paul, Labor Review
Of Minneapolis and the Labor World
Of Duluth. The price Of each of these
publications is 81 per year. but special
rates may be had for unions by appli-
cation to the publisher Of each paper.
Stand by Union Label.
.F'ifth-According to another resolu
ton the unions are requested to urge
upon their membership the necessity
of being vigilant In their request for
articles which bear the union label.
There is nothing which can do so
much to employ union. workingmen
and women as the increasing demand
for union-label goods. =
- Women's Label Leagues. IT, =
-Sixth-A very important resolution
adopted by the convention was one
asking the local unions. in the. several
cities of the state to aid in the organ
ization of Womep's Union Label
leagues. These organizations of wo-
men are doing very much to support
the movement There is very active
league in Duluth, and the good that
It has done there for the union label
and the cause in general is incalcul-
able. ~ ~
/ Co.,, Work With the Farmers. ,.~s<-
seyenth---The convention also ex-
tended its wholesome support to the
American Society OF Equity. The un-
ions, are par ticularly urged to aid in
the orEaniyation 81 the farmers ana
tosEiye sellconra eHent to the organiza 7,
tion Of exchanges IN the several cities.
Z IS + >:.@ :s:@ Elect ! Your. Friends. =
Eighth . a very strong stand was
taken On political action. While the
delegates refused Sto indorse any poll
tical party, they urged that the mem
bership In MinnesotA do everything lii
its power to. elect men to Office who
will work and vote TOR labor measures.
6 b this extent at least the unions are
urged to take, pphtic action. ssss #s
!. 81 q unisn. Slammed Shoes. # s5.s IS
,.ss NinthIl tn de unions of tnne-
ssSpta are hereby no tifed that the shA-5
rood Shoe .cns,a nv sofs s s aul has
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