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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

NEW YORK June A-PRTME MERCAN-
rLLE FAFEE-1t4I4 Per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE EASY, with
NtuaE business IN bankers bills AZ &ssHf
ANF FOR demand and az ASKaNG t&H for
sixtv-fav bills commercial bills. 49,
STLVEE-Har &c Mexican dollars. &c
BONDS Government steady, railroad.
regular
MUNEN-On call easy IEHiA per cent
ninE rate. ~ per cent. closing bid. II
percent. offered AZ n per cent. tune loans.
nIiBt aud steady sixty days. ~ per
cent. ninety days. EAH1A per cent. six
months. glr1lA per cent.
Closing quotations on bonds today were
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

NEW YORK. June a-SLEAR-Raw
firm fair refining. =a&seC, centrifugal.
= test. AE1@dA EC- mulasEes SUGAR, 8r2-EsI
as Rsfned steady No. g. soc No. = Aasc
No. q AEc. No. e. AEe- Ne 10 ANC- No.
AlNc. No. - ABC Va %. sc NJ. "a.
EEc. C-nnfecuuners A. 51c. mould A.
a1c. cut loaf aMc- crushed. soc. pow
dered. a.lc E-rauulared. 6Ne; cubes. LEC-
MOLAEEES-Cuiet- New Orleans open
kerrIe rood 10 choice. Af41c.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

canada decreased Are hu.. anoat f1r and
In. Europe. fstrsaaed AfDon hu total
American and Euruuean supply, decreased
AEAdfa hu-
com-Cntsd states and Canada a.
creased s9.gn bu
Ca1H=Tuitad states and Canadu. de-
creased LILl0 hu.
The leading increases and decreases re-
ported this week follow
Tncreases-sniwaukea private elevators
EEB pa OEdensnurL son IN. Goderich.
Ont. - bu
pecrsase-MRuitoba. z5Wo Bu.; Omaha
DWa bu.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

L0o; southern cows. E5Od48, native
cows, 6-0caS.n; native heifers, l3HS&
bulls. H&SI66; caIves. E.a1dh3.
H~OGS-Rsceipts. LS0 head Market 5T
lc higher. Top. 8B bulk OF sales, AOH
so; heavy. 6.5d6S; packers and butch
ers'. 8.3Od5-S. nghL. Gm45O; pigs. ga
GA5
SHEEP and lambs - ReceipUE 30 hBzd.
Market strong Lambs. S-0od6.3. ewes
and veariinEs, S0gp45; Texas yearfings.
81. $3.50 Texas sheep. 8. -5qA3 stockers
and faaderg- q ma 81
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

Just about the same as prevailed yester-
day. the hogs selling largely al ESd6O.
with a top at BS, the same as yesterday.
The most Of the hogs sold in fair season
IN the morning IN spite Of the fact that
the trade was not especially active. After
all the fluctuations up and down. the hogs
sold today IN an average onlv a shade
lower than on Tuesday OF last week
RRurpaantarivI sales.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
OfIs aaa Rs.in.

OIL CITY Pa. Juus a-OL-Crsdit bal
ances. rs runs. ELsb average, ARl,
N 10 average. an
SAVANNAH. Euue a-EOSIN-Frm-
sales A 3. C.. 3 % aW- e ETM
LIeta r NDGd8- g. 81 n GM- Z $40.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

ST. JOSEPH No, jun 8-CATTLE-
Receipts. ASH head market active and
steady; natives. sS-T54T50. cows and
heifers- G-00W6-25 st0cksrs and feeders.
E4-004 61a
HOGE-Receipts. G.57s head; marksr
steady % strong top, SA25 bulk OF sales.
S5.e0d530.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Racefpta. Iss
head market nomfnEt, anba SL5g6dI0;
earrings and Wethsrs. SA004Az6. ewes.
S3.5aIA25
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

The disposition OF the a receipts was
as follows. each buyer purchasing the num-
Der OF h-ad fudsrarad
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

40 a aOid. Anew
- as-t- agsaJafians we're as follows
TL0TR Market easy winter patents.
& mis-. winter s~fraights. surng
DHfknfs. S6HH ~ spring s~traightB. 290m
4Er bakers.
MqrLe
C0RN-Na ? @isdDac. No. : yellow.
E91a-c.
hKTs-Va {. 1c No. : white. ne; No. :
wHEra naTT2c-
FTuna Ne- 4 north western. nE4
p-fs~o umothw- E4H1A -
rr0WTSI0NSShort ribs. sides lO0sel.
~ Mess pork per boil. m-Mlrn
RW lard. per Tna his. &m short clear
aaa.aaaxadn. E5snz1
Taunwirg Eere t.ie receipts and shipments
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

WAEHTNGEON, Jun A-F0daVs state
menr Of the treasury balance in the gen
sral fund exclusive OF the SIS % gold
reserve shows. AVailabls cash halance.
EAs4Iu5 gold coin and huIlion. E5E or.
Eud certificates. EGdsLgm
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
CoHes Market.

NEW YORK U a-CDFFEE-FuUures
closed steady. net unchanged % 10 points
higher. sales we're reported or Abb bags.
including Iune AZ dEG September az 5Ef
3 sc December az as0i 10 and March az
5uor curfee quiet. No Rio. sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

KANSAS CITY. June a-GATTLE-RA-
ceiuta Id head. including 49, souLherna.
Marker strong 20 uc higher Top TOR
beef EzssEs. &&0TA faiH "a sGa1 $50
80 western steers. Eo9TU; st0cksrs aud
feeders. U50GA3i sOuIneEn stssrs. En6
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

LONDON. IIn A-rhe new Cniou Pa
cific bonds. the pnospecrIsea OF which were
iEauaI to-day Wers held on the Stock eE-
change herr today A. a prer11um ranging
from = 20 i per cent They closed AZ a
premium of
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

NEW YORK. June a-COTTON-Fatures
opened steady; July, W09c; ugusL 9gc
September. Asa bid. October. a.41c: Decsm-
bid: March. 9ge; April. a.Sc bid.
Futures closed staady. closing bids. July.
G&c; July, 9Ec; August 9gTc. September.
sc; October. a&c: November. a13c; De-
cember abe; January. aSc; February
a0Sc. March. alC.
Spot closed quiet. middling upiauds, L AOc.
middiing gulf. u.Bc. Sales, none.
GALVESTON. June a-COTTDN-Marker
steady az LAC.
ST LOUIS June s.-COTTON-Steady;
middling. Use. Sales. S. bales, receipts.
81 bales. shipments. none, stock a -
bales.
NEW ORLEANS June q-CCTTON-
Spot. easy low ordinary. Tl-i6c. nominal.
ordinary, SO. nominal. good ordinary.
2 5-iE. low middiing. 10 7-I6c; middling.
L-ec. good middling. &c: middling fair.
l2i~c. falr. L3lsc. nominal. Sales. LOO
bales; stock. l1BO42 bales; receipts. 2.B0
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

ShoRers occurr8d In al pOrUon9 OF me
corn and WheRr region within the last
rWenry-four hours. and we're heavy AZ
oninfs in the Louisville district The
weather 10 caoler in the northern and east
eru portions OF the corn and wheat belt
L A. WELSH Local F0recaster.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

H0GS-There vas M very Noteworthy
chauge IN the hog market thts morning
There vas a fair run and a "curresp0ndinaV
sood demand. bur the market was not very
nappy or very active Prices paid Warp
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

eEtiEauuns on us1nefE H@seArrh department enjoying
unique advantages; among t1nuEAndH " SUPPOSED
worthless EoCks many nave maraetabie values to-day.
no tips; nothing 70 buy ar seal. advisory and iuveHi-
cation Arvics only. SECURITY INVESTIGATING
COMPANY. LIS Tribune BldE. New YORK. City.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

PARIS June a-rhe tone on The Hourse
t1iuv vas lru and the private rate OF
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
ArttcIes. Open. HIEh.


MtnneaBo1n 6EAtn Market
MINNEAPOLIS June |WHEAr-N0.
I hard a-1ea. No ] northern, as7t. M.
uMadL6sR IulyF HoaA September. Sls9
RRANEIn buIk, UaGsfD80a
WOTR-F1rsr patents. &EhR. second
uar=nts. 8 first ElearA A51A8
second clears. G88l&
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

northeTn. H-6rc Va 2 norrhen, nEIc,
July. u0fAci September, SIC
OATE63isCg
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
CHICAGO LTv STOCK MARKET
Cattle steady-HoEs. sheep and
Lamha STEADY.

CHICAGO June a--ATTLE-Receipts.
about q head Market steady 70 strong.
steers. hNn1n- cows, N~-nq6fHs heirera.
SA0GaE balls. 2Bd5a calves. E6d
dB sruckers and feeders. 2HQAN
HOE-EaceiUtE. about lafua head MAJ
ker = lower, cnnice heavy Shipping. 81,
butchers. aad6 lghr mixed AAGaE.
chaice hghL G4Q88 packing. 1855 e
uiEs. ETd6U. bulls N0QhN
SHEEP AND LAMB8-hEeeiuTE. zae
head. Marksr lSN18C Eisner. sneeu. 81 0ofl
LA. lambs. E10ada; earrings. H5ldAS
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

wHEAT-NO. , hard. Hi+9Eisc No :
hard. s9agic; No. 4 hard Saec No )
spring, snde5c
COEN-No. :. &6Ss4c; No. g. sc; No. =
@is46l nc. No. 2 yellow. EiEQNacs No. ;
yellow, sstFdsec; No. 2 white. d4l1c' No.
: white. uMI1lC-
oArs-N6 ) WHITE. 5u6dsIAc' No. 4
white. JIHd68Lc.
RYE-No. = Dq7tc; No. g. 1@7sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

BOSTON. June 9-Money. call loans. "a
3 per cenr; uu18 bans, 3d4a4 per cent.
Closing quotations on stocks and bonds TO-
fav were "a folluws.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
WEATHER IN THE CRAM BELT
Fair Probably Wednesday. Not Maeh
Temperafure hange
Luna . rqa

NAH June > LA
The weather Is generally clear west OF
the Missouri river. Considerable ciOudi-
ness prevails along the river and the light
showers in this vicinity this morning are
apparently OF a local nature and do not
cover any considerable territory. Temper
arures ara slightly higher in the west and
on the Atlantic coast They are lower in
the upper Mississippi valley and laAs re-
gton, but no important change has &C.
CURED in any section. The weather viii
probably BE- fair IN this vicinity tonight
and Wednesday. with not much change in
refnperarure-
Omaha record OF temperzturs and pre-
cipitaft0n compared with the corresponding
day OF the last three years.
iss. EgI. 1906 1873
Minimum temPsrature--- 3 9
precipitation ------.----.-- 7 u 90 s.
Normal temperature for today. 70 deErses.
Excess in precipitation since March L
246 inches.
Dacciency corresponding period in 1857.
sos inches.
Deficiency corresponding period In ls6.
>. 40 inches.
Z A. WELSH Local Forecaster.
Corn aad wheat Region BuIstfn.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
Kansas city : aaa Pravi.laa..

KANSAS CITY. No. Tune -WHEAF-
UNCHANGED tn r. lower. July 49, sep
uembsr. ENc; December, DAc. caah. No.
2 hard Elac; No. : hard. E1Ed69c; No.
2 red. asGaSc; No 2 red. Ed94c
COHN-d4c lower July. l-C: Septsm-
Der. 6slsc; December, 5a1c; cash, No. ,
mixed. Ef1dec- No. 3 mixed. 6Su6eAC. No
Z white. IGT3c. No. 8 white. INT1l+c.
OATSCnchanged 20 lc lower. No. ,
WHITE. a17sze- No. 2 mixed. &c
RYT-1ATc-
HAY-teadF, choice timothy EAAdILG,
choice prairie. 0EIA@.
BETTER-Steany- creamery, &c; pack
.ng stock. lac
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
Good Cattle sell Higher, with Com
mon Kinds Lever.
HOGS CONTINUE ON AN EVEN KEEL
sheep aad LAMBS Fffr-ea 80 q euar-
ter Higher Than Yesterday 80
Fifty Cents HtEh~r Than
Last Week

The following table shows ne receipts or
cattle. hogs and sheep al south Omaha Tor
ne year 10 date. compared with last year
p6. EsL Inc Dec
Cattle --.----. gE.T&e Es.57 .-----. &-AA
Hogs ..----L1-.s1 LLMUE Isl, $40
Sheep ..----..- skill 18.Ul2 ....-- Lb-&l
The following rahis shows the average
price u hogs at South Omaha tor the last
several days, with compa-isnnsi
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

- N June a-CORNSfeady.
n. = yeIinw ~. 40 3 yellow &hc 40.
49, Sn 1 go "a GrAda aG
WHISENE2
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

BY using The various dspArrmsnts az n
Bee Want Al Pages FaG ga saiGk ntaE
a. small sxpensA
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
Hnnk -CIearsnxn
Catron Marxrr.

OMAHA. tune a-Bank cle8 ring for to-
day were u.6o.SE-.3 and for the CORES
p0nding date last year &.0&2NM.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

J. D POWERS. Louisville. president knG1cau
Bankers Association. Vics-Prpfdsnt Third Ma
runai Bauk-I
"a. sTEELE. Chicago. Prassdent
STANDARD FurEfnEs Company, vcs-Prssident High
land Para state Bank
FRANK AACKEA Chicago. CVice-President Amer
lean ste- and Wire C1mpanyl
g. A.. FELLOWS. city Of New Turk. cTreaa O.. 3
Realtv and Improvement Company, Treas George
A. FULLER Company
ILLIAM GEORGE. Aurona. III. tPrssident Old
Second National Bank
LEWIS " PITCHER, Chieaso. Ser. n Company.
JAMEs G. BIGLOw. Chicago. Treas Of Company.
WILLIAM p HILL CITY Of New YORK. Trustee
Peoples trust Company, Attorney AZ Lul
L FURRY. Chisago, Vos-P-psidsat Of
Company
General Offices. III Lasaus St., Chicago.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

The official number of cars Of stock
Drought IN to-day by each road was as fol-
lows.
En..l. L. d. H.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

MILWAUKEE Ian - WHEAT -
staadVE No-aL unrtnern. No 2
-rrrnrru- N.aeFLW- July &&Gs6te. bid
BARLEN-L0~er. No = A. sample.
SSRN[Lawsr 10 ? sash~ Han Iuiy.
SsG ~
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

G~aPDaP~ffoua about 70 iEEae securities or ~
nund heir lebt shouid nmiiiarzEe
themselves With our plans COR suarznteeinE tseir
validity and legality and the estAblIHains f a guar
Nnry hlnd 70 facilitate ne sale and provide for rhsir
reiempttun.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

sILVER-Bar. stssIg at "a 7-l6d Per
ounce.
MONEY! psr ceu4l
The rate 70 discount IN the open market
for short Bills is * per cent, for tnres
months bills. IN Ger cent
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

TOLEDO June 3-sEED-1ovsr Oct
ser g. G1 December. EG
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
Minimum tsmperature..- 90 - S
Precipitation .- T .l3 90 -.
OMAHA DISTRICT.

For the cWBnry-cour hours ending at 3 a..
m, 18th meridian time. Tuesday. June 2.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

LIVERPOOL. June Holiday in N
grain market
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
DISTRICT AVERAGES.

" Minimum temperatures scr rwRlve-hour
period ehGing at ) q r. z Not included
= ---~--z--
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10
London stock Market.

LONDON. JIne a-AmeriCau securities
opened lower and ar E.0 ?. m. ruled weak.
with prices \ % I below the New York
closing OF yesterday Trading light
London closing stock quotations
-nuusolH. money 50 No. kan. q Texas. 2saa
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-10

en- the Produce exchanges the butter mar
Fet vas steady creamerfes. N-c dairfes
T-2ar EEgag steady ar mara. cases IN
-rlus4sf I4nlalEc- nrsts. leo. prime GracA
Cheese steady AZ AfIec-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

The Labor Argus 81 per year.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

The courts of West Virginia say
it is lawful for coal operators to
blacklist union workmen and to
also maintain a standing army
of guards railroad police
commissioned by the state-and
private dectiyes by the score to
drive labor organizers and union
men from our state, but say that
it is unlawful for workingmen to
organize for self protection of
themselves and families and that
it is a crime for them to assert
their American manhood and de-
mand decent working conditions
and fair wage. just paste this in
your thinking cap, if you wear one.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02
UNION MEN, RALLY.

A system that will bring peace
to both operators and miners in
the "Little Mountain State'' will
never exist until the operators
realize and take into consider
alton the fact that labor cannot be
reduced to the level of a bale of
merchandise or other market COM
modities, but must be considered
as concrete reality, a part of
themselves; the wear and tear of
their life and the overflow of their
energies. And until the flint
headed operators in the scab
fields can be made to realize
and consider these facts they
must protect themselves to the
best of their abilities in pre-
serving their just rights and using
every weapon at their command.
TOR as long as the sympathetic
lockout, the cruel blacklist, the in
human guard" system and full
array Of employers sympathetic
weapons are leveled against them
IN their efforts to improve their
conditions they cannot afford to
surrender their right to strike and
to organize.
Labor unions and their leaders
are not sudden flashes whose forces
Will be as suddenly spent, but
they are rather permanent fixtures
mere to remain until more prac-
t1cal method IS discovered to
emanclpatc the miners and other
wage Garner of West Virginia
from wage slavery. for labor is
prior to and independent of
capital; capital is only the fruit of
labor, and could never have ex-
listed If labor had not first existed.
Labor Is the superior of capital.
and, therefore, deserves much the
higher consideration. There is no
power on earth today strong
enough to ettcctually disrupt or
gained labor. 1t may be tenn
porarily defeated, but every de-
feat 1t may suffer will always
make 1t stronger. for defeat teaches
Ihe needs OF more perfect organi-
zatlon. and as it is Organized
through necessity, this necessity
becomes Il sacred duty when the
tact is forcibly brought up to it
through defeat that the future
welfare OF ourselves, wives and
children is Jeopardized through a
lack of better organization.
SO let US not depend upon the to-
morrow or our colleague. but. full
OF hope and confidence in our own
power put into action today the
best efforts of our own hrswn and
Dram IN solidifying the ranks of
organized labor in West VIRGINIA
acting in accord with the time
honored saying that ito wish is
only but to soar. while he who
Wills can truly reach the goal.,'
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

The coal companies in the scab
fields fix the wage scale, dictate the
habits and living conditions of the
men and their families, set the
prices they pay for everything to
eat, drink and wear, and control
the rent rate. They own the
mines and the men also. The
company decides who shall be
officers of law, and controls them
accordingly. If any one objects to
their methods he is escorted out of
the territory over which they reign
by "guard" and in mary in
stances manned and brutally mis-
treated by these hired thugs.
These fields are not healty abiding
places for any one who does not
stand for the "system' This is
West Virginia in the great United
States of America, where men are
afraid to lay claim to their own
souls. When, oh when will the
people of West Virginia lose their
chainS7
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02
A WORD TO uNIoNIsTs.

A WORD TO UNIONISTS.
Trim the wick in the lamp of
reason so that you will be able to
see the way that you and your fell
low trades unionists must travel to
secure success. The. labor move
ment, generally speaking, has been
the sufferer from inattention. 1t
has been staggering under fear
ful load Of Indifference, saddled on
It's back by those who should be
up and doing all the time. The
action of the Supreme Court at
Washington and its decisions are
as pebbles on the path of progress
compared with the hordes of in.
different card men and women
who either will not or can not see
the need of getting together and
sticking together for their advance
ment and future welfare.
The courts can and do offer i'm
pediments of character that mean
much, but the real, live, up-to.
date trades union member knows
full well that courts can not force
him to purchase non-union labeled
goods nor can they compel you to
patronlze those establishments
where union labor is barred by the
reason of its non. employment
therein. If we would but agitate
"full meeting rooms'' as we do
other things that are allegedly full
there would be little reason to fear
for the future of union labor.
We must get over the habit of
just paying our dues alone. We
must atten d the conference of our
fellows. We need all. the energy
and brains in our union to over
come obstacles, and these can be
obliterated by active participation
in labor's cause, the purchasing of
nothing that does not bear the
union label, the bearing of our
snare OF the burden and our gener-
al cooperation to the end of fully
emancipating all those who toll by
the sweat of their brow.
Remember that he serves well
who dares to be true" and the
trades nnionist that can not see the
wisdom Of doing his share in the
work needs the services of some
thing besides an oculist. He re-
quires an injection of good hard,
common sense, and the only way
he will seemingly get what's com
ing to him is the route prepared by
the opponents of human progress.
The court was never organized
that can force labor to quit it's
mission of protecting the frail and
aiding the distressed. ALI that we
as members need to do is our duty
to ourselves-Progress.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02
NOTICE..

All notices or advertisements of
political candidates other than
bonafde Union men in The Labor
Argus, are purely advertisements
and are run at the regular advertis-
ing rate.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

Trades Assembly meets in regu-
lar session Monday evening at 7:3O
O'Clock in Maccabees Hall, over
the 8 and 10 cent store on Capitol
street. Every delegate should
show his unionism by being pres
ent and assisting in arousing the
slumbering unionists of the CITY.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

Sammy Dixon captured the
Senatorial convention at QUINN
mont last week and renominated
his man Friday, better known as
'Pistol Bill.''
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

The West Virginia "guards''
can give Robin Hood, ct ais,
cards and spades when it comes
down to real unauthorized cussed-
ness.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

Funny isn't it that we hear so
much about workingmen trespass-
ing upon the property of the big
corporations of the state and steal
ing rides on freight trains, and
nothing about the corporations
that break all the laws of the state
day after day, and are in reality
the cause of working men being
compelled to steal rides on freight
trains in order to get out of the
state to secure employment where
they will be treated like human
beings. Wouldn't it be a good
idea for officers of the law to sit up
and take notice that more than one
law on the statutes is being braz-
emily broken? Or, is it as Cover
nor Dawson says "tbe coal oper-
ators control the officers of the
law'?
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

VIII either Of the coming state
political conventions have the
moral courage to declare against
the Dixon "Cossack svstemY',
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

The handshake of the politician
does not fill the workingman IS
dinner pail.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02

Organized labor of Charleston
Will be treated to a little more
Taft toy next week.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-07-02
CIVILIZATION AND UNIoRIsM.

CIVILIZATION AND UNIONISM.
This term says the Labor World
is SO familiar to us, especially with
the word s'modern'' to qualify it,
that we rarely stop to ask our
selves what it means.
In giving a definition it is doubt
full if any two men, outside of the
lexographers would be found to
agree.
Many peoples idea of civili-
cation is vague, that no difinition
could be formulated that would
approach an expression of their
lncoherent thoughts respecting it.
To obviate the difficulty we will
assume a definition, which we
think covers the thought implied
by the expression,-modern civil
ization.
To our mind, if civilization, So
called, has any characteristic to
distinguish it from barbarism, it
must consist in a union of produc-
tive powers with productive re-
wards.
The civilization that does not
aim at accomplishing such union,
and does not in some measure at
tain to it, is not one whit superior
to barbarism, so far as promoting
the happiness of mankind is con
cerned
The main factors against such a
union are selfishness and pride.
These two, have been the bane of
human society since time began,
and mankind, either in the unit
or aggregate, shall never realize
the best results, until the two
evils mentioned are eradicated, or
subordinated to the holier senti-
ment of universal brotherhood,
which generally finds expression
in the well known phrase, "the
fatherhood of God and brother.
hood of man,
Inc thought is clearly and I'M
mistakably implied in the open
ing paragraph of the Declaration
OF Independence, but alas, ou1
progress towards its realization
has not kept pace with our adj
vancement in other lines.
Were the principle given merited
recognition, there would have been
no occasion for a strike Oh the Iron
Ranges, nor in the ranks of the
te]egraphers. The men would be
given their rights without any re-
course to labor's "militant as
pect' for obtaining them.
50 far as the laboring classes OF
this age are concerned, the ques.
ton of civilization to them, is de-
pendent upon their ability by unit.
ed effort to maintain the condi.
lions of progress, against the hind.
RANGES and opposition of selfish.
ness and greed.
This can be accomplished by ad
herence to the principles of trades
unlonism, and making them the
ruling forces Of our industrial life
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