The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-07-11
COOPERATION OF THE @;....
r.: i. - UNIoNIsT AND FARMER
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r.: /. UNIoNIsT AND FARMER
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::whenu yeu have. thought yeur: al srn,y.
Yes: the Farrne rcof1es TO your rescue.
He, has soutlived his old grange ideas
which was simply an organized effort
of the Farmer to buy chesply, no.
matter how that effected the. other
fellow who had TO produce the cheap
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~s~s .4* Community of interest, -
The same rough hand Of necessity,
which forced you into the union, and
which forces .Unionism~ into wider
fields, has forced the Farmer t. away
from his old grange proposition: and
has pushed him into larger and
wider organizatton--the American So
ciety Of Equity; the present Farmers
Union. There, they stand confrontins
each other-the: organized city work
man. the organized Farmer. Just
commencing Ito know and understand,
each other; fraternalizing, offering as-<
sfstance to each: other. e.; = =
| There are tides in the affairs of
men, which taken at the flood; lead on
orvictory". says Shakespeare. The
coming together of the organized
Farmer and the organized city worker
Is: such a tide, If we are wise we will
take it at the flood which is just COM
ing in. How does the Farmer propose
to help 7us: He proposes direct CO.
operation with you. He says to you
Of the cities; see to it; that you take
the product of the union Farmers, ard
the Farmers will see to 1t that they
get only union label goods from the
cities, and when they have occasion
to, build q house, they will also see TO
It thatlonly. union carpenters, plumb
ers,. etc.. are employed. on the Job.
Their plan 10: 10 establish everywhere
Equity Exchanges; through which this
is to he done. This is the: wider field
on which Tradesunionisnf: is entering
by which it will get into line with
the procession of1lprogress-Which In
other countries tsEfars ahead of U.S..
.-sz,4r::@: The Great -PeobIem:
Remember, the one great i problem
before the whole civilized world today.
is the questdon, Of how to get q more
equitable distribution Of the wealth
which Is. created. And the answer to
that question works itself out In. diff
ferent ways in different countries. In
England 1t took the form of the Roch-
dale: Plan, and developed onward from
that In Germany It, started in the
savings bank PLAN, and developed into
| the Consuming Station Plan;.: in Aua-
tralia, 1t has taken the form of state
supervision of the contracts between
employers and employees In this
i n%uxy. t. to- -.
sprout in the Equity Exchange Plan.
Considered as III organizing :foros
aIone-as: big stick " an aid to
unionism 1t is Invaluable. The first
branch of the Equity Exchange. was
formally commissioned In Chicago.
under an international charter on May
14th,1 1908 It: will take the products
Of the union farmer, and distribute
them to the city workers. Upon what
particular plan this distributing is to
be done later on is q matter for flu
ture Development, and to be deter
mined In detail BY the. union man
themselves as the stockholders Of the
Equity Exchange of Chicago. The i'm
porfant thing now is to finance the
Equity Exchange OF Chicago, SO that
you can now take through it the far
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