United labor bulletin., 1909-10-15
BE CONSISTENT.

1t would take but little while to
clean the dealers shelves of nuu-unlon
hats if union men would purchase only
headgear bearing the union label of the
United Hatters Union of North America
no more cigars would be made py de-
ceased and consumptive workers in 1oul
and unsanitary factories if union men
would insist upon being shown the blue
label of the Cigar makers on the box
from which their smokes" are taken
No tired salesgirl would have to choose
between poverty and dishonor if union
men would instruct their wives to re-
frain from purchasing in a store where
no sign of the Retail Clerks Associa-
tion is displayed No little childs feeble
fingers would pick hastings during wnat
should be the happiest years if union
men would wear only those garments
bearing the label of the United Garment
Workers. The school bell, and not the
factory whistle, would be the call to
duty to thousands of children in the
South if union men would give their un-
divided support to the Tobacco
Workers and the Textile Workers. No
poor immigrant would have need to
spend his first years in this blessed
land with hatred raging in his breast if
union men would refuse to use in any
manner the result of his ill-requited
toll.
Let us be consistent. then, and give
ourselves. Granting there are only two
and half millions of organized work
ers in the land and their average wage
only two dollars day, that gives total
OF sufficient magnitude to compel label
on every article produced or a union
man on every job performed merely as
a business proposition
There is no danger that the unioniz.
ing of industry will produce a race of
arrogant, unreasonable beings. Better
wages and better hours have ever made
better men-mentally, morally. physical
ly.
The present disorganized state of the
country's industries is more likely to
breed arrogance The unionIst earning
three or four dollars for eight or nine
hours work has contempt rather than
loving kindness for his unorganized fell
bowman. apparently his equal in ability
and physique. who tolls through long
day for a pittance which barely covers
his necessities
If all union men would insist upon
union goods it would be unnecessary to
appeal to our friends and the public in
general to aid the good cause of union
ism, for we would speedily discover that
we are the public and also our own
worst enemies.-Ex.
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HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE.
Opportunity never yet made noise
like an invitation.
Judging from this, it looks as though
Cook found the little stick!
woman says that parting may be
sweet sorrow if the alimopy is salts.
factory.
Mail carriers are no longer required
to deliver mail to premises where vic
ious dogs are kept If they only made
the same rule for collectors!
At any rate. the war between Cook
and Peary shows that American wives
are loyal.
How can you measure another by your
own yardstick when you cannot read
your own rule?
Money spent for labeled goods gives
employment to union men and women
and helps you, too.
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Hasty judgments are dangerous; they
work like boomerang-hit those who
throw them.
Demand the union label, or fail in
your duty to live up to the life of real
union man or woman
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Any effort to put Peary in the Ana
Mas club is, of course. foredoomed. He
sailed in the Roosevelt
Oh, If the laborng man would only
vote as they march, what a mighty power
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