The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-09
UNION LABOR
DEPARTMENT
Address all Communications to
w. NJ. PIGGOTT, Editor.
375 Twenty-fourth Street.


, against isolated and individual
wealth. And The larger and stronger
We make il, naturally we may resist
in exact proportion the strength OF
our organized enemy, or rather opDo-
nent. He is an enemy wbero he has
wronged us, and an opponent only
where he seeks to get the best of us,
but by putting ourselves on the same
footing and meeting force for force.
brains for brains, only then can we
claim him for a friend Consequently
the men who come 10 state Fedora
ton meetings from the different cali
ings, should come with this one pur-
pose. as said before. Of gaining knowl-
edge by giving his own experience. by
giving the best that Is In him and
getting something good in return and
reporting IL back for The benefit OF his
local membership. The education he
acquires be may in turn impart by
agitati0g II In his own local union.
But he must never forget that TOO
much agitation and too little education
produces quality or results that ruins
the whole undertaking.
Yet he must not como 10 his state
central body with knife In his boot
nor cheme up his sleeve. and expect
any brotherly cooperation or toleT-
ance. He may find fault and want TO
change every basic law in the book
but he must do son in the manner of
humidity and friendly kndliness that
means that. he would desire 10 give
only that which he would ask for
himself, that while all men were
made equal for the opport Inlties that
the world affords, all men have not
been afforded the opportunities in the
world to be just exactly equal, Then
lei our deliberations he on this basis.
and We will little by little conquer all
opposition; even in the bee hive all
work TO one kindly common end. they
fight only the intruder who would
change these conditions: they drag
out the drone who does not do his
part and put him TO death.
Among the things we should con-
slider at this time is labor paper
for ourselves. to advertise our con
vcntions, 10 diffuse our knowledge of
occurrences TO each other. and TO
speak our concrete opinion in the face
or our common enemy. knowledge
is power" and the interchange of
thought and news of local conditions
each week is u powerful help and
solace and director in shaping the
things VIC most desire 10 do. Ii makes
our team work" efIicacious, and cen
ters our efforts to definite ends. II
cheapens and economies money spent
useleSsly. The Montana state body
now has a referendum vote and to
secure for state journel a pledge Of
support Who would not give cents
week 10 have such medium of eN-
change? Instead of having 10 print
postalS or circulars for notices OF
meetings, special occurrences and
other out Of the regular things. Just
compute what our IS to 100 unions
could save on this one little item
For organizing and other purposes
that we each spend some money on
each year. there would be ten items
and our efforts would be reinforced 10
answer our critics, or tell the public
the reason for any troubles. very
large amount would be saved i'm the
final results. To tell the nor.unIon
OF the community what we think of
them. and to punish political rascalS,
is worth a million in satisfaction In
lt" years Sucn q venture would be
a valuable money maker the same as
any other established publication
But 1t must be launched by the per
sonal, popular sympathy and help OF
every union man In the state. or its
commencement would be as precar-
Gus as the foundllng placed on the
doorstep, Capitalists and politicians
control and own the daily press. You
know how much and what 10 expect
from them. Our attention and un-
derstanding Of other things that arc
of great and immediate benefit should
be cultivated. The income tax, based
on a man being taxed in the proper
tion that he earns would make the
very rich pay the taxes for the very
poor, Now il is that the poor
are kept very poor by paving taxes
seven ways. criss-orosscd. going and
coming. eating and drinking, asleep or
awake. working or loafing. The In.
heritance tax cannot hurt n poor man