United labor bulletin., 1909-11-05
THE BULLETIN.

Since our change into a weekly paper
our committee has been putting forth all
their efforts to make our mouthpiece
permanent fixture in our midst, ana
after one month of hard work we have
accomplished the same. We now have
our application in for second class mail
matter, having secured the necessary
number of subscribers, and we further
solicit the cooperation of all the union
people in our city. We all know 1ull
well the value of a paper for ourselves
and if we want to take advantage of it
now is the time. We want your union
to send us a communication at least
twice month telling us what your or
ganization is doing and everything in
general about your union. We also
solicit articles from union men or wo-
men on the labor question in general,
for we feel that many good articles can
be written by our union people, articles
that will be of great benefit to us. We
know that an exchange of thought oft
times will be the means of increasing
our membership and in general help us
attain the good we are seeking. We are
very grateful to those who have aided
us in our first month. Coming to the
rescue in our infancy proves their loyal
ty to the cause they advocate We are
of the firm opinion that before SIX
months passes by we will have local
union paper going into the homes of at
least ten thousand.
We know the real wants of our mem
bers is to be made acquainted with the
facts about labor in general, and to have
the same properly explained and tnen
they are the most liberal and charitable
people on earth Their pocketbook is
always open to assist the needy, and
Furthermore, they are not the ones to
brag about what they do in assisting hui
manity in general. With our Bulletin
going to the homes the housewife can
acquaint herself with all of our union
houses, and the various labels our goods
bear, and when once the one who spenas
two-thirds of our wages finds out her
full duty, then our unions will begin to
boom, for we know full well that mer-
chant will not keep on his shelf non
labeled goods unless he has a market
for them. So with no market for goods
produced by firms who do not employ
union labor will soon show his business
ability and unionize his plant, so you
can readily see the need of informing
the family correctly. When a man goes
home from a hard days work. after
shoveling coal all day, standing in front
of hot furnace or other various forms
of hard labor, he has not time to read
and to tell his family all about the
union. He being worn out, wants to go
to bed and prepare himself for the next
days toll, which is just in him, 1or ne
realizes without him being able to work
the next day his wife and little ones
may have to go hungry. SO therefore we
claim it is the duty of all union men and
women to let the wives be able to teach
themselves what is their duty, and this
can only be done through such a me-
dunn as our Bulletin. The cost is scarce
ly nothing to the unions, it being nve
cents a month, sixty cents a year So
with this as a part explanation of our
Bulletin and our object in view you will
all soon be a subscriber.
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La Exploridad, manufactured by Liv'
ingston Cigar 60.
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UNIoN-MADE GOODS ARE BEST.
One of the obstacles we have been
forced to contend with in the past, and
what we will have to overcome in the
future, is the double-crossing system OF
the retail merchant who endeavors tc
carry water on both shoulders. He
desires to create the impression that
he prefers TO handle union-label goods
but as an excuse for his small ano
shoddy stock he will tell you that nc
cannot get the label and quality in the
same garment. or the same article.