The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-07-29
THE WOMAN'S
REAL POWER

the Union Label: "LABOR OMNIA
VINCIT' is on their crest of hands
clasped across the world, and it is by
that sign they conquer. 1t is all that
the workingman has handed down to his
wife and children as the visible proof of
centuries of ton of the workers and it is
the only power she can WELD in the fight
to help her man in the great battle of
life they wage together in order to bring
up a family of children!
Woman, with her great mother heart
and her soul eager to share the burden
of the man she loves, thinks that she can
do nothing-that her time is SO filled with
dish washing, sewing and minding babies
that it 8 no use to try to help-that the
best she can do is save-save-save--!
Mothers, wives and sisters of working
men, listen to this: If you will bring
out the label and put it in the proper
place in your lives, if you will embroider
it on the corners of your handkcrchiefs,
work it on the coat sleeves of your chill
dren, in scarlet floss, and send them to
school proudly for that emblem that has
come down through the ages, that emblem
that has been fought for, that man have
died to bring to life for you and your
children, then you have taken mighty
step forward!
The label is not a thing of yesterday
nor is it just bit of paper, but it is
the real ballot of the working woman
that she may cast for the betterment
OF her home conditions-for the increased
comfort of her children-for the pro-
longation of her husbands life! And
what woman will refuse to respond to
that call-HOME, HUSBAND, CHILL
DREN! May God grant that you catch
this light upon the label, and then ask
for the label! That is what YOU may
do to better the conditions of YOUR
life and millions of other lives
Learn to know your own power. You
ask: What can one woman, the wife
of poor workingman do?' Know this:
the merchants of a city depend upon the
women of the great working class to sup
port their business. You must learn to
stand squarely on your feet, and ask for
the label on goods that you are going to
purchase-ask in such way that the
clerk will not look you down for it-don It
be ashamed to ask for it; it is not an
emblem Of poverty; it is the very sign
of your power! The royal crest of labor
that stands for human conditions, gained
for the workers of the world through or
ganization! Just say to yourself, if you
are one of those dear, timid little women
This is for my husband, my home and
my baby, and see how the thought will
strengthen you. And you will forget any
slight dscourtesy and if you can t get
the label GO ON TILL YOU CAN GET
1T! Even though you pay few pen
MES more for the article with the label
on, remember that in doing so YOU
LAVE CAST YOUR BALLOT FOR
ECONOMIC FREEDOM!
I wish this thought may reach out
and encircle all the world of workiur
women, for in the hand of women,
through her purchasing power, lies the
redemption of the wage slave!
1t is a simple thing and it is within
YOUR power to do this, right her. and
now by DEMANDING THE LABEL!
The woman s auxiiares that are form
ing are but the nucleus of a great WON.
en- of the city. If YOUR husba1. a 8
union has no woman s auxiliary why
don t you start one? See what YOU can
do toward aiding in campaign of edu.
cation for the intelligent use Of the la
bel by the working women
And when thousands Of women. are ask
ing for the label, don t yon bc.irv. the
merchants will q se You the labele THEY
WILL!
The American public will get what
ever it demands from the people who
serve it-so you see whit grc:.t power
is yours. Little mothe- washing. dishes
YOU are a great individual factor in
life, and what have yod been doing to
take advantage of this great power u. IN
to you2
When your next door neishi.r comes
in talk the matter over with her. lii Won ,
Commence to forget the "49-cent TO-DAY -
bargain sale. and buy the label, You
Will get big dividend on the inv, ,t,neut
for the label is the sign that tells You
that ''your man. is getting recoru:-
ton in the industrial world!
Organizer Craigo is putting in this