The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-07

tributing their share 70 the great goo
We perform is beyond my comptroller
| sion.
Ihe Labor movement is recognize,
and acknowledged by the best mind
OF the country in all walks of life. {,
be one of the greatest institutions
for good under Gods sun
1t is true in this commercial age VIZ
lstlll have few of the Parrys, til.
Pests and the Van Cloves and Cur
bys with US, but Lord bless You. they
are puny attempts to persecute, vilify
misrepresent aud abuse us falls light
iy On the great broad shoulders of the
giant Of labor. Representing nearly
five million people with bone and
s:new of the nation carrying union
cards, and over forty million right.
minded people in full sympathy with
us. 1t is true that we occasionally
make mistakes. Large institutions al
ways will. In our shop battle of wits
with our employers. when we come in
contact with them and their keen rep.
resentatiEes in our honest endeayors
ito advance our interests and better
Jour conditions, mistakes sometimes
occur. 1t is also true that our inter.
eSts are once in a while BETRAYED by
our own representatives. bat mark
you, how quickly those indiscretions
are paraded before the public and la
bor's representative clothed with an
thority, nearly all placed in category
CT heinous criminals.
But we DO not always get the credit
due from the same source when our
stalwart men resist temptation ana
stand like rocks OF Gibraltar against
the glitter of gold, and republic the de-
v!ors and crooked ways concocted in
.Ae minds OF cunning and INSCRIPTIONS
men, never will forget the day when |
that grand Old man in the labor move |
ment stood on the floor of the con- |
Vention hall in Norfolk. Va, nearly /
three years ago. and told in his sim
pie way the story to bride him with |
vast sum of money to betray the in. |
.erests of labor and enable him to re-
ire in comfort and affluence for the
rest of his life. and how he resisted T.
he plot and denounced the plotters
With all of the heinous of his noble
soul. That grand old man was Sam
lei Gompers, president OF the Ameri-
an Federation OF Labor, representing
nearly five million Trade Unionists.
fe VIII always be pointed at with
ride by every Trade Unionist. and
onest citizen of this and generations
D come.
Unionism's Benefits.
Those and other like cases are not =,
cry much heard of only through our r
.abor papers and Union Journals. RI
ould point out to you with pride and
I'VE you he personal names of hous. -
nds of labor representatives whose r
bor creed is their religion; who are "A
ue as steel and wao would sooner a
acritlce their lives than betray the -
reat Interests and doctrines Of Ia. :.
Or Now let us briefly look at some o
the other virtues of labor: II
The Machinist Union of which In
Il a charter lAep4herr maintain s-etf.llt , =
cath and out of work benefits, be- q
des a superannuai:on benefit for Ia
ON ten to twenty years good stand n
g. The Printers Union. which is one &C.
the oldest organizations in the h,
oyement, and one of the leading or q,
mutations nthe movement, besides m
the above features men III
med, now own and operate one Of Ida
e best homes in the country at Col. oo
ado Springs for their sick and dis st
led brothers, The Cigar Makers or n,
nlzatiOn also work on the same plan nm
arly all other labor union TODAY are ~
Ang up this line of work through. m,
the country These splendid fea fol
'es alone bring vast benefits to the I'm.
members mnetioned in lin
urn for the small investment in ~,
rs. But the above good things are ca,
beginning of the work being per. tbi
med in the labor world. BY reeog. q,
ing the principal of the centraIiza- orr,
OF forces, the right of collective wb
gaining they have secured, with. ar
the struggle of strikes, millions OF an,
lars in advanced wages for their coe
nbership and millions of golden ma
rs IN shorter work days, to be NOT
mt at the home and fire-side in rec ub.
ton and study. At the same time for,
have gained all these privileges the
the non-unionist, and those other fun
deluded waits of humanity, who giv,
advantage OF conflicts between nit,
'loyer and employee and scab on rho
honest citizenship of the country. duc
Legislation. and
ut do you suppose we stop at the IN
It warks just mentioned! No. but fopi
take up the cause of the littla that
i, whether he be the child of a tio,,
les Unionist or not. In eighteen Ibal
as of the Union, more credit is due men
he labor movement alone for the ca,
vi eNiiu.idoor Id" imam any that
r force. In Illinois today we en- arti,
one fthe best child-labor laws in tar
ou".,F We ia'e secured the PRIV long
of the little child to enjoy Gods emf
nine III the open air and secura Be- 81