The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-08-07
AMERICAN WORKMAN
BEST IN THE WORLD
Continued from Page I.

ter company and the Pullman COM
pany.
The working man of America Is or
ganized, and the labor union repre-
sent his sentiment better than other
organizations, was the sleaker's con-
tention. He showed that the labor
unions constitute one-haH Of those
engaged in such trades as may we'll
be organized. If the farmers, servant
girls professional men,, and those en-
gagged In trade and transportation be-
subtracted from the 29,00O,O00 wage
earners of the country(a only 100000
will be left, and the labor unions
have enrolled nearly half Of these; and
the most OF the other half are In
small towns Or otherwise SO situated
that they are scarcely able to Or
ganize.
The speaker said that the American
workingman Is the best workingman,
in the world; he has more comforts
than any other worlzingman; but he
is not satisfied because he feels that
he is not getting his proportion Of
what he produces. This battle for
labor's fair share, thinks Mr.. Stelzle,
will not be fought by the ignorant
foreigner, but by the skilled artisans,
and the Homestead strike Of the high
priced steel workers was noted as an
example.
American Workingman Temperate.
The, American workingman is the
most temperate workingman in the
world" said Mr.. Stelzle; and In EVIL
dence he quoted the testimony Of Mr.
. John Burns of England, and his own
experience In the British Isles and on
the continent. He declared that the
days are rapidly passing when the
salocn can be used as meeting place
Tor labor organizations, and ascribed
the strength Of the temperance nnovs-
ment in this country to the temper
ance sentiment Of the working classes
THE American worktngmen are
steding for square deal for women"
he continued. ",They are contending
for equal pay to men and women for
equal work. = The child labor evil also
IS being combatted by the labor
unions. The American workingman is
demanding that the little children he
given q chance His own children
are dying three times as fast as those
of the more favored classes and he is
determined to stop It." =
Trade Unionisna an An,erioanizer.
In regard to the solution Of the i'm
migration problem, MFR. Sickle. quoted
with approval Carroll D. Wright, who
said: mo organization is doing so
much to Americanize the. foreigners
as the: labor union, not excepting the
church, He showed how the irnmi-
grants come to this country with the
idea that all government Al. hostile
to their interests, but; that through
working Observation-Disclosures nattonali-
ties In the same labor union-they
catch the American spirit. He, said
that some day there will appear the
- typical American workingman, ideal
In very respect, and the trades union
Will have a good deal to do with the
Job. AS well as breaking down racial
prejudice, the labor unions are break
Ing down, the speaker asserted, the
antagonisms Of different creeds In
Germany, France and England Their,
are differet labor organizations for
Catholic and Protestant. In this
country they work together. r.: =;
The workingmen," said the speaker
ARE fighting for universal peace
Some day war shall cease, but II we
wait for the edict Of a peace congress
at the Hague, we shall lose our
patience. The workingmen will cal
Ell universal peace strike and than
war shall cease. He is anxious that
war be absolutely wiped OUT, ~
The workingman, contrary to gen
eral belief. is generally religious, the
speaker contended, and Id proof az
cited his own experience and that III
!. workers under his direction ia shol