The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-05-14
MAYOR CULlU.MI Tells
LABEL LEAGUE women .
THAT HE'S WITH . EN-

II feel deeply, seriously and sim
cerely the things tilat the Woman's
Union Label league stands for"
said Mayor Cullum last = Monday
evening at the second annual ban
mazoo hall. Its motto to benefit
mankind is one that every public
man should stand for and think that
to be here this evening would be
fitting place for ministers and eeld-.
ers though I do not see any Of them
present. -:
The number of young men and
women who live out Of the home is
very large for love in cottage is no
longer possible. This is partly due to
extravaganza and to the example of
people in ! more fortunate circum-
STANCES for everyone wants to dis
play just as. much as his ,neishbor.
The young man of today is rather
slow about asking girl to share his
poverty and the girl is equally slow
to accept as she can earn a good liv-
ing herself. Pride and vanity stand
in the way of BOTH. The future out
look for home life which does so
much to form character IS discour-
aging. If the sweat shop continues
and women and children are en-
ployed in mems labor what will be-
come Of the home? Under present
conditions everyone is out working,
and what hope has a young man to
start out with a family on $3.50 a.
day? What luxuries, what education
even, can be given his children? It
is injurious to the child to work in
a sweat shop and the result is disas-
trous to the race, morally and ply
sic~"y.
Il hold that no child should be
permitted to do manual labor until
he has at least a passable education.
I know that the churches pretend to
stand for these things, the govern
ment stands: for them and so do all
honest men,"
Mrs. Mary Mc1nnes, president of
the league, when introduced by DR..
Mary Mccoy, mistress of ceremonies,
in the course of short speech, de-
clared that the objects Of the or
ganization are to destroy the sweat
shop system, to gain an eight hour!
working day, to abolish child labor:
to obtain equal pay for women and
men, to aid Sunday and early clos
ing, and to sustain fair employment,
industrial and political equality for
| women.
P. G. Phillips, president of ~ the
Trades assembly, spoke, on What the
Label Means to the Labor Man. and
referred at length to, the history of
the trades union, which has been one
long struggle with: 1.-The high-handed
capitalists, who have tried, to crush
it to the ground and in spite of whom
it still lives and thrives.' He spoke
| of the adoption of the union, label,
shop and child labor, and referring
sarcastically to the parasites who
live on the wasting energies Of
women and the blood drops. Of the
little children toiling in the factories.
| Mr.. johnson, of Buffalo, labor. or
ganizer, also spoke on the. benefits
| of union labor.
An informal program was given,
Dr. Mccoy acting as mistress of. GER
emonies. Mr. Abel played violin
! solo from Lucia di Lanm ermoor'' to
the accompaniment of Mr.. Deutscher.
For an encore they gave. THE Last
Poirier delivered a French Canadian
reading, MADAME Albany" by Drum
mond, which was received with great
enthusiasm. She responded to an
encore. .
Dancing followed the speeches and
| music. .