The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-11-24

| wages and respectable treatment for
industry from rich and poor alike
They have induced employers to re-
store their members situations when
discharged, to increase their wages
and restore the salaries reduced,
They have decreased the hours oI
working days from sfvteen or more
to only eight or ten. They have. been
the instigation of more sanitary con.
ditions and surroundings in connec.
ton with employment. They have
caused improvements for the benefit
of working women. and children by
exposing and denouncing cruelties
and vitiated environments endured
by toiling children, women and men.
Through every conceivable means
they have accomplished nearly all
improvements in employment labor
has received: whereas selfish capital
invariably opposed the betterment of
working people all these years. In
brief. the labor unions have accom-.
fpliShed foY the poor and common peo'
pie many other benefits and blessings
too numerous to name. They have
been the guardians of the rights OF
toil-thc heralds OF the hopes and
happiness of those who toll and till
in hunger. sickness, trouble and
tears to multiply the sum of human
JOY.
But while ali of this with millions
more was accomplished in the past,
when monopolies and trusts were not
so numerous or strong the day has
dawned when labor must resort to
new and modern methods to attain
the aims desired. The organization
and operation OF almost every IN
dustry into a perfectly controiilhe
trust: the concentration and co-opera
ton of these smaller institutions into
vast and formidable monopolies, 70
gether with their powerful advantage
over the public by conspiring WIFI
pernicious politicians to control oul
government to further their: hnancla
schemes to fortify their; mighty power
over industry and commercial trade
these developments among the capltai
istfc class comparatively destroy ths
future effectiveness or usefulness
labor organizations along their liie'
tof oDeration in the past. These con
| dhions have advanced the-"labor un
| ions and their members. face to .iac'
with bullets and bayonets, tunes
! they trv to peacably control the sllua ~ q
| ton by recapturinG our soVerhliier
from political traitors owned am
| operated by these murderous rho"opo
! lies and thieving trusts.
| Let us survey the situation as !
| stands today. These vast ana 'i1iou
| combinations own and manage III
great majority of wealth anu o1u .
n.ss trade. Through the natural ID"
| of commerce and necessity, ulslot 7..o.| :
| and deformed to satisfy, their selhs sen, ? .
ness and greed. they rule and fesl
i.te the price of labor, govern vi
values of the necessities and luNurie
of life. Since the government NJ , nj ~. p,L
mits them to arbitrarily con'roi -.
I,bor and commercial worio to ."
tb.mse1ves, they will continue 10 e
i nioit the people and ,appropria'. -
wealth OF work unto themselves.
have also retrenched their nlahipu-' D
t;ons behind the fortress OF our 81
, ernment. bv securing the Leading 81
ccs of the city. state and rat''"'
.overnmeuts for themselves.
When it comes to boycottins. SUI
! ing or combining IN any man manner
r compel these gigantic concerns
iustlv deal with labor and the pu42ii l2n
J. the question of protection for; pers'n
d privileges and private property
t raised as parricades between pi