The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-12
UNION CROAKERS.
Need Of Sincerity In the Labor
Movement.
LOYALTY TO THE CAUSE.


BY Absolute Unity Of Purpose.
To accomplish the desired results In
any field Of human endeavor requires
that the participants in the given
movement shall be animated by sin
cerity OF purpose. which il merely an
other term signifying loyalty to the
cause
Good movements too often suffer
from Indifferent support. which not
only prevents the movement. from
achieving the desired purposes. but also
has the result 81 inspiring the un-
thinking. or those who merely think
they think. to condemn the movement
itself as unworthy or inefficient. when
the real fault was with the partici-
pants and not with the movement.
The real battles and successes of
life. whether OF individuals or Of
groups Of individuals, are won by
those who have sufficient tenacity OF
the battle is won-by men OF SINGER
ity and loyalty to their chosen cause.
Successful inventions have nearly al
ways been the result of persistence In
the face OF ridicule, prejudice and pow
erty.
Elias Howe nearly starved while
clinging to the idea of the sewing ma
chine which none but him could see.
Only about thirty years ago the tele-
phone was the subject Of ridicule.
The triumphs Of Howe and Bell as
we'll as other successful inventors dem
onstrated not only that their theories
of sewing machines and telephones
were correct. but also that they were
men OF sincerity and tenacity enough
to stick to their purpose until 1t was
achieved.
Had they abandoned their attempts
It would have proved not that the
ideas were unsound. but that the men
were cutters.
Every nation has its national heroes
who have In the past helped to shape
its destiny. and history records nu-
merous instances where the geography
of the world has been changed by men
Of strong hearts and forceful purpose
by men of sincerity.
The labor cause ID not different from
other human movements in its require
ment of sincerity Of its participants al
prerequisite to success. but 1t Is suf-
ficiently well established. and ita
achievements are so well known as not
to require the same degree OF pertinac.
ity as needs the inventor who il ex.
ploring an unknown field Of mechan.
les.
The trail OF labor unionism Is well
blazed. and its history il replete with
ample examples Of success to inspire
even the most faint hearted with con
fidence. provided they will enter its
work with sincerity and tenacity.
We have our croakers. who. because
the movement has not succeeded In 4
given spot. are prone to condemn 1t in
general. forgetting that the fact thai
in other spots 1t has been crowned
with success proves that. like all othe,
human movements for good. It sue
ceeds where men are sincere and true
and fails where they are not
We recently noted the expression Of
one of the disciples Of advanced po
litical thought to the effect that be
cause the union label demand was moi
strong in a city that had been super
fcially canvassed In its behalf there
fore the union label was inefficient ant
the workers should turn their atten
| ton to political action as their soil
remedy.
II this impatient dealer In politica
wares was half as wise as he thinks
he Is 1t would be apparent to him tina
| men who were not sincere enough t.
patronize themselves by PURCHASING
union label goods 800 days in thu
year would hardly remember to vot'
for themselves one day in the year
Sincerity and loyalty. to our general In
terests are very largely a matter o
habit. and II the individual workers d
not acquire that habit they cannot b.
expected to exercise 1t.
The workingman who fails to do hi
duty to himself and to his fellows ev
cry day can hardly be expected to d
1t on election day.
1t is necessary to arouse each ant
every wage Garner to the value Of sin
cerity OF purpose in his every act. ant
this cannot be done by telling him hi
union is no good. And. moreover. It !
| not 80.
If every man who works would In
down his tools at given hour tn
| world w0uld hA on ifa knees to hiu