The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-17
union BENEFITS.
Amazing Progress Of the Broth
erhood Of Teamsters.
SUNDAY WORK ABOLISHED.
Waves increased and Men Are No
Lonoer Forced to Labor Overtime
Without Pay--A Convincing Arsu-
ment In Favor of Organization.

The International Brotherhood Of
Transfers has pelhaps done more lot
its membership within the past hve
years than any other organization ot
labor. writes President Tobin In the
American Felerationist 1t Is wen
known fact that before the teamsters
of this country became organized the
life of the average individual working
at that craft In the large cities aud
towns was perhaps the hardest Hiud
of an existence for workingman
Unusually hard work, long hours ana
small nav were the conditions that
surrounded the life of the tenmsters
up to within a few years ago, Sunday
work was almost as common AS EN-
ployment during any other day of the
week, because IL the teamster was not
working ON the street or around the
warehouse on sunday he was usually
busy around the stable taking care or
horses. harness, wagons, etc
Naturally this kind of work Is hard
work anyway. because of the hard
ships and privations which men of thia
craft have TO endure ard are subjected
to. especially III the cold and Indictment
weather aud 1t Is almost Impossible
for any person to realize the nature OF
this employment without personally
experiencing those conditions but
since organization has taken place
among the men n complete change has
been brought about Wages have been
increased within the past six years
perhaps from 30 10 GO per cent IN al
the large industrial centers. The hours
of labor have been regulated. and over
time Is now being paid in nearly eVery
section of the country where men WORK
over certain number of hours Usual
~ the work performed on Sunday j.
merely the stable work, taking care Of
horses, etc. and this is done by mer
employed specially for this task, ana
the rank and file OF the transfers ar,
not required to put in an appearance
at all at the stable on Sunday.
The carriage and automobile branch
of our trade we have regulated az Il
hours and gained increases In wages
and generally bettercd conditions. /
is impossible to dispense with tht
work of those men on Sunday, but ",
| are now endeavofing TO regulate thl
class Of employment 50 that MAJ
can have ut least one sunday In fou
with the members Of his family nm,
for the purpose of attending churcI
service IL he so desires.
Comparing the present with the past
il Is hard 90 realize tlat such com
! plete change bas takan place withil
few years, but this condition ha
1 unquestionably been brought abou
through organization Of our craft an'
our aiIiiatiOn with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor Very true. there /
plenty OF room for Improvement. bu
we are moving slowly. conservatively
but surely onward every day.
At frst It was rather hard task {
make the Transfers Of the countr
believe tint any good could he game
rs the formation OF labor organiza
ton. but as time wcnt on those me
became slowly convinced that thei
only protection was in banding togetl
er into an organization.
Today the membership of the Inter
national brotherhood Of TeamsteI
would perhaps give up anything the
have in the world rather than surret
der their labor union. which has don
so much for them and their families
The teamstcr has been made bette
man, a better feeling exists among tn
individuals working day after day o
the streets of our great cities, MS th
tcamstcr has been somewhat educate
through his meetings and through TIL
labor press He feels more like ma
| Than hnfofS