The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1910-02-17
PLAIN
Facts That Should be
Drilled Into Heads
of Young
Unionists And a Dose
Wouldn't Hurt Some
OF the Old Members
From EaStOn Journal

meu.ross "' the craft say, ''What is the
Use ol lying dues to the union, it don Il
do no 4.g goodI"
ll- as..t use? This much, YOUNG
GaH: because the union has made it
possible inr you to earn living better
by lr -.aw better workmen than you
were an,- 70 earn before your union was
formed. loa simply don't know con-
d.tioaz at 20 years ago, and if you do
it is uaasc some one told you, not be-
caus- s,lIercd the hardships which
brsuJ Ids lu those days. Prices, hours,
wage sanitary conditions, half days or
whole days OH were unknown to the old
guard ...'l lhcy served their time Clos
!ug ai y on holidays would have been
It DROP rom hcaven. The handful who
sJaGr.t s union and made it possible
tor !p0 Loo enjoy such benefits as we
ha'e a'"u"pd get no more than you do,
bat iIcE paid the price, while you enjoy
tie fruits oi their efforts.
WI. y dues to your union2
IN order that you may keep the bene-
fits which others i'll days gone by gained
for you.
In order chat you may take your place
in tac world Of labor which is yours by
right.
la orlss hat your skill shall give you
recognition
In order that as civilization advances
yVu wIl ayance with it and be enabled
TO r0.oE INC privileges which increased
ci,i..aul.ya brings.
a. ,u-rr iuat the thousand and one
brnpHN a-Irn You derive every day may
NUi B.. tJeau from you and the trade
as Il whole forced backward in place of
forward.
II"mr"'is, yea thousands, of arguments
are at hand why you should, not alone
krri' au .oar union, but improve it as
w,.l
Not % sr@le, solitary reason can you
give "al sou should not keep it up.
Your ar-meut that it does you no
good ls -.oIuilcss, foolish, asinine.
Ii If sure not for organized labor the
""fsf- ..n and women of today would
hr =ws'-, aut actual slaves
'r-an.<-I labor compcls the rccogni
'.h "0 Individual effort could not ac
''i.'..a. It's very existence is the bar
WHICH "a nlaratcd us from the grasp
''- -fn a4ch made the black slave
I"-~.. .u! which evolution would have
'"I.'t ..nn white and black alike if q
RESTRAINING land had not appeared Stu
Vi. story of Greece and Rome and
w.. ai an exact parallel at the
'tg 2Xtct opposite at the finish.
'"i certain amount per month,
i... '.. Your actual benefits amount
'' I'r "rck, not even thinking of
W." " rr benefits which our union
.ou say you only pay it so
". '.jjcors can have a fat and
i.. . on know it is a lie when
!. lou know that your salaried
d" better at smaller wages
. than they can in the Office,
ny calls are made on them
'' mouth is over they seldom
wages left.
the insults they have to
people like you, who make
E"m can not substantiate.
flo r"alize that they are human
uali'gs. You only think of
hr"u our province to boast,
-ay advisedly: For twenty
a aay have been an officer of
.H your union. and not one
perjnd has he ever cared for
'nk Your officers care when
N''"' Not at all. If they
SIN. they would not last
because they do not fear
s"rl we are success.
ar"r fears criticism; if any
waiter on both shoulders to
-"nd~hip Of him who is right
ln is wrong, that man is a
the craft and IA dshonor to
this, the few pennies you
I'd tie salary of your officers
.f he missed, and yet those
ID miss you if you dropped
trr how unfair you have been
' 3" Yourself 1t is the cause
-- not the man. It is not the
-'E" 4 fIvorite officer, it is
achieved for us all.
nf"n is no good. why did you
10 hold your job in shoI