The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-20
FORCES LABOR.
Need of Organization Along
Trades ,''ion Lines.
MEnAcED BY MANY FOES.

Co operative Effort Alone Can Repel
the Entertainments of Privileged
Power--Every Union Man Must Be-
come an Organizer.
There never was tjrae, perhaps, In
the whole history Of labs, in this coua-
try When there was suga an oppor
tunity for organization as th re is now:
neither was there ever a time whea
the necessity was greater MaIy
things have entered into combination
to bring about this condition, things
and elements that never had t. be
considered before In the labor struggle
Mighty forces created by great COM
binations of capital and of effort ha (,
made the more thorough and compile
organization of the workers Il prim.
necessity, which, If ignored and le.
undone, will be more than disa8-
trous to the cause of labor CombnG-
ton and cooperate effort are the only
things that will not only bring us grca,
err measure of relief increased liberty
and Improvement of condition, but
they are absolutely necessary -
enable us to hold what we have al.
ready gained and prevent their sacrl-
| fee.
Many hands are uplifted against the
/ organization Of labor, particularly the
hands Of those who recognize In ii the
only formidable champion Of the lowl.f
against the encroachments of priv
LEGGED power and monopoly The priv
LEGGED few and the parasitlcal manY
and because of this they woald net
only retard and chsk any forward
| movement ON the part of labor but
| would make it criminal for all who toll
| and sweat to organize for mutual pro
lection and Improvement.
To circumvent the desires of all such
aud TO prevent them from putting
what they desire into practice il is
necessary that labor should organize
along trade union lines. and there
never was a time like the present to
do 1t nor time. as already stated,
when the necessity was greater
In order that the forces OF labor
should advance and have fair prom
Use of success in return for their eff
ic FrGt M nv m H.
great majority of workers into the
grand army of organized labor. After
that comes their education, but first OF
all must come the enlistment Every
effort must be made to bring as many
as possible into line, for the real
strength Of any movement, particular.
" Of an economic nature, lies in the
number of those who have identified
themselves with 1t in its advancement
and growth. No stone should be left
unturned, nothing left undone. that
would be conducive to success or aid
In the work of organization; no task
should be considered too great that
has for its end the enrolment Of Il
greater membership In the ranks Of
labor, for it is only by sacrifice and
effort in this direction that the plan
can be perfected that will protect the
worker and make his position secure.
The most successful plan of organ
lzation, the plan that has given the
best results and brought the greatest
returns, the best one of all, is the one
which can be carried on by every in
diyidual trade unionist every day of
his life. The grand rally and public
meeting with social Accomplishments
at times makes a wonderful showing
and brings intermittent results and il
sometimes fairly successful, exhibiting
permanence in membership as well us
an increase in numbers, but Its success
Is not to be compared with the success
that attends the efforts of the indl-
yidual working quietly as an organizer.
1t is the trade unionist imbued with
the true spirit of unionism, working
steadily and quietly for the good he
can. do, mocked, jeered and misunder-
stood and ofttimes Disseminated
against and maligned, but who strug-
giles manfully along the path he has
selected, that shows the biggest gains
In the end. There is not man
throughout our organization who has
not the opportunity in greater or
lesser degree Of adding to our member.
ship by this means If he but make
the effort. 1t will not be necessary
ut all times to make any degree of
sacrifice to gain new member. and
no one need be fearful of consequences
should he make the effort. A word
In advocacy of unionism whenever the
opportunity occurs and fair state.
ment Of what 1t involves and the good
that will come to all who toll when
they are thoroughly organized will d.
more good and more thorough work
for organization than buster, bludg-
cons or brass bands. 1t Is the quiet
worker In the shop who quietly in
forms his nonunionist fellow workman
about the benefits that will come
through organization and who points
out that 1t is duty we owe to each
other to be mutually helpful THAI
builds up the trade union and has
placed 1t in the position that 1t now
occupies. 1t is the same quiet man,
steadily and conscipntiously at work