The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1911-01-27
OF LABOR.
Need of Organization Along
Trades Union Lines.
MENACED BY MANY FOES.
Co. operative Effort Alone Can Repel
tho Entertainments of Privileged
Power-Every Union Man Must Be-
come an Organizer.

tho Entertainments of Privileged
Power-Every Union Man Must Be-
come an Organizer.
There never was time, perhaps, In
the whole history of labor In this coun-
tunity for organization as there is now;
neither was there ever time when
the necessity was greater. Many
things have entered into combination
to bring about this condition, things
and elements that never had to be
considered before In the labor struggle.
Mighty forces created by great COM
binations of capital and of effort have
made the more thorough and complete
organization of the workers q primal
necessity, which, If ignored and left
undone, will be more than disas-
trous to the cause Of labor. Combina
ton and cooperate effort are the only
things that will not only bring us great
er measure of relief, increased liberty
and improvement of condition, but
they are absolutely necessary to
enable us to hold what we have al
ready gained and prevent their sacri
fee.
Many hands are uplifted against the
organization Of labor, particularly the
hands of those who recognize in 1t the
only formidable champion Of the lowly
against the encroachments Of priv
LEGGED power and monopoly. The priv
ileged few and the parasitical many
are opposed to labor's advancement,
and because Of this they would not
only retard and check any forward
movement on the part of labor, but
would make 1t criminal for all who toll
and sweat to organize for mutual pro
lection and Improvement.
To circumvent the desires Of all such
and to prevent them from putting
what they desire into practice it is
necessary that labor should organize
along trade union lines, and there
never was a time like the present to
do it nor time, as already stated,
when the necessity was greater.
In order that the forces of labor
should advance and have a fair prom
Use of success In return for their eff
forts 1t is first necessary to enlist the
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
ly 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 It's end the enrolment of a
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
ization, 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
dividual trade unionist every day of
his life. The grand rally and public
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at times makes wonderful showing
and brings intermittent results and is
sometimes fairly successful, exhibiting
permanence in membership, as we'll as
an increase In numbers, but Its success
Is not to be compared with the success
that attends the efforts of the indi-
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, Knocked, 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 a man
throughout our organization who has
not the opportunity in a greater or
lesser degree OF adding to our member
ship by this means II he but make
the effort. 1t will not be necessary
at 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 a fair state
ment of what 1t involves and the good
that will come to all who toll when
they are thoroughly organized will dc
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 viii come
through organization and who points
out that 1t is duty we owe to eacf
other TO be mutually helpful thai
huilds nm the trade union and has