The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-25

committee in Washington. I don't care
snap for all your appliances
don't know how to employ or use
, them
alongside OF this curtness the la
borer has the conviction that he alone
produces wealth; that the employer Is
a robber who abuses natural justice
lie believes that he IS his equal and
yet sees his equality impaired and lost
by the very men he vcted into office.
How the Laborcr Views Himself.
"The laborer has the deep abiding
conviction that he is always right, ana
this leads him at times to be aggres-
sive, to make converts to the labor
cause and when frustrated, this senlii-
ment will lead him into Socialism. This
conviction that he is right is a power
for good when It is regulated, but
when followed blindly and obstinately
it leads to unreasonablcness and de-
struction. Some years ago the presi-
dent of the United states could not
lay the cornerstone OF some public
building in Chicago because he was
not q member OF the stone Masons
union. He had to accept member
ship card i'm order to lay the stone.
Afterwards these same laborers threat
ened to expel him from the union
because he sent troops out to Idaho
to settle labor trouble there. Actions
like this have done labor unions much
harm.
Finally the laborer Of today feels
that he is a herald. an evangelist Of
a new and sacred mission 70 humanity
lie Is to be the emancipator of the
wife ana child who labor in the sweat
shop. He is to eliminate paupersm.
dethrone the oppressor and place IN
the hands Of those who labor and sit
i'm darkness the septre Of power. The
piling up of wealth i'm the hands OF
the few, the fear that machinery viii
displace labor makes him feel that
his mission is to reorganize society
and that the basis of this reorganiza-
| tlon will be man alone, with brother
hood its law and equality It's ideal 70
reach out stimulating every workman
In rhis movement and bind them all
/ together in solid unity IS the teaching
! of the trade union of today.
"Au this may be untrue, unreal but
vet IL is the view Of the laborer Nj
this gives expression to labor circles
! for how otherwise explain the passing
rage. the settled hatred. the wreckless
/ talk and deep feeling? 1t is certainty
to this viewpoint the labor movement
is tending today and the power OF
1.-The labor movement can be under
stood only by looking at 1t as do
this morning Some, of course, do not
share this view. AMI then there ii
the Socialist and the anarchist and be
tween them the labor movement has
a hard path to pursue.
individual Lost in the Glass.
In labor unions the individual Is
lost in the class. lie serves and fight,
for the class. He gives up his liberty
and works when and where the union
permits. But the non-unionlst, Tho
scab, recoils from this. lie says 1t ].
TO much to demand OF a man TO worf
ONLY when ordered TO and o see wif'
and children starvc when work l.
abundant hence they clash and VIC
lence such as we had in the east re
Gently. becomes frequent. The unioi
man wants to punish the employe
and force him to accept his terms ant
the scab by replacing the striker roo
the strike of its efficacyand lahore
secs i'm him an enemy who is baiflin
his efforts and running the progres
; the union would make. ON the othc
hand the scab looks on the unlqnls
view as an arrogant assumption o
authority--an unjuStiliable Interior
cncc with his Liberty. Both partie
lassume an attitude of hatred and vic
lence and bloodshed frequently uc
ours.
Again. the labor union of toda,
must reckon with the Socialist wh'
tries to urge the union forward, Wills
II tries 10 hold him back. Socialist
are oftentimcs members of trade
unions They will try to dominate
II and If possible secure platform
pledged to Socialism, bu.- thus far the,
have not succeeded, 1t is a happ!
thing for the world today that the!
do not agree. II all had the sam'
ideas there would be a revolution
such as the world has never seen.
Labor AristOcrncy.
Strange with the cry for equalit
that goes up from the laboring classe
you will find that organized labor ha
its class arlttocracy. Men In one IN
Idustry feel themselves above other
land their wives ana chlufen shdl'
their views. This is a very serious
defect. 1t is a well-known fadt ina
man who makes four dollars a da'
will not go out ON a strike with maj
who makes but one dollar day
These differences prevent the laborini
men from getting together although
they belong to the union and have th'
same views. / repeat this Is a mos
serious condition since infusion o
getting together depends the laboreri
hope of success.
Labor unions today are polnun'
out the path on which society mus
move. 1t is well for us to know anl
understand this. TO study facts viii
our own eyes does not disclose th'
power of unionism. We must se
and feel and think as the laborer does
And in this instruction l have tried L
take his view of the labor world.
wish to be understood as saying nolh
ing for or against labor. All l deslr
to do is to place before you the la
! hos