The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1913-04-04
LOOK OUT
FOR The CARS
BY c.. J. Folsom.

Automobilists and motorcyclists
all agree that a we'll fed COW is the
most distrustful thing on earth. A
hungry COW will be found with her
nose in the grass alongside of the
road But COW that has had her
fill, planks herself right in the mid
die of the road, complacently chews
her cud, and pays no heed to ap-
preaching road traffic. Even a load
of hay would not induce her to move
an inch With her wants well sup
piled she is very unwilling to make
room for passing load of hay on it's
way to her hungry sisters. She would
assume a different attitude toward
an approaching load of hay if she her.
self had wrinkles in her belly. In this
respect COWS are not unlike human
beings.
| In this struggle for a nexistence
one phase of the problem, wealth
production" has been fairly we'll SOL
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ability to produce all the food, cloth
ing and shelter, whiskey, peanuts and
automobiles, the human family can
consume. There is plenty of green
pasture"
The one phase of this problem of
life that is yet unsolved is wealth
distribution" 1t is a cinch that we
produce enough; it is another cinch
that but very few get it. There are a
(the lumber lords) that have planked
themselves right in the middle of the
road of progress, complacently chew
their cud (rag) and feel unwarranted-
ly disturbed when urged to make
room for passing load of hay on it's
way to their wrinkle-bellied sisters
(the shingle weavers, saw-mill work
ers and woodsmen.)
1t has dawned upon the wrinkle
bellied element (the shingle weavers,
saw-mill workers and woodsmen) that
they far outnumber the full-bel-
lied element (the lumber 1ords); also
that they are the more essential to
the making of green pastures be-
cause they naturally produce the most
fertilizer (do all useful and necessary
labor. From this they logically con-
clude that it is unjust that the better
fed element should remain in the
middle of the road. So the hungry
wrinklebellied COWS, (the shingle
weavers, saw-mill workers and woods
mem are bowling their necks, (com-
bining into one big union) determined
to clear the road. LOOK OUT FOR
THE CARS!
While in Mukilteo recently the ques-
ton was asked, when did the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor ever call a
striker"
"The American Federation of Labor
has no authority to call any of it's
affiliated international unions on
strike. The Shingle Weavers, Saw
mill Workers and Woodsmen's Inter
national Union is no exception to this
rule. The power to call strikes rest
with the rank and file. The American
Federation of Labor proceeds on the
theory that the men who must do the
fighting should know best when to
strike and what to strike for"
The I. w. w. has in it's organiza-
tion less than one man out of each
hundred and fifty employed in the
Northwest lumber industry. This
means that if their May strike mater
ializes, less than one man out of each
hundred and fifty will have had any
thing to say as to what the demands
should be, or when the strike should
be called. Unless the working men
are bigger chumps than they appear
to be. more than one hundred and
forty-nine out of each one hundred and
fifty are going to pass up this excel
lent opportunity to commit suicide.
From the reported gains in men,
bership of the Granite Falls, Machias,
Marysville, Monroe, Snohomish and
Everett locals of the l. U. S. w. S. W.
and W., approximately eight hundred
sawmill workers and woodsmen joined
the organization during the month of
March. Snohomish county is not do
ing so bad for a starter. Besides
there are three remaining locals, Ar
lington, Stanwood and Edmonds. yet to
hear from.
With this newly acquired enthusias-
tic membership, young April ought to
make old March look like a fool, by
increasing the membership to the tune
of sixteen hundred. Let all hurry
with the message to our unorganized
brothers and keep busy with a goodly
supply of application blanks and the
trick will be turned.
/ They're coming into the fold. In