The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-07-25

nesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day at Oshkosh. There was III attend
ence 125 delegates from various parts
of the sstate, also fraternal delegates
from Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri
sand Illinois. Minnesota was repre-.
ssented by e. a.. James OF ST. Paul,
.Michigan by c. O.. Taylor president OF
the state federation; + and secretary.
Waterman, Missouri by II. IT. Woods
president Of the state federation and
Illinois by L.. A. Alton secretary.
treasurer OF the cigar makers label.
federation, ofsPeoria. .sSsf,ssa ssfsa 5.: I
The Superior delegates who had
with them g., w. Swanson as adver-
'tising manager were son the ground.
floor bright and early Z Wednesday
morning advertising Superior for the
next convention city. Brother Swan
son is to be complimented for being.
the first man on the job. When the
other delegates attending the conven-
ton woke UP Wednesday morning they
found the streets Of Oshkosh and the,
convention hall placarded with pos
ters advertising Superior Badges
cards and literature were. in the hands
Of the numerous delegates long before
To-
The convention was, called to order
Reverend. 2. H. Smith Of the First
congregational church was introduced
and delivered the. invocation in which
he called upon the Deity for the divine
blessing Of the meeting and to speed
the day for the future fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood Of man.
Following the reverend MI. Smith,
Honorable John Mulva mayor Of
Oshkosh was introduced, and spoke
in part as follows: "
"As mayor of the city of Oshkosh
and in behalf of its citizens, it is a
pleasure to extend you a welcome to
this city, am conscious Of the good
work done by the federation Of labor.
believe the laborinE man and the
employer should be the best Of
friends and. ! believe the time is com
ing and is almost at hand when this
will be true. God has willed it and
Why should it not be 10 lfsiii .5s.
w + live a day >of orgapization.
When seapitaI and others 3 org1nise,
labqr must dosthe same. to, insist upon
Its rights, and 1T is : proper sthat4it
shoufds do so But man must be fair
with his felloWman. Hg sh6u1d re.
ceive no'Smore and no less than is
justly due him. He must. live and
support and educate his family and
he must have a living wage Strikes
are war, and 1 believe the time is soon
coming when there will be no strikes
but when all differences will be solved
by compulsory arbitration in a fair
and impartial manner. There. may
be d higher body of appeal but such q
plan would put a stop to all strikes,
destruction of property. and blood
| shed.~ - - :, :. ~ .t:tfJ
ct know, from my experience as a
working man, that the working man
| will demand nothing but what is fair.
Public opinion goes a long way toward
settling differences. We all look for
the support ofSpublic opinion. There
fore this organization can not afford
to do wrong The wrong, if! there: be
| wrong; must be from the other side
and public opinion will decide the
| matter to great extent. In closing
the mayor invited the delegates to
visit the parks and public buildings
| and to have a good time, in the hope
| that they would be glad to- come to
Oshkosh again some future time
Weber Responds. 81 z=sf
| Frank j. Weber, who had been: pre-
! viously elected as chairman of the
day responded to the Invocation and
the speech of welcome He, took the
opportunity to point out the trend o1
the. labor movement and also made
mention Of one point made, by the
I mayor with which he disagreed. Mr.
! Weber spoke as follows: ..s IS
"''1t J, was twenty years ago d las,
month that the Wisconsin State Fed.
i Grafton of Labor met. at Oshkosh al
that time there were only thirty dele.
/ gates present. But we have made
progress: since then, progress which
1 has been approved not only by this
state and other states but even bs
foreign countries. Other federation,
may be more largely represented a,
Econventions but the representation, i.
F5of q dual character zand ours ,is, more
( truly representative Of the rank and
file Of the union labor. as our fedora.
tion is truly representative. II
I'VE have duty to perform at stl1i.
meeting. We have a great deal 81
work before US which relates to the
welfare Of forty millions Of people II
this country and il, will require dtlib.
crate consideration, because the tim,
is coming soon when labor will hav.
i to present solid phalanx to meet the
opposition Of organized capital. Thi.
4 meeting is an epoch I'M our history
4 We have problems to solve which VII
affect the future generations. tsss
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