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


He slooks:a It that way, that il there
lis not q market in. say Madison, and
there Isl; in Oshkosh, labor. should be
apprised Of that fact and sent to Osh-
kosh.,4 X n. 'E6 II. :.Sz6 ~ 553.
The principal objection to any
plan Of this kind: however, is In the
fact that unemployment In this coun-
try is largely seasonal. There are
busy seasons in certain lines and
there are dull seasons, and the busy
seasons in: many lines come at the
same time Before you can establish
a system Of statewide employment,
you must do; away with the. draw
backs Of seasonal employment. s&s i.
. The employment bureaus are :: a
splendid thing. + do not criticize
them. But Irfail to see where they;
I'M the present understanding Of
things, can be made to insure en-
.ployment to everyone I think the
man who has labor to sell should be
encouraged to- look for his own mar
ket by and with the assistance of the
employment bureau, but I think it
wrong. to teach him to rely absolute
" on such a. bureau for; employment
or to. educate the.s employer to look
only to.the burs au;fof labor s. ::
IT everyone could be made to
long as sd the demand HfsT labor er :an nj
the supply Of labor. balance such "a
scheme would succeed: : = But what
would happen if: the demand ceased,
as 1t did last winter The men. who
believed, they could get jobs through
the state would throw someone into
the lake. Last winter i saw 500
hungry men standing outside the en-
ployment office in Milwaukee. unable
to get work. Yesterday L saw: 100
men there.">s'@ ,5:*, IS =,
=. Evening Session., 80
At the. close Of Mr.. Crownhart's
address the meeting adjourned until
/ 1890 p. m. 1T being announced that
Mr.. Eckern the Insurance commits
sioner would speak :on state insurance.
-. Mr.. Eckern's address was largely
along the same lines as the insurance
speeches he: has given lin various
parts Of the state, under, the auspices
Of different: organizations. He de-
parted from his: previous exposition
Of the state insurance plan enough to
show whereincthe laboring people are
| directly interested; tsemp the
great Importance Of insurance to the
workers. He said It. was the duty of
the state to see" that sound and ade-
quate insurance was provided for
! workers at a minimum expense. He
advocated the adoption of the constt-
tutional amendment for, state insur-
lance as of vital interest to the work
.ers of the. state. He said the organ
lied opposition of = the insurance
companies; and their, agents toy. this
amendment involved question OF
more than dollars and cents, that IL
went right to the question Of the PEG
pie deciding for themselves through
! what agencies they might obtain their
insurance, or whether the companies
!, should dictate that they, should stand
at the tollgate off1 private mono poly
of all instr ance p esa:ss - H
s'No worker ca4f "a ffofd to be with
out Insurance. fM4T sEkerh STATED: :'eEIe
needs the 11isursgeF nmofe, than the
man Of wealth: IN the aggregate; shis
insurance and his ll-beins is by tar
of greater impo 'f .:s tos:t ~ com
+ The Speaker vent into <saaetaail as to
the workings Of the state Insurance
plan and said the people are awaken
| ing to the advantages 81 this state
method of projection: He said the
insurance companies are doing every
thing they can to hinder: and embar-
rass it's: success but the state plan is
growing lin strength. e. :. =
Following the talk Of Mr.. .Ekern,
stereoptican3 views were shown by
brothers Taylor and Waterman OF
Michigan demonstrating their cam
| paign in Michigan on safety first
Reports Of committees were then lis
tened to and: discussed. with one or
two minor exceptions the reports
were adopted. Among those reports
adopted. was, thatsof the general or
ganizer which follows herewith: in
Weber's Report. r.
I'm the, name 81 the %toiling masses
of the state, I greet you as. the repre-;
to this,e the twenty-secend annual
convention, Of the Wisconsin State
1 Federation of. Labor. .; and trust that
spurred on; by. the sacrifices OF the
past. that we may be imbued with
l IAldI .Juu81AcAI, Gal uc6t4lSHS dNus uc.
votion to the interests Of that class
which we have the. honor to belong
to-the working class. g., =.
! .,@.. :, Protect Yourselves. !. + !.
. =: Organize, federate, educate. THAI
IL the call that comes from the depth.
of the. earth, where millions of, work
ers are sacrificing their lives on the
I altar: Of t,the insatia BILE Mo1acll--cap'
italism. . ,...r -. - |: d. .]. i.
~ Those who have, been stud ents 20
the social, transformation of ancierf
times the revolutions ot the pas
centuries and the. social strnssle o.
our, present day, obear witness TO tn,
eternal and heroic. struggle on tn.
part of the suppressed and. exploited
Il: The struggleArof, the: workers from
time immemorialspoint:t TO sus.: the sac
I red duty Of ever remaining. in TIL
fight until. all I'M Justice has beel
wiped out and until the. God Of Nam
mon has been replaced BY justice ant
real freedom, upon the throne O
humanity. Therefore our task il. t,
be true tt, the need Of the hour in or