National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1915-12-24
UNION lABOR'S
BEST INVESTMENT
VALUE Of 4 RESERVE FUND
Primo Object OF . Trade orssni.at,on
should b. TO Provide /. substsss,sI
Trsasosy-A strens Bank Account .
Preventive Rather Than ~ Induce
mont Of Strikes
D. JOSEPH paoessrlE,

ey JOSEPH pRoEesTLE,
Secretary Intsrr.s tionsi UnIon of United
brewery Workmen.
Whenever you ind worklngman
who refuses 10 Join the orgnnixa ton OF
his trade with the query why should
l pay my money into your labor un-
ionsf' you can take II for granted that
he In one creature who wants 10 get
the benefit Of all that which has been
accomplished by organized la tor with.
out any personal effort or sacrifice.
The American trade uniopisis know
that their labor organizations hsvo
brought them hundredfold-yes.t thou
sandfoid-in return for their invest.
ments, and II we analyxe the PROPOSE.
lion We bDd that the returns grow IN
proportion to our Investments. Az an
Illustration ] take the brewery work.
ers' organization.
In lSsS. when the brewery worke1.
OF. rather. the journey men brewers,
organized. they were probably the most
exploited and mistreated workers Of
America. with the one exception of
the bakery workers. The journeym<n
brewers organization started out ~ a
cheap dues paying organixstion; the
local dues were only - cents PER
month. Of which 10 cents went TO their
national organization. The Consequence
was-no local treasury and no more
funds In the national treasury than to
for shA optnD
The brewery PROPRIETOR. ike al 9th
er employers, were naturally swars Of
the financial a. well ~ Of the nuDsri-
cal strength Of the organization and
decided Ia exterminate the OrEanisa-
ton II possible. which they dem0nstrat.
ed by the general lockout Of l0oA
While the employer failed In the
end. Il nevertheless showed that II II
would have been any other Industry
except the brewing industry The plan
would have succeeded
From 1896 until the time when IL
local dues were Increased and the dues
TO the national organization raissd
from 10 TO - cents per month. but vssy
SLOW progress was made In lettering
wages and reducing houn.
Since 1903 the dues to the intefna-
oo.s' UNIV" w
un'"" "sse "en .s..n'
."s' ~" INC p' e.p''~ " -
ternational orEanisa Don " % - cents
per member per month, without any
other except Q seven dollar strike bene-
1T TO each member. This gives the or
kan'Aa',on "'iA'."e en..e.' eno
'esions'o'e 'r o.' p'oee N
ITO" Vi hou's ano i"e VI "es
you stop 10 thinA tnst tne "sses OF
the brewery workers. twenV.nse yean
sko were r'"een ~ anu -" pe'
mont" TOT WE'VE '" 'oo''een "o"
daye Work ana tnat no" the WsSe"
eimoet universal eisnt noor "orSlns
Gay you VIII come 10 the conciuaion
tnat the investments OF tnese "ork'
'nsmen In the form OF oues Drought
fnousands upon thouesnos OF per cent
OF Interest TO them
II an organization carries oenen'
systems, SUCH NJ oeatn ana SICK oene-
uts ana out OF work penents. tnis
should not detrnct rom the prime Oh
)ect OF the labor ORGANIZATION, ont
should be cnrr'ed on on separate ana
distinct basis. An Organization with
cheap dues system which pays q death
benent cannot pe OF any er~at heip IN
the economic Struggle OF the Wotker
or their trade Inc commence OF the
workers In their ngnts Tor Rtter cohdi
tons depends great deal upon the
financial ability OF the ihierhst'onal
organization TO support them IN case OF
an economic struggle we zee IN many
Instances STRIKES inaugnra'ed WIN no
ability to support tnem nhsnc'ahy py
the International organization. and IN
most instances these suAes sV 'u'
WORKERS
nope 10 see tne tiine come "nen
every m"' "'sanHao'" !"
VIII na'e su'"'fe"' uno W
supi"' us 'h,i'e '"e,
.or que "'o" .,
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