Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-17
REPORT OF PRESIDENT W. H. YOUNG

soldiers, safely over.
| Win this war, we must and will.
Winning means freedom; to lose would
be slavery-abject slavery at the
hands of the Hun. Yet it is time now
for the toilers to look to the future
as never before. Reconstruction days
will come and that problem must be
faced squarely. The reconstruction
period after the civil war was one of
prosperity, but who can say what will
happen following a world conflict Of
this kind? We do not know at this
time that there are men whose greed
is causing them to advocate the i'm
portation of a million Orientals to this
country; and il million, why not mil
lions? America can and will do the
work in America, and while President
we do not need to worry about Orien-
tai labor. l would advise those who
want such labor to watch our men over
there and see if they fight like men
who make rice their chief diet.
How is 1t that we can best prepare
! for the reconstruction period? At
, the recent convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor a resolution
was adopted providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to study condi-
tions, prepare suitable legislation and
work for its passage by Congress,
looking forward to the days of recon
struction. To make the work of that
committee efficient, we must organize
increasingly. Every one of us should
be missionary of the cause and carry
the light to those who still are in dark
ness. In doing this we will help others
and ourselves as well. We must see
to it that all who toll are given a
chance to enroll under the A. F. of L.
banner.
Women and the War.
Miss Lenore O'Reilly, secretary of
the Woman's Trade Union League of
New York, said: "While there is one
put to work in any field of distinctly
manual labor" There is no man
worthy of the name but who will agree
with Miss O'Reilly, yet big business in
many parts of the country is replac-
ing men with women. The time may
come when this will be necessary, but
l do not believe that it is necessary
now. Organized labor must see to it
that where women do the work of men,
the same wage is given-the wage
standard must be upheld.
We should encourage the organiza-
tion of au1iliaries to all locals for the
purpose of educating the women in the
labor movement. Ladies' auxiliaries
directed along the right lines will be
great power for good now.
In the splendid work of the Red
Cross organization, it seems that near
ly all of the women of the country are
banded together to do what they can
for humanity. The Red Cross is one
of the bright spots in this world hor-
ror. OF all those affected by the war,
the mothers are the ones who suffer
most, and they are the most heroic.
Let US as members of organized labor
do all that we can for the dependent
ones of those who are fighting for US.
! The Union Label.
If we are consistent union men and
women we will purchase only union
label articles. 1t is often said: "The
stores do not carry the label goods"
If the demand is strong enough, the
stores will carry the goods; and we
should also pay more attention to the
use of labor emblems. We should de-
mand the display of working cards,
the union stamp, monthly service but
tons, etc. There is militant force in
our labels and emblems that, if rightly
used, will result in adding great
strength to our movement. Constant
agitation seems necessary to create
the demand for the label. The Label
Leagues are doing a splendid work,
not only in educating our members,
but also the merchants as to the wis
dom of carrying label goods. We
should have more Label Leagues.
The Labor Press.
Is there one among you that ever
heard of man getting wealthy run
ming a labor paner7 We do knou
that our labor papers are necessity.
We cannot do without them, yet /
question whether there is a labor pa
per published that could exist on the
usual run of business and circulation.
The labor paper must depend on spe-
cial editions for it's continuous publi-
cation. We see this special edition,
figure that the publisher is making
mint of money and forget all about
the regular editions he gets out and
is losing money on. There may be ex-
ceptions, but l believe the average la
Dor paper has been described, and
would recommend that every bona fide
labor paper in the state be given the
endorsement of this convention.
Railroad Brotherhoods.
The affiliation of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor marks an
epoch in the history of the American
labor movement. At this time the
prospects are exceptionally bright that
all of the brotherhoods will come in
under the great banner. In legisla-
tive matters, both state and national,
the brotherhoods and the American
Federation of Labor have worked as
one, and have thoroly demonstrated
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