Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-12-22
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thinking. re pfogre Ssixe Snd he ~
dictionary IS being drawn mere clear.
3 every aay.
Far wears the organized Workeg-
nave fought ard struggled Tor these
things shaf make lie worth living,
for liberty and equality q emporium.
ity. for an opportunity e determine
the conditions under which they are
10 tall and produce, and Ter place
in TIE sun.
4 first TIE struggle VAS Ter some
Of the minor things, such 5 shorter
hours and better working conditions.
and this Is. to q great extent. still
the issue. bu, the night Is widening n
is scope. until today i involves
things Of much greater importance.
rheer vas a time when the great
mass Of workers could stand on the
siaelineS and watch, for , brief
period, and then pass on With shrag
of the shoulders, making the mental
observation that il was only another
scrap between some employer and a
small group Of dissatisfied workers.
Whether wages were lowered or
raised here and there. or whether
hours were heightened or shortened
in isolated instances, did not seem
to have any marke defect upon con-
dltians in general.
The issues were small and the field
Of battle Vas limited in scope and the
effect seemed &c be only local.
However. as time passed the field
Of battle has grown larger and the
issues being fought for have assumed
nation wide scope, and even the I'M
organized worker has begun to real
ize that his interests are being vitality
affected.
The organizations Of labor are
growing ever larger and larger, and,
as time goes by, they are gaining
more and more experience in the tao
tics and generalship of the struggle
they are engaged In.
An ever-increasing number Of IN
organized workers are seeing the
light and seeking admission to the
ranks of the organized: for passing
events make IL ever more plain To
them, that the day of individual &C.
ton is past and that this is an age
of organized effort.
The employers have intrenehed
themselves behind the Notifications of
organization; TO secure a better hold
upon industry and thus place them
selves in a position TO dictate wages,
hours and working conditions; but not
being satisfied with that degree of
power. they have reached out for
more. until we now find them welding
enormous influence in the legislative
executive and judicial functions of the
government,
This grasping for power, on the
part of those who own and control the
industries of this country, has reached
a point where 1t Is obvious TO all that,
not only are the interests of the or.
ganized workers in jeopardy, but that
| the unarganized are menaced as we'll.
In fact. situation has been devel-
oped that is causing an awakening
all down the line, for the peril is plain
To be seen.
Industrial battles, such as the coal
and railroad strikes, serve as vivid
illustrations of the trend of events.
Organized and unorganized workers
are taking sides in affairs of this kind
and the great preponderance OF SYM
pathy Is with the workers involved.
During the progress of, and after
the final result Of strikes that attract
nationwide attention, we find the
ranks of organized labor constantly
swelling, due to the fact that the
minds of the workers have beer
stimulated to serious consideration
of the national issues involved and to
realization Of the fact that the
great mass of workers can no longer
sit in their seats and watch the show.