Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-12-28
THE UNION LABEL AND
SHOP CARD REAL MEANS
OF LABOR PROGRESS
BILLIONS OF THEM ISSUED EACH YEAR

the pioneers IN the development ami
spreading Of Union Label activity IN
this country. use their ahel--the nov
famous blue labei---en boxes contain,
ing twenty-five. fifty or enc hundred
cigars. II their label was used on
each individual cigar the number Of
labels used would run into the billions,
and 50 on with clothing, shoes. etc.
In order TO show how thoroughly
some organizations have a say As 10
how the particular industry is con-
tfolled, take the United Hatters Of
North America. lou viii agree that
a hat lasts season or a year. The
Hattefs issue millions Of labels each
year So that il is safe 70 say that
while Union men generally wear I'm.
ion made hats. non-union men are
left no ehoiee-they have To wear
Union made hats also,
The Broom Makers issue over a
million labels a year, which indicates
that a million homes patronize the
Union labeled products Of the Broom
Makers, This gives the Broom Max
efs' International Union a voice and
say as TO how the industry is to be
conducted and that the proper stand.
ard sof life and labor are maintained
in the broom factories scattered all
over this land.
SO much for the practical results
already obtained. Now let as look
at the possibilities for a moment. The
best way is to figure il out IN dollars
and cents, because it's the dollars
and cents that make US DO most OF
cur thinking and figuring anyway.
The members OF organized labor
earn in wages daily millions Of dol
lars. This Is a tremendous purchaS-
inp power. Have you ever stopped to
think Of the power and influence
welded by Big Business institutions
because of their purchasing power
Well the same power and influence
can be welded by Organized Labor
the moment they decide to coneen'
trate and use their purchasing power
| for their own protection and att
yancement.
Just imagine millions of dollars
| flowing daily cut of the hands OF
| Union men and into the hands of the
omen shoppers--the labor skinners
and the labor baiters, this money
earned under union conditions being
turned back into the channels of in
dustry to purchase non-unlon or scat
made goods.
Surely such tactics will bring about
| the realization of the old proVerb
Cut the switch to beat yourself
On the other hand If our unions IN
sist. and our members put into effect
program that will insure that wages
earned under union conditions VIII
continue to be union wages because
when used to purchase anything that
thing must be Union Labeled. Now
try aud imagine a situation where
millions of dollars are going daily
into the channels of industry for only
Union Label products. Can't you
see the power and influence of ne
Union enhanced thousand fold
Can't you see the attitude of the EN-.
ployer, the merchant, the banker and
the newspapers changing and instead
of denouncing, decoying and stigma
thing our labor movement the prac'
teal element has been injected by
the labor union, the element OF busi-
ness--and the same gentlemen who
are now our declared enemies will be
bowling to establish business rela'
| tions with our organizations.