Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-04-17
AS THE UNION
MAN SEES 1T
Graduate Student of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin Addresses
the Kiwanis Club

AS the Union Man Sees 1t" was
the title of the address given on
Wednesday, at the regular luncheon
Of the members OF the Kiwanis club,
by Joseph Reed, student at the
University of Wisconsin who is
working for his Phi. D. degree. Mr..
Reed is Of mature years and has
been member of a labor organiza-
ton ever since he was a youth.
The speaker considered that the
American Federation of Labor is
making the greatest contribution to
civilization of any of the organizations
outside of the religious or education
al fields For the Federation of La
Dor to collapse would mean the fall
ing of civilization with it, Mr.. Reed
held
He spoke of the prestige the or
ganization had achieved in England
and other countries, of the leadership
it's members are taking (there ara a
dozen labor men in office in Madi-
SOM, of the social consciousness it
has developed, and of the high stand,
ing of it's memberG The speaker
said that m>sl of the criminals, the
undernourished, the dependents, and
improperly housed were among the
Of xxynrlyp ManU
union workers are now in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin obtaining an ed
ucation.
He told of the machinery of the
organization, of the growth Of unions,
and some of the problems. He men,
toned a few corporations which treat
their workers so we'll unions are no
longer desirable The object to be
obtained by organization haas been
accomplished On the other hand
there are individuals and companies
who do not provide a living wage
and proper working conditions. Here
there is work to be done. He thought
the farmers could better their condi-
ton by organizing and working with
labor. He declared that all the union
members wanted was a chance to
live decently.
In the discussion a member Of the
Kiwanis present pointed = out. that
some of his boyhood friends on the
farm started in life the same time
that he did and that they were now
worth ten times as much. This led
to more discussion.
Committee Named
President E. F Dithmar named G.
NJ. Dubois, T. F. Risley and H. H.
Taylor as a committee to see what
the club might do for the under-priv-
ileged child They will report later.
Some Mud-SIinging
w. E. Rowland told Of the mud
singing on Tuesday night when
three teams from the club went to
Portage for a bowling contest. All
there was too it E. S. Johnston threw
his machine in low where there was
deep rut and mud filled the air,
leaving a deep hole in the road. When
the next car came along it stopped
and the third machine had to pun it
out. Others also came to grief and
were given aid When some of the
men reached home about two o'clock
in the morning their wives wanted
to know if they had been working in
a drainage canal or something.
Ushers Selected
The chair also named the following
as ushers to be at the Al. Ringing
theater on Sunday afternoon when
the choral union give free Easter
program: w. e. Rowland, H. p,
French, Mayor Adolph andre. E. c.
Demo, E. M Doll, M E. Joyce. H. e.
Anderson, Frank ]. Potter, James
Bray, and Dr. A. R. Dipple.
Special Music
Besides the Ktwanis singing led by
Ben Jones, Miss Ruth Harris and
Miss D. Villa Caffray, who are con-
Quoting services at the First M. E.
church, gave musical numbers. The
vocalist, Miss Harris is a southerner
and asked all who were from the
south to raise a hand. Not one of the
sixty or more present responded.