Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-03-20

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##. Organized AzaU0f man VINO =
is the one with a future.
nan Who simply makes OF his
#a51v routine without adding an
....al touch TO his work seldom
-s#s. Herein i the difference
...#eeH men.
easiest thing in the world is
g.. workman to deDend upon ms
....#..za.ion 10 advance him while he
aa.hing to advance himself. l.
- sxaggerating to say that a very
..r.. lumber OF Union men rest their
srra future in the organization.
decreased wages 10 them must come
=. ..,s Of the Union and consent OF
.r##.yefs. and not through virtue Of
ceased skill in workmanship.
+ not difficult to see that such
ri adtude. if maintained generally
i. aarkmen, will ultimately result
..##asIy both for them and for the
Unions tney represent.
Granting the undeniabe reight OF
Df=4n.zed Labor TO exist as pro
+s,..on against unscrupulous capital
s#.ea takes the best Of a mans life
and gives the least, it is nevertheless
...=9nt that in the long run merit is
s-f ne thing which counts. And Il
elHHt. doubly for the or0anizatiCn.
TIE thing that will advance Organize
Labor more rapidly than anythirs
s.e f, efficiency in workmanship. Or
,he whole employers are willing -
nay good wages for thoroughly csm
pe.eat workmen, and they are wiliina
~ aay all that a job Is worth 10 the
Young man who shows sufficient ere
arEa intelligence to improve his work.
ORGANIZED Labor, for these reasons.
should never be esteemed as i prs-
t,cuou to inefficient OF lazy workmen.
TIE highest ideal Is for the ELI
cieat workman to ally himself to his
rra5t fer the purpose of lending the
strength of his skill and knowledge
I'm building up his organization, an9
putting it in a proper light before
EMPLOYERS of Labor. The lowest idea
is Tor craftsman to suck the lite
blood rom his Organization by his
lack Of industry and his habit Of per
forming labor which IS unsatisfactory
90 lis employers.
To be fired from a job is sometimes
a blessing in disguise. How many
men there are VINO have drudged IN
ceasIugly for a lifetime for unap-
pfeslaave employers when they might
easily have made success in an en-
terprise Of their own if petchance
some circumstances, such as being
fired, had thrown them upon their own
initiative? The number is legion.
We have in mind man who now
grind> away at a task which Is far
beneath his ability, Just because ne
has not the courage to break away
and launch a business for himself. IL
every respect he is more gifted man
man his employer, and because of his
thorough reliability he has been re
tanned at his post while other depart
ments of the concern have undergone
FREQUENT changes in the course OF the
last five Yeas. There is a common
rule to the effect that if a man sticks
/ to a pes. until he is forty he thence
forward becomes part of the post.
\ Naturally me would expect that his
loyalty would entitle him to greater
consideration, but in fact his employ
er usually takes ii FOR granted that
he is there because he can get no
NIElt tlStt <AS 1oilStfuSiNN ~
employer takes advantage OF the man
and ceases to think of him as indis-
pensabIe to the organization. On the
contrary he assumes that the organ
ization is indispensable to the man.
Once let an employee give out the
impression that he fears for his job
and the chances are ten to one that
his employer will thenceforward con
slider MIN little more than a cog IN
the machine-a cog which may easily
be replaced when it wears out through
age.