The labor world. [volume], September 29, 1906, Image 2

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SOMETHING 01 ICE
LIMIT OF
Chicago Delegates plan of Set­
tling Mixed Question Taken
Up By the Press.
Novel Plan of Large Machine
Shop to Displace Men Who
Are No More Useful.
Several years ago there was a dele­
gate who attended a meeting of the
Illinois State Federation of Labor who
suggested that a man at the age of 45
years should be taken out and shot,
says an exchange.
The suggestion had been brought
forth from the fact that some of the
large corporations of the country had
drawn, what was called the dead line
in the employment of labor. Nobody
who had passed the mid-life period of
85 years, It had been decreed, should
be taken In their employ.
The long-expressed Idea that when
an article is half worn out the best
part of Its usefulness has passed pre­
vailed among the manufacturers. A
man, they argued, at 45 had spent the
years of his usefulness. It was In op­
position to such a drastic and inhu­
man pronunciamento that led to the
discussion referred to.
The Chicago delegate's method of
settling what promised to be a vexed
question in the industrial world at
once was taken up and commented
upon throughout the country. In other
lands the subject was discussed and
general surprise was expressed that
such things should exist in the "home
of the brave and the land of the free."
Now let us consider what this
means. Presuming a manufacturing
plant should desire to employ several
machinists. You and I, reader, make
application. An affailable head of one
of teh departments meets us. 'You're
machinists," he says. Then he pro­
ceeds to catechise us on our qualifica­
tions. Everything being satisfactory,
he announces that the company will be
pleased ta take us in their service.
"But," he remarks, 'I almost forgot
to ask your age. What! 40 and 37
years old? I'm extremely sorry, gen­
tlemen, I cannot take you on. The
fact Is, our company will not employ
a man over 35 years of age."
Dishearted and chagrined, we take
our departure. Probably in an ante­
room we find several men waiting to
be ushered in. We tarry and hear the
conversation that takes place. The
applicants we readily learn are for­
eigners, scarce in the country more
than a few months. They are under
30 years of age and readily are taken
to fill the positions we have asked for.
As we pass out from the office the
thought occurs—scarce reached mid­
life and yet we are thrown upon the
scrap heap of humanity. All the years
that have been spent in perfecting our­
selves in the work we have followed
must come to naught if we would
hope to live, then we must descend
the ladder we must crowd someone
else out of their place. Every man
prefers to work at the business he has
been educated to in life. It becomes
a second nature to him. The trusts
and corporations know this, and when
they discriminate by an age limit
against the workingman they do so
understanding^. It is done for the
purpose of flooding the labor market
with a class of workmen which will
be compelled to go outside of the un­
ion line to secure employment. "A
hungry stomach." Jim Spangler (one
of the conspirators who was inveighed
in the conspiracy to assassinate Lin­
coln), said, "caused him to aid in
striking down President Lincoln." It
is not the worker's hungry stomach,
but those of his family, that modern
conditions conspire against. The man
who fails to care for his family is held
up to the community. One who will
wantonly disregard the demands made
upon him by wife and children de­
serves the hardest condemnation.
But what measure of sencure are
we to give those who would make such
a thing possible? In the days of
slavery the bondsman was always as­
sured of being cared for in his old age,
and many are the stories told of the
kindly consideration bestowed upon
the black aged toilers in the ante­
bellum days. The proclamation of
emancipation had scarcely been made
when a Southern statesman prophet­
ically remarked, "Ere two generations
are passed the slavery of the South
will be transferred to the whites of
the North." How true that prophecy
has has been verified.
Today with the. ocean greyhounds
bringing thousands upon thousands of
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steerage passengers to our shores at
fares that would scarce more than
carry them from New York to Pitts­
burg, we are getting a class of people
that will eventually bring the labor­
ing classes of this country to teh level
of ofttlmes exported pauper citizens of
Europe.
This labor is the great trust feeder.
It is the surplus labor, the crying of
men for work, that trusts desire. "The
more hungry stomachs the better" is
their policy. Place men under the ban
of the age limit, leave all the foreign­
ers in you can, arid In this manner we
will fight the unions, they say.
For some reason or other neither of
the great political parties has had the
moral courage to fight against this
great menace to the happiness of the
American home. The day may come,
and We hope it is not so very far
distant, when there will be a demand
go up over the entire country to save
America from being made a dumping
ground of the undesirable population
of the earth.
Several large corporations have,
within the past few months, placed
an age limit on all new employes of
35 years.
Where will it end?
Mr. Union Man:—Notify your rental
agent that the Bell 'Phone Is Unfair.
MORE ADVICE, FROM LABOR'S
"FRIEND, THE ENEMY."
But is not the sensitiveness of our
'friends the enemy" a .trifle suspicious?
When the Populists artd Bryan follow­
ers used to be denounced as lunatics
and anarchists, such editors not only
did not protest, but Joined in the hue
and cry. In fact, even today they
offer no objections to the most violent
inter-party diatribes when the issues
do not concern labor. They do not ask
protectionists to be loving, kind, and
brotherly to tariff-for-revenue Demo­
crats, nor vice versa. They do not
deprecate savage attacks on any man
or cause that stoutly stands for the
common people. They become lamb­
like only when labor uses plain speech
about men who have for years juggled
and trifled with it and its interests.
We repeat, their sweetness is suspi­
cious.
For our part, we say, as we have
said a number of times, that we
"threaten" no one with anything. We
tell our opponents that we are de­
termined to defeat those who refuse
to support the measures we. deem Just,
beneflecial, and necessary, not only to
labor, but to the country as a whole,
and to endeavor to elect our own men
or other men who are in sympathy
with us. If this be "bullying", then
every champion of protection—of the
gold standard, of anyone of a score
of other things we might name—1b
guilty of 'bullying" and "threatening.1
We do not assert that every oppon­
ent of labor's legislative program is
necessarily dishonest we assert that
those who have played fast and loose
with this program, who have resorted
to trickery, obstruction and delay, are
dishonest.
But we are no more obliged to sup­
port honest than dishonest opponents,
We want friend in Congress to protect
the interests of labor and of the people
as a whole. We have no black-list
except in the sense in which every
political party or group or organization
"blacklists" those who are opposed to
its wishes and convictions.
As. a matter of fact, all this talk
about labor's threats and bullying and
dictation implies the notion (which is
perhaps largely unconscious) that the
old parties own the labor vote and it
is audacious and revolutionary for the
wage-workers to declare their inde­
pendence.
What passes as a matter of course
in speeches, platforms, campaign books
editorials of Republicans, Democrats,
Prohobitionists, or Socialists, is seized
upon in the utterances of organized
labor and made the text of solemn
sermons, misrepresentations, and re­
monstrances. There is nothing threat­
ening in labor's tone or manner. What
Is new is the greater disposition of
labor to assert itself. This is the thing
that hurts and pains our "friend, the
fenmy."
These sorrowful and benevolent
critics will have to adapt themselves
to the new situation. We see no rea
son why organized labor'should change
its policy.
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.LOCKOUT ANNIVERSARY,
On. Monday,.. Sept. 3rd, ,1906,. occurred
the anniversary of the ""lockout" of the
Union printers 'from the establishment
of the Crowell Publishing company,
publishers of "Wom&ri's' Home Com­
panion," a monthly magazine, devoted
to worhen, child.slavfery, open shop,'
imported' strike-breakers, .Injunctions
and mdst. any thing thAt will• tend to
disrupt' Typographical union... In re­
viewing the' work-' done during the' past'
year' no doubt the Crowell company
found that their subscription list was
in a. deplorable condition, their 'news
stpnd skies badly d&moratfized and
•what is the most severe blow of all,
tliat they were unable to' deceive .the
public by their, attempt tofoster the
child slavery movementand. at. the
same time try to crush Organized La
Ijor,, one of the most. persistent -foes of
child' labor in this 'country. See to it.
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HOW COST OF LIVING
COMPflBESJITH WAGES
Statements of Cost of Necessities
As Compared With Previous
Times.
Little Hope For Better Conditions
With Republican Party
In Power.
Wage earners do you appreciate the
fact that the cost of living has in­
creased 40 per cent in the last ten
years?
You say that you realized that it had
Increased, but had not stopped to con­
sider just what the increase amounted
to.
Don't you think you are blind to
your own Interest when you pay so
little attention to a subject so import
and as this, asks the Buffalo Inquirer.
You certainly must appreciate the
fact that if you don't care whether
the necessities of life Increase no one
else is going to let the matter disturb
their peace of mind. «If you can stand
it, why of course others can. But can
you stand it? This is the question for
you to decide.
Do you know that it takese $106 now
to purohase what $72 purchased nine
years ago? If you want proof, read
Dun's Index Numbers for Commodity
Prioes for May."
Surely there can be no better author­
ity.
Have you compared the published
wholesale price lists of staple foods
for 1896, 1901 and 1906?
Do you know that in 1896 fancy
dairy butter sold tor 14 cents a pound,
in 1901 it sold for 19 cents, and this
year for 20 cents a pound—an increase
of six cents per pound?
Do you know that in 1896 you could
buy California navel organges for $2
a box, in 1901 for $2.20, but now they
cost you $2.75 a box an increase of
75 cents a box?
Do you know that in 1896 Italian
olive oil could be purchased for 50
cents per gallon, but that now the same
oil costs you $1.75 a gallon—an increase
of $1.25 a gallon?
Do you know that in 1896 you paid
12% cents per dozen for new-laid eggs,
in 1901 they cost you 15 cents, and
now you must pay 21 cents per dozen
at wholesale?
Do you appreciate the fact that
Ceylon tea cost you 24 cents a pound
in 1896, jumped to 87 cents in 1901, and
now costs you 45 cents a pound.
Beef hams cost you at wholesale $21
a barrel these days, but do you realize
that you paid but $16 for the same
hams in 1896? They now cost $5 a
barrel more than ten years ago.
And then take prime lard—a product
the wife couldn't keep house without.
You bought this in 1896 for $4.70, and
now you are paying $8.95 a tierce—
$4.70 a tierce higher than you paid a
few years ago? Do you know this?
Take mess pork. You pay now
$17.75 a barrel for it. But have you
forgotten that in 1896 you paid but
$11.50 for the same article? Quite a
difference— $6.25.
And how many of you are aware
that in 1896. you paid for a pound of
full cream cheese 9 3-4 cents. And
what does it cost you today?—14* cents
pound, an increase of 4 3-4 cents a
pound.
Now, you must admit that the prices
of food are increasing. And you cer­
tainly know that rents are much higher.
What are you going to do about it?
Will voting the Republican ticket this
fall help help you to solve the problem?
Will it help your case to keep the reins
of government in the hands of the men
who are constantly working against
your Interests? It is up to you to
answer at the polls.
Mr. Union Man:—Notify your barber
that the Bell 'Phone is Unfair.
SWEAT VERSUS BREAD.
Trades union men believe that Qod
meant what he implied in the dictum
that man should "eat bread in the
sweat of his face," namely, that when
they furnish the toll' that brings the
sweat the "bread" must be forthcom­
ing, and plenty of it. They believe that
the day when a faithful workman is
to drink branch water and run naked
as the wage for honest labor has pass­
ed forever. "Bread" means for them
what the Almighty meant—good food,
good clothes, good homes for them­
selves and dependents, reasonable
comfort for the wife, education for the
children, a fair amount of recreation
for all and the time and facilities for
keeping themselves up to the high
standard of useful citizenship in a
great free republic to whose prosperity
they largely contribute and of whose
strength and. glory they are no mean
part. They would wrong, no one in
per son or property, depriye no one of
a single right. They do not seek by
this means their own pecuniary benefit
at the. expense, of the rest of the com­
munity.' A mere, dabbler In the science
of industrialism should know that they
do not. But they do, and It is their
duty to demand and never rest until
they have secured from "the rest of
the community," for which they do so
much, a fair, life-sustaining share of
the':wealth, they: oreate. The. life we
speak of is. rather-more than, a paunch
and- a. guzzle. It-lsa man, with a
mail's• brain a man's .patriotism, a
man's ambitions. Such a man. is riot
the, product at. corrtmeal and sow­
belly, with a shack for a lodging, but
needs'for its production and mainten­
ance good wages and fair treatment."
Through-the trades^-unions he procures
both tot both he renders Willingly.
more than-an equivalent,
Smoke Puraclora Cigar, Clear Havana
Union .Label and. Home. Made.
TUQ FIREMEN IN: GAME.
The grand president of the Tug
Fireman and Linemen's: Protective As­
sociation, John Bourke, will try to go
to. the. Michigan Legislature and take
a h'and in electing the United States
senator in the interests of union labor.
His' candidacy forithe Republican nom­
ination wai announced /'rededtly?
Bourke says he' will'
support a mam for
tfehator whd will uphold' Jte*
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