The labor argus. [volume], September 27, 1906, Image 2

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THURSDAY. SEPT. 27, PJOG. 5
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LABOR'S WATCHWORD. !
WE "WILL STAND BY OUR
FRIENDS AND ADMINISTER A STING ING
REBUKE TO MEN OR PARTIES
WIIO ARE EITIUKR INDIFFERENT,
NEGLIGENT OR HOSTILE, AND
WHEREVER O P 1?O R T U NIT Y A FFORDS,
SECURE THE ELECTION OF
INTELLIGENT, HON EST, EARN EST
TRADES-UNIONISTS, WITH CLEAR,
UNBLEMISHED, PAID-UP UNION
CARDS IN THEIR POSSESSION.
TRADES UNION PROGRESS
The impatient and surface observers
of trades-union effort and
our movement often say: Why 1
doesn't the unions do this tiling or 1
that tiling T Why don't they ever '
learn anything T and why don't '
they profit by the lessons of the '
past ?" As a matter of fact, trades- 1
unions are further advanced in the '
science of government and trades- J
unions are better qualilied for self- 1
government than any oilier organi- '
zation or any other boily of citi- 1
zens. (
Nations and the mass of citizens 1
never learn anything in leaps and 1
jumps. The upward and onward 1
march of the masses is slow and f
evolutionary. The masses learn '
by experience in all walks of life 1
and in all nations, and not by de- '
duetions taken from the past. The '
members of trades-unions have
made greater mental and physical 1
progress by virtue of our associ- '
alion with our fellowmen in our *
unions than the unorganized mass
has on the other hand. To organ- '
ize and keep our unions alive and '
make them do what we expect of
them requires thought and study,
both of which lead to greater in- 1
tclligence. 1
One trouble is that the untliink- <
ing public exacts a greater standard '
of intelligence and morality from i
the unions and unionists than they i
do from any other organization, <
regardless of what it may be.
While trades-unionists are human
beings drawn from the great body
of humanity, we are by association
and the effort to maintain our
unions, compelled to think and j
study, which makes us more reliant,
self-controlled and better ;
equipped for the struggle of life.
WHAT LABOR DID IN MAINE.
"Union men, did you see the returns
from Maine, where we went
after our enemies I They're worth !
studying. In a district which had
given Mr. Tuttleiield 7000 and .S000
plurality he got through by the i
"skin of his teeth" with about j,
1000. And they wouldn't have !,
got that if they had not called on
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, Secretary I
Ta.l"t ? 1 I
jjvivunpi: auu - i ]
eral others ol' the anti-laborite;
bunch. Gomi>ers and otlier labor j,
speakers were greeted with im- : i
meuse audiences, and nearly every t,
large city in the State went against; ]
Cobb, who stood by Littletieid in \
his stand against the workers. He ,
only carried the State by a bare (:
8000, where the usual majority is j
from 25,000 to 30,000. The same!,
ratio of change in districts through- j,
out the country where there are ,
candidates who have fought labor's ' 1
measures would make a rattling of ,
dry bones that would not soon be t
forgotten. And we can do it. Yes. ,
and we mast do it. Then let:s l>e i
up and after the men who have
betrayed as or who are known to : <
be opposed to as. Unite! Stand j 1
houlder to shoulder, and 011 the ! in
lay following next election there ; rt
vill Ixj more jiolitical hides of cor- ; u
>oration hirelings hanging on the : U
enee than has l>een seen in thisi A
lation since the 'OOs. And there ! s]
vill be no man referring to any a
:las.y of citizens as "voting cattle." w
Jur enemies are sitting up and
aking notice.
FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, li
Honesty is the best policy from "
i business standpoint l>ecause it
;>ays larger and more regular divi- *'
lends than does dishonesty. Leav- ^
ng all moral sentiment out of the *4
picstion and casting to the winds j
.lie question of right or wrong, as j '
i purely business proposition lion- ''
sty pays in the long run, and the
in ,? ii wl... U- ImnfMit ...... , , i .-..u l.i ........
?ain in the end than the man who
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is dishonest. The man who is honist,
is; lie working for wages or soling
goods, gives fair and liberal
value for the money he receives, 7,
md in that way retains as long as
lie lives the patronage of those who
uvve come to know of his honest
principles. I?o he a wage- worker,
lis employer is glad to keep him ^
,'ear in and year out, for he knows
ic is giving hi 111 an honest day's
>vork for an honest day's pay, and
hat he is studying his interests at
ill times, and not watching the _
dock or waiting for the whistle to
jlow. If he is a business man, his t
patrons are glad to continue dealng
with him for the reason that
.hey are fully assured they are geting
full value for their money p
:very time they make a purchase :l
if him. Therefore lie is always
?usy and is steadily deriving the ?
list and legal prolit on his work
>r goods to which he is fully enatled.
This in a lifetime aggre- s
piles Cur more tliiiti lie could steul |
>r gain dishonestly by other moth- t
xls without detection and punish- ,,
nent, and he Iiils, in addition, t Invaluable
assets of a clear conscience.
A man may be honest s
from principle or may be honest I
from policy, but the fact remains v
.hat so long as he is honest he t
stands by far the best chance to
ivin out in the struggle for existjnce
of today, and gets more pleas- 1
ire and prolit out of life than does h
.lie man who is dishonest. You r
ire looking for paying methods
.hose days. You are seeking the
est of it?therefore, be honest. '
The man who has nothing but |
Drains has a vast advantage over '
.lie man who has nothing but money.
lie has nothing to lose, for j
there is no trust in brains and his j
idea crop cannot be cornered. The!
man with the money may drop j"
every dollar of it, but the man !
with the brains has a secure slock !s
which cannot be taken from him. ]
j.?iu niuueycu until may lillJ 111 nilsiuess
ami luive it all swept away.
The man with brains cannot* fail, >
nor can tliey be seized by any man 1
under any pretext. Thousands of
good things await the man with |
brains, and those are the men who i
today possess the money. When 1
their brains are constantly evolving '
new and valuable ideas a constant
stream of money follows. 1 trains
bring money, but money can never ,
buy brains.
" 'Take care of the dimes, and
the dollars will take care of them- -i
selves' is an old saw," said a wise i
man who lias accumulated much a
wealth and is looked upon in other N
ways as a success, "but these days ^
take care of the pennies. 11 is ns- _
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tonishing how inucli money a man f
sau spend in a year in pennies that *
lie hardly considers as they go out *
Due at a time. A cent isn't much. (j
but ten of them make a dime, and j,
ten dimes the dollar that takes care a
:>1" itself. It isn't so much in the v
ictual pennies one saves by keep- ;
ing the financial reckoning. AW
suggest the cultivation of economy
and caution, it Itegets for larger ii
inter prizes where hundreds or }'
thousands of dollars may be involved.
That is where all apparently "
aivial habits show their final adp
vantage or detriment."- j j
The scab flattered by a rich M
mcmy of unions ought to know the ti
dnd of reception that a traitor gets h;
i the enemy's camp. The scab is
'ccived by t!ic employer lighting
nions as enthusiastically as the
ritish received ^Benedict Arnold,
nd in his heart the employer demises
the scab whom he uses, just
s the general despises the soldier
ho sells out his country.
Workmen, utick together. What
o you get out of life except a mere
ving and your honor an muni Is
ot self-respect worth more to you
han the money of a man that looks
own upon you as you take it 1
rou have climbed well up the hill
jgether, arm in arm. Slick torthcr,
mtd you will reach the lop.
>ivide, and you will roll to the
otto 111.
The good wages that are paid
3-day to the union man, and also
3 the scab, are paid because union
i mntlfMlwn-ov: Imvn H'/.i-jwl
-watched their children go hunry
while their men fought for
heir union rights.
The scab who wants the big "
ages, but wlio would shirk the
nion dues, and run away like a
eserter in war-time when the
Lrike eomys on, is not a man to
riticise union labor.
Self-sacriliee, courage, the sj)irit
1" manly friendship that should
xist between all workers, are at
he bottom of the American meliunic's
prosperity.
The trades-unions represent deermination
of men to stick to one
mother, sillier with one another
.hen necessary, and jironjter with
tic another alt alike.
It is said that American Tourists
pelul a million dollars a day in
Ourolie. WllV should 1liov li-nvn
his country? Surely there is
nougli foreigners here.
The strongest bond of human
empathy outside the family re
ation should be one unity of all
forking people of all classes and
rades.
Experience is a severe teacher,
nit a slow one. When a man has
earned his lesson well he is about
eady to die:
John Nugent, the only candidate
n Kanawha county who possesses
. paid-up union card, is the man
he people want to represent them
11 the legislature.
Ketone is a word politicians bor
ow until after the election?then
hey put it back into the diction !
try.
A. free ballot, a fair count and a
*iuare deal is what the peopled'}
vanawha demand.
For Photographs, go to the Cap- I
tol Studio, (ill'V Kanawha street, ;
>ver lioger's Drug Store.
Common sense always brings
ancy prices. The woman who is
vorthy of a good husband often i
inds it worth her while not to
lother with one. j
Subscribe for the Labor Argus,
l paper for the people, Si.00 per j
. ear in -advance.
Miners Win in Indiana.
The strike at the mines of the
fandalia Coal Co., at Torre Haute,
nd., was declared oil" on Monday,
md the 3000 miners returned to
i ts i?
. ut>uu\. i ne coal company j
rrants all the demands of the
nineis. However, the right of apical
to the courts for a linal adjulicalion
of the controversy is reerved
l>y the company. The
trike grew out of the dischai-ge of
hree men accused of tiring shots
Luring the hours when coal is
misted. The men will be reinstated
ml will be paid for the time they
.ere idle.
Slang Proverbs.
When you feel that you are wcarig
your welcome out. beat it while
our shoes are good.
The things that come the easiest
i the guy that don't want them
re the very things some other
oor mutt lias to struggle all Ins
fe for and then don't get them.
I he laugli-and the-world-laughsith-you
gag is about played, .but g
le gang will smile with you if you S
ave the price.
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