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Show EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Tho ulttmato aim of the labor movement move-ment is to establish a condition of society, so-ciety, first, that will lnsuro to each head of a family equal and amplo opportunity op-portunity to securo a livelihood, which will be sufficient to provldo his family fam-ily with the samo necessities and luxuries of llfo enjoyed by any other citizen; second, that will cnablo him to glvo his chldren an education In whatovor direction thoy may docjdo to follow, equal to that received by tho children of every other member of society. To cnlargo the opportunity to securo se-curo employment, tho trado unions roadvocutlng nnd establishing a short-or short-or workday for IIh members. To In-Buro In-Buro equal education, tho trndo unions aro endeavoring to secure tho enactment enact-ment of compulsory education laws and child labor laws in every state, territory and provlnco In America, thus withdrawing tho children from tho factories, mines nnd workshops. Tho trado unlotiB assert that all benefits ben-efits accruing from tho inauguration of labor-saving devices or cheap forms of distribution Bhould bo enjoyed equally by all tho people, Instead of being diverted to the boneflt of tho few. Tho labor movement holds that all pcoplo arn entitled to partake equally of tho Joy of living; that a condition thnt permits pnrt of our pcoplo to llvo In nfllucnco, whllo another part Is compelled com-pelled to work long houra for meager wages, should bo abolished; that a condition that furnishes work to only a fraction of tho pcoplo and leaves another fraction without employment, nnd helpless for long periods, should bo eliminated from our civilization, Mnny claim that efforts nlong that direction aro an Iridescent dream and cannot bo realized for ycara to como. In my opinion It will como. It is now opproachlng. It will como with tho full awakening of tho consciousness of our pcoplo; a consciousness which Is rapidly growing in strength nnd power, pow-er, and is now In abeyance, awaiting tho psychological moment when tho great vibrating will of all tho pcoplo has been crystallized Into an active and intelligent force that will sweep r.sldo nil obstacles that resist its pur-poso pur-poso to meto out Justlco to all mankind man-kind nnd establish among all tho peoples peo-ples of tho earth tho Brotherhood of MOAr |