| Show i i J u t THE I t UNION p k I k LABEL E L E I Union union Ion Work Ilaf For F rau Yc oro am of or n Ton TOil n Ugly Dalt Thousand nahl Habie iho t 10 II 1 J Jahn IO o if Talks I l I oP of Non Ilon Ilono It 16 r I I o Builders II III Tolls r II Ilow II 0 ho lao Mn handles ulna 0 II 10 ull t o oJ k I II ock I ALL ABOUT TIE THE CHIEF WEAPON y OF OI ORGANIZED D LABOR LABOi WHICH J IS 15 USED BY r MILLIONS IONS ic I Alun Ohio attar Who WI 10 O 1 I II f I n L Ant WW 4 II I ol of the t Deere Newt W by hy Frank Fral G a Carpenter r D C April 2 26 Tako oft off your hat and lout look Inside In the band bandl I IH If it It has lias n union past pasted cd ed there It was wall mado by union labor Pull ort off your our shoes hou and you ou may mOjO find tho stamp on them and II JIll If you GU go RO over your our clothing bought In a ar r wear shop hOI you jou will In III all probability Md the union label of at iho th Garment Workers served sewell Inside Mello tho the or under the Collar David Iohl M I Parry the tho antiunion organizer Will AMIS 1 surprised the tho other day da when he lie was Willi told cold that his hIli were and he lie would not bellevo It until the lobe label was Willi shown him I Tn HOUSES HOIUm 1 MUST TIM rim UNION U lO lOit it If you are arc n II horseman look well at nt atthe atthe the tho shoos on of our steed before eCore 1 you go RO ROto goto goI I to the thc blacksmiths tor fur If It they are lire not union made your our horses hornes feet Ceet nay may mayKO KO go hap bare 1 I talked the tl other night with Alth Altha a u 1 Philadelphia millionaire MIO wio 1 10 hUH lins Iu a II aa a team Ho lIo driving lost last t on an the outskirts of ot the City of ot Brother Brotherly 1 ly Love whon one OIW of or his gorses hotes drop roil 4 Ilet a 1 rr Shoe The picked It ii Up and the team vaa wati slowly walked to the nearest nel st shop pho nod and a 1111 the theman theroan roan man ached to 10 nail nall on the shoe lie He 1 looked at lit the tho horses horles and amI examined their fret unit blankly refused the Job He lie raid raM tho the were nou union OIK and that tho th horses horre had ti been cn shod hy by I uen nonunion labor that he be would not touch them for love nor 1101 money c They flu y then walked the tho Horace to the next blacksmith shop where they ho met net with Alth treatment and then to a 1 third Ahei herb 5 the tho smith replaced the tho but only on oil condition c q that he be bG b a paid fa four 1 lines the lie rule rate because the I Work ork In the lie that first place had not been hWI I dOM clone by loll men Th Hie lint two men menn wre n ere tutu told that It If the not put on an n the horco Norco might BO HO lame lome One man said Mid he help that and the other did not care Inre IS roil FOIL I am surprised at ill tho the growth of ot the union label Inbe In bel In III all nil eons norta of ot business It snakes makes KB Ita appearance on the tho loaf loit of ot I bread brend that cornea comes to me with my Thero Is ie n a 1 union curd In Inthe Inthe Inthe the whore where I set get et shaved and If it a 1 little baby friend of oC mine mille could read It alight nee lIDO It In ht tho the from fro ruin which It sucks Its condensed ell milk I Iwas was Avas told the other othor day nt nl the American i t Federation Pc of ot Labor hero that that body sends out labels every year t car ar and amI that each of these a 1 alace place lace on a odon made article The United Workers who mako make makon maken n 1 large lar e part of the clothing of oC tho the country spend n year advertis advertising ing hug their label and warning people not notto notto notO to O buy Roods goods urea uron ur on which It II Is to not used ulIC 1 i 14 There are EO 60 0 different labels Indorsed by the American Federation of ot Labor Jabor and those trades which cannot use UBe In la laI bels I have union cards hung hunt up In their shops hope The Tho salesmen barkeepers and waiters waitere nil all have lave cards canIs of their own and are aro used lined by coo rH hatters shoemaker laundrymen leather workers cigar cI r makers and every union manufacturer under tho ho nun HUH The Tte Mist label was tuns used by b the tho cigar makers In ISM 1680 lS the first hatters labels swore put out In 1685 1885 tho the first printers labels In lit 1887 and the garment workers In III 1631 I nm not arguing for tor or against these thellO labels but merely stating staling facts MITCHELL AND TUG THE UNION There Thero la Is n a question In the minds of ot many mon aH to whether the thu union label Is le lenot not a n kind of ot boycott and some sonio be ho IKo lIvo both bout the tho label and tho the boycott mi nu outrage upon the tho public In III n a recent talk with John Mitchell I 1 ached h l et him what ho he thought about It Said he hO heThe heThe The union label Is perfectly legitimate mate male anti It IB la one olle of ot tho ho chief wea weapons puns pons of ot organized labor In Its warfare against the unjust employer emr It waH started by the California cigar makers to protect their work against Chinese cheap labor nod and It II has hila now to every of oC the cigar trade The she Cigar union puts Auto Its on Oil 2 boxes of ot cigars cl ars a n aar near year ear ar The she label tobel III bel shows elotes that those c rl 1 gore Kurs were made mado by h union men who worked for tor union wages under sanitary conditions ton l Till The union label Is now 1101 used by b all sorts Horta of ot industries Mr Ir Mitchell rot con continued The cite Hatters union oaten ulon Is III hues Huea Ue something like a million new la in labels bels elB every overy month mid nuit every one goes goeR Into n a hut hilt rho Tho merchant tailors have n a label and no MO lynva thy thu bricklayers rho number of men who use nee U I nothing but union goody h le constantly It now cm em many ninny millions outside those who belong to labor organizations Tim N Q BOYCOTT Hut paid I do you think tho the trades unions lite IlI right to boycott bocott when they the please I Of Ot course they have replied John Mitchell The boycott ID Is not to organized labor It 11 Is 18 used uell by liy every over ulnas dans of society by churches and by II all nil sort Horns of as ns welt as its trades unions Manufacturers Minn arc often boy hn totted tolled by b other othel rH and Ind by b rand anil retailer retailers The fhe are oro often ottell boycotted by b the manufacturers Certain urine aro boycotted by b banks and ami certain banks hankH mo are hO by b tho the general public In III lie tho tH world men of at nil all kinds boycott to COI certain reasons and why should not the mulct unions ii do the some There Then IH no doubt t tho the legal leral right to boycott No Noone one cite can on compel John Smith to buy goods of ot John Drown Brown II ro 11 No o one can om pet pel lie him to travel In the same car CM sit lilt In III Inho tho ho same church or i nt It nt at the Ihl satin name 1 ta tn tatie a alie tie lie I think however that lint till roe boycott he be open nail heard board and that the tho man jean to be boycotted should have the tho right to b be 00 heard before the boycott Is la enforced I 1 dont Ilont believe Unit hut tho Ito boycott hl rott should bo be Intemperate or unjust 1 I dont think for Instance III tall that It Is le right Ight to a school tent her 11 her father a n 1 nor 1101 allow the of ot union it In ott ott th child len ien of ot a to workman It would lio IJO unjustifiable to refuse tine th last In l ser r Ices leeH to tai tt ft n dying nun man wh lit his hili iw m t record hAs lins been und Had I would disapprove of oC any boycott should In n any nn WilY terry disturb the th burial of ot such n a 1 man ann manTHE TilE THE I I ADElt Olt Orr THOUSAND 1 S about abort the hatter hallert lab In tl I bad wd hall nn Rn Interesting talk In N New vr York the otter other day with John tin till of ot the l ru of North America who number an In army aimy tu ae large lame n fl as that which lad lod on his hi to the lil MM see Mr Sir Ir Phil 1111 IID has Imi h b been n n cr of uC the HAller union lichen for tor many and hl hr knows know nil all about hull hale and alid the meta who uhn make mike then them n fl f to tu th the Zabel lub ll l I lh Ih he h Mill lOW give our I to lo the lh union shop hop and they tUy ai ar inn of oe lIeu every l bat hll Many men m mm will not noti buy hu a II lint hilt n it h n w ur r label and nad i we W Aall 1 that tk ti t W i K ai I r Ur help hells gnu Union ml n An Au u Ills ilia it Is IM r hi this vh l td ll I 1 j I At trade belongs belong to the tho union and tint some Bome of ot the tho factories keep keell the cloned clo ct shop chop SILK HATS HArR AND In the first fiut place Mr Ir Phillips tell mo mt something about the men engaged In III your trade haute Who are arc they and what kind of ot hats do they make They lire are mostly mo Americans replied tho Ito secretary of the tho lie hatters although there lire are some sane There ure two hatters one has hils to do with silk hats bats or plugs and the other with and derbys These different classes cla ses of hints hilts arc are generally made In its Indifferent different factories anti and each sort has Its own oln union Where are 1110 tho the chief cen centers centers cenera era I asked They are In hr the east cast replied d Mr Phillips There Thero are arc more In Now New ow York old and Brooklyn than anywhere else but you OU find lint hilt factories also In New Newark ark nik and Orange N J and In Phila Philadelphia dolphin delphia and In hi and nd about Danbury Conn Danbury lives oft off te hatmakers There Thero was a 1 lockout there thero some rome years yeara ago and the tho retail mer merchants merchants chants had to 10 carry thu the men on their hooks books or stop business s All thel trade trad tom came from the tho hatters butters How JIow about the v st sl are there lucre no hats made there Not NM ti II army any nil was AVOB the tho reply There Th re are a n 1 few tew factories In Chicago and ont St loul and unite quite n large e one at III ind The 1110 ue Wu n h factory was started by b a II Jw JOw J w livery He lIe makes his hats out of ot the fur till of ot Belgian hares and Ims huts a hare haro farm associated with It to supply the fur All tho the best of at the soft sort tints hats and derbys are lire made out of ot fur Cur or a down of ot rabbits hares haros or conies UNION U IO A D STRIKES Docs your OUI union do good I 1 asked Yc Yes It does tines replied Mr Ir Phillips Pa We e have hao not had a strike for tor years ears and AVO wo have hae raised our wages and shortened the hours When there Is any trouble the tho employers come ome to us We talk till the matter mutter over oer together and try tr to avoid a strike by hy making mutual What advantage is 18 the union to Io Its lis members I 1 asked It Is la of ot great advantage replied Mr Phillips Suppose 1 am a n work workman workman man In n a union shop and n a union man cornea comes there and wants Avants n a 1 Job When the man comes cOllies In he ho does docs not 1101 apply to the employer or the tho boss bos but comes up III to 10 one ont of oC the men mon me for tor Instance In and lays las down don his union card carll saying Plow flow Is shop Even I en It If we see hn not much work I will reply Oh Just fair Do you want to take u a turn U I 1 would not mind he says And Anti thereupon I 1 tako his hilS card to do tha loas ions OIS and tell him there here Is a it 1 union man hero here who would like a n 1 turn that Is something to do If It there Is la any work worle rY vv the thu boss bOSH gives him I lm a 11 trial and If it he ho Is IH IHa Isn Isa a n good span man he keeps him How flow about apprentices We one to every 10 men The apprentice works for the tho first two or three thee months for tor nothing his earnings going to the hatter hutter who breaks him hint In After that the apprentice receives the regular prices for tor piece work worl except that 10 per pet cent Is la deducted d ted for tor the em employer employer on account of ot his being a 1 green hand hangs A as ay u an n apprentice Is In n as ns much demand among us as a cadet collet cadetship ship at ul Annapolis or West Point Is among the general public We Want Avant our own on sons or friends to 10 have the places and ant they the never nOr go begging NONUNION ION HATTERS You I say eay sn that most of ot tIt the hatters uso use union men Phillips I 1 happen to know lenow that thaI tho the Stetsons do de not nol and I have a Dunlap hat here which bears no union label You are aro tight right about the Stetsons was Avas thud the reply rop John Stetson wont Avont a union man In his factory I 1 Aven went oyer oer hs his establishment once I Imet mot met tho the old man and when I told him himI I was Avon secretary of at the Hatters lIQUors union he ht took mo too over oer the factory himself showing mo everything During the tho walk I 1 snit said saidI BaldI I understand Mr Stetson that you have determined to never neer employ a I unIon un union unIon ion man m ll as ns long us as you lIe hive That Is true tru was Avns tho the reply But Hut how about when you jOU Oh I AA will provide for tor that hut too sold Bald the tho old oft man After ACler we wo had finished Mr Phillips continued we went Avent back b ck to the ethic where I some delicious trIed fried riot oysters oysters being cooked for tor the lunch luncheon eon Mr Ir Stetson asked me to lo come como In inand and cat eat and In ht renly fay Iny stomach cried out ou t ye yes ell but hu t my illY reason said no and nud I rt reused fused Why did you ou refuse I asked Why Wh It If you knew Imel i our OUI men In III tho the union you Oll would know why Ill If Ie I 1 hall had lunched with Stetson I 1 could never have haQ It h I the world They would have thought I had been heen brought bought off ct by the chief non of ot till the trade nut But how ho about the Dunlap I ask asked cd ed edThe The Tho bo employ union labor replied Mr Phillip Phillips hut but they wont use uso the union label We IVe never Mer have bao trou troll ble blo them A tort for tor they the he a especially good to their men They mix with the tha themen men and arc me tall fellows with them I remember once old Mr M It Dunlap now 1101 dead called me nI Into his hili office cHico and said John I Avant to give your you n a check for Cor 1000 for fOI the union We Wo have had hadn hada n o prosperous year and I want to show the men that I appreciate them You Youcan Youcan Youcan can put It In the lie death teath fund find out of pf which you pay Jay every cel time n man dies I lee Wo We cant take It 11 I replied 1 Why not asked Mr Ir Dunlap For several reasons raid I f First If It some Iome of ot the th uncut men knew that two AVO 0 had lad that thousand In tho the treasury they the would not pay Imy their dues duell and nut anyway three deaths would about take lake It away and AVO wo would bo he Just where we uwe are arc now Again If It vo wo had hall any trou trout ble hlo td with other factories and not here the employee of the other places IIla 9 would say that you lad had bought bough I us tie tor for 1040 1000 and we wo would also feel under obliga obligations obligations to you ou BO so you see wo We cant take tale It ItI FROM I Rm THE TUE DOCKS DOCI S OF NEW NEv YORK Tonic YORKA TonicA A labor leader of ot quite n a different type from Mr Phillips Is 18 James Daly the thc the tho Dock union of ot Net York city Ho Ifo Is as liS rough as nR Phillips Is smooth and makes no bones hones I of ot just how ho gains gain his ends for tor I his men I had n a chat eliat with him hue tho other day 11 a He lie said saidi I represent the mm who ho build tho the dicks deks of ot Nt Nc v York We have hae three thousand thou Mild of them theta In lu our union and AVO wo wedo do practically nil tho the building along the 25 5 miles of dock lock frontage In New Nen York and Brooklyn We Wo drive down |
