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Show H "LABOR ISSUE" OF "GETTER OG- j DEN" A WEAK DOCUMENT. So the "Labor Isauo" of the "Better H Ogden" has arrived! Wo were told to H watch out for it. Told in largo type to wait for it. There is no desire on our part to belittle your efforts. But H Isn't It a pitiful showing? Out of H 37 organizations- in the United States B you find seven (7) whQ have anything to say at all on the subject, ami do H thev in any way endorse your cam- H paign for prohibition? Have you H proved In any way that Mayor Rose made a false statoment, when he said H "that every labor organization that H has given expression upon this propo H sitlon has declared its opposition to Hj I "prohibition?'' Has any of the organ- Hl izatlons you mentioned given expres- Hl slon as to best way in which the H Hl quor traffic should be controlled? 1 Out o all tho Union I.a"bor Organi- H zations in the United States, you have . Hl found seven declaring tnemseivub m Hl various forms against the use of in-1 H toxicants, and yet not even one of i H them declares for prohibition as the H remedy for the drinlc evil. Let us look and see. H The Order of Railway Conductors H opposes a man being a conductor and Hl engaged in the liquor traffic nt the H same time. Perfectly reasonable; but H does the Order of Railway Conductors H endorse vour campaign for prohibi- H tion' Why not get the local order to H inform you on the subject. H BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE H FIREMEN "We oppose the saloon to H the extent that the Brotherhood will H not tolerate a member being connect- M ed with the sale of liquor." Does that H say anything about "Prohibition" be- H lng a remedy for existing evils con- H nected with the drink question? Can ( H you get the local order of railway con- H ductors and locomotive firemen of Og- H len to endorse a resolution to that ef- 1 feet? Why don't you try? They are HJ right here at home. H UNITED GARMENT WORKERS Hj "Our organization is decidedly oppos- M cd to tho saloon." What is their rem- H Edy? Do thev endorse "Prohibition.' H THE JOURNEYMEN TAILORS H I The secretary says that he does not H ' "hesitate to declare himself opposed to M the use of Intoxicating liquors as a H beverage, and says that all the off I- j H ccrs of his organization are opposed to , It. Has the organization ever taken ' any action in its constitution or by- H' laws, or made any resolutions to this H effect? H INTERNATIONAL SEAMEN'S UN- 1 ' ION "We, enjoin sobriety upon our H members by refusing to publish adver- H tlsements of the saloon In the official H organ of the union " What worthy j organization would not be willing to H enjoin sobriety upon its members, but H lias this organization taken any ac- 1 tion officially declaring that absolute H prohibition is the remedy for lack of H sobriety on the part of its members? H THE UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA "The officers of the H United Mine Workers of America dis-! M courage in every respect saloon busi- H ness." They should do, they should H discourage Intemperance, and, no M doubt, do do it, winch every worthy H, organization should do. but have they H endorsed by resolution or by any oth- M er yfliclal action tho position taken by M the prohibitionists? H TELEGRAPHERS "The use of al- H coholic liquor as n beverage shall be M a sufficient cause for rejecting any M petition ' Tor membership." Perfectly M right and proper. No man should bq H admitted to the telegraphers' union H who is known to be addicted to the H use of liquor. But has there been H nnv action of the Telegraphers Union H declaring for prohibition9 None that H -we know of. Are its members tec-J H 1 total ers? H Of th seven organizations mention- H J cd, not one has declared for prohibi- j H tion. V.'Tiilo they enjoin sobriety, ask H their members to tho temperate, are H against drunkenness, yet nowhere 11 have, they ever endorsed, as an or- H ganizatiou, prohibition. Can not an H organization be sober and temperate, H I and yet for many reasons be against j M prohibition? H Individual members of labor organ-1 H ' izatlons may have views upon this sub- H ject that arc in harmony with prohl- M bltlon and i( would he strange If I M nmong the great army of organized M labor there were not some who favor- M ed prohibition rather than regulation. M Wo challenge you to produce the H proof that the organizations you have H mentioned ever took any action with HD regard to favoring or not favoring pro- "1 Inbitlon as a remedy for the so-called B drink eT. Whom did Mayor Rose libel? Hl I We give below some of tho labor or- H j anlzations that have taken definite H i action on this question, through res- HI olutlou. |