Show H Hj t i HH j 1 f UNION LABOR DEPARTMENT I f oJ I Under the Auspices Address all Communications to toa a 1 of the W nr M PIGGOTT Editor r OGDEN TRADES ASSEMBLY Street iJ i r r i H r H According to the tho Interest In Inthe the tho voting contests conducted by the tho I committee on labor day dar It Is 19 lest fest that wo ivo have havo no most popular man In Ogden or that nil nfl are pop flop lIlal ilar each ench ns is much so ns as the otherl other Well that Is 19 a splendid state for any to ho bo in It If all are of oC being good and of doing good each ns as the we wenone I none or of us liS have no particular reason to bow down to nor look up to nor anyone In particular for each of us Is entitled to as a much of oC that m a the tho other oilier So fellow citizens I Jet ct ui us begin SOW NOW to praise and cillo cub z zo each cach other for Cor the tho good there to 16 inns Inu for Cor thu good there h Is cornell out o or ns am not nol wait alt we e are arc laid bald low lew hr by the grim reaper 1 heap ins an and II beautiful flowers upon us for Cor then our clay day hear the tho kind wor words s of Praise nor see the floral offered Lot its no del delay a going to the of out erring fellow I anti and ith n Ion horn or of will help him to see his error and I Correct j jt THE TH RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS i There is 18 no chess of skilled 1 o 0 little known ns as the HaIL 0 nv 1 elm bork Ii o of his luls trials anti and i of the and dan lr which he works and ant or of the conditions Hul rhen we ve a let letti t ti In iii ninth box we latow I bat batI I III II I I mail gatherer ii to the he and that there It is In IntI tI tl sack and aurl sent Hent aboard LIioI I a and on 01 jt it journey antI I lucre our knowledge of Its further W V that Ute they arc skilled mil anti PO they iro 11 for they must know all of the on all the radiating lines of railroads their nail and the general distrIbuting office t they he know the ex exact ct time anti and of trains on the various routes that mall ho he sent Rent to Its lion In the s shortest UnC In Infine fine finC he h lC able as 15 as Iw he sc au 11 address to roule the It in the proper sack and Place the sack on the proper train traill ii If it Il he be belongs longs ona on a side line He must ue be a le to leave leae his work worle In Iii such shape shallo that the lie man who tal takes his place he leaves lencs his car at the end o of his hh division can take up ul the work worl he left ore off anti and tie do o lie He must bo be quick bl hig mind and nd deft cleft with his hand that he may be e able abbe to handle the of tons of mall mail that mut s his hands each month In other othel wor words s lie he must tie be a Jack jacl Jackin jaclin in the box a a 0 the wisp all the time lime In iii order to his work worle and This coupled with the con constant stant rocking and jaring o of the car It will be bc seen Is a tremendous strain on the nervous system and the great wonder Is that lint tho do not break breal II II tItan than the they do doThen Then rhen we se do o not consider the dan danger danger ger ther arc constantly In for the they are In time the most dangerous part of f the thel l train aln rime fhe baggage man comes next and then the engineer fireman The They too have a chalice counce to see Ree dan danY 1 Y I gOI ger and many times lImes can sa save e them themi i by r Jumping but the mall clerk 1 locked In his car cal san saut see no danger dangel 1 cannot be warned or of approaching J danger el and has bas but utile chanco to I 1 himself If lie he were warned warnel but 0 go headlong Into it il like the proverbial mouse In the trap while the tho balance balanco of the train plies on tOI tO r him And this realization coupled the fact that man nian of the cars car now hOW In use have havo been condemned on b by bythe the tho interstate commerce commission Is I certainlY enough to mix tIme tho sib sll w ver r threads among the tho gold Thou again the sanitary conditions under which these men tire are compelled to work are aro not the best We Vo under understand understand stand that In most all mall cars cals the tanks for drinking water are arc situated adjacent to the toilets to that they ther are arc but little better tItan than hot houses for time the propagation of fever and other dise diseases Ies and that the poem poo lighting irregular heating beating all and had bad ventilation are sufficient tion for a thorough borough I hY by proper health officers for the health of the tho mall mIi corks is hi not alon along Jeopardized iz d bitt th thai to o the general public I who receive malt mail passing through these unsanitary conditions Editor Union Labor Department TIn Thu Utah State Federation of oC Labor has met in our beautiful city trans transacted transacted acted Its business elected Its off cers and And the question arIses in hit the minds of the lie people I what has been accomplished runt I remains to been beon seen seon and depends largely upon hue Hie people Tho citizen taxpayer el merchant and nd over oer crafts I I in III the state o of Utah that thun some has haG been dune done and arc d cl that much more shall be done BilL thit how our lOUl hum l servant sa says s h liv cooperation organization and aud ad t to ii Take for or the tho pure food proposition which 1 was discussed pro unit mut con in It was d that flint tunas s lie taken to cary carry omit the pro Iro of tho lure o food both laws that conta lons di s bo be CIn CInI un and eliminated from I our midst Coin have hao beca and they ask the tho assistance an and co cooperation operation of oC every cven citizen of Utah UtahAn An Any ono one desiring or lit beating bearing on pinc food laws nua mu obtain the Slime hy by applying to Davis Salt Lake City or to ally of the will willbe willbe be one i in the right direction In carrying nut a o of thi lh State Federation The Tue alien I lion slightly touched upon apon a question which the writer of both to the nH iner chant and laborer To lh the laborer as for you Oll stand Idly b by and ande see e Jobs t your hOSe lIose h i alien laborers and do nothing It II Is up to to lot your friends know tho condition of anti just how you ou stand oH thiN limbs ques Anti And thus can lie hI b I and andI I I ty Organization Is necessary for fOI the snit sake of education education I is necessary to organization and fm rn amity i Is LIme cause and antl effect of unit unity Iu union Is i so 0 while we may not hope to tJ be s fut ful while working IJ l our efforts the most ul beneficial results hun be bc at atTo To the and man why not join forces with the antI and laborer to eradicate I this evil CI Is it not to OUI Interest to lo 10 so Which js is the desirable le 1 I lie he citizen or the alien The Amer American ican wage earner carnel who spends his I mone at home or the who sends his mone avay Is It not nol bet het hettel better I tel ter to lure hire i a white mall and pa Pay him himI I 5 per nor da day who probably save I tho ho 2 25 cents and spend the thuS keeping the mooney In circulation or 01 hire litre the lie foreigner at 1 25 ler leI day ar who would tile the 25 cents amid I send the out of the tho country I ask in all consistency which i is the most profitable To our citizen mel I chant you ou lIa your taxes laxell and anil license I and aud close your our place of five I da days s in imi the week at six I giving your employee a for vest anti and recreation while whilo your alien friends engaged in iii time the sauna I business I keep cep oJen all hours every everyday day In the weel cek Sundays included ed edI I Is this just Is it right alit proper that you ou are compelled to close at certain hours whIle our opponents receive the benefits by keeping open Tile The Union Label A word VOLI to lo the local unions on tho label question Brothers you ell to lo represent you yell and to legislate for Cor your our host bOst Interests at the comon I lion of the State Slate Federation men In InI I whom you every confidence and I tru t that when you read the proceedings or when y your ur lathes report to your locals you will find your yom confidence has not been mise mis placed Tho Th label question and how to enlist the support oX or the tho people in Its behalf was one of tIme thc most Ira Im 1 discussed Before wo se can ex cx an nay assistance the hue outside I we must first look 1001 to home and unac prue I tice what hat we preach Then It Is up to you ou my fellow to set time the I e example ample by br the label on everything you yon buy Give Gio your our ourI merchant to lo understand that lint nothing I but union made goods will be accept acceptable able abbe and It wont be hilt bitt a short time Lime until you rou wi n Lp ed to ask If ho hi r carries them item for lie he wIll en 11 noth nothIng In Ing else Which is III thin tho mOISt pro profit profitable it able to you union minion or made goods The rho former we know to ho bo homade made under and sanitary cin fall fair rate of wages and reason reson reasonable able hours or of work orl In n well wail lighted ventilated factories s h by men mill and women and the tho latter I is vice Js has been stated slated before a I of these goods arl ari made In P lanes or under the tue contract labor allor system In various of thEm thE In alone accord accordIng Ing to t testimony given before a con congressional gressional c l have Ino been In six Not ot ani only is I this cl s of C goods made In III this penitentiary but In like in iii City Mo Mounds yule e W V Va a anI and many others in var louts parts of tile the countr and nad lim sweat shops too numerous to i lion tion It t costs the who goods made in iii these institutions the enormous slim cut 01 fort forty coats per dozen ozen a price which a employing union help holp Is unable to compete with Is why time the mner mer merchant chant is more to shove onto onlo on the tho goods good a for Cor there thero js is more profit to him though both cost costUle time Ule same saUlo to you So lot hot us renew our oui pledge and purchase only whenever and strictly union made mado goods bearing time the union label and or of home manufacture ii If possible at thal Trusting that oer every union will gl give those few fe duo due con and attention I remain respectfully for the happiness the cle elevation lIon nu l time of I I mud W v D w Yo RESPONSIBILITY FOR POVERTY In n one olle of tho more recent the New lm York lt for Cor Tin T proving the of the tho Poor Poem ot of I which R It Is an important of al aim relative p the ur Oj poverty k photograph of are a me f of hittle chit drena which race suicide ha IN this question Shall ShaH promising ng children chu hidren lIke grow up Into mon audi ml amud em 01 Into physical nod moral failures This I dep depends ot often n all on our being able to 10 strengthen the mothers hands amid to hold the family together by aid overtaken by sick ne nci death or lack of Thon conic the testimony from this really source Care fob 11 how that in SO tier 1101 tiercent cent ot of these families the tho dIstress s I Is not nol their theiu own and amid ill time the rest surely it ll Is not the tho fault o of the hug ing children Anti AmI then We Vc are arc coming to see Hee the thc lives which tall fail are arc ery crr largely the result I of oC Imperfect social lions To this o extent they arc ame our oui failures allures Mimy Man o of them be turned Into successes by timely aid adIce anti Instruction But can our failures be remedied hv by out charitable donations lie be a world worl lii In which the Is an of and the Idlor If timings things go his way th the o of The answer Is that It is 15 not such a world it II Is a world II In which hy by natural law lass time tho results of Sf go muot to time tho hut but to the tho thoI I But Bul wo we have havo mado rubber laws And shall we he content to 10 ask their to relieve their victims with Or we weI I that along with lr for temporary relief there shall go an In InI mm demand for repeal of the roll rob I bet bar I |