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Show I EPAKTMEMT I 1 1 : 1 i Under tne Auspices Address all Communications to X ' . ofthe W. M. PIGGOTT, Editor. $ $ OGDEN TRADES ASSEMBLY 375 Twsnty-fourth Street. r i r i r itt..i..r..fi.T..r..T-l-t-V-T T T T-M" t-S-H-i;it-I"s-X"!"l"I,,.,,I' over, that Is, 1 mean human nature In its healthy btalo, free from the diseases dis-eases of mind ami body m reaJlly created by cunning sophistry of unscrupulous un-scrupulous and self-seeking employers. employ-ers. Show them by facts, figures and a recital of your own experience that that Ihey Injure no one else as much as they do themselves In their obstinate ob-stinate attitude of refusal or indifference. indiffer-ence. Bo patient with them. You can no moro expect instantaneous results re-sults than you could hope to perform the stunt of changing a seed into a blooming plant by a wave of a hand. Never forget that you are the teacher, teach-er, and you must expect no more from a toller steeped In actual ignorance of his own rights than you would from a child struggling with its A, B, C. If you will exercise tact and diplomacy diplo-macy you can prepare the ground, then sow your seed; after It sprouts, watch, tend and cultivato it, and tho harvest won t be long in coming in the uplifting of humanity from the mire of despondency and despair, whilo at the same time serving yourself your-self and protecting those who await you at tho threshold of that sacred spot called home. j Then, again, you know the old say-I say-I ing goes, "Many hands make light work," so don't it look like good common com-mon sense to you (o get out and invite in-vite your fellow-laborer to give a helping help-ing hand, instead of allownig him to sit with folded arms looking on while you are sweating bfood at every pore MAKE THE BEST OF EVERYTHING And Do the Best You Can. Time is the present hour The past has fled. Livo today, tomorrow never yet On human being arose or set. . We are told that "Today Is the day of salvation." This declaration doe3 n.t apply alone to the spiritual welfare wel-fare of the Individual,' bnt it may lu applied to tho everyday temporal Tfe as welL We sometimes hear people peo-ple complain of their lot in life, and bemoan their ill luck and lack of opportunities. op-portunities. Some of tnese complaints ;m Just; their troubles, or at least.. worn, old 6ay.ing as a motto, and propose pro-pose to ever keep before the membership member-ship of the L H. C. und B. L .U. of A., the need of gjetting out among tho la-' borers, seekiag recruits to our Industrial Indus-trial army whose war cry is a llvlns wage, reasonable hours and decent I conditions. I have been assured by many of our members of their readiness to assist if they only knew bow to approach n man or what arguments to employ tr bring him to a realization of his dut to himself and his i fellow-laborers. This, of course, is an impossible task, since I do not possess the'mlracujous powers of reading the unuitercd thoughts of mankind. Therefore no hard and fast rule could be laid down. by engaging in a task that is going to benefit him as much as it is yourself, and since the work of organized labor cannot be accomplished without human hu-man agency, and that power can only come from within its own ranks, it's up to every member, of our organization organiza-tion to get out and drum up tho uninitiated, un-initiated, drag in' the stragglers and help keep the laggards in line. The greater the army numerically, the greater the necessary preparations, but the less labor will fall to the lot I of each individual to perform in order I to achieve the ictory that sends us j up another notch on the way to the ; toller's heritage of a just consideration considera-tion of his needs and wants. Organize well, organize carefully, i organize .persistently, and your or- ganization will repay your energy by I those benefits none can secure as in-j in-j dlviduals. Therefore, organize a-id dri't rtop ozonizing until there is nothing left to organize. I since you can only convince an opponent, op-ponent, not by trying to cram a set speech down his throat whether he I likes its flavor or not, but by meeting f his arguments by such sound logic I that you will awaken his interest and by degrees lea1 him to see that tho I very means that tended to better your ; conditions can perform the same ser-! ser-! vice for him, provided he is ready to i enroll himself among those who are fighting for the toller's emancipation, j , Few are the men who are not conversant con-versant with banking interest. You I can readily show a man wherein he go'ls a greater perccnage of Interest-on Interest-on his money through tho medium of ; a labor organization than he could i possibly get through any form of spoe-j spoe-j illation or by hoarding the amount i i such nfnilation would cost in some j ' bank vault, receiving a paltry two; i per cent, or three per cent. Interest j ' on the pitiful sum. i Human nature is alike the world part of them, having been urougnc a bent through circumstances, or a combination of circumstances over which th?y could have no control; but the .n-eater number of our difficulties, mo the "..snlt of our carelessness, or no-licence, or our inability or short- iitcdness Jn. grasping the situation. Tlint Is the principal element in all rontnict: so if you would fulfill the, fi'iitiact, you imut ;ihide by the time. If -.01 would succeed in any under-t.il.lng. under-t.il.lng. you must not put off till tomorrow to-morrow what may be done today; to-d.t to-d.t : fs the time; for "tomorrow" never p v.hv. The re.'isnn -w) many cannot J';;..1 ojL.pnrtumtle Is because of that ccntaat "look Ingjown the nose": the c n.stant weeping over "spilt milk," .m.iI that everlasting bemoaning of fate. l.o;:k up. my brother! Opportunities Oppor-tunities arc in the air; not under the foet; safety lies above. Toe swimmer mils' not hok down, else he will drown; the man on the pinnacle must look up. to Insure his bilance. Opportunities Op-portunities never knock at our door hut onre; and if we aTe not wide ;iwake. and open to them at once, they pas 011 and are pone forever. God g'-uo us our ears and eyes to use, so let. u3 no- close them to those small oiees which are constantly calling us In bigher and better things. Let us .ot our Ideals high; and then strive, day by day. using the means at hand, to attain them. There is never but one moment, in the world at a lime; and that Is taken away before another b given. A minute lost is lost for- ; ever; fo then, '"do it now." ! Then again, so many fail because they do not do as weil as they can. If a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing the best wo possibly can. No one ever succeeded by doing things half-way; only by usdng tho brawn oud the brain combined In the effort, have the great things of earth been accomplished ; and the only secret of great successes is in giving the closest : attention to the miuutest details. Ask j the great roeu men of real worth, ' of croat ability, of sterling integrity I of today, how they attained to their prc.-ent high standing.and exalted po-t'tnns: po-t'tnns: and they will, with one accord, 1 s-.iy: "By doing the best they could, an 1 by constant study and peisl6teut j endeavor, to do better.'" It Is a sad j commentary on our manhood, but I nevertheless It Is true, that many I t-orm to think all that is required of I them is to "do their work in auy old ( way; then march to the desk," and draw their pay." But you will find ilKse a ve the real "calamity howlers." howl-ers." the "way backs." and the "also rans." the ones who are always at the "bottom of the ladder"; always seeming seem-ing to climb, and yet never ascending. And they it is who are mostly respon-HMc respon-HMc for long hours and short wages, and if they were compelled to work on the plan "that every man should rereivc that which he created" thev wouldn't get much. No, brothers, it is time that we 0t over the idea that we can succeed b shirking our work: by doing it in a half hearted, slipshod manner. Let us get down to business and up0 our brains to further our own I inleicsts. in doing our best at all limes and under all circumstances and then when we ask the "boss" for a -raise" he will have lost half of his arguments with which to repel our advances Let us "come to" and no matter what calling we have elected to follow, let us determine, irom this t me on, to exemplify the graud sen-.ilineiits sen-.ilineiits expressed in the following beautiful hues: If a cobbler by trade, I will make K my aim The best rf all cobblers to be- ! But if only a tinker, no tinker on ; earth Shall mend an old kettle like me Sel. BOYCOT VS. BLACKLIST. "Labor has used the boycot as a measure, of retaliation agalns. the Wacklfct and criminal consplracv of , the organized employers' association, j ind in the defense of the right of abor to associate for legal and aw 1 fn purposes. The boycot is a power- ! ful weapon but there U :l create- ffirtherS is a n10 successful stioager and even more powerful S a, 71 which the most un' fondly Judge cannot enjoin or bv rlr0"38 t1estry. tne 'UNION LABEL. Every trades union man and mandaafoSrhU,1!(! 1q p"shin ' 01 well paid labor, and tho healthy sanitary condition under which goods lt Vndii y f eery lrad0 "nion- nimseir. but to recommend and ad-vocatc ad-vocatc Its sale at all times to other! " -ERNEST VILLARD. ' THE NEED OF ORGANIZATION. By IL A. Stemburgh of a raer Walk,Qg ,nto ihe "re rh,lt VP BUCCe8Bful country mer-reSJne- ?m.K engaSe(i " conversation relating to the merchant's steady in-crease in-crease of wealth, the farmer wanting m.W nhod was. o? S'";111"? wret of success ia. Tho merchant, who, bv the wav wInnT SCOt 8m,lod and .awf' huccess Is not a secret It 1 an?SbDed k--st.ang7y m any job you've got In band," and it g of this dehnition may not be as Hepant as desired, the truth 0I K'atetnent 8 self-evident, for it Is synonymous with the old adage "Per' severance B bound to win" wZet0T 0n thft l',pUoa of or-ganization. or-ganization. have adoptod this time- |
