1905-10 October Electrical Worker.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

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THE ELECTRICAL WORKI!.R
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the simple reason that they have never
studied the great and expanding blessing
to be found in the movement.
They have for some reason gained and
retained an -unwarranted hostilitv to­
'ward labor unions, and it should be the
duty and work of the trades unionists
of every craft to impress upon such
bpponents the wholesomeness of intent
and purpose of organized labor,
and convince them that it IS found.ed
upon justice and human rights, and
not upon prejudice and oppression.
The labor union is a friend of the
non-unionist. Ther,efore he should be
man enough to join the union of his
craft and help to strengthen the movement
and better the conditions all
along the line.
Organized labor is not an institution
of tyranny, nor is it an, institution
of exclusiveness. It was inaugurated
to fight unceasingly for right and j ustice.It
sometimes makes mistakes;
but what institution does not? Mistakes,
while at all times to be avoided,
if possible, are sometimes, however,
valu::tble as guides to future action
along safe lines. As to the exclusiveness
of organized labor, its conditions
for membership are fair to employer
and employee alike, and anyone complying
with these conditions can become
rriembers~ Those unable to comply
an! unworthy of association ,¥ith
good workmen; those who are competent
and of good morals, however,
are notexcluded.-W orld.
A BISHOP'S TRIBUTE TO LABOR'S
LEADERS
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In Manchester Cathedral, two or
three Sundays ago, the Dean of -Hereford
paid a remarkoble tribute to the
English labor leaders-in and out o~
the House of Commons-for their
wOl:k in the cause of temperance. He
described them as "men of temperate
habits, religious, and of untiring energy;"
and, singling out John Burns,
the dean added that "nothing could be
clearer than the pronouncements of
the great labor leader, John Burns, as
to the terrible effects of intemperance
among the workers of the country."
The dav before this tribute to the labor
leaders, the Bishop of Hereford,
speaking at a conference at Oxford,
urged the importance of more -labor
representation in Parliament, and declared
that there was a need of "ten­
\Vill Crooks" in the' House of Com-
11lOns. Two other developments in
the same line remain to be noted. The
Bishops of _ Hereford and Oxford
voted in favor of the London -County
Council in the recent contest between
the Council and the House of Lords
over the schen~e of the Council for
street cars over Westmiilster and
Blackfriars bridges; and from Mirfield,
Yorkshire, there is news that a
college has been established there especially
to meet the needs' of young
men not from well-to-do families who
are anxious to take service in the
Church of England. Mirfield is not
intended as a short cut to ordination;
but it is intended,as the Bishop of
Birmingham ,emphasized in his address
at the opening of the new col-
-lege buildings, to make ordination in
the Church of England less erclusively
than hitherto a privilege of the wellto-do.-Outlook.
Judge H. Polk Monroe, of Buffalo,
recently told this story of a witness
getting even with a brow-beating lawyer.
The witness was a framer, who
was in comt complaining that a certain
fellow had stolen some of his
ducks.
"Do you know that these are your
ducks," asked the lawyer.
"Oh, yes, I should know them anywhere,"
and then the farmer went into
details describing the d)lcks, and telling
just why he would know them.
"But the ducks are no different
from any other ducks," said the lawyer.
"I have a good many in my yard
at home just like them."
"That's not unlikely," said the
farmer. "These are not the only ducks -
I have had stolen in the past -few
weeks."