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THE BANNER-COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922
ETHICS OF TRADE
UNION MEMBERSHIP
(BY CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL
LABOR CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATION.)
Existing conditions and our mode of
living make It essential for-the toiling
masses to be organized in unions,-for
the purpose of establishing and main
taining suitable -working condtlons and
obtaining fair wages. All unions are
divided Into and subdivided into var
ious smaller local unions. The local
unions are the true backbone of the
entire workingmen's organizations. If
,, the local unions are strong and whole
union will be strong. For the local
union to be strong it is essential that
the membership is strong. Fjor the
membership to be strong it is neces
sary that they attend meetings of their
local union and take an active part in
the meeting and be guided by their
own deliberations. It is well to do
"as our fathers did, "to know our rights
and' dare maintain them.". But duties
ar co-ordinate with rights. Men will
not fight for their union rights who
have no sense if ther union duties.
Rights cannot be maintained if dut
ies are neglected. They go together,
and in our union life of today it is
essential that emphasis be laid upon
our duties rather than upon our rights.
When a man, for instance, looks upon
voting as a "right" instead of a duty,
he is apt to regard his vote as his pro-
perty, to be used as something of his
own, to do with as he chooses, with
out due responsibility. A man's vote
is hia Union's a sovereign weapon
entrusted to him, not entirely for the
protection of his own rights, but to be
used for the defense of his union's in
terest. He is duty bound to use it for
the defense of the weak and for the
protection of the Union's welfare.
In our Union, as in a democratic
state rights cannot be secured unless
they have their foundations in the
righteousness of union life. In a re
pjublic under universal suffrage, un
der "government by the people"
there are certain reauirements essen
tial and fundamental to the continued
safety of the national life. If the peo
ple are to rule the State, they should
understand the conditions on which
this can be done. The same applies to
our union life.
The members of a local union must
be Intelligent. If the membership in
a union expects to be ignorant and
free In a state of civilization it expects
what never was and never can be. The
members should strive to establish an
education as universal as the liberty,
which should be held to be the heri-'
tage of all men. The membership
may be ignorant and depraved under
a despotism where they have no pow
er or responsibility, but a union with
universal suffrage ought to provide for
universal education. Popular ' govern
ment of our union without popular edu
cation is but a prologue to a farce, or
a tragedy or both. If the designs of
the false leader and the pleas of the
rtixy ueuiagugue tue iu 'Ue exposed, it
must be by educated intelligence.
Every true union man will, therefore,
do all he can to promote the general
Intelligence of the membership of his
local.
The membership of a local union
must be virtuous. Moral character is
the foundation of the . Union. If the
membership's rectitude and integrity
arc-sapped and undermined, the foun
dation is gone No union can live
when , the sources of its power have be
come corrupted. As long as the hearts
of the -membership is right, the union
is safe. Bu when springs of our union
life are poisoned, the inevitable result
Is decay and dissolution, and the out
come is the men on topj with the iron
hand of despotism, or a plutocracy
where the people cringe and fawn at
the behest of those who have money,
or places, or favors to bestow. "When
virtue dies the man is dead". It is so
with the unions.
It is not the abundance of material
wealth, but the courage of the union
conscience that, in the last resort,
must be relied upon to save the union
conscience that, in the last resort,
must be relied upon to save the nuion
life. It is in moral character that the
member becomes a shield of defense
to the union. It is this that gives him
devotion and sacrifice for strikes, cour
. age in battle, insight and boldness in
leadership, and the manly independ
ence to enable him to withstand the
wiles and seductions of the cprruption
iat The membershipj of a local union
must be free. They must not be re
strained by power, they must not be
bound by groups; they must not be
bought !by favor. This involves free
speech, free petition, a free ballot
Without these there can be no free
thought, and without freedom to think
there can be no freedom in unfcn gov
ernment. Every member will seek to preserve
this liberty at all hazards. Liberty of
speech and of the press (circularizing
etc.) may be abused, but it is safer to
run the risk of this abuse, holding
every man responsible for the effort of
his words, rather than suffer the de
nial of. freedom. However, this free
dom should be confine'd within the
Union. If the members are to be in
telligent, if they are to understand
Questions of union government and.
policies, there must be free discus
sion; there must be much arguing
much writing, many opinons, for "opin
ion on good men is ibut knowledge In
the making."
The ' membership in order to act
freely and with intellgence must have
knowledge It Is vitally essential to
this knowledge that integrity of their
press be ascertained. That important
news is not suppressed nor false news
disseminated. The foes of organized
labor contend that newspapers are
preferred to a standing army. The
most insidious foe and more danger
ous than single despots or standing
armies is a perverted press and the
corruption of the avenues of Informa
tion. The membership should have
the facts If the membership are given
full and' truthful information they will
be able to judge men and measures
rf fhn nriVT). TW8
indicates the need of independence
in a newspaper or journal, that its col
umns should not be blindly biased and
partisan, but that it should be willing
to give its. readers the truth and facts
bearing on both sides of a controversy.
The members are competent to form
their own opinions.
The membership of the local union
must he loyal.- Loyalty is love of the
union. It is the union spirit the
spirit that leads one to devote himself
to the service of the ' organization.
Loyalty requires nofl only physical
courage that will lead one to fight
and if need he, to die in the service of
ones union but the higher, nobler mor
al courage that will lead him, ifneed
be, to oppose his union's government
in wrongful and immoral course. It
has been said of some that whenever
they differed from the policy of their
union government "They never appear
ed to have the smallest leaning or
bias in favor of their union?" It is
sot necessary tha tthe union loyalist
should be so Jr. different, rle ought to
have a iean'ng in 'favor of his own
Union. A man may lov hia family
ever one belongs, be it local, Bub-dis-trict,
district or the union as a whole,
loyalty involves the willingness of ser
well governing of one's union. What-
vice and sacrlfcie foil (the common
good. .
Loyalty does not stop with obed
ience to the constitution and by-laws
and the payment of dues. Loyalty is
not passive a mere, abstaining from
evil. It is not merely an abstract de
finition or feeling It requires expres
sion, not merely in words, but in ac
ton, in deeds. The loyal member is
"the one who serves," He may serve
his local in attending conventions and
in many other ways.
Loyalty is a virtue which leads a
man to sacrifice himself for the good
of his union. It is not loyalty' to
one's own brothers to assure them
that they are right In what they are
doing. That is merely swimming with
the stream,, one of the most alluring
forms of indolence. A man is not a
loyalist because he desires that the
local, to which he belongs shall be ag
grandized at the expense of other lo
cals to which he does not belong. To
desire the success of a cause because
it is his own, and not because it is
right, is a form of selfishness in man.
"My local right or wrong," Is no more
loyal than "Myself right or wrong," Is
noble and unselfish.
In addition to intelligence, virtue,
freedom and loyalty, and in order to
' Be
Consistent
CO-OPERATION
Buy
At Home
The Business Enterprises listed below, believe
in reciprocity and wish to be classed as Friends of
Labor, they are co-operating with us to advance
along constructive lines and for a better understand
ing. Buy at Home Trade with them, increase the
value of the community.
DR. FREEZE, Eye Specialist
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOGG BROTHERS, Furniture, Hardware
STOKES MOTOR CAR COMPANY
C. G. MILLER CO., Day and Night Garage
A. C. HOWLAND, Real Estate, Loans, Insurance,
Bonds
BANK OF COMMERCE
QUALITY CAFE
BANK OF OREGON CITY
BANNON AND CO., Dry Goods, Clothing;
HOLT GROCERY, 7th and Center St.
BURMEISTER AND ANDRESEN, Jewelers
HUNTLEY-DRAPER DRUG CO.
McANULTY AND BARRY, Cigars, Restaurant
OREGON CITY SAND AND GRAVEL CO.
C. W. FRIEDRICH AND SON, Hardware
OREGON CITY CASH MARKET
NEAL, Mc AND ROSE, Jewelers
STRAIGHT AND SALISBURY, Plumbers
JONES DRUG CO. !
PRICE BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE
THE BANNER-COURIER
R. A. JUNKEN, Contractor, Builder
FRANK BUSCH AND SONS, Hardware, Furniture
JUSTIN AND MONTGOMERY, Men's Wear. ' . -THE
FALLS, Restaurant, Bakery
LIBERTY THEATER STAR
FARR BROTHERS, Grocers, Butchers
PARAMOUNT RESTAURANT
LELAND AND LITTLE, Billiards
F. C. GADKE, Plumbing, Heating
W. B. EDDY, Drygoods and Shoes
OREGON CITY CREAMERY CO.
A. L. BEATIE, Firestone Tires
LARSEN AND CO., Groceries
WARREN AND BLODGETT, Vulcanizing
Retreading
RISLEY MOTOR CO., Studebaker Cars
OREGON CITY SHOE STORE
HARRY GRAVES, Insurance ,
207-8 Masonic Building
establish union liberty by union gov
ernment by the membership instead of
by one man or a group of men, there
fore, the constitution and by-laws. To
any great and fundamental change
in law and union government the
membership must proceed by the pro
cesses and under restraints of the Con
stitution and byawi' It Is when
union government by law is endanger
ed that the.righs and liberties of the
membership are most seriously threat
ened.
The reverence for law will cultivate
in the majority a righteous respect
for the rights of the minority; it will
make life and all just rghts of "mem
bers more sacred; and in times of
change it will make the membership
radical only when they are sure they
are right and wisely conservative from
fear of injustice and wrong.
The same qualities will bring lead
ership to the membership. With out
safe leadership popular union govern
ment is impossible. The masses can
not act except under direction. A mul
titude of advisors may lead to safety
but without wise guidance the mem
bers fall. If the membership cannot
find capable leaders, of courage, of ed
ucated intelligence, of rectitude and
unswerving devoton' to the member
ships' interest, they will be helpless
before the classes that represent cun
ning and power and that would ex
ploit and oppress the' membership for
selfish ends. There is no form of gov
ernment in which rectitude in leader
ship and office is more vital than in
a union government. The member
ship may mean well and would do
right, but they must have great think
ers fo rthe solution of their problems
an dbold and devoted leaders for he
execution of these solutions. Agitat
ors and- demagogues often proclaim
themselves for a popular cause and de
claim on ' the. membership's wrongs,
but as soon a3 they get power and
place the rich; and powerful classes
buy them from their allegiance and in
duce them to betray their trust.
Atend your local meetings.
stand together and they won their
demands.
Women have been in industry from
the beginning, and they have been out-!
side of politics. . Now for the first time
they are on the inside They have
been an economic factor. Now since
at last they have become an economic
factor, will they use their votes to pro
mote their economic welfare? They
early learned the lesson of solidarity
in labor. Are they ready, to accept the
same principle in politics?
They come, into politics at a critical
time. The two old parties which
fought out the issue's of the tariff in
the days of our infant industries are
the empty shells of thei rformer selves.
Republican and Democratic parties
alike have become the tools of the
capitalist class. Neither has any solu
tion to offer for the needs of the com
plex society that has developed since
Deborah Skinner set her power loom
in motion.
In the task of reorganization the
working women of America are ad
mirably fitted to play a part by rea
son of their long and honorable record
in industry. .'
TRADE UNIONISM
OREGON INDUSTRIES
Weekly Record of Industrial
Conditions Gleaned From Re
liable Sources Over The State
One hundred and twentv four mills
reporting to West Coast Lumbermen's
Ass n, for week ending Julv 29. manu
factured 83,511,834 feet of lumber: sold
78,639,026 feet; and shipped 75,496,800
feet Production was 4 per cent above
noraml Thirty-one Der cent nf the
week's lumber shipments moved bv
water .
Salem packers expect to Drocess and
handle 15,000,000 lbs prunes. -
Oregon City to have new $6,000
concrete laundry. '
Five northwestern states form 44,
000,000 bushel wheat pool.
Sherwood gets Combination tool fac
tory. - ,
Cannery products to reach $10,000,1
000 a year in. Oregon and Washing
ton in five years.
Newport Several streets to be im
proved.
New bridge to be constructed over
North Umpqua river on Pacific high
way at Winchester near Roseburg.
Prineville Work on new hotel
started August 1.
Tsiltcoos shingle mill runiing again
Prineville Crook county wool clip
250,000 pounds.
Eoseburg Cherries bring $490 to
the acre.
Milton New brick and concrete
store room being erected by Milton
Economy store.
Astoria 500-rooms to be added to
Weinhard hotel.
WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
AND IN POLITICS
"HEY ARE FITTED FOR POLTT-
T1 A T -I-WTTTT7T TTT T)T7 A C XT "IT?
THEIR LONG AND HONORABLE
EECOED IN INDUSTRY.
. (By the Co-operative Educational Lab
or Campaign Association .
In the year 1814 the first power loom
was introduced into America. It was
operated by Dora Skinner, of Lowell,
Mass. The industrial revolution had
come to America. The capitalist sys
tem had begun And it was a woman
who had set it in motion. The capit
alist system is founded on labor power.
And the first labor power was woman.
They didn't worry much in those
days about woman's place being at
home, Indeed th)ey welcomed the
factory system as an opportunity for
the employment of "females" who had
been "eating the bread of idleness."
The only persons who were then sup
pose to have a "place" and a "sphere"
were men, and their sphere was agri
culture. In. the early debates of the
tariff, it was argued that that the de
velopment of the "textile .industry,
which the tariff was designed to pro
tect, would attract men away from
their natural work of developing the
land. But the "Friends of Industry
as the early protectionests styled
themselves, said no; this wouiQ never
happen because factory work was so
essentially a woman's occupation. This
idea 'of a relative position of men ana
women continued down to 1845, when
a woman speaker before .the Female
Industrv Society of New York, sug-,
gested that men "go to the fields to
seek their livelihood as men ougnc 10
do and leav the females their legiti
mate employment."
But times have changed and the
presence of men and women working
together at factory labor is no longer
a novelty. In fact we sometimes re
verse the truth of history and re-
e-arri women as the interlopers. But
this is not true. Women' have been in
industry from the beginning. Women
have been in the labor movement from
the beginning. Some of the earliest
strikes on record were women s strik
es. The work "strike" hadn't been
Invented then. They spoke of "flare-
ups" and "turn-outs". - The girls or
Amesbury flared-up m 1836 when re
quired to tend two looms instead of
one without increase in wages. -.They
turned-out, organized, and elected of
ficers and signed an agreement to
more than hanself. his load ur;ion
more hfc oo-.ibo'liooJ his dis
trict union more than his local, the
whole union more than the district
as a higher love may demand his al
legiance against a lower, as he may
love Ood and all mankind more than
his union. It is a noble love that leads
one to die for his union, not that his
union may be saved from bodily harm
or promote its material aggrandize
ment but to save the union as a noble
organ of service for God and humanity.
Loyalty to union may not override this
higher loyalty. As the union loyalist
must love God supremely, he will ack
nowledge the supreme law of love and
righteousness, and he will, therefore,
stand out stoutly and to the end again
st his union's pursuing a wrongful and
unjust course.
The primary and fundamental habits
of unioa loyalty have been summarized
as follows: ,
To strive to know what is best for
one's union as a whole. The loyal
member will not be content to be ig
norant of his union's welfare. He will
seek to know something of the offices
cf his union and their workings; of the
needs of . his local and its manage
ment; of the constitution and by-laws
and their requirements; f various of
ficers and their duties; of the history
of his union and ts great men and of
'he principles and services from which
they stood.
To place one's union interest, when
one knows it, above group, or class,
or sectional ,or selfish interest.
To be willing to take trouble, per-
maintain these the membership of the
local union must have religion. Not
an established church, nor a religion
imposed, but each member to his own
particular faith or belief, with religion
and the essentials of religious unity in
the hearts of the membership. Relig
ion is defined as "the life of God in
the soul of man." The life of God
must be in the soul of the union. The
union has a soul; it is not only mater
ial, it is spiritual. The foundation
of its morality and virtue and there
fore of its spirtual life. are its relig
ion. Morality and religion are Insep
arable forces Faith In the Fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man,
are the greater savers. Its. Influence
has tended to give the membership
unity of moral ideas, to prevent soc
ial separateness and class strife; to
promote brotherhood and equality of
opportunities; to "establish justice, in
sure local tranquility, provide for the
common defense and insure the bles
sngs of liberty" to ourselves and our
posterity.
These fundamental moral qualities
in a local union will produce in the
membership a love of order and a rev
erence for law, as set forth In the con
stitution and by-laws.
Law and order are essential parts to
true union freedom. Union Govern
ment is paramount to every interest,
for upon ail this al lother interests de
pend. There can be no freedom with
out it. The struggle of our fathers to
establish the various organizations
would be in vain if the members did
not perpetuate their good work in an
(By the Co-operative Educational La
bor Campaign Association.) .
In this period of world reconstruc
tion of organization and capital in
which we are how struggling, and mad
rush for the acquirement and holding
of vast fortunes, 'no matter how much
suffering is caused, brings us face to
face with the fact that the organization
of. the working class is an absolute
necessity for self-preservation, and is
the only means and hope for the la
boring class, and the securing for the
members of labor unions the fruits of
their labor, thus enabling them to
maintain themselves, - families and
'homes properly. -
Trade unionism is the philosophy of
human justice in the world of indus
try. Its creed is the Golden Rule, and
its doctrine finds millions of adher
ents, because it begins with element
any principles by pointing the way to
a material solution of differences.
The philosophy of trade unionism is
disseminated most effectvely through
the educational campaign so untiring
ly waged by those individcals and or
ganizations in the ranks Of organized
labor who have the love for humanity
at heart, and their march is onward
and forward, propelled by the irre
sistible power of enlightened con
science. The noble philosophy of trade union
ism has through its unswerving pur
pose, permanently established its
boundaries and cannot and will , not
be appropriated to any party or, plat
form.. The doctrines that have given a
newer and brighter outlook of life to
the millions of toilers will not be dis
torted by ambitious seekers of self
glorification. The men of labor will assert their
might at the polls just as soon as they
realize that the responsibility for hon
est, efficient administration rests not
with parties, but on men. Then they
will elect men who will recognize their
responslblities to their conscience and
to society.
Without organized labor and with
capital organized as it is, the condi
tions of the workers would soon degen
erate into industrial slavery. It would
have become an inevitable conse
quence of competition. Industrial
slavery means debasement of the peo
ple and national decline.
Let labor be thoroughly organized
then let wages and conditions of la
bor be fixed by collective bargaining
between representatives of the two
interests, in the same manner as busi
ness between the two governments is
adjusted by their diplomatic agents.
Capital organizes, and labor, for its
own protection, must - also organize.
Every man had a right to the result of
hia own labor, all this right must
be defended by all that is sound in in
dustrial economy. The labor issue
envolves the whole scheme of compe
tition, which in turn includes self-interest
and selfishness. The combina
tion of labor is an expedient pending
the time when the whole industrial
system will be established along the
line of the. Golden Rule.
In the reel of labor three parties are
involved; the man who belongs to the
union, the man who does not for rea
sons; and the scab. For the nonunion
man there is hope, that he will see for
hia nwn p-nn1 ho shmilii .hplnnp' tr the
'union.
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erected here.
Aurora's new park and free auto
camp grounds now open.
$150,000 fir sweeps . Marshfield ;
twenty-four business places destroyed.
$35,000 Masonic hoem planned at Ar
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dollar macadam highway.
Myrtle Point to have public-play
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