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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
3
The author argues labor leadership should emerge from workers themselves and urges using power for the common good. Columbus imagery frames progress and the unknown shore as a metaphor for opportunity. The piece stresses that true leadership comes from the working class, shaping a future no system can deny.
The union system supports the sick and destitute among union members and widows and orphans of non union men. Organised labor maintains homes for the aged and helpless non union men and spends millions. Union printers run a home costing over 60000 pounds annually. Organized labor in the United States spends about 2 million dollars yearly on benefits and legislation for the toiling masses.
Labor Union activity and upcoming meetings dominate this issue. Calls for Wage Assembly attendance, four new bartender initiations, and union leaders like Judson Godfrey, Frank L. Rice, and A. Hoizer are noted. Reports from Crown TILL and Vaint Creek indicate strong union numbers, with Labor Day prominence and push for an organizer assignment in the region.
Fragmentary text argues about self made success and unions, claiming lower crime rates among union members and criticizing parasitic traits, with references to drunks hoboes and the state’s enrichment. Includes phrases about court records and percentages, attributed to a trades unionist view.
The passage asserts that true national happiness shows in practical gains. It claims no prisoners, no beggars, and no oppressive taxes, with the aged cared for and the rational world as a friend. Only when these conditions exist can a country rightly boast of its constitution.
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