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Newspaper
The Labor Argus
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
2
A fragmentary editorial urges labor to stand with steadfast friends and leaders, calling for campaigns against indifferent or negligent employers. It advocates electing honest, earnest trade unionists and ensuring they hold clean, up to date union cards in good standing.
A column arguing unions must unite to gain political influence after repeated federal and judicial rebuffs. It cites Roosevelt Cannon and Quarles to condemn treatment of labor, calls for united labor fronts, and warns insiders profiting from division. The piece urges labor to act in upcoming elections. It references West Virginia and other states as examples.
The passage argues that unions are bound by a Gordian knot of control and that labor must strike at the polls and strike hard to regain respect and fear. It warns that without electoral action, strikes will fade into useless desuetude and unions lose influence.
A writer questions material progress as cradle or gravel, calling out societal harms from murders to prostitution. It argues labor as a path to honest manhood, urging fair shares for workers, negotiation with employers, and disciplined union action to avert strikes, with Labor Day plans and union guidance for West Virginia.
A historical discussion on labor and property rights argues that legislative limits on labor would hinder capital creation. It contrasts personal ownership of one’s own work with employers shaping workers’ lives, emphasizing the tension between business control and worker welfare within industrial society.
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