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END OF THE CENTURY LABOR DAY SOUVENIR.
AS TO GOVERNMENT CONTROL.
[Prom the Cigarmakers' Journal.]
IN No. 8, Voh 25, Mr. Henry Cohn asks this question: "Should the members of the International Union advo¬ cate government control of the cigar industry?"
At the present time the government does control the cigar industry and all other industries as well. The courts control the government, and the trusts and other combines control the courts. What all union men and all working men should advocate is government ownership and control of all industries, all railroads, telegraphs, steamship naviga¬ tion, mines and land. Then the raw material would cost nothing but the labor of producing. All the profits would go to the government, and we, the people, are the govern¬ ment, or, rather, should be.
Let me show you a point. When it is election day we are all Democrats or Republicans. When there is a strike we are all workingmen, and the capitalists are all capitalists, be they Democrats or Republicans. We have twenty-four states that are solidly Democratic, and seventeen solidly Republican. Point me to one state that has ever passed any laws favorable to the working man. And 3'et year after year we walk up to the polls and vote the old partv ticket, and put our necks under the 3^oke of the capitalist just as the well-trained ox walks under his master's yoke, and then we wonder whv we are no better off than the ox.
The great majoritj' of the working men realize that they have hands to -work with and a stomach to feed, but they, appear to have entirely forgotten that they have brains to reason with. Come now and let us reason together. Let's swear off being oxeii, and nominate and elect men from the ranks of labor, whose interests are our interests.
They have done it in New Zealand, and they have the best government on the face of the earth, with no million¬ aires, no paupers, no tramps, and no little children crying for bread. The laboring men of New Zealand got tired of being oxen, so they elected laboring men to office and run the government themselves.
Now I want to show one more point. Thirty years ago Rockefeller showed the commercial world that by combina¬ tion of capital he could destroy all competition in his line of business. The commercial v^orld saw it and follov^ed suit until all of our commodities are controlled by combinations of capital. Now let us, the Cigar Makers' International Union of America, shov^r the industrial vsrorld what can be done by a combination of our forces * * * and the other unions will fall in line just as surely as the commercial world fell in line with Rockefeller. Then we will have a government of -workers, by the workers, and for the v^orkers. We have been oxen long enough.
0. I. RICHARDSON.
Why not apply this to all industries? — {^Ed.
OTTO A. MEYER. -DICK C. MEYER.
FETTE & MEYER GOAL GO.^ 35 Oneida St.^
^ J^i^dS^* Tel. Main 93.
Object Description
| Page Title | End of the century Labor Day souvenir: published by the Milwaukee Trades Union Label League, to commemorate the celebration of Artisan Day, Monday, September 3, 1900 |
| Author | Milwaukee Trades Union Labor League |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | Milwaukee Trades Union Labor League |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Language | English; German |
| Digital Format | XML |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2005 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP292000 |
| Description | Created by the labor movement to celebrate the achievements of American workers, the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in New York on September 5, 1882. The idea quickly spread and by 1885, Labor Day was celebrated in most industrial cities around the United States. Labor Day became an official Wisconsin state holiday in 1893 (Congress passed legislation making it a national holiday in 1894). Labor Day, or Artisan Day as it was alternatively called in Milwaukee, was a day of great celebration for members of the Federated Trades Council of Milwaukee. This souvenir program, from the 1900 celebration, features excerpts from trade publications on labor issues, a profile of Eugene Debs, labor stories and songs, and advertisements from many artisans and industries. The program is printed in both English and German. |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Type | Book |
| Recommended Citation | End of the century Labor Day souvenir: published by the Milwaukee Trades Union Label League, to commemorate the celebration of Artisan Day, Monday, September 3, 1900. (Milwaukee, Wis.: The League, [1900] (Milwaukee: Germania Press)); online facsimile at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1238 |
| Document Number | TP292 |
| Size | [84] p. : ill. ; 15 x 23 cm. |
| URL | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1238 |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 57- 254 |
| Genre | pamphlet |
| County | Milwaukee County |
| City | Milwaukee |
| State/Province | Wisconsin |
| Sub-Topic | The Birth of the Labor Movement; The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing |
| Event Date | 1900 |
| Event Years | 1900 |
| Economics | Labor unions |
| Manufacturing and Industry | Manual work |
Description
| Page Title | Page 30 |
| Author | Milwaukee Trades Union Labor League |
| Place of Publication | Milwaukee, Wis. |
| Source Publisher | Milwaukee Trades Union Labor League |
| Source Creation Date | 1900 |
| Language | English; German |
| Digital Format | JPG |
| Electronic Publisher | Wisconsin Historical Society |
| Rights | © Copyright 2005 by the Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, Wisconsin) |
| Electronic Publication Date | 2005 |
| Digital Identifier | TP292032 |
| Owner | Wisconsin Historical Society Library |
| Type | Book |
| Size | 15 x 23 cm. |
| Owner Collection | Pamphlet Collection |
| Owner Object ID | 57- 254 |
| Full Text | END OF THE CENTURY LABOR DAY SOUVENIR. AS TO GOVERNMENT CONTROL. [Prom the Cigarmakers' Journal.] IN No. 8, Voh 25, Mr. Henry Cohn asks this question: "Should the members of the International Union advo¬ cate government control of the cigar industry?" At the present time the government does control the cigar industry and all other industries as well. The courts control the government, and the trusts and other combines control the courts. What all union men and all working men should advocate is government ownership and control of all industries, all railroads, telegraphs, steamship naviga¬ tion, mines and land. Then the raw material would cost nothing but the labor of producing. All the profits would go to the government, and we, the people, are the govern¬ ment, or, rather, should be. Let me show you a point. When it is election day we are all Democrats or Republicans. When there is a strike we are all workingmen, and the capitalists are all capitalists, be they Democrats or Republicans. We have twenty-four states that are solidly Democratic, and seventeen solidly Republican. Point me to one state that has ever passed any laws favorable to the working man. And 3'et year after year we walk up to the polls and vote the old partv ticket, and put our necks under the 3^oke of the capitalist just as the well-trained ox walks under his master's yoke, and then we wonder whv we are no better off than the ox. The great majoritj' of the working men realize that they have hands to -work with and a stomach to feed, but they, appear to have entirely forgotten that they have brains to reason with. Come now and let us reason together. Let's swear off being oxeii, and nominate and elect men from the ranks of labor, whose interests are our interests. They have done it in New Zealand, and they have the best government on the face of the earth, with no million¬ aires, no paupers, no tramps, and no little children crying for bread. The laboring men of New Zealand got tired of being oxen, so they elected laboring men to office and run the government themselves. Now I want to show one more point. Thirty years ago Rockefeller showed the commercial world that by combina¬ tion of capital he could destroy all competition in his line of business. The commercial v^orld saw it and follov^ed suit until all of our commodities are controlled by combinations of capital. Now let us, the Cigar Makers' International Union of America, shov^r the industrial vsrorld what can be done by a combination of our forces * * * and the other unions will fall in line just as surely as the commercial world fell in line with Rockefeller. Then we will have a government of -workers, by the workers, and for the v^orkers. We have been oxen long enough. 0. I. RICHARDSON. Why not apply this to all industries? — {^Ed. OTTO A. MEYER. -DICK C. MEYER. FETTE & MEYER GOAL GO.^ 35 Oneida St.^ ^ J^i^dS^* Tel. Main 93. |
| Event Date | 1900 |
| Event Years | 1900 |