. Carpenter. or the toiler andbetter trade conditions generally for bothenvployer and employe. It guaranteesthe worker a better living, shorter hours,better conditions and more money for thenecessaries of life—the true foundationsof general, lasting prosperity. It is thetrade mark of industrial prosperity andthe symbol of living wages and humaneconditions. Its presence is the death cer-tificate of slavery and starvation, and itshould be sought and encouraged in everypossible way. If the organized toilersthemselves do not support and uplift it,who in the name of heaven can be ex-pected to suppo


. Carpenter. or the toiler andbetter trade conditions generally for bothenvployer and employe. It guaranteesthe worker a better living, shorter hours,better conditions and more money for thenecessaries of life—the true foundationsof general, lasting prosperity. It is thetrade mark of industrial prosperity andthe symbol of living wages and humaneconditions. Its presence is the death cer-tificate of slavery and starvation, and itshould be sought and encouraged in everypossible way. If the organized toilersthemselves do not support and uplift it,who in the name of heaven can be ex-pected to support and uplift it ? It is the sacred duty of every unionman, woman and sympathizer of eithersex to buy nothing but what bears thatsterling mark of honest workmanshipand living wages. It is the only protec-tion of the toiler and the foundation ofthe entire category of benefits he is de-riving from being in the union forget this when you are againbuying, no matter what.—Exchange. 40 THE CflRPEDTER. LOCAL UNION 183, PEORIA, ILL.


Size: 1867px × 1338px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidcarpenter33u, bookyear1913