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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 2. NUMBER 1. 
SATURDAY, MAY 20, 19065. 
Organized Labor. 
To the Editor of the North Shore Breeze: 
There recently appeared in the 
Boston Post an advertisement falsely 
entitled “A Proclamation of Free- 
dom,” authorized by a Mr. Post and 
backed by money power. The gen- 
tleman claims that union labor is 
universally despised by the general 
public. No doubt we should all admit 
that organized labor has its many 
faults, especially such cases as the 
late strike in Chicago. Those cases 
are the exceptions. But to whom can 
those strikes, or the cause thereof, be 
attributed? Why, to employers, who 
imported illiterates and heathens from 
far off lands during strikes of days 
gone by, when educated American 
laborers sought their rights in a living 
wage. 
Whilst the gentleman dwells on the 
tyranny of labor, he says nothing of 
the tyranny of capital or organized 
capital. Does it look like freedom 
when one or a few men can control 
the entire iron and steel industry of 
this country, regulate prices to suit 
themselves, hire detectives to shoot 
down innocent working men, then give 
colleges and libraries to gain admira- 
tion and notoriety? Is it freedom 
when the entire meat products can be 
controlled by a few monopolists, who 
willingly furnished rotten beef and 
other meats to feed the boys who left 
the workshops and offices to fight for 
the Stars and Stripes in the last war? 
Does it look like freedom when one 
man can control the entire oil industry, 
take advantage of coal strikes, etc., 
then give millions to foreign missions 
(he, too, seeking notoriety)? There 
are thousands of cases bearing a sim- 
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ilarity to those just mentioned. But 
those cases are unthought of by the 
labor antagonist. 
Let us dwell for a moment on the 
fundamental principles of organized 
labor. Prominent among those prin- 
ciples stand the protecting of the 
working man and the betterment of 
conditions in the American home. If 
we stop and think deeply, what could 
be more inspiring than those principles 
above mentioned? The abusive lan- 
guage of an unreasonable foreman or 
boss has no longer to be stood for by 
the laborer, let him be a mechanic or 
not. Union labor says “hold! You 
shall treat a fellow man as you would 
he should treat you.” 
The whip lash as used by employers 
in the form of long hours, tor the 
production of physical wrecks, can no 
longer fall across the back of the 
laborer. Organized labor says the 
laborer shall receive fair treatment for 
a fair day’s labor, and he shall be 
fairly paid for the same. What does 
the eight-hour day mean? It means 
eight hours’ sleep, eight hours’ enjoy- 
ment of the home and family circle 
for those who are thus favored, and 
eight hours’ labor, which should be 
rendered profitable to the employer as 
far as possible. 
With reference to employers, I 
would say they are not all alike. 
Many are among employers men of 
noble principles, against whom not a 
word of reproach could be spoken ; but 
sad to say, those employers are ex- 
ceptions. 
The cause of strikes: We cannot 
safely quote statistics, because they 
are not always right. A strike is 
ofttimes caused by the stubborness of 
employers who have arisen from hum- 
ble workingmen, and who consider 
themselves above recognizing their 
laboring employees. This fact re- 
minds one of an ancient poem, written 
by one of the famous poets of centuries 
gone by, a poem entitled ‘Why should 
the spirit of mortal be proud? ”’ 
How many of those terrible strikes 
could have been averted by a simple 
recognition of a union—a_ confer- 
ence and an explanation. It would 
seem as though the cultivation 
of good-will between employer and 
employee would be the greatest rem- 
edy' for the prevention of labor 
troubles, and it would be well if Mr. 
Post spent a few millions in that direc- 
tion instead of advertising the evils of 
labor unions. 
Labor unions in the South have 
taken children out of southern facto- 
ries, paid to its mother a sum equiva- 
lent to the child’s earnings and sent 
them to'school. Is organized capital 
doing as much ? 
AL DSDAIGI IG 
Manchester, Mass., May 18, 1905. 
ACROSS THE CONTINENT, 
Descriptions of a Trip from Boston to San 
Francisco and Return, 
[The following is taken from notes made 
by Thomas D. Connolly of Beverly Farms, 
on a recent trip to San Francisco.— ED.] 
No. 6. — San Francisco. 
San Francisco is a beautiful city 
and well laid out. The _ principal 
thoroughfare is Market street, and 
nearly all the other streets strike it 
diagonally. The trolley and cable 
car systents are perfect, and one can 
ride in a continuous direction with 
_transfer upon transfer for the sum of 
five cents. To a person from the 
East it seems queer that the five 
cent nickel is the smallest sum used. 
In fact, newspapers are five cents. 
The 18th street car line, which runs 
over the mountain to the other side, 
has what they call a switch back, 
They run up the hill as far as possible 
to one level, then the motorman goes 
to the other end of the car, makes a 
fresh start and runs to the top. San 
Francisco has different districts, called 
the Mission, Potrero, Western Addi- 
tion and Richmond district. The hills 
over which some of these car lines 
travel would make one very nervous 
during his first ride. These are run 
by cable. 
We went to the United States Mint 
today and saw them coin silver for the 
Philippine Islands. They can coin 
either gold or silver money to the 
value of five hundred thousand dollars 
each day, and it is very interesting to 
go through the different rooms 
through which the money passes_be- 
iore itis ready for use: If ones 
fortunate to possess silver or gold 
bullion, he can take it to the mint and 
they will give a receipt for the same. 
In a day or two call around and get 
the silver or gold in solid money, made 
from the bullion. 
Chinatown, which takes up twelve 
blocks of the city’s streets, is a place 
worth visiting. While we were there 
the Chinese were celebrating their 
New Year, and the place was decorated 
with flags and bunting. They were 
all out in their best dress, and the 
shops displayed their best wares so as 
to catch the visitor. The fish busi- 
ness of San Francisco is in the hands 
of the Italians, and they are up to 
date with their gasolene dories and 
latteen sails. 
The harbor of San Francisco is land- 
locked. The entrance is at the Golden 
Gate, and is one mile in width. The 
harbor is 90 miles long and five miles 
wide. Across from San Francisco is 
Oakland, a distance of about four 
miles, where the tourist has to take 
cars for the East. Berkeley is close 
by, where the University of California 
is situated. Beyond is Port Costa 
and Vallejo. Opposite Vallejo is 
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