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 have been, won for itself a unique place in the workers’ hearts. Those of us who were closely associated with it during its stormy career witnessed its passing with feelings of profound regret, that were to some extent lightened by the thought that in the United Federation of Labour the working-class possessed an instrument that could do more for them because of its wider appeal and influence, than did the battle-scarred Federation of Labour.

The Federation came into existence at a time when unionism was just beginning to awaken after twenty years of slumber. During its five years of active existence it succeeded in arousing the workers to a recognition of their duty to themselves and to each other; its monument is the enlightened men and women of the working-class who, becoming associated with the Labour Movement, have from that time onward never looked back, but have marched steadily forward.