They need rest, they have home duties, and should have some pleasure and recreation also. Let Andrew Carnegie set the example, and be content to make less money. Let the mills close on Saturdays at noon. On God's day let the noisy wheels be still. Let the men be paid so they will not feel that Sunday is a day lost, but a day gained.
Constant motion wears out machinery, even when well oiled.
As miasma arises from low, swampy land, so a dangerous element arises from poverty, hunger, and want. But organized charity and combines have greatly increased their bitterness. They sneer at the philanthropy that rears magnificent edifices with money that should rather be paid in good living wages to the toilers. That means taxation for the people. But if we must have free libraries let them be revised and improved.