The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-01-04
THE LABOR QUESTION.
RI ENRY WARD BEECHER AND THE EIGHT
HOUR MOVEMENT.

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HOUR MOVEMENT.
Mr. Beecher, IN rec Mt discourse al
p ymouLh church spoke of the working
classes as follows.
There is IL tendency among the work
ing class to shorten their hours OF labor.
! | sympathiZe with it in SO far as it is
one Of tie signs OF advancement among
BE- working cl,sses of their attempt TO
aim higher and nobler, and l abhor 1t in
50 far as it is tending to make men feel
| bat work IS not good thing for then,
TIA they must shrink IN equivalent and
enlarge in reward | d0n't believe the
common people are going to carve out
independent fortunes by any combination
except hard knocks, and II good many OF
lem, during d good many hours Of the
day Our fathers did 50, and their chill
dten must learn thar they have got TO
work har@ and long to achieve success.
should be glad to have wages pa1d Tor
Nv the hour, by retail rather than by the
gross, but If men expect that eight hours
day is gong to be all that is necessary
'or their support, they are wrong Ny
own impression Is tina there are very few
men who can make enough out of eight
hours Il day to enable them to educate
li:tir children and lift their family tar
higher than they .ound 1t. Politicians say
4 great deal about he interests 'ot the
workingmeu, they are praised great
deal In tue papers, and God forbid that l.
VINO have the blood nf blacksmiths 10
NY veins, should not think weII Of work
lu4meu, but they should love work tor
l,s JWn sake, aud heir children must be
hroUght up to feel that they must by
work make themselves lhdependenC Dol
not expect II division OF your father
estate. Be honest be manly! Cultivate
3 - TT Of ndep endence, and by the sweat
OF your brow work out your own saliva
'lou There is plide In tnls, and just
pride, and | honor a man who can say, |
s I am uOt indebted to fortune for nv
prosperity; l earned it 10y the sweat OF
my brow baptized every dollar of it |
with rhat sweat. Money SO earned gen.
orally stays by man, aud usually has
m.u 10 stand by. [Laugher,l Do not
lely on luck Il is asked, Do you not
believe in luck Yes he that has good |
father and mother has good luck. He i
whoses father and mother whipped HIM
enough had good luck. He that has
common sense has good luck He that
rises early aud tolls late has good luck
4 man tina; does not quarrel, by kind
ucss wIus the love OF all around MN, has
good luck He that has good faculties
t.a$ good luck But | never knew a man |
that was weak and changeable that had
good luck. LUX Is in work; do not
trust to any other luck ; tools trust to lot
terry, to superstItious luck. Mr. Beechcr
than advised frugality, and said that
those were unhappy who were SO brought
up that they did not have to economic
it was not so much the value of the
money saved by frugaIlty as it Was the
moral benefit Of the habit, and the man
IA TINS country that know how to save
was sure to become ricn before he died,
uoiess he died very Don. He warned his
heitrcrs against habits Of self indulgeu
a"d nculcated the necessity Of sef.cul.
tu.e closing, 10y aIjurIug the audanco IN
all things tohAve firm trust in God,
who would order all things tor the best.