Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
PLAIN WORDS To WORKING.
MEN,---OtR IOILIEs.

aoue'r ~ NHicli A4ftl ~ not 20 fe
found some one or something
that is of its base at times, and plays
the fool, II only Tor fun. On that
score there is a pretty wide crack OF
folly in both the china aud earthen-
ware Of human life. We are no ex-
ccption. Our fulhes are as natural as
our teeth or our fingers; and as with /
them, if one Is decayed we can pull il I
out, and il the other is dirty We can
wash il, SO with what is crooked ~
cross grained i'll our ways and doe
trines--we can straighten il out il we
wish. As things are with us to-day,
the misfortune is that il we make
break II Is "A big one, and in making II
mistake we are not sitting down on
one egg, but on basketball. We
have grown into societies and combi-
nations, and are no longer thumbs,
but a handful Of fingers Organiza.
ton has run us into Jumps, and when
we move, things have to give way or
crack up. These combinations are
/ right enough, aud good enough, aud
, some OF them big enough. We can
do with them what we could never do
t without them. We are in the position
c 81 a sheriff who can back subpoena
I with stout posse, or government
i that can enforce its claims with gun
\ ne,s and grcnaders. With tins lump
Il OF muscles in our sleeve, we can de-
Is some big work for good OF for evil
4 With these conditions, our fullics arc
is something more than nonsense, and
Il in speaking Of them let us rcmcmbs
n that il is always better to stop Il foo
10 than TO hang him. and to pick tn
barnacles of n boat than to bore
holc in it's bottom.
ne Now we are not without crowd q
friends, who always side in with Tia
ri biggest dog in the fight, aud who m
full OF congratulations aud batteries
NJ Int the kind OF friends that taps Of,
~ kuuckles when we do what is foolish
somewhat scarce, and perhaps no
:. always SO welcome ns he should bt
We have always found that tile hn
!, who praises another for stealing II
- apple wants half Of il and is ahcu
~ the same with the older boys wit
az whiskers aud gray hairs, who have II
~ objection to stray sheep II Therefor
IL come their woola and mutton In thcs
plain word, we have no such pap, an
he we are quite sure ,hat there is %
.es mun among "a, with the uvarJe
te weigh, 81 common sense in lii haa,
but VIII thank any one for telling ii
: OF wasp on our collar. or chal
as. mark on our back.
- FAR understood, we proceed I
e consider some Of on iullie..
CT /, is common sense to suppose Tbs
:" whore two mnn dispute, say on Fl
:. length Of a pine board o. the diamet,
ar Of wheel they call in some ma
- with tape litc to find out the dinner
-. sions. and to decide the dispute; Il,
is good old.iashion and ,quarc.iauts
ire way OF settling the whole matte
ley This plain aud practical sense
iai just a. handy aud useful in dispn
= with our employers But is it not
tact with tc,s many Of us that W. a
:, sticklers for one side al the areumei
10 aud viii rcirher consider nor rNani.
II The other |, l. just tlis one-ev.
nut kind OF business that makes IL lopsidr
and cross grained, am! n trouhlesop
IN as blind mule 81 Il deal dog.
ne, many eases We run ourselves into 81.
" rcprisnls IL strikes aud heventis, whr
a little sense and some lnr nyr.tiE.
!. tion would have made such an actio
i = as ridiculous rs trying to stop rom
III hole with n square peg. W. are II.
yer talking now OF just'iahle sitike-. n,
70 are We teaching the soft nousrn,
Of that we are in dnty bound t. liz sii
he aud be skinned alive, bat only I'm
M lei us here Toe clearly nadfrsioetl4
:" such strikes ~ arc hot headed, him,
: foolish, AMI downright iailuitie.
- Take this Tor samp!t:
\. We draw ny a schedule 81 wages
I'd fixed and uunl,erahl". 81 clicail
ng acted upon. In that tariff We place
&c second class mnn an the same lor,in
a. We 10 the arst-cnss 4 can l.
:" 1000 bricks ia a certain time; y, Il
-. the life Of him. cannot place over 20.
- We n.is. on equal pay, though y
N would kick mighty, on onr own h.
" half, al having t. rHy iar Il dolcn e.
when We got but -ix. The contracta
m cannot see that this demand j. i,i
1e lie has his contract t. I'M, hi> bread /
l.' earn. and has family to keep iu,, I'll
same a. W. have lie cannot after
4 f. pay 5lr work that j. mol d"nr, an
/. Il re could. he would BE- unjust I
~ himself 10 do 80. lie objects TO pu