Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-05

olEflncf Operations. % puf ~ @ whs
peculiar business, % brlghton the pins
sas another. snd IL Wa sses = trade -
pat theza into q paper Ia factories
xkere each man performed his special
fanction. the outpat xss large. and Ten
Inen we're able a. produce forty eight
Thousand pins Ia q day BY this eonbins-
ton u effort in special work. bat II they
had Al wrought separately. indepsnd'
enuy. and without associative interest
they night net have been able - make
scarcely pin each IN day
Necessity for Disision-
You win readily see hoe necessary BY
this disision q labor and by is tremen-
dous producing power il II % have large
amounts 81 money % mature and finish
tho great output Tor market, and hos
necessary that the highest executive
ability Is required % manage the details
and general policy Of vast entcrrrises
All have their part 20 play In our indus
trial system. and the burden lice much
the lighfest upon the artisan. whose
task - circumscribcd- and whose TO
sponsibilifies end with the doing
This associative interest has resulted
in sympathy between laborers. and for
their mutual protection organizations Of
one kind and another have been formed.
Through their united efforts much good
has been done They have agifsted and
secured the improvement OF the sanitary
regulations OF factories and shops. and
have minimized the dangers 81 machine
labor by Wholesale regulation and q
system Of statutory factory inspection
owes its origin and success 30 organizcd
labor and through the heroic. systematic
and unfiagging championship u labor
organizations child labor has been pro
hibited by Law, and wholesome statutes
enacted. surrounding children with
many safeguards 60 protect their tender
years. while enforced education is pre-
pairing their young mindsfor the respon-
sible duties of citizenship. IL was
organized labor that first inspired
and championed the Australian bal
lot system. now 20 generally and sue
ccssfully in use. which enables every citi-
zen TO secretly and alone determine his
own choice Of rulers, aud cast his vote
quietly and pcacably. with nothing but
his conscience as his inquisitor. Ia say
nothing about their generous charities
and benefactions, and / hope they will
not cease their good work until some
new restrictions shall be placed around
our immigration laws that native and
foreign born citizens Of the republic may
be able 10 reap the fullest rewards of
deserving and patriotic citizenship.
without fear OF undesirable inundation
from abroad.
Profit-sharing Advocated
In these times (which are not frequently
when the great industries that line our
river are closed. il is well TO fairly ex.
anime our relations 10 those institutions.
which reflect so much credit upon their
founders and upon our city. We
owe 20 the great minds that
have directed their affairs our loyal
support and assistance in this time Of
distress. They have been vigilant. pains
taking. and careful IN their managc-
mcnt, and have thus been enabled 10
continue uninterruptedly until the
present time. They have been enter
prising. energetic. and determined In
seeking out markets FOR the products Of
your labor. often without profit 10 them
selves, in order 20 keep the large invest
ment alive and the laborer employed. I
often wish that the system of profit
sharing among employees was more uni
yersally in vogue. The minds OF many
would be disabused as 10 the net earn
ings OF large enterprises. Few pay any
dividends commegsurate with the in
vestment; some are profitlcss and bur
densome TO the founder. and do the city
more good than the owners. competition
having reduced the profits TO the mean
est minimum.
During the reign OF the Paris CON-
mune. the provisional government un-
L. -. ~tr1
TEN and to furnish employment 10 IA
starving citizens. bat the industries dis
integrated and crumbied away when di.
yorced from the prudent and skilful
management OF private investors: and
the people soon found themselves Ia
worse condition than before this new
departure was undertaken.
Ii is our duty 90 encourage enterprise
and investment. 90 strengthen IT, and 10
help make IL prosperous. We will all
be- gamers thereby. Force aud threat
never started the wheels 81 a new indue-
try, while encouragement and co-opera-
tion have lighted furnaces and turned
the wheels % industry the world ever.
We are all human and closely related
10 one another. and each individual
should find IN the rights of others the
limits Of his own. The wall that seem
.ngly divides society Is transparent and
gauzy, largely woven from the fabric II
prejudice aud conceit. growing thinner
and less forbidding a. We approach II
aud become acquainted with one
another.
Few men pass through life without q
struggle FOR existence, aud those who
WELD the greatest power often started IN
the most humble way. IL - our duty to
understand one another. and by doing
50 much Of the prejudice that CROSSES
our lives will disappear and fade away.
A Noble Nation
We arc a noble nation. full - natural
resources and undiscovered wealth Our
government has no peer among the na-
tione 81 the earth The ehacklcs 81
tyranny we're broken by the revolution.
AIRY fathers over hundred years ago.
Who fought 20 establish the principle
that ali men were created equals
truth nobosiy ever questioned. except
ncoundrel. 10 the entire history Of the
world They fought their battles lived
In caves. suffered hart3ships 81 cold and
hunger. Tor seven long. weary y ears %
establish The principle that eTery
American CITIZEN might have the sU-
pfeme and undeniable right 30 think.
speak aod vote as be pleasei. and no
one hearing the merited title ~ man
has darsri t. interfere uitb that right
They fought that al citizens mighth hsve
thee kingiy prerogstives. life. hl'erty
and pafsult - hapTinees and 10 one has
ever sttempted % Interfere witk that
right that vas not villain at hesrt
and traitor g. cur nae ] an one
who believes thar our citizenship "