Democratic messenger., 1899-08-19

eXpcnding his money IN those directions
should just add up how much he has ex-
pended during these past few years and
then suppose that that money was put in
To n cooperative aSSueiution and then
suppose he should have all his friends in
toll. who had made the same kind of cX-
pendiiurc. do the same thing. and that
should be added NJ aud put into n CO.
operative association. And then take all
that money expended Tor uverlress and
overstylc and everything on the part ~
toiling people in order that they may ap-
/ pear rs we'll as persons who have more
income gather that all up. and you
could have cooperative associations all
over this land.
I ! am not saying anything now about
, trades unions. You want 10 know what
/ think Of trades unions. think they
/ are most beneficial ia some directions.
and they have a specific object and in
this day. when ther" are vast monopolieS
4 u Thousand m"nupolicS concentrating
I the wealth of the people into the posses
sion of few men. unless the lnhoring
men ~ this country and all countries
band together they will 90 under There
( i lawful use II trade union. hut then
/ there is nm unlawful use of u trade union.
Z ~ " NftM~ - llltbAHA III Aliiif Oi NlfkNfNNs
/ il il means finding work for people when
4 they are out Of work IL il means the i'm.
! provcmcni of the financial the moral or
+ the religious condition of the lahoring
+ classes. that is MI right DO not artists
/ band together in an art union? DO not
1 singers band together in Handel and
4 Haydn societies: DO not newspaper men
/ band together in press clubs? DO not
ministers Of religion band together in
conferences aud associations: There is
not IN all the land city where clergy
men do not come together many of them
once - week to talk over affairs. For
these reasons you should not blame labor
guilds. When they are doing their legiti-
mate work. they are most admirable. hut
when they come around with drum and
fife and flag and drive people of from
their toll. from their scaffullings. from
their factories. then they are nhilistic.
then they are communistic then they are
harharic. then they are q curse. II man
wants io stop work. let him stop work.
hut he cannot stop mc from work.
But now suppose that all the lahoring
classes banded together for bcnciicicnt
purposes in cooperative association mn
der whatever name they put their means
+ together. Suppose they take the money
that they waste in rum and tobacco and
use il for the elevation nf their families.
for the education of their children. for
their moral. intellectual and religious inn
prnvemcni. what a different state Of
things we would have in this country and
they would have in Great Britain.
Bctter without StImuInnts.
Do you not realize the fact that men
work better without siimuant: You
say. will You deny the lahoring men
this help which they get from strong
drink. borne down as they are with many
anNietics aud eNhausting work. | would
deny them nothing that is good for them.
| would deny them strong drink. il | had
+ the power. because il j. damaging To
them. My father said: Il became n tenn
/ pcrauce man in early life because !
found that in the harvest field. while |
was naturally weaker than the other
men. ! could hold ont longer than any of
them. They took stimulant and | took
none"
! Everybody knows they cannot endure
great fatigue men who indulge in slim
ulanis. All our young men understand
thar. When they are preparing for the
regatta or the ball club or the athletic
wrestling. they abstain from strong
drink. Now. suppoS, all this money that
is wasted were gathered together and
put into cooperative institutions oh. we
would have very different state Of
things from what we have now.
| remark again: The laboring classes
of this country are 10 find great relief
when they learn. all of them learn. fore
east and Providence. Vast numbers Of
them put down their income and they
put down their expenses ami if the in
come'mccts the expenses that is all that
is necessary. know lahoring men who
are la perfect tidget until they have
spent their last dollar. They fly around
everywhere until they get il spent \
ease came under my observation where a
young man was receiving 500 year
and earned il 10y very hard work. The
marriage day came The bride had re-
crivcd SJ~A,a nm inheritance from her
grandfather She put the $500 in wed
ding equipment. Then the twain hired
two rooms on the third story Then this
man. who hal most arduouS employ
m"Ht. just as much rs hc could possibly
endure. got evening employment 50 he
could earn few dollars more. and 10y
this extra evening employment almost
| cNiiuguiShed his cycSghi WHY did he
take this extra evening employment?
Was II To- lay 10y something for n rainy
day: M. Was il 10 get a life insurance
50 that II he should die his wife would
not be- Il paup"r: NJ. II was for the
one purpose Of getting his wife a $50
s-alskin sack. | am just giving you n
fact know. The sister of this woman.
although She WAS q very poor girl. was
not to be cclipscd. and So She went To
work day and night and ipilcd and tniled
nnd toiled almost into the grave until
she got $50 scalSkin sack. Well. the
news went abroad an through the street
I Most of the people Oh that street were
lahorinc, hardwurking people. and they
We're not io hc outshonc ~ this way. and
they all went fo work IN the same drcc.
tion and practically said. though not lit
orally. Though the heavens fall. we
must have a s"al~kim sack
MortEngIng the Farms.
\ clergyman in Iowa told me that his
church aud the entire ncighhorhood had
been ruined 10y the fact that the people
morigagcd their farms in order Ia 20
down Z" The Philadelphia centennial in
1876 First. one family would 90. then
another family. and finally i, was not
respectable not 10 20 Ia the centennial
nj Philadelphia. and they mortgaged
their farms. The church aud the neigh
borhood ruined IN that way. Now. be
tween such fools and paupcrism there is
only very short step. In time Of peace
prepare for war. In time OF prosperity
prepare for adyorsiiy Yet how many
there nrc who drive On the verge Of the
prccipice nnd ~ the least touch of acci
1 dent or sickness over they 20 Al. my
friends. il is not right. il is not honest :
He that provid"th not fnr his own. and
Especially those of his own household
is worse than an infide \ man has no
I right To- live IN luxury aud have all com
forts and MI brightness around him TAX
ing his family with him NJ thar rate
everything bright and hcauiifnl and lux
urious. until he stumhles against a tomb
STONE aud falls in aud They all go To- the
pporh"uSe That is not common honesty
I am u" aIvorat" 81 skinilint saving.
shhor il. sut | plead for Christian
providence. There are some people who