Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-08-23

| around with drum and fife and nag froN
! their scaffoldings, from their factori- /
then they are nihilistic, then they are COM
munistic. then they are barbaric, then they
| are curse. II a man wants to stop work
let him stop work, but he cannot stop me
| from work.
But now suppose that all the laboring
classes banded together for beneflcent pnr-
] poses in cooperative Iassociation, under
f, whatever name they put their means to-
gether. Suppose they take the money that
they waste In rum and tobacco and use 1t
for the elevation OF their families, for the
education Of their children, for their moral,
intellectual and religious improvement.
what different state OF things we would
have in this country and they would have
| In Great Britain!
| Do You not realize the fact that men
work better without stimulant2 You say,
"Will you deny the laboring men this help
which they get from strong drink. borne
down as they are with many anxieties and
| exhausting work." I would deny them
| nothing that is good for them. I would
deny them strong drink. IL had the power,
| because 1t Is damaging to them. My father
said: "I became temperance man iD
| early life because l found that In the
harvest field, while was naturally weaker
than the other men, could hold out longer
than any Of them. They took stimulant
and took none."
Everybody knows they cannot endure
lants. All our young men understand
that. When they are preparing for the re-
gatta, or the ball club, or the athletic
wrestling, they abstain from strong drink.
Now, suppose all this money that is
wasted were gathered together and put in
to 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 to find great relief when
they learn, all OF the'r learn, forecast and
providence. Vast numbers OF them put
down their income and they put down
their expenses, and IL the income meets
the expenses that is all that Is necessary.
I know laboring men who are In a perfect
adget until they have spent their last dol
lar. They fly around everywhere until
they get 1t spent. A case came under my
observation where a!lyoung man was
receiving 800 q year and earned it
by very hard work. The marriage day
came. The bride had received $500 As an
inheritance from her grandfather. She
put the $500 In wedding equipment. Then
the twain hired two rooms on the third
story. Then this man, who had most ar
duous employment, just as much rs he
could possibly endure, got evening en-
ployment so he could earn a few dollars
more and by this extra evening employ
ment almost extinguished his eyesiyht.
Why did he take this extra evening en-
ploymentP Was 1t to lay by something for
rainy day? No! Was 1t to get life in
surance so that II he should die his fe
would not be a pauper2 No! 1t was for
the one purpose Of getting his wife :l5O
tact know. The sister Of this woman. .ele
though she Is a very poor girl, was -'Sofas
be eciipseaa, and so she went to - oN
and night and toned and toilets IN numer
almost into the graveesntll Il Mattresses,
sealskin saeque! Well a first class Fur