Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-19

hoooIhl!OIi' III uii l'tii ~ VI thio ihhN,
some Of them miglt!cr than any flnan-
cial institutions Of the country. We
spend In this country over $10e. 900, 900
every year for tolncco. We spend over
$1,000. 100000 directly or Indirectly for
rum. The laboring classes spend their
share OF this money. Now. suppose the
laboring mnu who has been expanding
his money in those directions should
just add up how much he has ex-
pended during these pnst few years.
and then suppose that TINT money was
put into n cooperative association, and
then suppose he should hive all his
friends In toll who had made the same
kind OF expenditure. do the same thing,
and that should be added up md put
Into cooperative association. And
then take all that money expended for
over,lrcss and overatyle and OVERLY
Ing on the part Of tollIng people In
order TINT they may appear as well rs
persons who have more lncome-gnther
that all up and YOU could have CO.
operative associations all over this
land.
Trades Unions.
am not saying anything now about
trades unions. You want to know what
think of trades unions. | think they
are most beneficial In some directions,
and they have specific object, and In
this day, when there are vnst monopo-
lies n thousand monopolies concen-
tratng the wcWlth of the people Into
the possession OF Il few mcn-unlcSS
the lnborny men Of this country and
all countries band together they Will
20 under. There Is Il lnwful use or q
trade union. If II means sympathy III
time of sickness. If il means finding
work for people Wien they are out or
work. If it means tie improvement OF
the financial. the mornl or the religious
condition Of the laburing classes. that
IS all right. Do not artists band to-
cether in nm art unlon2 Do not singers
band together in Handel and Hndyn
societies! Do not newspaper men bhnd
together In press clubs! Do not min
listers Of religion band together In con-
ferences and associations! There is
not in all the lind Il city where clergy
men do not come together, many or
them once week. to talk over affairs.
For these reasons you should not
blame labor guilds. When they are
doing their legitimate work, they are
most admirable hut when they come
around with drum and fife and flag
from their scafToldings. from their FAC
tories. then they are nlhilstic. then
they are communistlc. then they are
barbaric, then they are curse. III d
man wants TO stop work, let him stop
work. but he cannot stop ne from
work.
But now suppose that all the luDorlng
classes banded together for benehcent
purposes in cooperative association,
under whatever name they put their
means together. Suppose they take
the money that they waste In rum and
tobacco and use II for the elevation
Of ti,eir families. for the education or
their children. for their moral. intel
lectual and religious Improvement,
what different state Of things we
would hive in this country and they
would have In Great Britain.
Do You not realize the fact that men
work better without stimulant? You
say, Twill you deny the lnboring men
this help which they get from strong
drink. borne down as they are with
many anxlctles and cxhaustlng work 2
I would deny them nothing that Is
good for them. would deny them
strong drink. if l had the power be-
cause 1t Is damaging to them. My
father snid: II became temperance
man In early life because found that
in the hnrvcst field while was natu-
rally wcnkrr than the other men,
could hold out longer thnn any OF
then. They took stimulant and took
none"
Everybody knows they cnnnot en-
dure great fatigue-mcn who indulge
in stimulants.. All our young men IN
dcrstand that. When they nrc prepar-
Ing for the regatta. or the ball club. or
the athletic wrestling. they abstain
from strong drink. Now. suppose all
this money that is wasted were gath
cred together and put Into cooperative
Institutions. Oh, we would have very
different state Of things from what we
have now.
Practice Economy.
remark again. the laboring classes
of this country are to find great Keller
when they learn, all Of them learn,
forecast and providence. Vast num-
bers Of them put down their Income
and they put down their expenses, and
if the income meets the expenses that
Is all that Is necessary. know labor
ing men who are in Il perfect hdget
until they have spent their last dollar.
They fly around everywhere until they
get it spent. a case came under my
observation where young man was
receiving $T00 year aud earned 1t by
very hard work. The marriage day
rame. The bride had received S00O as
m inheritance from her grandfather.
She put the $500 In wedding equip
ment. Then the twain hired two
rooms on the third story. Then this
man. who had most arduous employ
ment. inst rs much rs he could posi-
bly, endure. got evening employment
so he could earn few dollars more
and by this extra evening employ
ment almost extlnguished his eye
sight. Why did he take this extra
evening employment? Was 1t TO lay
by something for n rainy day? No.
Was 1t to get life Insurance 80 that
If he should die his wife would not
be pauper? No. 1t was for the one
purpose of getting his wife a $50
sealskln sncque. I am just giving you
fact know. The sister of this wo-
man, although she was very poor
GIRL was not to be ecNpsed. and SO
she went to work day and night and
toiled and toiled and toiled almost in
to the grave until she got $3.50 seal
skin sacque. Well, the news went
abroad all through the street. Most
,>uonIo IN thnt stranf wprp In .