The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-18


Like animals, man eats, sleeps, loves,
reasons. How like a young animal is
the baby. and how unlike in this-the
play Of the young child and the play
OF the young animals. The young ami
mails play Is purely physical diversion.
The play Of the child Is physical d.
version, plus creative activity. The
child is creating something. It's very
dreams are constructive. There is
method Ia the madness Of its riotous
imagination. Even In infancy 1t weaves
and fashions and forms-creates some
thing. We call It play. It is work,
tremendous, intense work. It is not
toll Toll comes later. The child is
father to the man. AS is the child, so
should the man be. A creator, a work
or, never a toiler. Work becomes a
toll when there is no pleasure. no pur-
pose. no creation in II. A friend de-
ciares that there are no lazy men. The
sluggard is only a man doing some
thing he doesn't like Give him the
thing he likes. and instantly he is
awake. Just here is the curse Of the
development of the factory system Of
doing the worlds work The piece
work system Is enough to bring up
race Of sloths or imbeciles. Apparent
ly there is no escape from piece-work.
The mores the pity In dollars and
cents it is unquestionably the cheapest
way OF making things In intellect
and manhood. its cost is terrific Just
now am merely H III in a great fac
tory Of well on to 5000 workers. All
or nearly all doing. day by day and
year by year, just one process in the
making Of a well-known product The
men are not, or need not be, machin-
ists--0nly machine tenders The think
ing has all been done by the inventors
Of the machines and OF the product
to be fashioned or formed As H III,
] am a truck hand. delivering shop
orders to and from the store room to
the men at the machines. The ma
chine tender gets $3.50 a day for ten
hours work. He earns It not so much
in what he does. as IN what he sacri-
fees. All the creative activity OF
childhood is sacrificed. It isn't
hard. muscular work to tend
and watch a machine turn or bore. or
bush something. but the horror Of it is /
Tat there is man the Lord God
made, to have dominion over land and
sea. getting smaller every day. The
law OF life is use or lose. I see a great
many young men. many not over sew
enteen It's a big thing for a young
fellow to make $3.50 a day. I'm not |
50 sure The odds are he is bigger the |
day be began that he viii be in a year.
q decade Or a lifetime He has laid I
down In a procrustean bed, that cuts I
on the growth Of the mind To a /
young man. With a machine. whats I
that you are maklng?H That's more 4
than / know" How long have you 1
been making them2" Two weeks"
what Is lt used for7" search me il I
] know" A truck hand has many COM
penEations for his smaller pay His I
work Is 80 varied that he can not rest. I
II handling the various products ] /
work up all sorts Of muscular com
binations. that are nearly az good as
Rymnastic exercises But there is one /
thing IN the truck business that Is too 4
much for me. ] can't count Teach
ers' certificates and a college diploma /
have had. but can't count-a mem
ineless mass OF pins or pistons or
coupling studs. screws Or bolts. To sit
FOR an hour and half. saying six,
twelve. eighteen. Is 81 ali hard things
the hardest Ny mind plays hockey
The other day I got lost and al mud
died Cd. The man who had made these
same things-a lit.s- brass bushing-
was very mad and disguised. He called
to the boa n great disdain and sar-
casm 70 send a man with that fellow
b help aim count was duly hui
mIliated After I bad q chance to pull 4