The Newtown bee., 1901-09-13

derstand thoroughly their own busi- ness and they are content to under stand nothing more. This is narrow ing in it's effect on the mind and sym- pathies. Strength and nobility of character are the great essential, and ones vocation must be made the ser want of character and the means to a useful career. Labor cannot be digni- fled until men learn that it is dignity Of character that gives dignity to ones occupation. Ones calling can not honor him, he must honor his call ing. True honor is an intrinsic qual- lty of character. It is part of the moral being. Let no man of weak and lgnoble character choose high and noble profession; does the rofession clothe the man with strength and hon. CT? By no means. Let man of small parts and inadequate capacity be rais- ed by his influential friends to a posi- tion of trust and prominence; can he long deceive the people and receive honor due only great men? Most as suredly not. An individuals calling, position, or office cannot clothe him with abiding honor, then. Wherever you find true honor it is always a qual- ity of character. A man of such char acter, on the other hand, can dignify the most humble labor. A man of in- telligent and dignified character will digify whatever he does, and in this way only can labor be dignified. When all workingmen understand this great principle and strive to measure up to it's requirements, then will the world be forced to hold labor in high esteem and no longer in contempt. Let all industries be operated by men of in- telligence and dignity of character and THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD WILL BE FL.
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 to a plane of honor and dignity. How great are the opportunities along this line of brOtherhOOds, trades unions, and labor organizations! Let us pray that the day may come when these men shall realize their united respon, sibility and seek to improve their op. portunity. How great indeed are the opportunities of Christian philanthro. pists and employers to so use their wealth as to elevate workingmen in. tel1ectually and morally, thus helping to dignify the whole industrial world
 There is a sentiment more or less prevalent among workingmen and among other people, to the effect that a man, in order to have dignity, must rise out of and above the working class, and become manager, Superintend ent, one of the firm; or, indeed, he must leave the factory, and enter up. on some kind of "genteel' business ol professional life. There is a feeling that there is no dignity for a common workingman. This idea is fOStered, strengthened, and made more fatal to set before young people in the remarks of well meaning but unwiSe school wis itors. Such men, in addressing the children and young people, encourage them to think that they all should as pire to become senators, governors and presidents of the United States. The honor and dignity of any work thor oughly, conscientously, and nobly done is lost sight of, passed over, and by the young people never learned. Such ideals are false. Office and dis tinctiOn never come to men to give them dignity, but they come, or should come, as the reward of faithful work honorably done.
 Let laboring men everywhere put thought, skill, conscience, honor, and dignity into their work; let them con duct themselves outside of working hours as intelligent, serious, moral be- ings, seeking mental, physical, moral and religious culture and improve ment; let them take pride in their families, homes and country;
 LET THEM HONOR THEMSELVES,
 their vacations, their families, their homes, their churches, and their con- munities; then, tell me, if labor will not be dignitied through the dignity of the laborer. In no other way can labor be dignifed. The wOrkingman