The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-17
TALKS TO THE
IRON WORKERS
Gives Good Advice to the Men
and Shows Them How to
Save Money.

speech at Inc Honolulu iron
WORKS during the noon hour yesterday.
the employees OF the ', orks gathered
around, sitting on boxes ana barrels, anc
Mr.. Murphy himself spoke from an up
turned dry SoooS box. He was accoraed
a hearty reception and bursts OF applause
Ipunctuated his address at short intervals.
Il am glad of the opportunity OF taIh-
ing to you fellows To-Day, saiu he, and
IL hope you won't be sorry / came. /
want to talk to you about the money
Iyou earn and what TO do with it. Keep
lit in your pocket, fellows, keep 1T in
your pocket don't drop it around mere
and there and pass it over the counter
to the fellow behind the bar. / tell you,
don't you do It, Don't drink at all, fell
lows There's a whole lot of you don't
know how to drink, any more tnan l do:
you don't know when you have got
enough, and you spend a lot more tnan
you mean to when you begin to say
nothing of the headache you have
lin the morning, and the miserable way
you feel about it when you have to face
your dear little wife at home and haven't
! got money enough left to buy the baby
a. pair of shoes. Why, they tell me you
lhave to pay two bits for drink here,
lanyway! Yes, two bits; think of it!
tell you, I'd go on a strike If / was
you fellows; yet, I would; two bits for
a drink! Three urlnks day is econom-
ical, amt it, boys, but don't you know
lsix bits day will make big hole in
lyour salary at the end of the week, and
by the time you round off Saturday night
properly it will average a dollar a day,
and six dollars a week is too much for
"a fellow to take out of his wages 1or
his own foolishness. I tell you, you save
your money, and quit paying rent
| Get your eye on a corner lot, and go
Unto the building and loan plan and buy
y Yourself home. then
Ito yourself, and put by little bank ac-
Icount. Then some day when you get
rheumatism and don't feel like coming to
work, don't you know you wont have to.
i You can pile up in a big armchair by
the side of the fire and take it easy, and
your dear little sweet-hearted wife will
come over and put little carnation kiss
on your homely face! Amt it worth it,
hey, amt it worth it, fellows? Nice lit
+, tie home, and don't have to work when
you have got the rheumatism, and dear
little wife all comfortable and nice, and
she comes up to you, she is so glad, and
she says, Say, Pop, amt it nice that you
put by that little sum in the bank? /
tell you 1 thought 1 knew how to drink
respectfully one time, but | didn't! /
kept on tryin' to learn, but one day /
pretty near got drowned, ana then L got
isaved.
And you are doing right by her; stay
don't neglect your education. 1 tell you,
this is a great school here in this big
iron works, and you keep at it, and by
and by if you go out into the world you
can present yourself a capable work
man anywhere you go, and get a good
job, too, and you'll be master of the sit
uation! / tell you be true to yourself
and keep clear brains and don't middle
EN- with whisky. This is going to be a
great place before long. Civilization is
looming in here, and civilization dom
know anything but business, and you
tbe ready to wrestle with it. There'n be
ten thousand people coming in here in
the next ten years. and you grab on to
a little bit of land now while you have
the chance, and stay with it, and some
day it'll be worth a whole lot
Jesus Christ was carpenter, and He
worked hard, and He knew what the
dinner pail meant, and He used to
watch the big fellows with the heavy
burdens. and His great heart went out
in pity. There may be one or two here
today that spend their money foolishly
i tell you, you want to get something
under your hat, and come to yourself
man! Gather up all of your friends and
come up to Central Union Church to-
night; come along; don't dress upl Wear
the clothes you have got on and if there
are any dudes sthere they can get out
lAeiL Wlldt tie iudlI6T. come diOIS
and make up your minds to put the knife
to the throat of evil and intemperance
don't want to say anything against tbs
saloon men; they're in business and
they're not to blame, God bless them
Every. man ought to know what he's
Iabout well enough to mind his own bus
mess and not spend his money foolishly
II tell you, draw your money and put il
lin your pocket and walk home with it
that's what you do They can't take i
away from you if you don't give it tt
'em. No, they can't! Don't spend you
money and disappoint the little wife ant
babies. No! I tell you, wake UP ant
get out of the foolishness, and be sen
lsible. Be true to yourself and. be man
Be credit to the laboring class Coz
bless you! The working man is TIL
one that has made this great gloriou
lcountry what it is and put luster on TIL
old flag! You just come along to churcl
tonight. and you save your money an
take my advice, and when you come I
the peace of death you can draw tn
drapery of your couch about you an
feel that you have done what was RICH
and best, God bless you! I amt a-goin