The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-06-19
SYMPATHY FOR THE TOILER
Bill Arp on the Conflict Between
the Laborer and the Capitalist.

long protractcd struggle cease. Ava
back in history there was Il war tha
lasted thirty years, but this war ha
lasted longer than that and seems L
grow more bitter as the years roll on
In the good old times it did not alrcC
the South, but like pcstiencc i
spreads and there seems to be NJ
remedy. All of the wOmcn-mOst al
OF The men, outside Of The capitalists
have heretofore eympathizcd with th,
toilcrs III their demands for lc 5 worl
aud better pay. They have bitterly
d, u unCcu the hvarticss managers who
would wear out the life of Il child be
fore it gets grown who would kecr
them caycd in factories from early
morn till lamplight, with not an hou!
for recreation. No May day, no play
day, uo ball game, oor marbles, nor
fishing. nor frulic Of any kind for the
boy 5; no hunting wlld flowers or black
berries for The girls, no youthful pleas
urcs, no recess, no Saturday; but from
year to year it's
Work -wurk-work, in the dull Deem
bcr light.
And wort-work work. when the weather
rs warm and bright
How sad it is TO see them toll as if
in irradmill, and To hear them sigh
rs they glance from The windows Of
their daily prison, and with longing
eyes, whisper
"Oh but to breathe tic breath Of the
woods and flowers sweet,
With the sky above my hcad and the grass
bcUea h my feet "
AL hi - ,,t Ia, in ,,l l,,,i
for hcartlcSs legislation and legislators,
would have long since been rcmcdicd.
1t is the good side OF human nature
that arousCs sympathy for The poor,
and Leigh Hunt never wrote Il Swcctcr
line than that of Abou Ben Adhcm's
plea for entrance into Paradise:
Write me as one who loves his fellow
mHn.
In Illuminating about the wants of
the poor have often thought that the
greatest want and the best boon to
toilcr was Il home. IIomc--one OF the
sweetest words in any language. Its
best definition is IN the heart, for
language fails to cXpr, ss it. Indeed
there are some languages that have no
word forit-no synonym. The French
has none and substitutes only an abode
or dwelling place. The be ST definition
is found in the old Sanskrit, The sacred
dialect Of the IIindoos and Persians.
The word is kshema and means per-
manent place of rest and security.
Would that all Tie poor, all the tolers,
all the women and children in the land
had that-a permanent abode-a place
of rest and security. No landlord to
call for rents--no expiring lease, no
uncertain title; but home where the I!
good wife can plant her own vines and |
adorn her own yard with flowers and
feel that they are hers and her chill. |
dren's. Why d,dn't Mr.. Carnegie think |
of this and give homes to the poor, in
stead of books. Fifty millions Of dol |
lars would have given comfortable |
homes to one hundred thousand poor
families--and given permanent place |
Of rest and security to at least half |
million Of the toiers. The time was |
when n Methodist preacher was not |
entitled TO il home no more than IA |
Roman Catholic priest was to wife. |
He must abide for year in any house
that was cheap and vacant. He must |
be the eXcmpar of humility and un-
scliishncss, fo- they said that the Savior |
was born in mangcr and his sOftcst |
bed was hay. But there is some more |
scripture that demands the best Of |
everything for the priesthood, ami
that says: "Touch not My anontcd
and do My prophets 10 harmn a |
better civilization now provides good |
comfortable parsonage in almost every |
town and village and | am glad of it
not so much for sympathy for the
preacher, but for his good, long suffer !
ing and patient wife and growing |
children. Woman loves her home and |
loves to adorn it with fruits and flow |
crs. When the Mcthodists get strong
enough 10 build parsonage they |
should not stop at the finishing of the |
house, but have permanent com
mittcc oi ladies to plant vines and roses |
and make gravel walks, and establish |
a garden with such things that do not
pass aHay and perish with the year.
Plant fruit trees, make an asparagus
bed and don't forget The straw
berries and raspberr 8, and here and
there plant some of the old time
garden herbs, such as sage and
ndihi anu paiSicy anu CalauluS lOT
sweet breath and mint for the chill
/. .dren'e collie. Fix the place up for
home and when the good wife leaves it,
of course. she will leave it clean and
leave ii with regret, and her successor
will be happy and talk about hcr to the
ncighbors. If was IA bishop | would
allude to this at the general conference,
and lay much stress on what John
Wesley SAID, that i" Cleanliness was
next to GOdliness."
That is not in the Bible, but might
have been and done NJ harm.
Yes, the kindheartcd people have
generally been sympathizlng with the
strikers, but the case AT Dayton, o &,
has discouraged them. We see that
Mr.. Patterson died suddenly this week
He was only siXty-nine years cid and
the opinion is that his grief and morti
fcation over the great strike caused his
death. a uoblcr rich man never lived
or died. lie was the president of the
National Cash Register Company, that
employed 1900 men and women. For
seven years he ha3 sought TO make his
extensive works ~ model for all the
manufacturers of the world and q