The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-09-02
The Dignity of Labor.

The recorded history of the known
world has not always upheld the
dignity of labor. In fact, the tablet
of Assyria and hieroglyph of Egypt
has spoken in no uncertain language
on the subject, detailing the base de-
gree of the man and woman of all
work-the slave and the bond SER
want. So, too, do the chronicles of
medieval periods show the marked
and distinctive discrepancy in the
position of the 1aborer and his mas
ter, carried to a great degree and
marking the then inseparable gulf
| between the two classes.
| Even in the present day while the
legal claims of labor for recognition
are acknowledged in continental Eu-
rope, the laborer is not always Wor-
thy of hi" hire, nor does he receive
the consideration the sweat of his
forehead entities him to. The brand
of caste, which has been part of the
worlds religion, save that taught by
the. man who labors by strength of
maintained a social chasm between
the mn who labors by strength of
body and Drawn and the man who,
more fortunately born or bred main
tains himself by the employment of
brain or capital.
| There is no hanging the laws of
society, They are often wisely forged
and are necessary to preserve the ma
kind. Possibly not necessary to bod
! lily health or education it frequently
happens the segregation of the
classes is made imperative by fail
ure on the part of many of the fac
tors to recognize the fundamental
principles which underlie the struc-
ture and organization of society, it's
laws and good morals. Thus, while
ne world is made up of men and
women of present day capacity, the
be concisely drawn and only in ITO
pia may common harmony, and a
common purpose, and common
thought and ambition be found.
1t is in the United States that So
cial equality comes nearer its pur-
pose than anywhere else, due possibly
to spirit of broau democracy which
has fed upon the edifice of American
liberty and grown fat upon republi-
can institutions in which the word
citizenship has been considered in
its true and material sense. Here la
Dor has prospered and setits influence
upon the body polite, and, by reason
of the absence of an ancient or land
ed aristocracy, has been enabled in
It's fairer aspects to rise above the
trammels of an early occupation in
to glory commensurate with its
nobility of purpose and honest reso-
luton.
Inherited refinement" is, in eight
instances out of ten, the effect of en-
vironment or education. Early pre-
cepts, dinned into often unwilling
ears, do not always find fertile lodge
ment Sometimes the ground is stony
and the seed fails to ripen. Thus we
find men and women, whose incli-
consciously into the depths; a rever-
sal of conditions, or possibly a re-
turn to earlier conditions. So vice
versa, do we witness the ascent in
to the higher spheres of some force
I'll Excelsior, conquering as he goes,
and spreading the doctrine of COM
mon interest and of the people broad
cast, even if the tenets of a diaphan-
Gus structure are altered or amended
thereby.
The true dignity of labor is always
found in the laborer. The purity
of his ambition, his interests, his
thoughts, and the honesty and integ-
rity of his nome life are compelling
factors which his fellow man must
perforce recognize. The laborer is
the man. No discredit attaches to