The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-06-22

those who labor,
Bitterness and loud" expressions
against those who control capital may
flourish like green bay tree" but at
the last it is but tingling sound and
withers like the grass-or words to that
effect
Long ago | have learned that the best
place for poor man to live was In the
most nourishing community that he could
find NY observation has been that never
did a poor mans family come to starva-
ton noints when misfortunes fel! upon
them when such a family lived in the
midst of a prosperous and wealthy com
munity.
Once-when / was poor-1 had expert
e,ices that impressed me. and 1 still re-
member those impressions, to the effect
that poor man huddled among the poor.
when misfortunes came, suffered agohieS
that could never occur ia community
Of PROSPEROUS and wealthy Christians. No
matter how generous the impulse of a
povertv-strickcn community, stricken
moor family could never receive those
delicacies or necessaries that / nave oo-
served to flow from a prosperous com
munity unto those who were poor anu
STRICKEN in their midst. II l want lemon
AIDE | go to a soda fOunt; II / want wafer
go 10 a spring or well; II wait HieuA-
cine go to a drug store, IL want
whisky | 20 to the bar room anu 50 On
and when people have misfortunes they
4ad hotter fan among those able to help,
IN, those unable cannot help. no matter
how good or willing or generous they
may he. and in this connection desire
tn enphasize the assertion that there IS
lust as tender a feeling among thp97
nj wealth as there is among those VINO
AFRO moor. A man who would impress ON
oryiee is either d fool or villain, ana VINO
ever wonld expect to arrive at the besl
results for the laboring masses thiO
bitterness and loud" expressions asdiiiS1
what ia known as capital. may no. -
villain, but they are terttole w.
a anornv to those that they would ia
vor -,,, sal,ou,e tina
%, If tbom do not expect the best
ros,,Its from their course. Ihey oitellei
.,,,nct to fool the fools and gam io'
themselves a leadership and preS'lse
tbat tbov do not deserve. The Wlsesl q
+t,-o ,.lolId" and bitter fellows usnaiY
roeol,-o themselves into the championship
80 . hobby or the leader of a fad. ana
t6is the oftenest is the easiest way 20
fool the fools. The efforts OF the men
who 90 mon broad principles of justice
ANA brotherIy friendship are the men
Who most deserve the plaudits or moss
who labor for their daily bread, but SAD
- ie these are generally overshadoWed
or crushed l,v some loud and bitter
fellow that has more OF the Instincts Ok
bull dog than Of those qualities whlch
90 ia make up safe and intelligent
leader of his fellow man. Any 1901 can
talk loud or feht-it takes sense to get
the best results.
Happily. think the masses Of organ
lied labor have come to consider
rnilder and a far more formidable
weapon than that Of n hulldozing bitter
ness mat would array classes and have
settled down TO a firm and dignihed
course that is bound to eventually lead
to the clasping OF hands between the
wicldere of muscle and the controllers
Of capital This course and the trend OF
feeling made manifest by many recent
happenings has added hope to the best
element Of labor and given confidence to
men Of business and capital. Confidence
between these two elements is what wa
need to grow, ard then you will find the
poor man proud Of his rich friend and
Tho rich man happy In the anxiety THAI
organized labor has removed The work
man has come to feel that there is great
loss through strikes, and the capitalists
have learned that disorganized gang IS
Just as expensive and exacting as ths
organized, without receiving those ben
efits of responsibility and discipline and
reliability and competency that all must
admit is most prominent among those
who go organized
truth 10 that tJ,~-
folks and good rich folks. and bad moor
folks and bad rich folks And another
truth is that both of these elements are
responsible for some evils that are uitb
us. Perhaps the greed Of capital has done
much to lessen the reverence that vas
once held FOR our sacred Sabbath but
on the other hand the organizations 50
numerous in the land have done their full
part in killing out a reverence for the
day. ! have remarked this jusA to set
to say that whoever does that which
lessons reverence for the Sabbath for thu
churches for the good preachers and Cor
the home. has q ne n greater harrp than
even these loud and bitter mon have
named are capable of doing The loud
fellow may bUtt in and thrive for short
while. but this growth of frreverence is /
destroying worm that it may take cen
turtles to correct Therefore would say
to labor" as they are the nearest and
dearest 10 me. to at once crush every
thing in their organization that has the
appearance Of lessening the reverend,
that | have named If your sabbath
meetings seem to point to this. cut out
your Sabbath meetings If some Of your
members would make YOUR gatherings an
opportunity for Estimating new doc
trines hush those members up or cut
them cut. too. In Justice / VIII state
that do not believe that the oreaniza-
ton Of men necessarily loses to us any
OF those good things that we all should
reverence and strive to make larger but
an impression is peeping up that should
at once put working people on Their
guard for l can tell them that nothing
can succeed that has in 1t elements 10
disturb the things | have hinted-cven thu
appearance of such an evil should ha
strongly avoided. And can tell tic cap
ita list that he should lend all his aid 20
help IN this preservation. An organized
element with these precious references
and principles preserved. would protect
the rich mans wealth when the iron
vaults might not; with these gone or
GanzatiCn' would die itself and a disor-
ganization follow that would pale the
revolution of France or any other revolu
ton.
Let bitterness die and Friendships grow.
Let unions thrive ANA capital he ;:4'
tect2d Let hands be c!asaed and hearts
made steady to mAte On together to 0ns