Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-06-05
GLASS OF 1908.
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theme of this oraton while a very
common one, appeared in n new setting
and the treatment lent something of
novelty to it.. Ii was delivered with a
confidence which puts the listeners at
their ease. We understand tlat Miss
Plisler is q good Illustration Of the
woltny GuahAcs SIC SO iorcib,y adyo.
Gated.
The subject of unions aud Trusts
was treated by Joseph Meyer in an ori-
tion which showed much thought and
careful preparation. He brought for
ward the following IDEAS Most AN
tagonislic views are found with ref
crrncc tn trusts and combin@tiuns.
Greed of wealth, marvellous spirit of
enterprise, the envy of the unProspyr-
Gus, and fear of Il p!aJoerAJie Wlvo-
cracy make the questions arising oO-
scure and perphXmg. How much
Government can do in eifecting the
needed remedy is hot kuoWu bat the
powers of great contributions cannot
easily be limited and certainly they
cannot be destroyed. ombilGtioH
whether of capital, or Of labor, is the
result of human development. Ii is Il
recognition of common ends ofmutUal
interests and dependence, The indi
vidual who is great enough to see this
and bring it to pass has iii his hands
the mightieSt sccptcr the world has
50,
in combinations nor are they new. he
Great Pharaoh cornered the wheat
market. Combinations and trusts are
perilous and extra perilous when they
concern the necessaries and comforts
of life-food. fuel, light and transport
alton. But they have accomplished
much good in atfording conveniences
and the reduction of prices. It's plain
that organized labor may be as much Il
monopoly or trust as organized capital.
When miners unions refuse to work
and to allow others to work the results
are Just as disastrous as when feder-
alton of railroads refuse to run cars
The real source of all this harm is
avariciousneSs, or greed. All proposed
remedies must fail, at least, i'll part If
they do not bring about better rela-
tions between employer and employee
by the true recognition of the ethical
problem involved Inalienable rights
must be respected, selfishness must be
controlled. 1t is worthy of notice
that selfish monopoliStic control, i'm
perialistic greed of unions have never
been able to raise the price of
scholastic attainment for Il single
earnest student. The boy becomes in
tellectually rich and remains igno-
rantly poor by his own efforts and no
trust no union can hinder his taking
one of the two courses. The Grafton
was delivered Ill manly, oratorical
way and made Il good impression upon
the audience.
The last of the members of the
class was Bertha Hillabrand, whose
topic was Iron or Steel?" A practi-
cal subject treated in a practical and
pleasing manner. The audience was
invited to accompany the speaker into
an iron mine and there to see the
crude and seemingly worthless ore
and note the wearying work of miners. |
In few master strokes of good Eng ,
lish and fine rhetoric she pictured the |
process of Transforming iron ore to
cast iron, cast iron to wrought iron, |
wrpnpht iron n stool n tho Gtpnl |
man of war and steam locomotive. |
Man in his lowest estate is but ore |
He simply exists; his faculties lie un-
developed, like the ore he is seeming
ly valueless. Put these ore-lille be-
ings into the blast furnace OF action,
purify them by the oxygen of school |
life and they are changed into cast
iron men, men who are useful, force
full and unyielding but when unduly
strained are easily broken. There
are many such men. Napoleon was
such man, who was utterly broken |
on the fatal field of Waterloo Some
men are wrought iron. They have the
good qualities of cast-iron but have
lost its brittleness. Such are men
who know not defeat. They may oe
crushed but they still hold to their
purposes, "Old Rough and Ready"
was wrought iron man. Cast iron
men who have passed through the
roasting process of bitter experience
become stronger and more reliable
wrought iron men. Yonder are the
men with the strength of cast iron, the
tenacity of wrought iron, the elasticity
and endurance of steel. Such men