Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-09-10

render and II she deserts that duty IL
lose its moral tone There is no COM
pensation known TO man for the lack
of mothers beneficent influence on
her children.
The Working Woman.
l yield To no man in my admiration
for the girl who. being left fatherlcss
and having no brothers capable of
earning livelihood for the bcrcavcd
family. goes forth to toll for the sup
port of her widowed mother and her
fatherless brothers and sisters Many
a noble girl is doing that and deserves
to be honorcd for her conduct. Many
a girl unsought In Warriase. seeing her
father gradually losing by age his
capacity for work, takes up the bur
den of helping to provide for the
family which he Is no longer able to
bear alone. All honor to her for the
assistance she is rendering. and for
the sympathy and reverence for her
parents which she displays in relev-
ing them of care and anxiety. Many Il
widow. clinging to her children and
shrinking from the pain of having
them scattered in the charitable homes
Of relatives or friends, finds employ
ment by which she can support and
educate them and fit them for their
duty In life God bless and help all
such and give them the strength they
need for their arduous lot. 4 hey should
have our hearty sympathy and our
| cordial help in their self sacrificing
labor
But the spectacle of what such wom-
en- are doing has stirred the ambition
of another class of women. These are
they who voluntarily and by choice
| elect to do n mans work in the world
In order that they may escape the
| drudgery of domestic service or the
WEAKNESS of school teaching or in or
der TO obtain money for eXtravagant
dress and ornament or for luXuries
which their fathers cannot provide.
| they thrust themselves into business
pursuits. displacing some man who
was earning higher salary, and they
help to depress the market rate of
wages.
/ protest against Il system which
makes 1t impossible for strong. able
| bodied man to find work. forcing. him
to stay ut home and live upon his
| young daughters earnings when thcy
themselves should be ut school or hep
ing their mothers ut home Tee are
only two ways to re..tfy this evil. Eli
| ployers should hire their employees
in two ways. First, when an applicant
comes for place give the preference
| to men who are husbands ami f.itacrs
and the heads of families second. all
| sOlutely refuse to employ any young
| girl I'm store or factory unless that
| yonng girl is fatherlcss. brothcrics;'
and has others dependent upon her for
support 1t Is high time that some of
our female clerks who are working In
stores for Il little extra spending money
| should 20 back to their homes and
dOmestically help TO care for their
mothers and fathers and younger sis
| ter and brothers. where they belong
Labor Problems of Today.
The Affections of the industrial work
| ers of America are very great. Indeed.
! l sometimes think they are about as
badly off In America today as were the
Israelities in the Egyptian capital over
three thousand years ago. In blunt
way l have tried to present three or
| four of the difficult labor problems
| which confront the labOring classes of
America at the present time. Do not.
| however. even for moment suppose
that consider these problems and oh
ers like them impossible of solution.
The same God who led the children of
Israel out of their enSlavement will yet
lead his American children To freedom
from their industrial troubles. In 1893.
from the top of the great pyramid of
GiZeh, l had two visions. In the first
vision looked toward the ruins of the
capital of Memphis. I'm the midst of
which l saw Pharaoh's palace. where
lived the cruel tyrant. Isaw the mighty
river Nile changed literally into Il river
Of blood. l heard the cries Of anguish
as the poor Hebrew slaves groaned
and moaned in torture. But then ]
turned and looked to the far north.
In my second vision ! saw another
SlSnt, IOr tnere j SdW tle IroiliiScu
land of Canaan. I saw Moses and
Joshua. I saw Jerusalem cleaning in
the glowing sun. saw the rich grapes
of Eschol saw David and Solomon
In all their glory. AS Moses led the
children of Israel out of Egypt and
through the Red sea. l see some other
man. heaven sent as was Moses. raised
up to lead the American laborers and
American capitalists out of their self
ishnesses and meannesses. see Amer
leu in my second vision as the land of
true freedom. l see all men. both Ia
borers and capitalists. living together
In harmony and love ~ all living rs
Christ would have them live. May all
| of us, whether we work in broadcloth
or In overalls. try to speed that millen-
NAL day by doing to our brothers rs
we would have our brothers do To- us.
Then all labor troubles will not he
solved by the "black rule of selfish
ness" but by the Golden Rule Of