Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-25

open to the free discussion of every
idea pro and con. a free forum
This Is the machinery that Will do
away with wars and strikes. and all
their conquering brood OF iniquities.
1T would be part of the emergency
organization for the unexpected.
which marks the highest stage of civic
intelligence
How many individuals are ever pre-
pared for all contingencies; and how
many cities and states?
safe to say IN an absolute sense.
none! Somewhere the Waterman has
been asleep. Somewhere the eternal
vigilance has been in name only-to
be rudely iolted in an evil hour of
trouble. Industrially the dead line is
crossed every time one man that wants
to work is compelled To loaf and idle
away the time that belongs to him
plus the community.
Salvation of Nation.
And whenever ma ority of citi-
zens are net organized into an alert
and continuously active body govern
ment by the people has persisted for
the time being. y majority of the PEG
PIE are workers: Yet, their organiza-
tiCn is branded as menace to the
nation that proclaims liberty and
equality founded on government by
the ma iority. And yet work for
all at union wages is the only saliva
tion of the nation. 1t is the rock
foundation of eternal prosperity
without which all other issues and
platforms rest ON quicksand. national
decay and industrial stagnation. Not
more foolish were the Jews to their
salvation than this nation if it brushes
labor.
millions of men. women and child
slaves. and an army of drOnes drawing
incomes as big as the president. and
ten and hundred times bigger. What
has become of government by the peo-
pie when one hereditary money lord
can offer congress, president and SUI
prcme court double pay if they will
work for him? And we have an army
of hereditary money kings.
I'VE have a river to cross. and as
first step let this motion be put to the
people of this and other nations:
That. until every man and woman
has steady work at union wages, no
minor shall be allowed to work for
wages; but he under the guardianship
of the public school system; and no
woman to do any work at less wages
than man would do the same work.
This is all that is left of the Men
roe doctrine "a Il living issue: That the
standard Of life shall not be lowered
to European conditions in this new
world.
Let us introduce the kingdom of
heaven (fatherhood of GOD where it
logically belongs: in the school system
built on the principle of equality.
Children should Work.
1T is good that children should
work. But let that work be done UNI
der the guardianship of the institution
founded for the purpose of rescuing
the children from the factory HerOd.
Labor demanded the school. Let
labor demand the righteous expansion
of the school to the fun limit-every
school a university always open, and
if the church means to wake up, let il
he as active as the saloon.
Every church is community home,
always open. That is the issue; open
schools and churches or hell.
he SuICfN Icl!Slou mas eHutu us
usefulness. And the educational mill
that turns out child slaves and manu-
features scabs to undermine the home
of labor has outlived its usefulness
to government by the people. The
dead line has been passed. y dead ma
tion cannot see it. An insane nation
may see it and yet not have power to
do it,
"On the insistence by united labor
on this war cry depends the rebirth of
the nation to new era of the Lords
prayer. brotherhood of man, fedora
ton of the world. as a corner stone.