The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-09-11

family goes forth to toll for the sifp
port OF her widowed mother aid ne
| fatherless brothers and sisters. Man,
n noble girl is doing that and deserves
to he honored for her conduct. Many
girl unsought in marriage, seeing he
father gradually losing by age hi
| capacity for work, takes up the bur
den OF helping to provide for thu
/ family which he is mo longer able K
bear alone. All hoiIor to her for thu
assistance she is rendering. and fol
the sympathy and reverence for hel
parents which she displays insreliey
ing them Of care and anxiety Many {
widow, clinging to her children anc
shrinking from the pain OF having
them scattered in the charitable home'
of relatives or friends, finds employ
ment by which SHE can support AM
educate them and lit them for theil
duty In life God bless and help al
such and give them the strength they
need for their arduous lot! They shoult
have our hearty sympathy and oul
cordial help In their self sacrificing
labor.
j But the spectacle of what such won
en- are doing has stirred the ambition
OF another class of women. These are
they who voluntarily and by choice
elect to do 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 eytravagant
dress and ornament or for Injuries
which their fathers cannot provide.
they thrust Themselves ntohbusiness
pursuits, displacing some man who
was earning a higher salary, and they
help to depress the market rate Of
wages.
l protest against system which
makes 1t impossible for a strong, able
bodied man to find work, forcing him
to stay at home and live upon his
young daughters earnings when they
themselves should be at school Tor help
Ing their mothers at home There are
only two ways to rectifythis evil. En-
ployers should hire their employees
4
comes for place give the preference
TO men who are husbands and fathers
and the heads of families; second, alb
solutely refuse to employs any young
girl In store or factory unless that
young girl Is fatherless, brotherless
and has others dependent upon her Cor
support. 1t IS high time that some Of
our female clerks who are working in
stores for little extra spending money
should go back to their homes and
domestically help to care for their
mothers and fathers and younger sis
ter andsbrothers, where they belong.
Labor Problems of Today.
The Affections of the industrial work
ers of America are veryi great. Indeed,
l sometimes think they are about as
badly off in America today rs We're the
Esraelties in the Egyptian capital over
three thousand years ago. Ina blunt |
way | have tried to present three or
four of the difficult labor problems |
which confront the lab0rng classes Of |
at the present time. DO not |
however, even for a moment suppose |
that consider these problems and 9th |
ers like them Impossible OF solution. |
The same God who led the children of
Israel out of their enslayenent will yet |
lead his American children to free lon |
from their Industrial troubles. In 1893. |
from The top of the great pyramid OF
Gi2eh, had two visions. In the first
vision looked toward the ruins of the
capital of Memphis. in the midst of
which / saw Pharaoh's palace, where I
lived the cruel tyrant. lsaw the mighty
river Nile changed literally into river
Of blood. | heard the cries of anguish
as the poor Hebrew slaves groaned
and moancd in torture. But then ]
turned and looked to the far north
In my second vision ! saw another
sight, for there | saw the promised
and of Canaan. l saw Moses and
Joshua. | saw Jerusalem cleaning in
he glowing sun. | saw the rich grapes
If Dschol. | saw David and Solomon
n all their glory. AS Moses led the
,hildren of Israel Out of Egypt and
through the Red sea. / see some other
nan, heaven sent. as was Moses, raised
Up 20 lead the American laborers and
american capitalists out Of their self
shnesses and Weaknesses. | see Amer
ca in my second vision as the land OF
rue freedom. see all men. both la ,
,orers and capitalists. living together
0 harmony and love all living as
,hrlst would have them live. May all
4 us, whether we work in broadcloth .
# in overals, try TO speed that millcn-
Ilal day by doing to our brothers as
We would have our brothers do TO u.s.
hen all labor troubles will not be
Owed by the l"black rule Of selfish
ess," but by the Golden Rule OF
love"
tcopyrtght 1894 b. LOUIS Klopsch.l