Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-03
a PULPIT CHAMPION.
An Eminent Divine who Believes In
Labor Unions.

Labor Unions.
Man cannot live by wheat alone
said Rev. DR.. Rainsford of New York
In recent sermon. He must live BY
ideas. The basis of civilization will al
ways be the ideas Of the greatest
thinkers, and this fact must be accepted
by the labor unions. They must refrain
from becoming purely material.
1T has been my good fortune for
years past to come IN contact with the
labor union, and l have watched the
progress of the institution with thank
tuineSs Ten years ago it was com
mon thing to hear man employing
many hands say be would refuse to
employ i man connected with a union.
There exists a great difference now.
No employer could refuse a man EN-
ployment on that ground today.
Il try to stand for every right of the
laboring man. AS the trust was IN
, eyitabc, SO is the labor union ineyita-
Die The laboring men of this country
must unite or be crushed. They are i'm
meaSurably strong. and their position is
assured, and now they must learn 10 be
tolerant.
"Conpetiti0n must become less bitter
because we are advancing. and as we
advance the labor union must learn to
20 slow. The organization must become
truly american and truly progressive.
UnioniS;n must make up its mind to be
law abiding. Moreover. we have got
TO simplify our procedures. We have
got to get justice more quickly.
There is a strong feeling in certain
sections of this country that the labor
unions wink at violence. This is not
true, ar,. know it is not true, but this
evil reputation must be lived down.
This sIAnder can only be put down by
the unions themselves.
One thought that must always be
kept by tie union man is that we can
not be educated too highly. TO labor
ing man education is of inestimable
value
Taking up the watering Of stock in
this country and its relations to poor
wages, Or. Rainsford said:
Great good has been done in Massa-
chusetts by the passage of the law by
which corporations have been restrict
eC il the issuance OF stock.
There it is impossible to issue stock
except for value received. and law Of
similar sort will eventually be enacted
In wary state in the Union. Labor IN
sns Should work for such a law. The
watered stock Of company deceives
the investor and robs the workingman.
The motormen Of New York are
less reasonably paid than any other
body Of men in this city. The work
they do should be the best paid Of it's
kind, No other set Of men work under
such d nervous strain. and no other
men labor under such unique RESPONSE
billties, where neglect or negligence
may always be counted upon to cause
death. They are so poorly paid be-
cause the corporation for which they
work Is overcapitalized. so weakened
by watered stock that reasonable
wages and dividends are not both DOS
sible.
''Humanity demands change IN our
laws to prevent stocking company SO
that reasonable wages cannot be paid.
There should always be available
working profit from which liability for
accident and an old age pension could
be assured.
The unskilled workingman is al.
ways within a fortnight Of hunger.
When a workingman falls i'll the wolf
is always at his door"