Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-21
A PULPIT CHAMPION.
An s!n'incnt Divine Who Relieves In
Labor | ions

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labor MONS.
Mar cannot live bE, wheat alone"
said Rcv. Or. Eairl~fard of New York
in a recent sermon. He mus. live by
ideas. Tle basis of civilization VIII al,
ways e t. IDEAS ot ILL.,. greatest
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Han thing . hear a Hau employ in4
nlHy hands say inc would refuse f.
ciH5ioT a man connected with Il union
-fhnrc exists 4 great difference NOW.
Ne enrIayer could refuse Il laau om-
pIoXmcut on rlytt ground today
"I=Gy to stund for every right of the
taeiu% in&u. " the tiu,t Was IL
cyita5le, 50 is the labor union iucvfta-
he. The laboriHg men Of this country
must unite or be crushed They are i'm
mea>Urahly Str4n@. and their position IS
assured, and now thcy must learn to be
tolerant.
"Gonpetitjon must become less bitter
because We are advancing. and as we
advance the Labor union must learn to
60 slow. Tie organization must become
truly American and truly progressive
JnioniSin 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.
"fherc is Il strong feeling in certain
sections of this country that the labor
unions wink at violence. This is not
true, and know it is not true but this
evil reputation must be lived down.
This slander can only be put down by
the unions themselves.
zone thought that must always be
kept by the 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, DR.. Rainsford said:
Great good has been done in Masss-
chusetts by the passage of the law by
which corporations have been restrict
ed in 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 every state in the Union. Labor un-
ions Should work for such law. The
Watered stock of a company deceiveS
the investor and robs the workingman
'"Fhe 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 q nervous strain. and no other
men labor under such unique response
bilities, 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 pos
sible
Humanity demands change in our
laws to prevent stocking company SC
that reasonable wages cannot be paid.
There should always he available
working profit from which liability for
accident and an old age pension could
be assured
'The unskiled workingman is al
ways within a fortnight Of hunger.
When a workingman falls i'll the wolf
is always at his door"