Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-09-05

n-in On undone. and this country will
iasa it's neral tone. There is no COM
nansarion known to man for the lack
If mothers beneficent influence on
her children.
The wty=<ing Woman.
Yield to no man in my admiration
for the girl who. being left fatherless
ond having no brothers capable of
earning a livelihood for the bereaved
family. goes forth to toll for the sup
mort Of her widowed mother and her
fo+herIess brothers and sisters. Many
. noble girl is doing that and deserves
n no bonored for her conduct Many
q GIRL unsought in marriage, seeing her
farther gradually losing by age his
caDacity for work, takes up the bur
don of helping to provide for the
family which he is no longer able to
hear alone. All honor to her for the
assistance she is rendering, and for
the sympathy and reverence for her
narents which she displays in reliev-
ing them of care and anxiety. Many a
widow. clinging to her children and
shrinking from the pain Of having
Thorn scattered in the charitable homes
of relatives or friends, finds employ
man+ bv which she. can support and
educate them and fit them for their
dutv in life. God bless and help all
such and give them the strength they
need for their arduous lot! They 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 a 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 extravaganza
dress and ornament or for Iuxuries
which their fathers cannot provide
they thrust themselves into business
pursuits, displacing some man who
was earning a higher salary, and they
help to depress the market rate of
wages
| protest against a system Which
makes it impossible for 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 or help
ing their mothers at home. There are
only two ways to rectify this evil. EN-
ployers should hire their employees
in two ways. First, when an applicant
comes for a place give the preference
to men who are husbands and fathers
and the heads of families; second, alb
sOlutely refuse to employ any young
girl in a store or factory unless that
young girl is fatherless, brOtherIess
and has others dependent upon her for
support. 1t is high time that some of
our female clerks who are working in
stores for a little extra spending money
should go back to their homes and
domesticalIy 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 a blunt
way 1 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 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 enSlavement will yet
lead his American children to freedom
from their industrial troubles. In 1898,
from the top Of the great pyramid of
GiZeh, had two visions. In the first
vision looked toward the ruins of the
capital of Memphis, in the midst of
which l saw PharaOh'S palace, where
lived the cruel tyrant. Isawthe mighty
river Nile changed literally into a river
of blood | heard the cries of anguish
as the poor Hebrew slaves groaned
and moaned in torture But then l
turned and looked to the far north
In nv second vision 1 saw another
sight. for there 1 saw the promised
| land Of Canaan. l 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, see some other
man. heaven sent, as was Moses, raised
| I'D to lead the American laborers and
American capitalists out of their self
ishnesses and meannesses. see Amer
| lea in my second vision as the land OF
| true freedom. l see all men, both la
borers and capitalists, living together
| in harmony and love all living as
| 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 as
we would have our brothers do to US.
| Then all labor troubles will not be
solved by the "black rule of selfish
ness" but by the Golden Rule of
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