Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1905-09-08

or wealth. whether il be public or
private. whether personal or nation
ai. ana IL Will do no harm If our ma
.lonai resources are not developed all
III thls generation. What we want 10
turn our attention to is the develop
hien' vi the men. and the resources
VIII TAKE care of themselves anu we
want tnem mere for the generation OF
men mat Will come after us. VINO,
we nope, will be somewhat better
than we are.
NOW we need to withstand all the
beginnings Of these things. call your
attention to these matters because
they are really very important right
now at the present time. as any one
Will agree who has watched closely
the drift OF events for the last few
months. When we keep in mind that
the object of this government, the
object of this country. should be to
develop men and not wealth. we will
not go very far astray: and l hope
that all Of us will be patriotic enough
to devote little of our time to prob
lens of this kind.
A Glance Backward.
Now, my friends, it is very easy for
men to relapse, to slip back. into the
condition from which they came and
from which they have raised them.
selves. 1t is hard always to keep pro.
crossing. always to keep our conduct
at high standard. and yet, when we
look back and reflect that everything
we have that is worth having has
been achieved by some ones earnest,
determined effort, think it will nerve
you up to do your little share toward
protecting and perpetuating this state
OF affairs. Look back one hundred
years and see the factory conditions
and the agricultural conditions and
the mechanical conditions that exist
ed in England, at that time, as now,
the most progressive country in Eu-
rope, and you would hardly recOg.
niZe that those men were the fore
runners-the producers-of our work.
ing men who do the same work You
may look back to parliamentary rec
| ords and find where children six years
| of age worked twelve and fourteen
hours day. You may look back to
districts where sixteen hours per day
was the daily round of toll. And when
they said. I'VE will have fourteen"
when the men got intelligent enough
and strong enough, when they con-
certed together and found that they
could wrest something from their EN-
plOyers. and they obtained the four
teen hour per day schedule, the cry
went up to heaven that the industrial
organization of England was ruined"
But time went on and the organization
OF the men grew stronger, and finally
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twelve hours day. and again the cry
went to heaven that "the industrial
organization of England was ruined
But it wasn't; it kept getting stronger
and more effective in operation, and
as formerly, had its just recognition
And they finally brought it down to
ten hours day. and again the CRY
went up that the industrial Organiza
ton of the country was ruined. and
so on. You will hear the same howl
today from men who do not know
any better or who think their inter
ests are touched. The fact is that
within reasonable limits, a lesser
number of hours is better. both fol-
the capable man that works and FOL
the man that employs. because he
gets more effective service because
the employee can render more effective
service land it ought to be the OBJ
ject of the employe--of working mer
of all kinds-to give as effective ser
vice as they can. | say to you. tina
among your various instruments TO
gaining power, here is one that is thu
strongest of all. When a union care
: means two things. absolutely ant
: without fail, that the man who car
l ries it will work honestly and tina
: he is an efficient man, then the labo
: unions will be so strong that no EN-
j, ployer will ever think of denying then
> anything within the bounds of rea
: son. Make your card mean those tw'
things: Honesty and efficiency, an,
3 you have made your organizations. b.
5 that one thing, stronger than the
: have ever been in the history of OF
j. ganized labor, or than they ever cal
j. become by any other means.
r The Golden Rule.
n Now. gentlemen, the time is draw
e ing near - o'clock and l will close
l. But l want to remind you of one NOR
o thing, and that is, that God help
l. those who help themselves Whe
It you look to others to ameliOrate you
. ! Soiui'ioA, W give yOu tuc SOOu lllAS
t. of life you want. you will look 70
l. a long time, and for the most par
5. in vain, and you ought to look i
S vain. Any man worth his salt wi
e get what he is entitled to withOu
e calling on somebody else to help hin
It and that spirit should be fostered, an
$, believe is fostered to great c,
D. tent by the organizations which l sc
r represented before me here tOda!
d When you want something, whethe
E. it be a revision in the hours of labo
e or an adjustment of the condition
a. of labor. go after it yourselves an
1t don't call somebody else to help you
s. because we are all busy, more or les'
looking after our own interests. an
It you cannot expect somebody to &c
ID something for you. 1t is not best fC
2 you that they should, because in S
!. doing GU would lose the most preciOu
e thing a man has. and that is his pc
t, sonal Independence; you lose you
IS self-respect. But in doing this woul
7 say just one more word in cOnne'
If ton: That man or organization make
IT fatal mistake that disregards tn
2 rights of others when he is trying I
st get his own rights. Those two thing
If go hand in hand: A determination
,e have your own rights. and detern
" nation not to take away from til
v. right of others. That is reductiO
If of the golden rule. DO unto others a
I. We would that others should do unit
| Won and No moro narfact ru1Q r