The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-07-03

HoULT. July 1.-THE sick Of this
community are all improving
Miss Della Boice. Of Little Fails.
is a. visitor at Frank Barnes.
Miss Blanche Thomas. Of Fairmont.
was a guest Of Wesley wolford Sun
day.
There was a dance at Scott HUFF
mans Saturday night
The Clement Company finished the
grading work with the steam shovel
on this side of the river Sunday eT-
enis. They were pushing the work
because the steam shovel was needed
on a contract they have in New York
The work has now about narrowed
down to the building Of the two mid
river piers and the work is held back
by failure to get a water-tight Golfer
dam above the dam Of the lock. An
other effort was made last week TO
failure. Already hundreds of dollars
failure Already hundreds If dollars
have been spent on that one Golfer
dam and the solution Of the problem
seems as far of as ever. Many per
sons hint at inefciency and bad man
asement. Not being an experienced
rivernan we will not offer an ooin-
ion. There were many persons. how
ever. who predicted failure as soon as
they saw the methods employed IN
the building of the Golfer dam and
NOW after months OF futile effort these
prophets of evil are in good posi-
ton to say 81 told you So"
We note with some amusement the
comments of the GAINESVILLE CORE
sponGent on our few remarks anent
the so-called labor question We have
| not changed our mind. however. and
| still maintain that there are three eS-
sentials to success. organization 1gi-
tation and education. He would elm
mate the first two That is amusing
They necessarily go together. Edu-
cation is the tool by which to accom-
plish the work. Organization and aS-
itation is merely the using Of the
tools. Either is little good without
the other. It sounds absurd to talk
Of the iaborinS men starting out to
capture the political situation with
out any sort of organized effort The
sent1eman's intentions seem all right.
but he is very hazy as to ways and
means. His system. If he has any,
is similar to that of the good old lady
who forbade her son TO so about the
water until he learned to swim He
condemns the only practical way by
which the object he seeks IS to be
attained.
Knowing the gentleman as do. to
be educated and well read. I can
scarcely believe he meant. what he
said. He has forgotten that 'in I'M
ion there is strength" or the old mot
to. united we stand. divided we fall"
or the illustration of the old gentle
man with the bundle of sticks he
asked them which Of his sons could
break It. None Of them could accom-
plish the feat but he showed them
il was easy by cutting the cords and
taking the sticks one at time, he
broke them with ease, thus illustrat-
ing to them the strength OF numbers.
Please observe I said nothing in IA
vor of that which Actuary Weeks OF
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany calls that pathetic weapon OF
the workers." known as the strike.
y sr hut RI
in organization
And a word as to agitation There
is always a majority OF persons who
will fall by the wayside unless they
are gotten into a fight and kept in it
by agitation. Any political worker
knows that well. No reform was ever
accomplished since the world stood
without agitation. The history Of
Christianity when aggressive or up
ward has been one of agitation. By
agitation the original thirteen colo
MES were combined against the moth
er country and We became free ma
ton. By agitation the slavery ques-
ton was kept before the country and
finally settled Only by agitation did
the question Of free silver gain such
Roadway as to disrupt the Democrat
ic party and almost do the same for
the Republican party and only by
counter agitation was It finally set
tied. and only by agitation will the
workers ever keep their course be-
fore the people and finally get JUS
tice. Masticate this and digest it
well. brother, it is point you can't
afford to miss.
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