The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-08-30
Doins' on Labor Day
BY VI. DASH &.

when all those who toll cease their
laborS and make demonstrations of
their might and numbers and
march forth into the highways of
the city like the real thing which
they are. And the bosses getteth
next to the office window, as the
parade passeth by, and looketh sad
and wise and Sayeth hades and
other things which are not nice to
print and realizeth that the day of
slavery is past and that the eman-
cipation of the tOiler hath come and
that the worker is king among
men For yea, verify, it is these
same sturdy fellows, marching by
in solid ranks, who build up the
cities and make the nation what it
is. And those who give them EN-
plOyment are saddened that they
have formed organization among
themselves and are demanding and
getting living wages for their labor,
for yea, verify, those same bosses
would like to have all the golden
profits to themselves so that they
could hoard it up into'a great pile
and then give away libraries that
nobody cares a rap for, or figure in
frenzied finance articles in NObOdy's
Magazine or get roasted to a lovely
shade of brown by Miss Ida Tar
heel and enjoy all the other luxu-
rieS of wealth. For be it known
that those who get rich off the
labor of the toiler delight not to
part with the gilded coin of the
realm, and fain would keep it all,
but the big parade of Labor Day
chaseth away those fond decisions,
and he of capital Sigheth YEARLY
and Sayeth unto himself: ''The
hustle boys are away to the good
i'll the wisdom line, for have they
not copied my own ideas and plan
nings and gotten together in bunch
cs and they no longer take what
ever is offered them in the wage
line, but they set the prices of their
laboiS, and woe he unto us. for we
have to pay even enough to them
that they may live like human be-
1ngS in real houses and wear clothes
that are not rags, and it beginneth
To look as though the workingman
was the real cheese and the main
stem of the progress works. And
the great pageant pasScth by with
bands playing and banners flying.
and the rich man drawcth conclu-
SlonS which :ctm to indicate that
he Is not such IL muIchncSS after all
and that there iS something else in
the world besides money.
And later in the day he hiketh
out to Athletic Park. where the bio
mcrtNmaking is in progress. and
%;lIcth III envy on the Stalwart man
of Drawn and muscle. who is en-
/ Joying himself to his hearts con-
tent. And then he of the wealth
and dyspepsia and troublesome
conscience and other things which
90 with large incomes. groweth
bitter III his heart and Jealous of
the happy toilcrS. who. with GOOD
apprtltcS. clear conScicnccS and
healthy bodies. are getting all that
II coming To them in the joyful
/ line, and he almost wiShcth he wrrc
one of them, for they taste of Iitr.s
sweets which are not for him. and
he gctteth 10 thinking wherein they
are better of than he and he real
lIelh he * much to the bad in the
/ happiness stunt.
For the world was made for. the
man who earns his bread by the
sweat of his brow and not for him
VINO Spcndcth his time clippinn
coupons and trying to corner tho
food SUNNY mi tho inst 7 -,
aiI"Weth such things To 90 just 81
7 iar ana men doth put Il crimp in
III" Sklndlcate game. and those
WI" would liket to put Il tcmcearolrud
the earth and collect toll from all
VINO I'VE ON 1t are down and out III
the twinkling of an eve.
Moral. Money don't always
mean happiness. but honest labor
does If YOU don't believe il. rub-
her Il lItI La IN, I .,ha,