The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-03

Are not the soldiers to have any part
in the triumph and in the reward of
the nation?
A Word to Employers.
All, no! The true general and the
soldiers of his army are one. When
his soldiers are defeated, he shares the
blame And sometimes general will
take upon himself all the discredit of
the defeat Thus Robert E. Lee, after
the battle of Gettysburg, said: ''It was
my fault. 1t was all my fault" And
General Burnside, after the battle of
Fredericksburg. said: at was my
fault. 1t was all my fault" And one
of the last acts of brave Carl Schurz's
life was to write a defense of his own
Eleventh corps, which was defeated
by Stonewall Jackson at Chancellors-
Vile. while, on the other hand one
of the first acts of Sherman cr Lee or
Jackson or Grant or We. "a or
Napoleon after victo:-.- II an
nounce a long list of POI! i);!s for
the men who had special! '.istin-
guished themselves in the t@it and
for the soldiers whose sacrifices had
made the victory possible. My sol
diers did it, is always the cry of the
true, successful general 'My soldiers!
Praise me not any more than you
praise the men who fight under me.
If you reward me, then reward my
soldiers too"
Now, should you not act on the same
principle? Have there been no other
hands besides yours building your
palace of success?' What about
your fathers and mothers and brothers
and sisters and the teachers and
friends of your youth? Have they had
nothing to do with mOlding your char
acter and developing your talents? Did
not your parents give up the best part
Of their lives to your interests? Did
not your sisters and brothers make
sacrifices for your education? What
about the little old village church
where you used to be taken as boy
and where. to great extent, your spir-
itual character was formed? Have
you ever done anything for that
church? Have you helped to pay off
it's mortgage? Have you bought Il
new organ for that church? Have
you ever sent Il dollar to help support
the poor widow of your old pastor, who
did so much for your spiritual health!
How about your old schoolteachers?
Have you done anything for them?
No. You stick your thumbs in the
lapel of your coat and pat your chest
approvingly and contentedly say: Il
am a self made man. These people
had nothing to do with my present sue
cess l won it ali. Yes, l won it all :
l know from your words that your I'M
grateful heart has turned into stone
and that it will need blast OF dyna-
mite to break 1t from its present in
gratitude and forgetfulness.
The Worker Deserves Full Share.
Then what about your present staff
Of employees? Are they to receive no
financial share of your present sue
cess? You know you have men work
ing for you today who are simply in
valuable You know that if rival
firm should come and offer certain
men in your firm third more than
they are receiving you would be glad
to advance their wages rather than
lose them. You know that IT hard
times should come and business should
run behind you would cut your EN-
ployees' wages down. And yet when
your business is prospecting you give
those employees no share of the pros
perity. Now, my brother, l want to
ask you, is that square? Is that right?
If you ask those men with whom you
are associated to share your adversely
when it comes, ought you not to let
those same faithful men and women
share your prosperity?
But there is another large class Of
people who need your help today and
who have right to claim it. They
are not the old men and women nor
the middle aged. They are not the
people who for years have been living
by your side. They are not the people
with whom perhaps you are even ac-
Quainted. But they are the boys and
the girls or the young folks who are
standing upon the threshold Of life
with some fearful mental or physical
or spiritual handicap. These young
people have on them the faint Of n
bad ancestral heritage, or by finan-
cial misfortune they are compelled to
grow up amid vitiating social environ
ments. Unless some one comes to
their help they are doomed to make
a failure out of life before they start.
God expects you to help them.
The Child 6readwinner.
Here, for instance, is young boy
who has large number Of brothers
and sisters. He Is born in the beauti-
full city Of Philadelphia. But thou
sands and hundreds Of thousands OF
families are there, and he Is only an
atom In a great crowd. His father is
a Woodworking, brave, noble man.
But one day a scaffolding upon which
he Is working drops, and almost I'M
mediately the husband and father is
dead. His mangled corpse is carried
home to the little cottage Now, how