Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-05

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 or Lee or
Jackson or Grant or Wellington or
Napoleon after a victory was to an
nounce long list OF promotions for
the men who had specially distin-
gulshed themselves In the fight and
for the soldiers whose sacrifices had
made the victory possible. "My sol
dicrs did IT, is always the cry OF the
true, successful general. "My soldiers!
Praise me not any more thnn you
praise the men who fight under me.
II you reward me, then reward my
soldiers too"
Now, should you not net on the same
principle? Have there been no other
hands besides yours building your
palace OF SUGGEST" 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
..t... In1, M
its mortgage? Have you bought a
new organ for that church? Have
you ever sent q dollar to help support
the poor widow Of your old pastor, who
did so much for your spiritual healthi
How about your old schooltcachersi
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. I won 1t all Yes, I won 1t ALL"
I know from your words that your I'M
grateful heart has turned into stone
and that it will need n blast Of dyna
mite to break 1t from its present in
gratitude and forgetfulness.
The Worker Deserves a Full Share.
Then what about your present stan
Of employees? Are they to receive no
financial share of your present sue
ing for you today who are simply in.
valuable. You know that If n rival
firm should come and offer certain
men in your firm q third more than
they are receiving you would be glad
to advance their wages rather than
lose them. You know that IL hard
times should come and business should
run behind you would cut your en-
ployees' wages down. And yet when
your business is prospering you give
those employees no share of the pros.
perity. Now, my brother, 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 lei
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 1t. They
are not the old men and women moi
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 &C
| Quainted. But they are the boys anc
the girls or the young folks who are
standing upon the threshold Of life
with some fearful mental or physica
or spiritual handicap. These young
| people have on them the faint OF 6
bad ancestral heritage or by fnan
cial misfortune they are compelled &c
grow up amid vitiating social environ
ments. Unless some one comes tt
their help they Nre doomed to make
failure out Of life before they start
God expects you to help them.
The Child ereadwinner.
Here, for instance. Is young boy
who has large number of brother.
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 ar
atom In a great crowd. His father Il
hardworking. brave. noble man
But one day a scaffoldlng upon which
he is working drops, and almost i'm
medlately the husband and father 1.
dead. His mangled corpse is carried
home to the little cottage Now, how
is that young boy ten years OF age Il
get IN education? Who is to feed hin
and to educate him and to clothe him
The mother? Well, If the mother II
to be the breadwinner. who will stay
at home and look after the children
Can a weak mother do Il mans worl
and woman's work at the same
time? Is II possible for her to be II
two places at the same time? Unlesi
some one comes to this woman's hell
that boy will have no chance for sue
cess. He will be sent forth to help earl
his living almost before he is out Of thu
nursery. lie may become n newsboy
He may be pitllessly thrown among TIT
vile influences Of street gutter. TheI
his moral character, In all probability
will be wrecked while he ia yet only {
little child Who will be the Stephel
Girard to reach ont the helping hant
to rescue that child?
Have you ever visited Glrard colleg
in Philadelphia? 1t is one OF the no
blest institutions in the world. 1t wa
founded by an old niser StepheI
! GIrard during his life line was Shy.