The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-04
A Laborer Who Thanks God and Cap
ital for His Home.

To the Editor of The Times: Hav-
ing read. with much interest the NJ
tfele headed Free Riot Laws, by =.
w Post, / beg to say 1 think he mas
voiced the sentiments OF vast numbers
of people OF ali stations in life; ana ~
know sG there 0' a nna mem Of influence VINO
will come TO the front anu aeno1 .ne
the atrocious acts or those VINO pretend
to pose as friends of the iabSfing pro,
foes. Not only labor LEADERS. put
other men OF prominence may be in
eludcd. also. True Americans VIII pot
hamper liberty and independence. bat
Will defend ii as did those who gave
their lives that those who succeed
them might enjoy IL, a portion OF
which il offered TO aliens. put not ali
OF It.
| Civilization is the browning feature
OF any nation. and must have civil laws
To govern IT.: but IL said laws are not
enforced upon all violators according
TO the merits OF the case, IL cannot
Justly be called a civilized nation. And
II SO. when. and where shall we look
AS jealousy among officers prolonged
the civil war. so will IL sweep away
our boosted liberty and peace, IL IL is
not mutually averted.
Ofnce and notoriety seekers are con-
tinudIly locking around and bestesinS
the president like a lot OF balls with
as he may. they Will return and strike
him somewhere. When the strings
break. they will fly into some stagnant
pool and splash dirt and filth into the
faces OF peaceable and home-lovtng
people and theh seek to array them
against the president and capital,
trusts, etc, anything they can nation
up TO disturb peace.
They say capital Is keeping US down
We believe IL does keep some people
down. and quite low I'm the gutter, too
and the more capital they get. the
lower they seem TO 40. The altituue
OF mans elevation by capital depends
largely upon the quality of his com
We. as laboring men. cannot afford
TO turn our backs upon capital III we
did. we would soon go hungry. Cap
fIa1 cannot afford to turn It's asidei "
IL did. IL would injure itself nature
Intended that capital and labor should
go hand-in- hand and protect each other
and when any individual attempts 10
separate them, he is an enemy to both.
/ am a laboring man and mechanic.
l have seen some prosperous times, ara
know that when capital was in the
straits, II found me there, and vice
versa.
| have worked for ordinary wages.
bought and paid for a good home. be-
side some interest. and rent. before
buying. also living and travelling ex-
penses whpn working away FROM
nome. including taxes. fuel. and some
Injuries. / have worked in some large
cities, and smaller places. and know
Judging from my own experience, see
no reason why thousands of others can
not own their homes who do not, and
be far better situated than they now
are.
But they cannot do this. and prnc-
tice. or promote the habit OF drinking
and smoking. and attending all manner
OF places OF amusement A man who
Is ambitious enough to. and does own
a home, Will. IL he has any regard for
common decency, strive TO make his
...1 49, fxrn ax.A In. Un
doing, he enhances the value thereof
and stimulates feeling Of enterprise
I'm those around him. and has become
country In which he lives
There Is at least one thing amongst
mechanics, that is, and has been very
detrimental to them, and a labor or
the situation. but make IL worse IL any
thing. IL is this word. "Seffshness.
Carpenters are well acquainted with
its meaning, and know that 10 has
ruined more men than IL has made
rich.
IL is a hard proposition for man to
begin an enterprise and carry 10 out
with benefit to himself only. IL Will
benefit others I'm some way. and N he
fails, II will also affect others In some
re 5as s u sppes sss s ssst 'e
il for US socially and financially.
When we review the experiences OF
the last ~ or Is years, as regards Ia
Dor organizations. and their workings,
Notwithstanding their boosted Victories
I'm a few cases, we see only a dismal
failure on the whole. with the loss or
millions of dollars I'm wages.
What Is che meaning or the thou.
sands Of laborers at the present time
besfeging the New York city authori-
ties for aid. while some OF their union
co-laborers are receiving four dollars
per day? Even petitioning for national
aid. men who short time ago were
receiving the highest wages,
Why don't they war against their
next door neighbors and besiege Wall