The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-15
THE LAB0RING MAN.
By HENRY q. FUNK.

request Oh toe \eutIAA A~AoOA Oo0y oAN
other citizens.l
In the beginning. when God made the
earth,
And the sun. moon and stars had record
ed their birth:
When all things created were by Divine
Made perfect. God said. Now let US
In our likeness and image and proclaim II
that he
Over fowls Of the air and the fish of the
And cattle and creeping things over the
Shall have sole dominion. power and COM
mand.
Six days days, then of toll on the calendar
And the work Of his hand no declared to
lie good.
Six days OF creation examined and blest
And the seventh set apart as a season OF
Rest from the toll Of creating the wealth
Devoted to comfort and pleasure and
health.
Thus early We learn how the lesson was
That all of our comforts and joys must
be bought
BY intelligent labor with hand and with
head
thy bread
Go forth now and multiply. labor and
rest.
Replenish the earth. that thy people DO
blest
Be faithful in all that thy duties require
And thy labor shall ever be worthy its
All things in the earth. air and Sc. shall
be thine
II thou shalt obey the injunctions divine.
How simple the las.on! How plain tho
command,
The reward-how entieing! The calling
how grand!
power
To make the world better in each coming
hour,
To labor produce and create a. he goes:
To add to LIES pleasures and diminish
LIES woes.
Go forth. then. to labor. To all 1t is said.
I'm the sweat Of thy brow shalt thou eat
thy bread
But nowhere do we md. though long We
may look
From page to page OF tae blessed old
book.
A chapter or verse that says any one can
Eat bread by the sweatinsn Of some other
But. alas. in these days OF corruption and
trusts
The schemer gets dainties and the toiler
the crusts!
The knight Of the spade. the pick and the
bar.
Tho yeoman whose produce has loaded
the car.
The creator Of wealth. gets the cold.
stony stare.
And the drone Is a pampered. purse proud
But again to our labors! On history's
| page
| In every country and in every age
| The fact Is recorded in letters OF light
That shine like the stars in the hrma-
ment bright
That the prince in his palace. the king on
| his throne.
Tho man who has millions he claims q,
his own.
Would be paupers today. with all Of thei,
Were it not for tho work Of the laborinl
| man.
The cattle that browse on the valleys and
| hills.
The palaces. buildings. manufactures
mills.
The millions Of acres Of rich growing
/ grain.
The long lines Of railroads over mountain
All things that have value" that tn,
mind can span.
Can be traced to the work OF the labor
l. Ing man.
AS the laboring man is the basis Of all
And without him the structure will crum
BILE and fall,
It is plainly his duty himself to inform.
That he may accomplish tho needed 70
form.
He holds enough ballots within his har'
hand
To settle any question in all this bro.'
land.
To decide uncn men who ara honest An,
And swear when elected their duty to dc
With the people prepared, II traitors the.
To brand them for honest men ever t
| spurn.
But while the mans story we're proceed
ing to tell
The laboring woman deserves praises a
Faithful and true. she stands by man
side
) To hold up his hands with true womanl
pride.
She is with him in all Of his troubles an
His joys and his sorrovs. a. onward Mf
goes.
o woman! What is It that she has No
: done
Since the days when creations gran
work was begun?
In the brilliant and marciful. the usefr
and true
she always finds something for woma
| to do.
In the stubborn and doeile. the bitter an
/ | sweet.
She is always on hand and gets ther
with both feet
All. woman. God bless her. and long ma
she wave
Ger the daughters If virtue and the son
Of the brave!
Go forth. then. to labor! The time 10 q
hand.
Let natures own noblemen now tai
command!
10, traitors abound. bearing spoils Of III
sale
Where manhood was measured BY gold 1
the scale!
The laboring man. with his ballot
Can turn the scales In the contest Il
Let labor join hands from the east to Il
west.
The north to tho south. all movin
abreast,
United in purpose. with Justice and rigl
And freedom and victory ever In sight.
Firemen May Move Headquarters.
The Brotherhoo Of Locomotive Fir
men is contemplating a change {
headquarters from Peoria. ILL.,, to Gil
cfnnati. The board Of directors has Il