The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-08-28
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isn't 40 very long ago that an
eastern college president told us that
the tscab'' Is the. real American hero,
Well all admit that there SIS an occa-
sional man. who, during "a strike, feels
that he Is Justified IN & taking his
neighbor's job. while his neighbor la
fighting hard to improve not only hia
own condition. but the condition of
every man IN the craft, including that
OF the ':gcab" who has taken his plaza
It may be heroic In q sense. to face
the, wrath Of ones fellow workers. be-
cause Of necessity, Or shecauset of the
conviction that the fight Is un1natin=,
able, anyway. I can easily imagine
that some men have persuaded theme
selves that they were right in assunl-s
ing such an attitude during an Indus
trial warfare, and that they were
convinced that their action was heroic.
True Hsroism Distinguished.
But to characterize the average
scab" as the great American hero -
islander on the men who are really
worthy Of the name. Far more heroic
are the men who are hard -pressed by
necessity. but who stand by their fell
lows and suffer with them; fighting to
the end II they are right, but remain
ing out with them and trying ito con-
Vince them Of their mistake, II they
are wrong, 81 =. ss.ss-5 S;Si5s IS $ -
1s anyone foolish enough to- suppose
that men go out on strike because they
want q holiday, or simply because:
their walking delegate" tells them to
do 30? It has not been go in my sex-
per1ence. It requires more heroism to
remain out on strike In tust cause
and suffer than it. does to step In aud
take a strikers place. .zss : Y. s.
; And now the samet college president
who lauded this American, 'hero,.'
has come out advocating 3 new relig-
Ion which Is adapted to q comfortable.
well-fed' class. that never knew any
thing about the. hard knocks Of the
fellow who has been up against the
real thing. As In the case of the
striker, so ! nthe case Of the- average
man-this great college & president
knows as much about human hone
and need as the average theor1st who
confines himself, to dry-as-d dust books.
T.. Study n Entonolegy.
They study US as. the: entonolesist
studies his eleven million bugs. They
look upon us-most of these students
Of "so-see- olo-gee"- automatons
without blood or passion, without life
Or soul. We are calmly advised to
"be good" and It will come out all right
In the end, unHaindful Of the tug and
pull Of 2 thousand imps Of hell, or the
driving g l;l3sst Of devil--be he real or inn
aetnary compe1s us to sin and
to fall, In spite OF our: honest inten
tons. ,> 3.$ s...> = 80 sss:a
TO improve our condition material;
Or spiritual means a constant str,lx-
gle-fightings withins and wIthout--
with all the help that God can give
us. But left to our own resources,
most Of us :WeaId make "a poor JUS af
1t. Faabby. bloedless men snaaY man.
age to get along without much help,
In 50 far as they &c along at all q.
those who were born with every in
clination to dc the right thing, al
though it may be q tame tblng-but
take It that most OF as aren't built
Of: that material It's all the time a
question as to who is to come out On
top-God or the Devil. And it requires
ssa supernatural :power,ste win out. IT
Isn't all Of life to fight, but fight we
must at times, ana we all OF us ''hate
q GUTTER" F=s$ = {35sy 5.s = = G.