Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-09-07
DIGNrrY on LABOR.

Morrison scclc4r, of The American
Federation OF Labor. he stated that or
eauized ialor proposed 20 continue its
political campaign OF clectng ts
friends oua Of dcieatns those who are
indifferent or hostile 10 tho enactment
OF labor measures"
Political activity is clearly the right
Of organized or unorganizcd labor and
promises more speedy and sat.sfac-
tory solution Of the problems affecting
labor than do methods that 80 readily
pariske of feaud and violence as do the
boycott and the strike That the con
dition ar labor hae enormously Inn
proved turing the last century is APP
parent nom many sources Of historical
information
4 century ago. Burns wrote Of the
vorklnsmsn. tho poor man o. that
time
"what though on namely fare We dine.
Wear hoddln grey, and athati
Gle fools their silks ana knavcs their
wine
= mans a man for that
For athat and a'that
our tolls obscure and athat
Tho rank is but the gulneas stamp
The mans tho GOLD for athat'
To-day the laborcr is IN no such con-
clifton lie has three good meals each
day, v i'm meat as often as he cares Tor
81 more often. no doubt than IS best
FOR his health he is we'll clothed. his
wife and daughter are not without
siiken apparel. while silk handkcrchiefs
and stockings are not unknown 10 him.
Wine he has when he desires a. and
like The rich fool In Burns day. this
mocker too often makes fool Of him
No longer are his tolls obscure every
person is more or less Interested In the
production and Industrial vocations
and his work lie the subject Of innumer-
able legislative provisions FOR the pro-
lection and fair treatment OF himself
and comrades
Later when Carlysle wrote that two
men be h0nored, and no third name.
ly. the worker with the hands and the
worker with the brain-it began to be
plain that those who think-and these
arc the hardest workers should also
labor with their hands in order the bet
ter TO understand the way Of the wage
Garner. also that those who labor with
the hands should likewise cultivate
their minds, in order that they might
understand the way Of the scholar. and
at the same time apply TO their work
that intellectual effort which should
vastly increase IFS efficiency and out
put.
In our day. the distinction between
hand labor ana mental application Is
only one Of degree All great thinkers
delight IN working with their hands, in
order. chiefly. 20 rest from the more
severe strain Of concentration upon tho
problems which they are seeking TO
solve All true worSinEmen. an hrst
class mechanics. must also be think
ers and investigators. II they would
permanently hold their places and re-
tain and advance their present rates OF
compensation
Thus Is labor advanced 10 place Of
dignity and honor II is no longer
mental and hears no faint ~ the deGra-
dation which anciently attached TO H.
sven ar lately as tho middle ages II
contributes 20 the health the recre-
alton and often 10 the inspiration Of
the scholar and student. while excel
lence In any Of its legitimate forms rs
the surest means OF progress and en-
iightenment 10 the iaborer himself In
he fine view Of Mrs Osgood
Labor h rest from the SORROWS that
greet as,
Resi- from an petty veNauons that meet
US.
Rest from sin-promptings that ever cn-
treat US.
Best from world-sirons thar lure as 10
in
Work, and pune slumbers shah wait on
thy pillow
Work thou shalt ride over cares COM
ing blnoV
LIE not down Wcaried meath woes
weeping willow
Work with "a stout heart and rcsolutc
win.
Reft not content In thy darkness
clOd
WORK for SOME good. be IL over go
slowly.
Cherish some hover be o. ever so iov-
lyi
I.abor-all labor "a noble ana holy.
let thy great deeds De tny prayer t0
thy Coo.