The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-03-25
LABOR MUST
COOPERATE.
In Movement to Stamp Out tuberculosis
Addressa Delivered by National
Organizer Chas. krall1oan Of
the Mine Workers.

The following is an address
delivered by National Organizer
Charles krallman, of the United
Mine Workers of America before a
mass meeting held under the
auspices of the Anti-Tubcrculosis
League in this city, March 1G,
I9O3:-
II. CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND
GENTI.EM EN-
| understand this is a meeting
OF all classes Of people, assembled
here for the purpose Of making
war on the dreadful disease known
as Tuberculosis, am quite
sure that express the fccliug Of
all organized labor in this country
when ! say, that we are willing
and ready to cooperate with you
to any end that will tend toward
the progress of eliminating this
human plague. Yes, cooperate
with you to such an extent if it
were possible to make health con
taglOuS instead of disease. OF
course we are fully conscious that
all that are born must die. We
fully realize that this is true of
animated things, the human being,
the beast of the fields and forests.
the birds of the air, and all grow.
ing things, are floating, yes, seem
to be swimming OH a mysterious sea
called life. And far below where
we cannot see him is the enemy we
must all fight, though we may never
conquer the adversely of all life,
We call him death.
Why we are sent into the
world to struggle for an cxiStancc.
we do not know, why we fear to
leave it, and yield at last to the
power that turks beneath the sea
upon which we float, we do
not know, but we all agree
that we are sent here for good. and
AS we apply the labor of hands and
minds, for good, all the world is
unreasonable augmented.
We again realize that We are all
sent into the world with one over
powcring instinct, the instinct of
self preservation, teaches us to
recognize the many agencies of
the common enemy, death, has at
his command which we are gradu-
eases that has been cutting the
people down, before they have
had time to do their work of
the world, is being gradually con-
pucred.
Smallpox has lost its terror.
Science has conquered it..
Yellow fever went next, yellow
fever and leprosy and that long
trail of evils that once Stalked the
land has lost its dread since the
world has learned to clean house.
and as a progressive and sensible
people, we say that consumption
must go next and in addition to
this our old enemy death has no
right to so many of our innocent
babes who is his chief victim and
as organized toiling men, We are
looking forward to the time when
science and common sense will
protect the child, the baby from
becoming his innocent victim on
account Of impure milk, food or
the parents inability to properly
care for them. SO my friends you
can readily understand that the
work OF perpetuating life is the
'ditllldl pGlnclple Oh OlSiliiLeu
labor and we are only too happy to
have the opportunity to Co operate
with any, or all people 20 make
war on tuberculosis. or any other
disease, because we fully realize
that death turks and strikes his
fatal blow early in life through
this agency on The laboring people
ON account of their unhealthy
surroundings i'll the shops and at
their homes, the laboring people
male and female are the ones who
live in the huts of the large cities
and are compelled to elle out Il
miserable existence and breathe the
>titiled and poisonous air, all on