The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-23

| asked on pay day for a little extra
| change to get the children a pair of
! shoes, hat or new dress.
/ OF course. there arc lots who read
| this will say. why, am not discon-
| tented; I am satisfied Then why do
| you belong to your union: why do
you continually keep kicking about
this thing and that? Why don't you
continue to work for the old wages?
Why don't you live as you did twenty
or thirty years ago. simply because
you are diScontented and don't know
IL Probably you are the boss conf
Dental man. and of course. In that
case. YOU wish 10 be as near as pos
stble like the boss. and you know that
he Is not discontented. Why did he
not enjoy himself during the last
strike, He did not have to deprive
himself any luxury or comforts. But
how was II. my dear fellow worker
with you2 Did you have any luxury
or comforts during that striker You
bet, you did not. All You had on your
mind was when will this matter be
Strengthened up. Did not you con-
denim the boss who, before, you had
praised so highly. But things had
changed some. You and your fellow
workers had asked for a little larger
share of what you had produced. and
that affected the boss material inter
est, and he was very quick to realize
that interest. Now If you. on the 9th
er hand was as quick to realize your
and your fellow workers material in |
terest You would be all right The |
trouble with you Is YOU are afraid that |
you might live as nature intended you !
to live. Here let me quote a saving |
OF Abe Lincoln. and it would be q
good idea II every reader of this
would get this down In their mind
somewhere, so that they Will not for
get It.
in the early DAYS OF our race the
Almighty said to the first of mankind.
BY the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
eat bread and since then. If we ex-
cept the light and air Of heaven, no
good thing has been or can be enjoy
ed by Us without first having cost la
Dor. And inasmuch as most good
things have been produced by labor.
It follows that all such things belong
Of right to those whose labor has pro.
1uced them. But 1t has so happened.
IN all ages of the world. that some
have labored and others have, with
'ut labor, enjoyed a large portion of
he fruits. This is wrong, and should
lot continue To secure to each la
oorcr the whole product OF his labor,
Is nearly AS possible. Is a worthy oh.
ect OF any government
Now let me give you a few facts 10 /
how YOU why you are discontenled
A,,11 Lat
+verage skilled mechanic produces So
71.00 In wealth each year. and that
e receives In wages only S437. 90 ]
Common labor only $4,000. annually
Women from three to FIVE dollars per
'eek: and children from fifty to sew
nty-fye cents per week. Then there
re millions Of workers who arc I'M
BILE to find work of any KIND who
rift into poverty and crime: simply
ecause we allow one class of socie-
TO own all the material and ma,
hinery without which we, the work
RS, cannot exist Il
BY these figures we can see how It Z
possible for Rockefeller to be worth q
|. 600, 900 600, Carnegie $400. 900 900, 4
nd So on down the list OF the re.
class.
Rockefeller is estimated by conser- S
ltive authority as the Chicago Trib-
lie and the Chicago Record-Herald q
be worth S1.000.000,O ,O05 The late h
Republican scholar and
litor. DR. Chas, B. Sparks, in his
'ok, Distribution of Wealth in tho G
nited States said that 5,5O0.00O OF m
e poorest families (workers) own y
operty worth $S0O.O00.01O. Taking d
e average. SIX members to tho fam.
?, then VIC find that $500 600 work In
s. families make total of q. 900 600 ol
ople. Thus we see that through OK II
citation and monopoly rule one man h,
able 10 accumulate l.000. 900. 900 sc
nth OF wealth, whereas SO. 600 900 sc
nerican working people only own fe
operty worth sS00,00O.0o0 There. &C
re 3S.000,000 Americans own 5000. r
1000 less than one American. m
But don't cuss Rockefeller. Carnc. tn
, or any of the rest of these desir- to
lie citizens. Just remember that I'll