White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-11

per1ence i once q IN Egypt, IN
Illinois. It was in that district
where the Three Battled Baptists are
located. There they teach that the
women, If they want to know any
thing, should ask their husbands.
But on a particular occasion a woman
was allowed to preach In the church
to the utter disgust of an old deacon.
he was nightly stirred up. He ask
ed me what / thought of 1t. Now l
had been married three years and /
knew a little about woman. So !
answered thus, ! said: Deacon, If a
fellow went down to the railroad and
saw an express train coming, what
would he do? Would he get on the
track and try to stop the express?
If he did what would be likely to
happen? If he tried to stop the ex-
press what would we see? The ex-
press train would go straight on and
the man would go straight up!" II
you oppose the m in anything
that they want you will be as bad as
the mar who was fool enough to
butt his body against the express.
Now the wives of the working men
have something to do in this line. If
there is a woman here today who
possesses a non-union husband (you
believe in an union or you would
not be married,) get after the man
until he joins the union. Give him
no rest till he joins. You know you
can do this if you will. You have your
husband we'll tied up. Do you know
/ never saved a dollar till l got mar
ried. Then / had nc trouble saving.
Now you women can do something
better for your children than saving
money. And that is by making your
husband come into a union.
The unions of this state have seen
fit to organize a state labor league.
And they are going into politics.
Now if / was up against a man that
was six inches taller than l am; and
il he was about fifty pounds heavier;
and if he was trained to the limit and
he was using all four hands and feet
against me, / would be several kinds
Of an ~insensate fool, to try to fight
him with one hand tied behind my
back.
A part of the power of organized
labor is that. of the organized ballot.
You can solve this question by the
proper use of the ballot. You need
to learn a lesson from Shamgar of
the olden days. You remember the
Lord asked him, what is that in
thine hand?" And he answered,
IAN ox-goad." and the Lord said,
'Then go use that against the Phili-
stines,' and he did and slew three
thousand of them. You union and
labor voters, what is that in thine
hand? Only a bit Of white paper.
Not more than the ox-goad in the
hands of Shamgar. But with it you
can slay three thousand Philistines
of the foes of your American life.
possession? The price of liberty Is
said to be eternal vigilance. Do not
be ON guard 1854 days in the year and
forget to be on guard the 365th day
of the year.
Men tell us that we are having
great and glorious times. Wages
are high. Living too is high. The
cost of living always keeps pace with
the standard of wages. We get more
money and we have to pay more for
what we eat. You pay 40 cents for
a pound of steak. But men say eat
chuck steak. Eat Jul dough. But
II like a good steak. Now what do
good wages amount to If you have to
pay sky high prices for everything
you eat? That Is no solution, you
have to go somewhere else for the
solution of the great question of what
shall we do?
/ believe most thoroughly that the
time has come or it Is close at hand
when there will be a concerted move
ment on the part of organized labor,
intelligently directed, that will bring
about the right results.
l believe In a pure democracy. ]
believe in government of the people,
by the people, and for the people,
bul ! do not believe in a government
of the people, by the trusts, and for
the trusts. That is the difference
that we need t get over.
So / state again that the question
is, shall we preserve the liberties of
our fathers and pass them On to our
successors? Shall We improve on
their work? We are proud of this
country. / am proud of that flag
that SO proudly floats over yonder
building. i was born under It's folds
and l believe in its principles; but ]
want them preserved in all their
purity.
l was at one time a visitor at the
Bellevue gardens that leads out of
Manchester, England. l was at q
great celebration there that wound
up with a splendid fireworks display.
hey were exhibited on an artificial
island, and on that was an artificial
lake. Some 10000 people were
gathered there and they were ali
foreigners to me. I did not know a
soul and l was wondering II those
people had any idea Of what America
really was. They had a great col |
lection of fireworks Of every kind.
But the last set was the one hat in
terestef me and surprised me great
ly. They applied The fire and the
lines ran along and in d moment the
hres brought out the noble, peaceful