The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-08

Rich the queen S robe from the frail
cocoon foweth;
From the fine acorn the strong forest
bloweth,
| Temple and statue the marble block
hides.
Labor is Lifel It's the still water
faileth;
Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth;
Keep the watch wound, OF the dark
rust assaileth;
Flowers droop and die in the still
ness of noon.
Labor is Glory! the flying cloud light
ems;
Only the waving wing changes and
brightens;
Idle hearts only the dark future fright
ems;
Play the sweet keys wouldst thou
keep them in tune.
Look out for the man who does not
work,-the man who goes about with
his hands In his pockets or in some one
else's. Rich or poor, high or low, the
world has no place for the human be-
ing with nothing to do. He is a para
site, living On the bounty of others.
lie ought to be classed with the boil
Weevil and the potato bug and other
pests. Without him we would not need
so many jails, aims houses or insane
hospitals. He is menace to the we'll
being OF human society, and he sees no
sense or propriety in labor day. The
Idle brain is the devils workshop, and
that is one shop that always runs over
time.
Let us always honor the man who
works, and watch the man who is idle
Ii the police will keep track of the
Idle they will catch all of the Grim
mails. Men who work have no time in
which to steal or commit burglary, and
labor don't produce the men who en-
gage IN such enterprises.
But While we commend labor and
condemn ldleness we cannot lose SIGHT
OF the circumstances that occasionally
all does not go well with those who
toll, and that from time to time there
are broad differences between the work.
ers who plan and lead and the work ere
who follow and execute,-between en-
players and the employed. Neither
are we permitted to forget that occa-
slonally mills are closed against disap
pointed workmen because Of some dis
agreement as to hours or wages. or that
workmen at times quit work in a BODY
because of similar conditions. At times,
yet rarely, these differences lead to dis
order and human blood is shed and
human lives are sacrificed while en-
ployer and employed strive for mas
terry.
On this day, filled with love for the
workers, among whom [ was born and
reared, whose struggles and distresses
[ know, and with respect too for en-
ployers who risk their all in the dan
gerous strife called business, I would
bring a word of warning and message
of good cheer to all here present.
To the employer I would say that
what you need in your great business
venture in greater degree than the
time of your employee or his Drawn OF
his skill, is his sympathy, his coopera
tion and his cordial interest. A shop
filed with disconnected workmen will
not succeed. A shop filed with happy,
contented workmen will weather every
blast aud finally reach full measure
of success.
What employees need quite as much
as short hours and fair wages is the full
confidence of the employer. No en-
ployee wants to always remain such.
He is always looking forward hopefully
to the time when he will have a. shop
Or business of his own and carry out
his own plans with his own workmen.
Without this hope his life would be-
come monotonous and unbearable. In
order to rise from workman to en-
ployer he must do SO through slow but
certain promotion. First a workman;
then foreman; then a superintendent,
and then an independent employer
this is the history of the rise of thou
sands Of the leaders Of America today.
The activities of almost every great
railroad line in America are directed by
men who began as Office boys in some
freight depot, or as laborers on the
section. They rose because those above
them had confidence in them, and be-
cause by devotion to duty they made
themselves indispensable adjuncts in
the enterprises in which they were en-
gagged.
Employers and employees must learn
to know each other better. The en-
ployer, if he would succeed in his bust
ness, must consider of the situation of
his workmen. He must in spirit go
with them to their homes, consider of
their needs, of the family of children