The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-10-12
Filming TIE BLAME.

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Filming TIE BLAME
The entire Nation is shocked at the terrible accident at Austin,
rennsy!vania: In the tYink1ins Of an eye, without warning; tn.
i I"s", than " seven, "sf,soi ives. )" sr1 'aHtH vr'i ives a 'sSif %,Gu ever ay.
% is '*" tt as "s %o" m ":"'"S siSrlvr 'i i" rt" pain i" m":tr {: a." rhi% %"' w as
I"%T nct e" D wa """"'' by Il, eSrr ra's sns si"pr"f tr ."vT thr " H M"s watt %s fable h"I to
,%s e and :, That "1t,i it. should H,. i, be r !; H@ 5,,a But it u w"" .MI have &c cost st, m@ n
risk. They took the the risk: the dam broke. and seventy-fve peor!S
matter to the paper company. 1t has only cost them *l,5oooo, up
o tl ,fo *.r 1 E :" "f int s s"ry s'ts' %ha!c i no%sr %sr9 to a. :'ry>"tf some
be f ~nr% it is i" bE ths s" a~nriss ' OF 4 .s ssS e ,srr n1"""" "e a%i w Sno" "H
x %"t be g " !" I", "'T Th 's 'S is %%st all q the ' ~v~ %*' p a So% %syi"s.
We must fix the blame and p"nish so"shody But, wait a moment.
a ri We Sv 'iS *S why : sh? "%%'* y E 7S "; %"Si: 5r t% "'" ";nr@ m 'HsiS ;"yS" :sr:
ar"T"s1 at AH@in: - IS aroWnin9 ). } "%cn vose tnnn burning:
"c:i q : 81" sr'1iin .@ and 5' 1"n!T S;" death in %in n" i Hssxf"t"'S. railway
i" In, 1909 ia 5" ere , w%;Si .t t12, men nix ki1Isa: and ! ,9 injured in , min;
and twcnty-onc injured each day, TTc majority Of these acct
v %""i1 i i""y l "syI nS St" = pfry vented n "y E Es2rSa, H'vr F%t %nma" i It
=" iron; @so" ! y:"$': So: is S$'' !" jH" "' 81 ';'S 5o ;::"5 5:% SC s"":yc~ Of the
k M~I In ~ 1907 !S t the num nIe,e killed. MGrG n avrlagc "4 tw" I've ncr sI IhI' y" "
,I IH seemed ,ht t." b. pnrris"1 lar" shocked; and the %sYsr"rsrs ,'1
'', these figures seem insignificant when We come to contemplate
on" rr ":"5i"'i i" n" s S"' ;" %i" u ; ;S I tS %"? y%ji!, I" states s" :" St t"'"' xi'I t"
";"SS% '* 4: 'f*<'*$ : "E TX, f! t'1'i;" | H"% ""'s s%y' ~ '%S"'> t" "r ss""E:
10 d i""> I'll that at "" ">1a%H be- be- r"n;sHr az f"r this < wh T%iy~ I"1 m """sr:
s SH' !s "1""I 5> y" "su " 'I"n' we're X Tifcj i" a '?" %v we kiI' :" ; 1%' ,. .ri""!yH
, 1;".xi"% f war; :n and "In "G!"1 1on was v% %"" ,Mn, u for it, "n| a there was Y nc no
E'iTy ysr Il" r'Ir "I !" e "I1' !" Er the ,,r sn%r wi Hnh,t"Iist n.w w" o, ow; the h
-\nl yet Ilc-tcIth OF all of these accldtntS could have beer
prevented. had TIT mining and railway companies chose to spend
money on safety appliances. But, it costs money to provide freight ,
ra'S with automatic c"uplrrs: it costs money to equip them with
automatic brakes: it costs money to build double tracks: it costs
money /" provide sufficient men to make the hours short. All
these things eos money. but human Ic is worthless. TO make
lille safe would cost money. and would cut down profits. And
IL" MAXI profit OUR railways are operated: to make profit our fac
Everything is managed with the sole idea in view of making a
profit. and safety appliances are expensive. they don t pay.
And 50 Wc continue to grind and Snask and Scald amen to death
"n thr railways. and crush and smother them in the mines. for
men cost nothing. for there is always an w supply. but safety
Appliances are costly. And this slaughter will continue lust 50 I,mr
as property is valued higher than humanity: Just as long az profit
is our sole aim Ill conducting our business enterprises.
I""e dam al Austin WIS built for profit. Therefore it VAS built
as rl'rallA as possible. Tn" builders did not ask. x how st,,nr how
sale" can We build this dam. so that the people living in the valley
hrl"W VIII hc in perfect safety but. how chcaplv "a we build
1hS 'HliF~WhAt is The minimum amount W q can spend N it-hov
can we get fMe greatest amount of profit from it - It was built for
profit and nt for use. Human life is cheaper than building ma
tcriHl.
And, now. Nho is to blame for the accident at Austin. who is TO
n-nnne Ir n yearly lu1i rrin~ and manning of over six hundred
thousand Work1ngmcn IN America? The answer is easy We are.
an A'out equally. to blame. BY olr sclhshnc$S our blindness. II
ahlHa'i Stupidity. W." hay permitted human greed to go ln-
rhA1n"'l: ,ANarl"" has held high carnival in this land of ours. Every
resource. has been monopnlized by greedy. "raSping. dolarseekers
;Hri W." hHNe looked i" incife1rntly. while they have seized upo
"r national herlthgt. And need we now be surprised or shocked
That, drunk with greed they have given n thought TO human life
or hHnfnI safety % happiness. but have sought only to extract the
mos 'h'liirS. regardless OF the 0lSetpltllrc to the resi- of uS9 Yes
q are All t" blame W @ are ArhccpS crnniniS We have stood idly
HA Whit those nltNtrm pirates have seized III nation and p-