New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-06
HONOR HORACE GREELEY
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even I'm the darkest hours or despair.
there has always been before us the in
domitable spirit Of the man who set the
shin afoat. the man who kb how TO
hattie for the right. whose fearlessness
and determination are to-day the pride
and glory of every American union
printer.
Journalist. statesman. thinker. re-
former. man of affairs, he was leaving
behind him the ineffable record Of his
greatness. But our fondest thought II
him is Of the man in all his simple
earnestness. worker In the ranks Of his
fellow men. ever striving for the gen.
eraI upllft Of mankind and thinking OF
himself merely as Horace Greeley-the
printer"
BEFORE going on with the exercises
President Tole took occasion at this
point to introduce a letter written TO
the committee by one Of the first men,
bers of the New York Printers Union
Charles Vogt. now ninety eight years
old. who holds card No. ~. signed by
Horace Greeley In 1850. The letter, full
Of human interest. told 81 the founding
OF THE New Yorker" Greeley's weekly
paper. which he published in the rear Of
the building at No. % Ann street during
the late '30s There were only three
hands" the letter said. of whom the
writer was one. and Greeley often used
to lend hand himself when the press
was late.
IF he pied a line Of type" read the
president. his proverbial equanimity
was not disturbed thereby. Apropos Of
'pi.' II was his custom every Saturday
noon-the paper having been printed and
mailed-to provide what was designated
by the hands as 'pi gorge to which
they were freely invited Released from
the weeks anxiety, Greeley INDUCED in
witticisms and quips that were a feast
for the soul. besides being a digestive as
sistant.
Notwithstanding his financial diff
culties at this time. he never failed TO
pay his hands every cent Of their earn
ings. He was truly the .workngman's
friend in all that that term implies
Letters from William Dean Howels
Monthly" were selected by the president
from a formidable pile. The former
came from Hamilton. Bermuda. It ran
as follows
Il should be glad and proud to come
to No. IS celebration of the Greeley CEN
tenary. but am almost a hundred years
old myself by my personal almanac,
which has been set forward by two at
lacks of the grip. and 1 can only join you
in the cordial sense Of unity which never
was one OF the best Of us, and we ought
to keep his memory green"
Senator Beverage then took the stage
THE labor problem" he said. lis the
fundamental problem. Believing this,
Horace Greeley was in his time the
prophet of a brighter day for those who
toll. The great journal which he founded
became, in critical period, the trumpet
Of American conscience; yet even above
his fame as one of the most brilliant
journalists the world has produced
stands his renown as a champion OF the
rights of labor.
Greeley's Service TO Labor.
Even in his early manhood Horace
Greeley saw the simple and sublime
truth that the labcrer is not merely Il
commodity, but human being. The old
savage theory that the workingman is
merely merchandise, like a sack Of hour
was horrible 20 him. II would be better
for the nation and all the world If the
master minds directing the material
forces of our time could see this as Hor-
ace Greeley saw il. For the present
Progress and final triumph Of the idea
Of the laborer as human being as much
Il not more credit is due 10 him than TO
any other single American intellect"
The Senator went on from this point 10
outline the editors concrete plans for
lahor's betterment." He was among the
greatest advocates OF organized labor
he said He quoted Greeley as saying
that the aggregate waste of labor and
faculty for want of organization In any
year exceeded the cost Of any war for
five wears, ruinous and detestable as war
vas.
Greeley. he held. thought. spoke and
tonight for improved labor conditions in
every phase OF labor's activity and life.
and believed that labor which, jointly
with capital. produced wealth. should
get an increased and increasing share
in IT,
Though no clearer light had ever been
thrown on unjustifable industrial and
financial inequalities, continued the SEN
ator. than Horace Greeley's remorseess
ANALYSIS. IN nearly all he said and pro-
nosed for the welfare OF the workingman
he was carefully practical. He did not
propose 10 cure between night and
morning all the inJustices we had in
herited from the beginning Of time, but
there was one thing on which he did
insist as an immediate necessity, and
that was the shortening Of the working
day.
The fact that in nearly fifty trades
there was at the present time an eight
hour day, asserted Senator Beveridge.
was due TO the humane agitation Of
which Horace Greeley was one of the
first and greatest American apostles.
Child labor. the speaker continued, was
Americas peculiar industrial shame. 1t
was a crime against manhood labor.
against the humane business man.
against childhood, against society. 1t
was an insult TO our religion. Horace
Greeley. he declared, was against it. even
I'm his day. when child labor in America