The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-07-27
Gordon Nye.
(New York CALI

There are two things which the
average so-called financially success
ful business man always alludes tc
| when he gives free advice to the
young men
He usually begins his address by
stating that the making of money
or the losing of it, in business is
q fair test of efficiency, and con-
cludes by advising all young men
TO get married as quickly as posi-
Bile. Get married." MARBLES these
smooth-tongue expIoiters OF wage
slaves, even though you must live
in one room to begin with. 1t will
teach you economy and curb your
taste for extravaganza
Or course we know that the state
ment regarding efficiency is a half
truth and foolish. These warblers
OF free advice ofttn bear the marks
OF inefticiency on every line in their
faces, yet they are making plenty Of
money. The mechanism Of capital
ism is such that once an eMploiter
OF labor, the money flows into the
capitalists pocket work or no work,
efficiency or no efficiency.
But their advice relative to the
question is a more serious matter for
thousands of young men who
through lack of economical opDor-
tunity in this year of our Lord 1911
can never hope to attain a home of
their own.
1t is to these thousands of good,
hard working clerks, department
store statesmen. factory hands and
la'borers Of all kinds, whose wages
average from SIS to SIS week,
that we wish to speak
Under the present system your job
does not belong to you. When you
hire out to a boss you agree to
work certain number Of hours at
a certain wage. All you produce be-
longs to the boss and he always re-
tains the right to discharge you
whenever it serves his interest to
get rid of you. AS practical man
you know that the salary he pays
you is barely sufficient to supply
your simplest wants. For that rea-
son the extra expense incurred by
taking wife is not to be thought of.
We dislike to talk,.to YOU concern
ing love marriage and happiness in
terms O fdollars and cents. but what
all human beings seek more than
any other one thing is happiness.
Art, science, culture, love and hap
lpincss are only possible where the
sordid struggle for the bare neces-
sites of life is eliminated. For
that reason marriage and the hap
piness to be derived from that nat
ural state rests upon the keystone of
economic sufficiency-the ability to
supply all material needs to keep the
badly and the mind in a healthy con-
dition
We want YOU to learn this fact
The sooner you understand it the
sooner you will vote out of existence
the present economic system which
is destroying the home.
The Instability of your employ
ment, the scant wages paid YOU are
after all the big reasons why you
pause ere launching yourself into a
matrimonial tangle. Your personal
maintenance taxes your $12 a week
to the utmost, SO you shun the mar
riaGe tie
But YOU are not alone in this pre-
dicament. Every town and city has
it's thousands and tens of thousands.
Capitalism denies to these Young
men the opportunity to provide for
themselves what every earnest young
man instinctively craves-marriage
and a home of his own.
YOU DON'T GET MARRIED BE-
CAUSE YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO
GET MARRIED. WHY CAN'T YOU
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