The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
The Labor Day Address Of This Afternoon

This makes Mr.. Drew q contradiction,
for he charges the walking delegate
with being an advocate of the men,
just simply what he Drew is h.
self. He indicts himself by his own ar
gument. Walking delegates have been
found necessary under our system,
and one species Of them is found in
the class to which Drew belongs. the
lawyer. There Is one for every $40
people in the United States, and Iowa
alone had 3,436 lawyers in 1900. Drew
has advocated for the Open Shop Pub
(, licity Bureau and only represents one
side of the question in debate. The
other side must naturally be the repre-
sentative of the people and for the
unions their representative. What
means he will resort to in forcing his
argument is shown in connection with
the Mcnamara case.
AS to his associate. Otis, of the
Los Angeles Times, in connection
with this case, the Los Angeles Labor
Press says: Ever lies about and mis-
represents labor; the Times has
sought to create sentiment behind
which it could bulwark itself and
from which it could fitch the money
project. The Times cartoons repre-
sent their wives and daughters as
wantons, themselves as drunkards.
Both accompanied printed descrip-
tives obscene as to approach the very
verge of public lndecency. Otis has
been flinging dynamite around this
town for years." That description Is
considered sufficient for the two men
! who are wildly advertising that or
ganized labor is on trial in Los An
geles.
| The renown of Keokuk by which
| she has deserved the title of the Gate
City to the great western empire, had
nearly gone into history, but now she
will again recover the title through
the industries which are invited by
the enterprises located at her feet,
which renown cannot come from petty
! matters such as were reflected upon
! the community Immediately after the
establishment of the commission gov
eminent. Arguments in its behalf
cannot be made by the elimination of
! the printers label from the city's
| printed matter Worse than folly Is it
| to advertising the collection of in
creased dog tax or augumenting the
treasury by police court fines when
an act Is in evidence which insults an
organization that is the pioneer in the
| fight against tuberculosis. No saving
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printers label, and instead humanity
suffers and the noble example of the
printers Is thwarted by every such act.
Voluntarily each printer in the coun-
try passed a tax of $500 per thous-
and to fight the white plague in pro-
viding for their retirement from the
Industrial life, and another $1.50 Ter
thousand tax has been voluntarily
assessed by the printers, in order that
home and sanitarium may be provid-
ed at Colorado Springs for the treat
ment of tuberculosis patients. That
tuberculosis is one of the diseases of
the occupation is proven by the gov
eminent statistics where in 1909 it is
reported that BIB of the deaths of
printers, photographers and pressmen
! who died at the ages Of 25 to "a years
were from tuberculosis of the lungs,
and 1926 of the deaths Of males be-
tween the ages of 25 to "a years were
likewise. The mortality Of the printers
union Is IL per thousand, and it can
be readily seen what burden would be
reflected upon society to remedy suf-
fering from the white plague should
action such as has been taken in Keo
kuk with regard to the printers labe
be taken everywhere Taxes would
have to be increased and wars with
political influences might prevent
such remedies as would be secured
from the increase and thereby cause
many sufferers to go untreated
whereas the fraternal spirit of unior
organization gives immediate aid.
More considerably must the electri
cal worker be treated by the authori
ties of Keokuk than have been the
printers, for nestled at her feet lies
the means of transportation for the
territory within 200 miles of her Dor
ders. She always holds in her hang
the destinies of these people in this
territory through the electrical work
er, who will assist in producing ane
distributing the power generated 1,
the Father of Waters
These sentences are hoped to give
: but one thought, and that in accord
with the expressions of the wizard o
the age, that there will be no povert!
!, in the world one hundred years from
: now. Everything will be made 81
cheaply. Quite consistently everyon,
!. is looking for the cheapest market
: On Labor Day. at least mankind
: should appreciate the value of the la
: borer. We should not be guided b.
! prejudice, nonsense Or fanaticism Al
y gument is everything, abuse is moth
, ing, but if the government can regu
late it should also possess Hence
keep in mind the clear issues tina
are before you, the value of labo
from capitalistic standpoint and tn
" utilization of capital for the people