Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-09-05


which one-half the people are worked
to death, while the other half can
find no work to do? l am for ar
eight-hour work day. In world like
this, why should anybody want? 1t
| is because we allow a few to own
natures field of employment Or
ganized labor must study economies
Then the kingdom of heaven Will
come and touch every land"
Mr.. Phillips Address.
Il am on the program to make an
| address of welcome, but there has
! evidently been some misunderstand-
ing between Mr.. McNew and myself.
| understood that | was to make the
Introductory speech, and had prepared
one. Later l discovered that it was
expected to be an address of welcome:
SO l was left in the dark as just
what to say. For this reason I gave
over TO our friend who has just spoken
to us the time for the first address.
and l now fall in as 4 sort of echo of
it,
I am not much of religionist. There
are religions and religions. but there is
only one great cause of the human race.
I believe profoundly in man-his hopes,
his desires. his fears.
am a friend and supporter to his
deepest, most sacred and helpful in
terests. l believe in the cause of labor,
because its struggle is TO bring about
an answer to these secret hopes and
desires. l am also a profound believer
in the Laborer's God, his creator. and
the only reason God has not conferred
upon him answers to these higher
wants and noblest and hottest desires
is that man has not been intellectually
equipped enough to hold them had God
recognized and answered his prayers.
The great mass of mankind is too self
ish, too self contained, too uninterested
in the greatest good of all to make it
possible to bring about the great good
we all dream of.
| know because I'm often told
BY those who ought to know, I guess,
That far above, uncOunted gold
Is human life and happiness.
j
Yet-always yet: but-always but,
A world of woe must ever be. E.
To hosts the door of joy is shut.
And who, / wonder. holds the key.
Their mvriads the railroads kill.
! But men must take what fortune sends:
To make things safe, or pay the BILL
Would play the deuce with dividends.
! A propless mine-roof broke and fell
And hundreds died-God's will he done!
/ II galleries were timbered woI
Our coal would cost us more per ton
Twill be no case to check the trade
In crackers. bombs and powde- toys;
| For think Of those whose means are
made
BY peddling death to little boys.
Yes. wealth must have her toll Of men
And wealth is scarce to be despised;
But I confess that now and then,
wish re were not civilized.
7 heartily endorse the remarks made
we are not civilized; that we are not
civilized as far as the greatest good
and greatest Justice 10 men are con-
Icerned. Too much is civilization the
rule Of self. We are not interested
lenough in one another The principle
,of that highest civilization. freighte6
with the highest good to all. is love tc
all men: love to every man; every mar
considered in every mans interests. The
profit of the earth is for all; the profit
of every mans labor is for all. The
greatest crime Of this age is mems
lack Of faith in each other: of man iT
man.-of people in people, Of variou:
crafts in other crafts. the members O1
various crafts I'm the members Of Other
crafts. Carpenters should respect the
needs Of the laborers in every Other
branch of toll The sacred interests OF
every laborer are wrapped uD in the
Isacred interests Of every other labOrel
Friends Of the laboring man, let ms
speak plainly to you. This is not my
struggle: il is not your struggle; OF
the capitalists struggle, with all of his
varied interests. alone; il is our strug-
gle The interests wrapped up in YOU
secret desires are wrapped uo in th'
largest good, and welfare of the multi
Imillionaire's or the financiering agents
Iof the industrial world. No man stand:
i or Falls to himself alone. The race car
IonIy be saved by saving all. 1t is moi
the problem Of one man. II is the
problem Of every man.
Now then. as I am situated, it is out
of the question for me to make tbs
historical demonstration that l NIGH
otherwise have made. if l had carried
Tout the purpose of my whole address
but. to close my words. let me say
that never before. in the history o