United labor bulletin., 1911-11-02
CROSKEY DEFENDS
LABOR DEPART TMENT
Denounces Department Critic and
Gives His Views on
Progression.
(BY r. e. Croskey.)


brought forth Mouse" Mr.. Hosman,
after two weeks hard study, looking up
old reports and endeavoring to find out
as much as possible what is detrimental
to labor organizations, labor laws and
labor men who happen to hold a polit-
ical job for the time being, has found
little or nothing that he can severely
criticise. and the poor fellow has to con-
fine his two columns of illogical bunk
come to aspersions, insinuations and gen.
eralties, most of which are beside the
question at issue. In this issue of hare
braineC chatter and irresponsible frivol-
ity. the gentleman travels from Cripple
Creek to New York state, and thence to
England. and delves back into history
| Of the time of Queen Elizabeth
do not know that person ought to
take up much space replying to this H.
| logical twaddle, and were it not that Mr..
Hosman might think in his eeotism that
he had got away with something" | do
not know that | would.
We are all aware of the fact that the
wage Garner is being robbed. that the
capitalist has his foot on the wage earn
er's neck and all that. and well informed
philosophers usually agree on the estab-
lishment of a cooperative common
wealth as a remedy for this condition.
| But how is this cooperative common.
wealth to be established Mr.. Hosman's s
method is evidently to do nothing but
vote his political party ticket and
presto, the thing is done, and in the
| meantime anything that is done. or al
tempted to be done, tc remedy the evils
| that we know exist is in his opinion of
| no benefit Ito the men, women and chill
| dren that do the worlds work" | do
not believe in any such crazy theory.
but that as We journey through life
should live by the way" try to make cori-
drlions each year better than in the ones
| preceding il. Educate the people so that
| they may be able to assimilate intelli-
gently those progressive measures that
when honestly carried out will materi-
ally benefit them. By this means we
shall make progress towards that ulti-
mate goal when the laborer shall receive.
/ the fun product OF his toll The men
who lead in these progressive move
ments are thinkers. workers and build
ers. not illogical fanatics.
The men who have led in these pro
gressive movements have in the past
mostly been the labor leaders whom you
so much despise, Mr. Hosman. and il is
only within the last few years that they
have received the assistance of the wom-
ems clubs and progressive societies. but
the forefront of the fight was borne by
the labor unions. and TO them more than
any other persons belongs the credit of
awakening the public conscience TO the
evils that exist and the need OF abolish
ing them
We are not going to abolish these evils
in year. and if we were to lie down and
adopt Mr. Hosman's policy of what's
the USE We would never get anywhere
Mr.. Hosman is bundle of contradic-
tions. In his report TO the Typographical
union he advocates the support of la
Dor party, and in his letter to The Unit
ed Labor Bulletin he states that Il would
not support a labor party even if labor
did start one" Then we have the usual
screed about the personnel of the pres
ent labor leaders of Denver. The pres
ent labor leaders OF Denver may be no
better or no worse than those we have
had in the past. One thing. however. we
can always depend upon, which is that
a labor leader who proves unworthy will
not retain his following very long. The
great heart of the labor movement is
sound. and has proven much more hon
est than any political party regardless
u its complexion. win take my
chances with the labor unions before
any political party. MIR. Hosmans in
oluded.
Regarding Mr. Hosman's criticism OF
the poor woman who run rooming
house in Cripple Creek having TO pay
ten dollars for factory inspection fee.
this is only another of the far-fetched
sympathy clap-trap of our friend,
happen TO be well advised regarding the
Arlington rooming house of that city.
having at one time lived there. In my
day il was considered one of the best
appointed houses of its kind in the whole
Cripple Greek district. 1t has ~ rooms,
all of them outside ones, and from the
rents charged | do not think that the
proprietor of il was any poor person try.
ing to make a living. Conditions may
have changed since then. but the fact re
mains that ii is still one of the best
buildings in that district and was not
and is not in the boarding house class
Our friend Hosman wastes half a column
revamping this political bunco stun from
Auditor Kenehan's report IL might in
terest Mr. Hosman to know that during
Auditor Kenehan's term of office in that
position the labor department was the
only department in the states govern
ment in which the appointees had to
bring in signed receipts for every penny
of expense contracted. as the records
or what was left of them-will show.
The factory inspection department never
received anything but a knock from the
auditors office, and there is small won