The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-10

opinions in &C short a time: He has
no done so. The most decisive proof
that he still clings to them is tho
tact that he has not the courage to
deny them.
Now ask yourself the question::
How Fan labor be true to itself by
voting for such a cowardly enemy OF
the working men Of the United
States?'
American Labor on Ton.
TO do SO will mean hat they are
traitors to themselves. 1t will mean
statements Of Professor Wilson that
American labor is rapidly becoming
Improbable and that every day the
country is becoming fuller Of UNI
profitable servants in the way Of wage
workers. Who in the world believes
that American toilers shirk their work
merely to aid the inferior MANI What
proof has Professor Wilson to put
forth that he is telling ANYTHING like
the truth when he makes a serious
charge Of this kind? He has none.
american labor stands Mt the top
among all nations in the world. 1t
has been American labor. aided by
the laws that protects it. that has
placed the United States at the head
OF all countries in the world. and
here we havc a professor who emer-
ges from the confines Of a college and
tells the people of the world that u
country is simply made up Of a lot
Of shirking and lazy r~ascals.
why has sue a heroic trade
union leader as Samuel Gompers not
attacked this SANDER long ere now?
Why has he not preached defiance to
this SANDER Of American labor: Had
any other candidate for the presidency
made such a prepostcrous statement
as that In question. why. Mr.. Gompers
would have written 81 hundred articles
denouncing 1t and he would also have
delivered a thousand speeches con-
demnatory of the man who uttered
such a lie.
by all means let labor be true to
itself and show at the November cleo
ton that such villiiiers and slanderous
theorists az Professor Wilson ought to
be relegated to the dark and somber
chambers and cloisters Of the univer.
sites. These are the hest places. the
most c%ongenial. for such men as he,
have no common connection with the
practical things Of life.
Compared to Chinese.
But DR.. Wilson has not been con-
tent with vilifying the American wage
workers by ~denouncins them for
something that they are not guilty of.
He has traduced them by comparison
WITH SnlneSe laoOrerE.
On page 2l3. vol. Y. Of his a
History of the American People he
says:
many an unsavory habit. bred un-
wholesome squalor in the crowded
quarters where they most abounded in
the western seaports and seemed
separated by their very nature from
the people among whom they had
/ Cnmo m fya hyS< ~ u.oa tho{. etrtll
their intelligence. their hardy power
Of labor. their knack at succeeding
and driving duller rivals out. rather
than alien habits. that made them
feared n hated and led to their ex-
clusion at the power Of the men they
were likely to displace. should they
multiply. The unlikely fellows who
tolerated because they usurped no
place hut the very lowest in the scale
Of labor
Now ye who labor with your hands
in this great country of ours. and
whose greatest ambition in life is to
rear your families amid good moral
surroundings just think of a man like
DIR. Wilson charging that the Chinese
are simply being kept u of this
country not because Of their immor-
alittes and a low and debased, in fact,
depraved mode of life. but simply be.
cause they are better workmen than
american wage workers and that the
latter are not able to compete with
them in skill and intelligence.
Wilson Not Believed.
Men. Just think Of such an out
rageous statement as this and reflect
Wnat your duty is toward the man
n made II, who wrote it deliber-
ately.
Ifift1fo NJ DeNf4c.~- yIvSS..- --.--A =
Dor. He is not a believer Of organized
effort such as is represented by the
trade union movement. He does not
believe in what he calls 'paternal gov
eminent. Recently. in one of his
strings Of platitudes that are recorded
as speeches. he said:
No government has ever been
IT would take care of the people. The
take care of themselves. We are
grown up and are 81. and do not have
to be told what is good for u.s.
The foregoing only adds force to
ms convictions expressed in his
worker to look after himsel, and and
nothing more. This is the doctrine
that every theorist Of the university
clolsters has preached when it comes
to the question Of the wage workers.
mis- Is the doctrine that retained the
wretched wage workers in England in
social thraldom for generations and
was upheld by just such theorists and
professors AS Professor Wilson. He
Is true to his ancestors Of the univer-
sites both in this country and in 9th.
ers. He is, indeed. a pal of Profes.
sor Day Of Syracuse.
1t must be just as clear as the sun
at monday that labor has nothing
Whatever to expect from Professor
Wilson. He has not. Just as has been
stated in the foregoing. at any time
outlined what he will insist on in the
way Of improving the conditions Of
labor. He has not referred to the
democratic platform simply because
ne Is afraid to venture an opinion
thereon so far as it concerns labor,
because OF the fact that his past utter
ances will make him out a double
dealer or else a confessed foe of labor
unions. That he Is the latter already
ts an absolute truth"
DRAGGED TO DEATH nv TRAIN