The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-08-30

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at loss for an argument to support
their contentious. have at times
thoughtlosaly charged trade unlonists
as being thoroughly matcrinlistic" In
possessing mo ideals or sentiments"
and Influenced by no great "soul.moy.
Ing forces"
Sentiment In Organized Labor.
Such expressions can only come
from those who are not Informed. or
such as are burdcncd with prejudice
In order that those who run may read
and understand. "a few facts are hero
with uniolded 10 that cynics. critics.
opponents and friends may obtain "a
glimpse In a condensed form Of what
these same trade unlonista have nc.
compllshcd because Of great soul
moving force burning within them.
Conserving Men and Women.
The farther the American people nd.
vance IN this direction In the future
the more surely will they observe true
economic princlplos-that IL to say,
the conservation OF human resources
and human energy Of tho tollers
means the ultimate safety and well
s-ssss - 49,
only too true. and pity lis lis true"
that the greatest form OF waste from
which our people suffer az this time 10
the terrific waste Of human energy.
due 10 uncconomlc methods. The NV.
ful slaughter Of the workers whose
bodies are MANNED. or whose lives arc
unnecessarily destroyed In some in.
dustrlcs and In transportation. Is gen.
orally caused by long hours, Ignorance.
incompetence. haste or greed.
Stlll while II IN true that these
grave charges are daily aubstantiatod.
yet. II II had not been for tho con.
slant vigilance nnd heroic persistence
Of tho workers in providing remedies
for such awful possibilities. every
trade and occupation would be equally
subject TO ms frequent casualties as
now occur In the mills and blast fur.
nacos Of the iron and steel Industry,
where organization Of the workers
has been slow 10 develop. as well as
In those coal fields. where tho mlno
workers nre still subjected 10 serf.
like conditions by agencies OF preda.
tory wealth
II o. therefore. perfectly Rppro.
pirate 20 draw attention TO such
comparison before CIumeratlng the
legal measures Of prevention and
safety already established in tho sew.
eral states.
Tho first subject covered IN natur.
ally the Conservation Of Time" or
"The S.Hour Day" without tina to
recupsrate. observe study. reflect.
the workers are rendered hopelessly
unable TO act either IN their own be-
half or In cooperation with others for
the public good,
Shortening the Working Day.
Observe the communities whoro the
steel trust. the sugar trust, the cord.
age trust an dtho rubber trust are
dominant, and, where greed n all pow.
erful. whero tho workers grind out n
miserable existence twelve hours per
day, md In many cases seven days
per week. never less than seyenty.two
hours. frequently eighty.four hours
per week In such places race suicide
runs rampant. sickness. vice. dlseaso
drunkenness and deaths by violence
are tho rule rather than the eKcep-
tion.
Boarding house shacks. corner sa-
looms and squalor abound homes.
schools and libraries are conspicuous.
ly rare or absent,
Human llfo is held cheapest In
Pennsylvania, where tho long and the
many work days are prevalent, But
Ter loses 37i out Of every hundred
thousand OF IT'S people by violent
deaths In industry; Plttston, $50. Nc
KEGS Rocks and McKeesport 2gO,
Shenandoah 279, Pottsylle 276 and the
large city, Plttsburg. with It's dlversi.
fed population, reyels IN a violent
death rate OF 1911 per one hundred
thousand people. according to the
mortality statistics OF the United
States census bureau in 1906
The average age Of these deaths by
accident Is thirty-three and half
years This fearful drain occurs
among men doing the work OF the
xvorId hofora thav have raachad tina