The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-08-30


IN &2&S2A Unkindly critics
when piqued. or
at loss Tor an argument to support
their contentious. have at times
thoughtlessly charged trade unionists
as being thoroughly materialistic" in
possessing mo ideals or sentiments. :"
and Influenced by no great "soul-mov-
/ ing forces"
Sentiment In Organized Labor.
Such expressions can only come
from those who are not informed. or
such as are burdened with prejudice
In order that those who run may read
and understand, few facts are here
with unfolded SO that cynics, critics.
opponents and friends may obtain q
glimpse in a condensed form of what
these same trade unionists have ac-
complished-because of great soul
moving force burning within them.
Conserving Men and Women.
me farther the American people adj
vance in this direction in the future
the more surely will they observe true
economic principles-that Is TO saw.
the conservation of human resources
and human energy of the toilers
means the ultimate safety and well
being of the nation and while II Is
only too true, and pity It's It's true"
that the greatest form of waste from
winch our people suffer at this time Is
the terrific waste OF human energy
due TO uneconomic methods. The aw.
4 c. Id If
bodies are manned, or whose lives are |
unnecessarily destroyed in some in |
dustries and In transportation, Is gen.
orally caused by long hours, ignorance. |
incompetence, haste or greed.
Still, while II Is true that these
grave charges are daily substantiated.
yet, II 1t had not been for the con.
slant vigilance and heroic persistence
OF the workers in providing remedies
Tor such awful possibilities, every
trade and occupation would be equally
subject TO as frequent casualties as
now occur in the mills and blast fur.
naces or the iron and steel industry.
where organization Of the workers
has been slow to develop. as we'll as
In those coal fields, where the mine
workers are still subjected to serf
Ike conditions by agencies of preda.
tory wealth
III is, therefore, perfectly appro-
pirate TO draw attention TO such q
before enumerating the
.egal measures of prevention and
safety already established in the sew
eral states.
The first subject covered is natur-
lily the Conservation of Time" or
The S-fiour Day" Without time 70
cooperate. observe. study. reflect. ;
he workers are rendered hopelesslv ,
Unable TO act either in their own be- |
lalf or in cooperation with others for
he public good. .
Shortening the Working Day.
observe the communities where the :
teel trust, the sugar trust. the cord /
ge trust an dthe rubber trust are .
omlnant. and. where greed Is all now. y
rful. where the workers grind ont q 4
miserable existence twelve hours per r
ay, and in many cases seven days h
er week. never less than seventy.two a
ours. frequently eighty-four hours 9
er week. In such places race suicide
lns rampant. sickness, vice. disease +
and deaths by violenca u
re the rule rather than the excep. 9
on
boarding house ehacks. corner ga. 81
IONS and squalor abound: homes 8,
,hools and libraries are consnicuous. "
rare or absent. -
Human life is held cheapest IN n
ennsylvama. where the long and the h,
any work days are prevalent. Rut- 81
r loses 374 out of every hundred @,
ousand OF its people by violent al
'aths In industry: Pittston. $50. Nc 10
ees Rocks and McKeesport 900 W
,enandoah 279. Pottsville 276 and the III
rye city. Pittsburg. with its diyersi- ar
ID population. revels In violent w
ath rate OF 1911 per one hundred Is
ousand people. according to the M
ortality statistics OF the United isl
ates census bureau in 1906. bl
The average age of these deaths bv su
cident is thirty-three and a half flu
ars. This fearful drain occurs
iong men doing the work of the
rid before they have reached the