The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-25

by the BONeFnHleHl as n vain, lule
dream closed to him forever.
"Happiness for the laborcr consists
in a home, education, children and
protection, but too frequently he is
forced into cherries home: his labor
exhausts him; his little children arc
forced out into wretched shops to
work for starvation wages and TO
speak TO him about a fun dinner pail
Is a bitter insult
No Rights Given the Laborer.
This is the way the laborer looks
on the government. lie will read the
message Of President Taft and look
in vain for some expression of SYM
pathy for the laborer. lie approaches
the legislature as a suppiant and
pleacs for recognition, only to find
that the capitalist has preceded him
and won sympathetic ear. Even II
laws are enacted.to protect the laborer
he sees II all nullined, when the em-
ployer exact that he sign statement
or take an oath that he is not the
member Of a labor union and will not
iojn one. Again he finds the militia
, called out because Of a strike and the
public disorder attending It, and yet
i'm bitterness of soul he tells us that
when the employer breaks the law,
no militia are called out to protect the
laborer.
"The laborer today has no use for
either Democrats or Republicans. He
sees the candidates of both parties un-
blushingly buying votes and thus
along the whole line Of civic action
he finds the liberty, equality and pur-
suit of happiness failure on the part
of the government American insti-
tutions to him mean oppression, Off
cial corruption and all politics insin-
cere. And having lost all hope in the
government for protection, the laborer
of today determines to help himself
and out of this hoplessness. despair
has grown the labor union and In II
alone he finds a measure of projection
against oppression and wrong.
Nhy lie Thinks Himself Misunderstood
| again the laborer of today feels
that he is misunderstood and that the
newspapers misrepresent him. The
rich own the newspapers and he finds
its sheets filled with colored state
ments. partial truths and falsehood'
and his own mistakes and the acts o
labdr put in false light He wishe'
no strikes, yet people say he does. H'
loves peace and order and Is accused
OF riot and boodshed. He desires Z
home and is suspected of wishing fol
a palace. / remarked in my last in
struction that the social question wa
the question of home ami l believe
that IL every workman had a hom'
there would be very few strikes. Al
this MISUNDERSTANDING ongenders
spirit of resistance, an angry tone o
heart and a determination to help him
self which leads up not only to trou
BILE, but 70 Socialism.
Coming closer To the laborer W.
see him face to face with the employ
or. TO the laborer the employer rep
rcsents the actual conditions in tn
world. lie judges all things by hi
view Of the employer and the laborer'
view of the employer Is the laborer'
view of modern society ani govern
ment. In dealing with his employe
he sees II is a transaction betwee
master and servant; he sees and feel
the black list and all business wit
the capitalist Is cold, calculating an
curt. When asked some years ago I
place safety appliances on railroa
cars and guards covering dangerou
machinery in factories, many bus
ness men refused ana promner
trust magnatc stated To the industria
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