Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-09-02

crease in WAGES in the field OF ,Ta:.s
Dortatiou would affect every industry, r
every home and, in fact. every wax
of life. 1t will be seen, therefore, by
those who take the trouble to think
and those who square their life by
the God given maxim OF dong to
others as YOU would have them do to
YOU will direct their ellortS TO see
that the condition Of those engaged in
that line of work with which they
are connected will be content 10
stand upon a plane of justice. That
is. that they shall demand aad see
that they receive, not better, Dut
equal treatment with those engaged
in similar but competitive pursuits,
and they should be just as willing to
aid those who labor in pursuits that
are competitive with theirs, see that
they receive Justice and be placed
upon plane of equality. 1t IS not
possible that all of our evils may be
disposed of. 1t is possible that many,
if not all. of our serious Ills may be
cured. We should struggle day alter
day to see that those who labor in
any given pursuit should first, de-
serve. and second, receive the respect
and consideration of all their fellow
men. In our American lie, Where
continual change goes on from day
to day in the condition OF meA and
affairs. it is more essential that the
laws governing and controlling Ia
Dor should be properly balanced, be-
cause in our country the day laborcr
of today may in few years occupy a
/ pulpit, edit your papers, become your
| judges or law makers, and the man
| who today sits behind the desk may
within few years guide the loco
motive. 1t is this condition OF our
| American life which makes, one call
| ing as respected as another, provided
it be in itself an honorable calling.
The son of the blacksmith and the
son of the banker may and often do
walk dowa the pathway OF life side
bv side. The inherent disposition Of
our people, the character OF oul
government ,tsefl;s makes it imRoss1-
BILE that we have classes and birth
distinctions in this country as obtains
ed in the old world. The result of
this is now and has been for many
years apparent.
Men of the type of Andrew Jack
son, Abraham Lincoln and James A.
Garfield have occupied the Presl-
dents chair. Not one of them could
have attained to the positions which
they filled had we lived in a country
where those who live by the sweat of
the brow were despjsed. 7 he and
their careers are monuments to the
| good sense and broad mindedness Of
| the people. | am not one OF those
who think that because man does
not labor in a factory or in the field
or in the forrest or in the shop he is.
| to be regarded beyond the pale.
Many men are obeying the Biblical
| Injunction ito live by the sweat of
their brow who labor behind the
| counter and behind the desk. There
are as many kinds of labor as there
are activities in the world, and many
| fus will fall into a serious error
| who undertake to make dintinction
| between the man who wears the over
alls and the man whose shirt and
| trousers are white, merely because
| one is dressed in over-alls and the
! other is not That man alone is a
statesman and worthy of the conf
dence of the country who is able to
| recognize and appreciate the rights
of each of these two men, and he will
| prove a failure who undertakes to
favor one to the disadvantage of the
| other because it must be apparent
| to a thinking man that whatever is
| done to the one is to the disadvantage
of the other, and in the end will bring
about an unbalanced condition that
will be hurtful to all.
The Barbecue.
Perhaps the busiest section of the
| city for few hours yesterday was