The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-08-22
in9ratitude

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Calumet. Mich, Aug. -, l'l%.
Editor The News; 4 Undoubtedly uH-
tire demands Il compensation fer
every good thing she gives rs, So that
the handicap al so-callod good times,
| ! mean in trade, is the labor unrest
thai always follows ia is wake. II is
also a phase Of human nature that the
more YOU do for people the more un.
! grateful they become, as is So APPLY
shown I'm the Calumet strike. for 40
where you will in any Industrial com
munitN, | have never seen any en-
ployes So splendidly treated as those
of the 4. n H., nowhere else is the
! physical and social wcll-hcing Of the
worker So splendidly looked after and
catered to as in Calumet. The very
people who should he grateful and
thankful for their changed and better
ed conditions in Calumet are the most
unsrateful people. who in their native
country were the subjects If autocrats.
who Looked upon them as mere crca-
| lures possessing only an existence
with no more freedom or rights than
the colored man al the slavery days in
America.
They harp upon the high cost Of liv-
ing bat relatively IL is no higher now
than iN" or ten years ago. mean
compared with the WAGES Of today. To
one who was accustomed To the homes
uf ,hcse strikers ana snote the stan
dard of their livinesi viii venture 10
! huI al of t.t .,t no in
dulse daily in luXuries of the tables
that they never tasted on feast days
in their native homes and then again
II am perfectly safe in saying that
every Young man in Calumet after
paying his board, lodging and wash
inog will have more money left in his
docket for "A bank account than his to-
tai wages would he in any continental
country i'm Europe, and yet the thanks
they give for all this is n striking at
titude with "A bludpeon in his hand Ia
render helpless the hand that feeds
him. All this ungrateiulncss on the
part of strikers makes one feel that
there is tar too much maudlin senti-
nent wasted on the so-called down
trodden.
have lived long enough in Calumet
Ia see and admire all that the G. N H.
Mining company WAS doing for its en-
ployes the interest il took in them i'll
every phase of their lives. The men
who Instituted this generous policy FOR
them are all gone. but. know enough
Of the men who are now directing lis
affairs to say Very cmphatically that
never was Il man AT the head Of the
G. n II. mines who appreciated Il good
DAYS work, or who recognized so
quickly the worth of man or who
was as willing To reward labor with
its just dues In wages. as is the present
mead | say this with all due respect
To the men who have gone before HIM
lie may lot have the gifts of natur" Ia
show always where his heart is, but he
knows the trials. the ups and downs
of the working man thoroughly for he
has been one himself.
If were the responsible head OF
the G. d II. with all that the corpor-
alton is doing to better the mems con
ditions, and to improve their social in
tercourse it would not he the imam
cial loss that the strike is causing
that would hurt my soul as much as
tho ungritefulness of the thanks
was getting for all my efforts in max
ing the whole community an ideal IN
dustrial center.
| am certain of one thing, that IL n
delegation of the strike leaders were t.
40 to Europe to examine the social
similar Industrial conditions in I'll,
/ different countries from which these
strikers come from ] ann certain they
!. would go home ashamed of them
. selves for bringing such hardships on
contented and well behaved pcopl,
az were the workers i'm Calumet up "a
+ the present time.
, Put, why continue thus-rcason. past
Zee when mems passions are reused
:. but ! hope for the sake Of the men
!. themselves. for the sake Of their
!, wives and happy. well fed, well cloth
:, ed children that madness and anarchy
:. may he dethroned and common sense
prevail and that work may soon he
resumed ana the good mutual feelings
between the men and the companies
may once more be established
u server
......
The Duty Of the Hour.