South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-09
THINKS STRIKE WILL
Be LENGTHY AFFAIR

THE crux of the mining situation
in the upper peninsula" said Gov.
Ferris of Michigan, yesterday, lis,
shall the mine operators recognize the
Western Federation of Labor? This
is wear out strike and never will be
entirely settled The supposed objects
of the strike. shorter hours and
higher minimum wage, are only mi
nor issues. The mine officials are
willing TO come TO terms on these
questions but they never will give in
to the arbitrary demands of the
Western Federation.
I'm democracy men must organize
and it is absolutely necessary that en-
plOyerS treat with their men collect
lively. / have always been a friend OF
the laboring man. but there are times
when the under dog is as much at
fault as the man on top. In the pres
ent case the Western Federation of
Labor has Overstepped its authority
and the big mine owners declare they
will hold out forever. When the trOu-
BILE first began | at once offered to
mediate. In fact if the matter had
been left to barrow and me immedi-
ate settlement would have resulted,
for barrow is the brightest and most
liberal man in the Western Fedora
ton"
The governor affirmed that from
40 to 90 per cent of the mine opera
tives have been working ali through
the trouble while the Calumet and
Hekla mines have been running full
blast He thinks that the men will
ultimately return to work without
having won their main point and in
the meantime they are causing the
state. the mine operators and them
selves losses that will run into tens of
millions.
Know What He Wants.
In an address TO the students of
NOtre Dame, Gov. Ferris declared that
every man must work, that he will
never be anything without hard work,
and that there is in every person a
germ of genius which he must discOv-
er and develop to the highest degree.
a man then. must find out what he
really wants 10 do. what he is best
| fitted for. and to keep out of the kind
/ of work in which he knows he Will
| never make a success.
To better illustrate his point Gov.
| Ferris took for examples the careers
| of men whom he had known in his
| long life of educational work. As
| founder and prime mover in the work
of Ferris institute at Big Rapids,
Mich he has met with all kinds OF
men. He told the students how a
I
/ come TO the institute to study COM
mercial work how he had frittered
! away two years in simply drawing car
I ICONS Of his teachers on the pages OF
| his text book. and finally. how, on the
advice OF Mr.. Ferris. he quit the in
stitute and devoted himself 10 his IA
vOrite work. For a time the young
man met with I'll success but for the
sake of his art he studied questions
which he abhOrred, and now Jesse An
| dersOn. of Bear Lake. Mich. is one OF
| the greatest political cartOonists in
| America.
/ He advised his hearers ito take an
/ inventory of themselves and find out
! the exact things they were put in the
world TO do. 1 have sympathy" he
Y said. for the sons of the rich who do
not know the value Of education be-
/ cause they do not have 10 earn it
! He exhorted the students TO work
/ hard at their work at all times, and
| having chosen a special work in life
| 10 bend all their energies TO the at
/ tainment OF that purpose.