United labor bulletin., 1913-11-01
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

| subscriber
| Who pays in advance without skip
ping year;
Who lays down his money and offers
| it gladly,
And casts round the office halo of
| cheer;
Who never says: stop it, cannot af-
| ford it,"
Or, Getting more papers each day
| than / read"
But always says: Send it: the whole
outfit likes it
In fact, we regard it business
| need"
How welcome is he when he steps in
the sanctum.
How he makes "our heart" throb,
how he makes "our eyes" dance.
We outwardly thank him, we inwardly
bless him
The steady subscriber who pays in
| advance
| The above poetic effusion was lin
spired' when the secretary of local
labor union walked into The Bulletin
office this week and deposited check
for SIS on the o. P's desk in pay
ment for a months subscription for
each member of his organization. He
wore a sunshine smile and said the
| boys liked the paper better each sue
ceeding week and looked for its de-
livery by the mail man with as much
anticipation as pay day. Little acts
of kindness and appreciation like this
make labor editors job one long day
of joy-and incidentally affords. him
an occasional beefsteak with trim
mings. 1t is to be hoped this subtle
hint will be taken under consideration
by other labor unions in Denver.
o O O
| Down on Wazee street at No. 154S
there is a horseshoeing, blacksmith
and carriage shop conducted by John
Murphy which has been the cradle of
more noted men than any other
similar institution in the United
States. 1t was here Roady Kenehan
worked as foreman and drove horse
shoe nails when elected state auditor
! OF Colorado nearly five years ago. Ed
win " Brake, Deputy State Labor
Commissioner, was employed here a
number of years as a carriage worker.
William Reed. state license inspector,
received in this shop his first training
| in politics. William Graham absorbed
SO much political wisdom while en-
ployed here that when he moved to
Arizona he was elected to the Legisla-
ture and became leader of the House
Now, w. X. Welsh, secretary of the
Trades and Labor Assembly. is fore
man of the Murphy political incubator
and may be expected to go hence
when the bee enters his caput.
Tom Hyder is poet of no mediocre
proportions. Since retiring from
politics he is devoting his time to
present Tom has been hiding his
poetic genius in a dark corner. but is
liable to burst forth in a blaze Of
printed rhythmic glory most any day.
He burns the midnight oil and turns
out jingles to suit his prevailing mood.
The following lyric came through the
mail unsigned and the o. p has a
suspicion it is one of Tom's:
A bloody. bloomin' sparrow
Lived in bleedin spout;
There came a bloomin'. bloody rain
And drove the beggaf out,
| The bloomin'. bleedin sun came out
| And dried the bloody rain,
And the bloody, bloomin' blighter
Went up the spout again,
O O
The worlds greatest brewer was
buried in st. Louis a few days ago
while more than 5000 resident EN-
ployes stood by with uncovered heads
in the ram to pay a last respect to
man who had dealt fairly with them.
Adolphus Busch began as a poor boy
and left an estate of 100000 900. He
invented the process of steaming beer
so 1t could be shipped in perfect con-
dition, and therein lay his phenomenal
success. In 1889 he had hard fight
with the Brewery Workers Union, was
whipped, acknowledged 1t and ever af
ter kept peace and harmonious rela-
tions with the union. No employe
ever applied to him for assistance in
vain. and he often said 1t was the com
plete cooperation of his employees and
their friendship that made his product
| famous throughout the world.
| O O @
Standing on the west terrace
of the state capitol one after
noon this week the o. p. was
deeply impressed by the gran
deur of scenery from that point of OBJ
servation at this season of the year.
The foothills and loftier range of the
Rockies were completely blanketed
with the first snow of the season, and
in the clarified air the naked eye
could take in the range from Longs
peak at the north to Pixies peak in