Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-10-13

you md u not there tt InfINtr. Hnt
tel some Of thn tenemenlA You de-
scend iniu damp. oIamai cellars ~
you 4ropn your way along dfeafy|
Shiny. r|rNntp slaIrNnfa lQ uniIantf1
unyeniIIaied. uninhahIlntlb RlrroiA
fooma And froE cellar 10 narrot
you nnd d scethlna mats ~ humanity
--men whose paIli1 Iacoa deep lines
Of care, suaken cheeks. end hoIiow
chests. tell of enc rognHes 81 toll. 81
oyerwork. 81 lack of rest, OF undor.
feeding, az pcsiilontial atmosphere.
women upon whose fncos you mny
read tho aigus Of exhausted strength.
or premature decline. 81 dread dis
case; children that had no cnildhoc6
and 90 whom play and healthy cxet.
else are words without q meaninR-f
look al these nnh tell me what iree,
edy o. II their life o. not.
Continue your Journey and visit one
Of the swcnlshopa Ia that noiehDor-
hood. A. sou enter you are amaaed
ne tho number of men and wompn
u boys ana girlE who are hUdaicd to-
gethcr llke cattle. and you wonder
how human beings ran breathe sucn
poisonous air ten hnd twelve and NJ.
teen hours q day and not die. A III
Gle farther you behold q fact0ry. You
recognize Il az once nc D. q large.
prlson-llkc building. There, upon
fiye noors. narrow, deep, dsrk ana
gloomy. q fierce baltic h. fasinE-
men, women and children are engag-
"a IN terrible encounter with atoaut
and steel Oh. the tragedy OF IT,.
Weak lieeh Dlited against hard iron;
human heartbeats battling against
llfeleas machine throbs; the feebie-'
ness Of human oncrgy rrappilng with
the might Of horsepower!
You do not like 20 stay here long,
80. Of course not. nor does anyone
else The scene in neither pieAsaua
nor profitable There ~ nothing but
Sitting heat. q aiekoning atmoa-
phere. a deafenine noise. a eeasclesT
grind, and CHASTITY. htful fevoflslr
looks The toilers themselves ioOk
like machines. Their eyes and hands
move automatically. But YOU must
} not forget that speed and not HEALTHY
Is what counts here Time and NOT
/ life n valued here. Coat and iron nra
expensive, flesh and blood are cheap!
such Il the tragedy OF the NE 90
these tollcrs spring comes. summer
enters the land. the gay winter suc-
ceeds the bracing autumn. but not for
them. For them there IL no change
They see ne flower, they hear no song
al birds. they catch no breath OF the
| fragrant woods. they share neither
IN the abundance Of the fall nor IN
tho festivities Of the winter. For
them there is but "a ceascless grind
Theirs Is but lot of toll and struggle.
Their life from the cradle 10 the cof-
, I'm Is but one long. dTawn-oui tragedy.
And need I dwell my friends. up-
on that part In the tragedy Of life.
the saddest part, against which cur
moral and esthetlc nature rev0its?
4 speak Of the breeding places OF vice
and crime, OF the haunts OF Nth and
misery, Of crowded hospitals and
asylums and shelters and founding
homes. OF penal and corrective lnsti-
tutions. OF degrading and debaslng
dens OF shame and Disgrace and dis
ease and corruption? Need ! say
anything else to show you the fearful
tragedy OF human life3 Who. that
has eyes. cannot see ~ Who, that
has ears. cannot hear Il? And the
worst Of Il all Is that we are not only
the performers In this tragedy hut
also the piaywrlghts; Il Is all OF our
own making. z
And what II II an due tote our
wrong conception OF the significance
OF life and the duty OF man. Most
I of us conceive OF life as Pancks does
In Little Dorrit." You remember
the passage from Dickens. where tho
/ o a..
we're always grinding. drudging.
tolllng, every minute were awake"
And Pancks replies: what are you
made for2 What else are you made
forg what else do you suppose (
think I am made for2 Nothing Rat
tie me out OF bed early, set me going
give me as short time as you like
TO bolt my meals IN. and keep me az
IL. Keep me always at H. IN keep
you always at Il, you keep somebody
oIse always az "a. There you are
with the whole duty OF man IN a COM
mercial country"
Yes, there you are. This Is the
conception Pancks has OF life, ana
this Is the conception millions or
other men have, though few are asl
frank 10 confess IL. And what IL the
result The tragedy OF hfe! 4
How would I remedy these evils;
how would / change these condltionsg
Would / recommend the program and
policy OF the socialist Would n
adopt the plan OF the social reformer'
who thinks that man-made morals
and legislated ethics can remedy the
worlds ills?--Of that IN our tomor-
rows discourse. My plea with you
this evening. on this most serious ana
solemn and sacred sabbath. the sab
bath OF sabbaths is that you think
Of ali this. that you lend a willing ear
and a helping hand 20 the cause OF
human nmelloraton; that you re-
solve 10 dedicate TO the cause OF hu-
manity sincere sympathy and tei-
low feeling, so that the blights and
blasts OF life may be converted into
blessings. and the tragedy Of life
turned into song OF JOY, o. sweet
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