United labor bulletin., 1913-08-02
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

Let Friendships rainbow brightly span
the smooth and changeless sea
OF Love, the token evermore
OF mans fidelity.
Don't talk behind a fellows back,
Lest you should veil his eyes
Against friend that might have led
= Him into Paradise.
Remember that, though truth is truth,
1t does not pay to tell
A brothers faults behind his back
And turn his joys to hell!
Don't talk behind fellows back!
If he has been a faithful friend,
Just show your colors true,
For in the best of us there lies
Some trace of Judas sin
That counsels us to mean deceit,
And bids us cheat to win.
Don't talk behind fellows back!
Just live a faithful friend.
And Love will bide with you always,
Till Time and Life shall end.
For where's the man that does not
prize
among eacn treasured gift
The man who stops when he is down
And gives friendly lift?
q O @
If one wants to gain a full knowl-
edge of Denver metropolitan ways it
is necessary, when possible, to get up
at O'Clock in the morning. There are
things to be seen on the street and in
dustrial evolutions that do not happen
later hours in the day OF course, the
o. P. does not say that he arises at
this hour every morning. 1t is worth
while to meet the ice man, the bread
man, the milk man and the man who
cleans the streets in order to become
familiar with the broadcast kind of hu-
manity. Those who sleep until late
hours never gain knowledge of what
is done for their comfort by the men
and women who get up early to make
ready for the great days work. Those
who feel as though they were the
greatest spoke in the wheel of prog
ress may learn much from talking to
and becoming acquainted with the
early birds on the street Besides, at
this time of year the atmosphere in
Denver between 4 and O'Clock helps
to expand the lung power and generate
congenial disposition.
Ralph G. Moser of Denver. who al
ways attends conventions of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor as a national
representative of the Steam and Oper-
ating Engineers, tells us that during
the past quarter his organization has
added 1,129 new members and granted
nine additional charters. Property has
been purchased in Chicago at an ex-
pense of $4,000 for the erection OF
new building as general headquarters.
While the Steam Engineers may not
be one OF the largest organizations in
the country. it stands for solidarity
and protection Of its members in the
highest degree.
Just to show what they thought
about him in his home town OF Ho-
boken, N. j., the friends and associ-
ates in the printing trade of Cornell
us j. Ford, newly-appointed public
printer, gave him banquet the other
night. They called Connie" because
that is the familiar name by which he
has been known in the most mosqui-
to country for many years. The chair
man of the feast, in presenting Mr..
Ford with a new watch, chain and
charm. the first. perhaps he had ever
owned, said that despite Cornelius
was to go to Washington to mingle
with the high brows, he would ever be
the same jolly good fellow in the es-
timation of the whole bunch. Reports
relate that Mr.. Ford was visibly en-
barrassed when he arose to respond,
but found voice to say: 81 have al
ways tried to be on the level with
everybody and endeavored to hand
out a square deal. In my new posi-
tion l shall do exactly the same, and
hope to be able to retain the confi-
dence and esteem of my friends"
O O O
Down in Pueblo, where everybody
smiles regardless of the smoke from
the smelters and steel works, and
where Lee Tanquary and Ed. Ander-
son run the State Employment Bu-
reau, many things happen to attract
attention throughout the labor world.
For instance, the Trades and Labor
Assembly there has just elected w.
B. Ward, of the Carpenters Union,
president, and c. e. Ward, of the
BARRIERS Union, secretary and treas
urer, though neither are related. w.
B. Ward has been president of the
Assembly at numerous times and al
ways made good. A letter received
this week from that city outlines
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day celebration. The two Wards are
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