United labor bulletin., 1914-01-31
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

prejudiced mind He has been writer
OF books and magazine articles on abb
struse legal problems which have gained
for him a place in Americas Who's
Who" For fourteen years he was pro-
fessor of law in the University Of Michi-
gan at Ann Arbor. Being born in 1856,
the same year and month as President
Woodrow Wilson, may or may not have
had something to do with his even tenn
permanent and desire to do the right
thing at the right time. Four years ago
he came to Colorado for his health,
which this climate has restored, and be-
came resident of Boulder. Here for the
first time in a busy life he came in close
touch with the men whose chief capital
is Drawn. The strike of coal miners in
terested him and he began to study the
labor question from the viewpoint of n
humanitarian. 1t did not take Mr..
Brewster long to fathom the system of
injustice perpetrated upon the workers
by rapacious employers. When the State
Federation of Labor looked about to Sc
lect its committee to investigate military
outrages in southern Colorado, Brewster
was named as the legal representative,
".
He says the working people of Colorado
have so long been tyrannized by corpo-
rations that they have become Injured to
injusctice. However, through united col
lective bargaining he believes labor will
gain larger measure OF equity, and
more ardent advocate of trade unionism
would be difficult to find today than
this same James II. Brewster
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Rev. Father Hugh L. McMenamin OF
the Cathedral of the Immaculate Con-
ception startled his congregation las;
Sunday by delivering a sermon advocat-
ing the double standard of conduct for
men and women. The reverend father is
not a strong advocate of what is termed
''women's rights" and believes their place
of usefulness is in the home. Drink was
made one of the chief divisions between
the sexes, and the woman who drinks in
public places was branded as unfit for
man to marry. And of course he is
right. He cast upon the social punch
bowl responsibility for 90 per cent OF
drinking among society women. which in
Denver is said to have become scandalous.
The tendency of women i'm the social scale
is downward, said the priest, and by their
conduct women are fast making drunk
ards of men. Never marry a girl who
drinks with You in public place" was
the advice given young men. And the
20. p. has firmly decided to accept this
wise counsel.
What is bronchoY" questioned the
n II
trainer. at the stock show last week
"A broncho,' said Charlie. is about four
teen hands high Of the devil covered with
mcurricd hair and. set up on four de-
eeptiye posts that are as Timber as
ChautauquH lecture one second and the
next moment are as stiff Us the Monroe
doctrine. Throw in handful Of loco
weed, a half pound Of selected ginger,
mix with few hops OF folding bed ac-
ton; let stand until the dish can he un-
roped and unblinded. and then serve with
a wiry cowprncher fitting here and there
between the ground and things OF inter-
est to the astronomy class. and You have
the broncho. ladies and gents. the great
American broncho"
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Henry Ford. who has just put into opera
tion Il tcn-million year profit-sharing
plan with his employees. began life as II
poor boy upon the farm. He first at
tracted attention of neighbors by de-
sire to fix their watches and clocks. and
soon branched out as an itnerant fixer,
the JOY of all farm children. Respond
ing to an impulse for heavy work. he
adopted the machinist trade. and finally
became possessed of an idea which he
capitalized with energy and began to
build automobiles in Detroit. which city
he at last succeeded in making famous.
Now he has developed into tall slim,
keen-cyed man, just over fifty. aud still
able to- eat three square meals day.
Ford is never too busy to talk with any
one having something really worth talk
ing about. Notwithstanding his income
is 500 100000 a year. and he is going to
give SIO,OOO.OOO of it away. he spends
onc-half of every working day -four
hoursl in his big factory, and calls many
of his 27 800 employees by their front
names. 1t is said the habit of these
working companions giving suggestions
that were afterward coined into ready
money really prompted more equitable
distribution among them of his vast in
come. rcputcd to be second only to that
of John ID. Rockefeller. Here's hoping
more rich farmer boys will see the light.
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Next to his blushine bride, Judge Ben
-. Lindsay was the happicst mortal in
town this week. notwithstanding the
roar from the Jungle eruptcd by the Rev.
r. f. Coylc. LID. at the Central Pres
bytcrian church last Sunday night. The
dear doctor and his church had n very
unenviablc page or two in "The Beast