Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1914-04-04
HeMPsreAo wAsheuRNe's GOOD
ADVICE.

Chicago is entering upon an era Of
great activity and prosperity. The
new s65.000. goo Union depot; the new
West Side post office: the connecting
boulevard links. and the subways. will
cause the expenditure of millions Of
dollars for labor. This. then, Is a
good time for labor people, capitalists
and public officials to get together
and agree upon plan which will do
away with the possibility of labor
troubles until these great works are
completed.
The Chicago Eagle interviewed
Hon. Hampstead Washburne, the pop.
ular former mayor. who has always
been known as o friend Of labor as
we'll as a lifelong advocate Of the
best interests Of Chicago on the sub
ject. In the course of the interview.
Mr.. Washburne said:
Chicago has honored me. have
served II. | no longer carry It's bur.
dens yet cannot forget my love for
this city and wish for It perfect de.
velopment. II Is city Of ferment
and unrest. Its young, progressive
blood has for half a century fixed the
eyes OF the world on It. II IL the cen.
ter OF progressive labor agitation. II
has been the center Of corporate graft
and robbery since Charles T. Yerkes
forced his filthy finance upon us. Be-
tween labor troubles and Yerkes our
city has, like CULVER, been prisoner
TO greed, graft and political abuse
through thousands of cObweb entan-
clements.
To-day Chicago has promise of a
great development. Our women-God
bless them-will In few years settle
down to unit for the best. Our al
leys will be cleaner, our milk better
the family entrance memory only
The dance hall and its saloon attach
ment a putrid memory. The mothers
Of a nation stamp race. The future
mothers Of Chicago will make the
Chicago Daniel II. Burnham dreamed
Of as he crossed the Great Divide-tht
most beautiful city since creation.
For the future OF our city let nj
cut out all labor troubles for ten year,
to come by patriotic agreements be
tween labor and capital in public mat
tiers. Our proposed subways, our bou
levard links, our new railway termi
nails, our outer harbor and other mat
tiers going for our future Chicago meal
Of the people, rich or poor, are fit Il
live in this future city Of the world
that the money grabbing corporations
the labor union and the citizens mus
pull together for the next ten year
and give Chicago a rest Let MI
Harrison and the Council demand tina
In all public contracts no labor ques
tons shall arise for ten years. Befor
signing make contract for tel
peaceful years, and at the end of tina
time the city will be the most peace
full city OF the world the most perfec
city in the world, and, for big city
the most moral in the world.
The game is worth the candle
The young men in public life, tn
labor unions and corporations will b
the gamers and 1910 will find Chicag
modern 10 its very door, model 70
big city and the dream Daniel T
Burnham dreamed reality
Let us all pull together for te
years of cohesive advancement, forge
selfish ACKNOWLEDGMENT and leave on
children city so strong and big thei
heritage will be so big it cannot
disturbed"
The mayor and city council ca
get together" with the labor peopl
and so arrange matters that there wi
be ten years OF peace, so far as Oh
cago and its great undertakings hav
10 do with the labor world At tn
end of ten years Chicago will be S
big and beautiful that the Who'll
world will be clamoring at her gates,