The chronicle=news., 1914-04-22
Life Story Of Secretary Wilson Reads Like
CHAPTER of Novel, A SelfMade Man


on In the world to any extent. il af-
fords tho best possible evidence that
this conatPy h Il country in which
opportunity lies in every mans
path"
No saib William II, Wilson. ssere-
AIRY os labor IN III. president cabinet.
recently. II an Interview.
MY earliest r.eoiieetions. Mr..
Wilaoa coatinued. ar. of = little
miners eottsge "a, R,antyre. Sr0l-
lsad. slght niles up the Ciyie from
glasgow. u Was one Of the man,
house u loas ro~. all alike. anu
the degree 0f eommoiioasness which
u sepsesssssd may be- Judged from
tho fact thsi Il contained Two rooms,
'-Ths wsA tbs Lam. Of my family.
There wesS rs OF US Who lived In
those luo Fooais father snc
s,olhss. uynelf. my younx-r brother.
aud t~o sisssss- | Mas the eldest Of
the ehiidsse.
Ny father Was euAi miasr. We
Md sos ows she hoa.- ~- lived ia
Like all the other a~eiiiaxs in the
ro~. Il was shr proi-rt, Of the eosi
eompaay los whIsA Ia, father work
ID. .n4
''Ry $50 ~ there came = strike ID
tho ssiss- ! have a rather vivid srr-
olieriioa oe shS circumstances. which
we're ot such . character ~ tn I'm.
pecss shsassovs. upon my youShfai
misd: foe. - oa~ result al the sasiLr
80 luss aos oaly our sissns of suissis-
teaee. but stap for the lime LeinR our
hoas~.
''is . UoSA ~- --r- -si.ied. Il
vAs mn, . question Of ia.kins n,oas,
10 pay tho real The s"al soa,psnr.
- . var sssasar- had f-saa ia the
exf-.ii-ss of patiins III. striking mia.
~ss oas oe their s--iiinss In the mid.
de ot wtatse. f-n,-mb~f that there
~as saow a. she ssouad, ous hsusr.
hold snoaas vesr ,hr.-n out on the
Highway. sad ih.s- .ss na means ot
redress aoshise 4. aa. in fact. bus
ls iaok Tor lsasgaFarS shelter eis~'.
shssv. II ~e soaia find nnys
Ny Understanding u. the ssass'
ts that The assion taken by the s"4i
sonpsay 10 Shi. affair ~Ae eslis-is
vishis iss stahts anasr the lac. Hat.
usdesishly. Il hsps-as nov aad thea
is shi. uostA shA, .asn- I-~ortc have
ton ssasy rights. vhii~ other folk
poasrss too se~. ~ al ~ssass. IL IL
mol unnatural that. hasisE s"a-
shsussk ssssh "a .sprsSeas-. ! shosiid
have Sa,Stgd II life ~iik "a isssaiae<
smh,siSa 10 esis ssshts sos lshos
~hish cal so~easse~ ssa oshsr os'
easisailoas ot capital ~oeid b. ohiis'
- 10 rssprst.
my o~s family. ss have said
~as oAiy oss NJ aas, simultaneously
asrsis-d Of hoas- sad home In com.
psay with s-o paihsf families. ~s
soaaa shelter IL . stable. under the
ioiikousr ., Asos ssias--ih- name.
by the uay. rsuAoaaeeJ a. " l, we're
spelled E;r,ons Vas = years old s'
the time
'w lived for quite a while In the
stable usdsf the .sotihoasr. Then.
ukea the strike wss skilled. and nv
father returned 10 ~osk again. Ne
rvtasard In 'h etwo-ruom min-r .
soslss- ffum .hirh wc hal i.--n sa
uu.-srspoa,ousiy thsuws nut
The issia.as. however. marked =
lursias Point In our lives II -n.
phs.iAsa The -ss~at To which our
welfare. oar happjecss. sni our fu.
lasr wesr Al the mercy of = wholly
uasympathe,ic corporation. A. aal
tine is the future II Nigh, deprive
us of bread and batter sad shelter al
will. ssd ~c ~ussld bc ~i,hoa, means
of scif.ptosry,ion.
MY father .sta. We will so In
American. undessisad tia, an hon
rss ~oshinsman has = chance in that
country Ny mother azrc-d that
the decision vas wise. and so ~-
made preparations to leave our ma
1.-Two scotland for the now world
MY father VAS not only ind".'ri-
Gus. bv, ais. thrifty. lie had assc-
eia,csi himself ~ith Others in fogmins
what aficrvard l,ecamc great 90.
operative .ocic,y. kaown as the Cad.
BOW soricty. II was named after an
ancient castle In the nciThborho,'l,
thc property of the dukes of TAMIL
ton.
THE ruins Of Caisow castle. by
the ~ar. arc still standing. visited
the place three or four years ago.
and examined them with more than
orviinar, interest. Il 10 oac Of the
oidcst castles In Srotland. and intim-
aieiy associated with the history Of