Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-18
UKEhPLOYED and UEfMPlOrABlE"

There is NO particular need to get excited
over the news from Sacramento Yesterday that
the "arny Of the unemployed is plotting to
mobilize in Chicago, seize the Rock Island arse
nal, take Communicated trains to Washington
Ind start real revolution.
The plan was evolved in the fesered brain Of
some half-crazed outrast, talked over with his
comrades in rags, and to#leir unbalanced men
talities il undoubtedly seemed feasible But
conllnon-sense brands it as merely foolish The
state Of mind OF tie average s'hobo' and ssbum'
Who gets together with his kind easily leads to
Wild visions, particularly when the gathering of
ramps is leassmesl. BY anarchists and certain
types Of socialists. These usually the leading
spirits furnish the needed mental stimulus to
afouse the outcast often to desperate measures.
The recent occurrences in San Francisco and
Sacramento show the effects of a few vehement
leaders upon a tattered mob of unemployed
men.
In the great majority of cases, the man out Of
work for any length of time particularly in the
western states is the man who doesn't want To
work except at his own terms The Wall Street
journal recently put the situation epigrammati-
cally when it said, ~The problem of the idle
worker, in fact, is not so much the unemployed
rs the unelnployabev The Journals view of it
is so we'll stated and so widely applicable that
further quotation is deserved
Out Of the many thousands OF idle men in New
York only mere handful consented&to shovel snow
and the newspaper reports stated that on Monday
these men quit" and deciined 10 work In the
storm What would the thousands OF telegraph and
telephone linemen. working day and night to
communications. snatching brief intervals sleep
from their arduous labor say to this2 The men who
quit and the who refused such employment
were the volunteers in the army of the unemployed
No one who has had the handling of have
failed to notice how greatly the individual failure
has only himself to blame Eliminating the great
cause of ntemperance. there are other just
as vital. Lack of the power of concentration,
OF application, inability to foresee the ultimate mar
ket value OF character and trustworthiness. beyond
present humble employment and small reward--all
these go TO make that class which lies down under
the first
II is class which has notably failed to secure
the sympathy of the steady workman. To use
expressive eolloquialsm, the red blooded American
despises gutter. II is this class which holds up
church congregations for doles Il is this class
which is willing for any work except that offered,
which refuses the work. offered except at
OF wages it knows to be impossible This is the soil
in which the seeds of anarchy are sown. 1t is to
that the paid agitators preach Of rights while
they ignore duties 1t is these who think that their
fellows keep them in comfort while they do
nothing in return, contribute surplus of useful
production the common capital
Let any ask himself how often has he seen
really industrious workmen out of employment for
any length of time. except by their choice in
labor dispute? The man who wants work get it.
and can soon establish character that will get
him better work,
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