United labor bulletin., 1914-08-22
THE OPTIMISTIC
PHILOSOPHER

The ones that you rely on
Are the always faithful few.
There's lots of worthy neigh1ors
Who will come when in the mood,
When everything's convenient
They can do little good.
They're n factor in the order
And are necessary, too;
Put the ones who never fall MS
Are the ever faithful few.
Ii it Were not for these IT, 'ful.
Whose shoulders at the wheel
Keep the order moving onward
Without halt or reel
What would be the fate of others
Wht claim so much to 10.
They surely would go under
But for the faithful few.
My esteemed colleague in the work of
well-doing. Bro. w. f. Klapesky. editor
of the international Journeyman Bar
Der. believes in passing out bouquets to
the living that chance may be had of
enjoying their fragrance. Here is one
plucked from a recent issue:
I'm the Motorman and Conductor
find a good likeness of our own Ed An
gates from our union to the American
Federation of Labor. Following the pic
ture is sketch by President Mahon.
editor of the journal calling attention
to the good work performed by Bro An
derson in behalf of his organization The
words of praise from Bro. Mahon i'm be-
half of Bro. Anderson are far from over
drawn. ! know. as there is no man in
our union who has organized more con
sistently and insistently than Bro. An.
derson
For many years before our union
knew what it was to have paid or.
ganizer Ed was on the job dav and
night. He did not confine himself 10
BARRIERS alone in those days any more
than he does today. Wherever and
whenever he met working man or a
working woman he preached unionism
He was never too busy TO call meet
ing of a few and lay the basic plans
for union later on. In our craft I give
him the full credit for being the father
OF our movement in the intermountain
states. and it should please all of our
members to know that his sterling worth
as true and tried trade unionist il
recognized by other crafts as well a-
our own"
girl who supports n widowed mothes
and two younger sisters complains to
the o. p. that so many young women
who are not really forced to seek en-
ployment do so for spin money! as
they designate odd lots of loose change.
and thereby keep down wages Of work
ing girls who have others dependent ON
them. No man should permit his
daughter or sister to work at any kind
of wage paying occupation unless driven
to do so by necessity. Thousands Of
girls who are not compelled to work for
a living seek employment in order that
they may have what they call pin
Gust to have something to do"
is the way some tell it. Little as they
think it. their pin money" wage sets
the scale for the women who are com
PEELED TO work in order to live. IT en-.
ables the INSCRIPTIONS employer to fix
a wage scale below what any woman can
live ON comfortably II is the cause OF
the low scale and also the cause of the
excessive hours of toll for women. II
is a system that makes IL impossible
for thousands of needy women to Sc
cure n wage that will feed and clothe
them comfortably. and then there are
the widows with little children to thinl
of to be clothed and fed and they are
dependent on this scale fixed by the
pin money" girl. The "pin money"
girls should be shamed out Of the indus
trial market.
Over at College Mound. in Macon
county. Missouri. the town gossips have
decided that local newspaper would be
of no vital Importance in the community
because of a competition bv the wise
acres of the village store and the sewing
society. When anything happens the
telephones are used and the town knows
IL in half an hour. There is a printing
house at College Mound doing CONNER
cial work and the denominational paper
for the Holiness people is published
there. The town is located on hill.
most slightly place. and was quite n
thriving village many years before
Macon county was on the map. As the
coal road pushed along toward the old
cided that it might be good idea to
publish n weekly paper. But it was de-
cided best not to compete with the Cos
sips.
Christmas il four months away. but
the war in Europe will sadly handicap
Santa Claus. for most of his toys are
procured in Germany. Holland and Bel
gium. The real seat of the good Saint
Nicholas is located at Nuremburg. where
whole families engage in the manufac-
ture of toy animals and dolls. Tmpor-
tation of all these cblidren's joys win
be shut off. However, many beautiful
and useful Christmas articles are made
in America and the war may prove n
boon in encouraging home industry in
this field, for it alone will furnish the
gifts to fill Santa's pack this coming
Yuletide. American toy makers ought
to reap bountiful harvest and make
good for the future in the home market.