The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1915-02-26
ENTITLED
even TO LUxuRIES
Too Wide .. Gulf Exists Be-
tween Rich and Poor
NIEL GUGGENHEIM, min
ing magnate, in his recent
- testimony before the federal

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testimony before the federal
commission on industrial rela-
lions created a sensation by his utter
ances. Replying to a question, Mr..
Guggenhcim said:
There is today too great q differ
ence between the rich man and the
poor man. 10 remedy this is too big
Il job for the state or the employer to
tackle single handed. There should be
Il combination in this work. The men
want more comforts-more of the lux
uries of life. They are entitled to
them. l say this not because l have
enough and always have had, but be-
cause humanity owes. it to them"
DO you think the workingman
should have a voice in the arrange
ment of the conditions under which
he laborsy' he was asked.
1.-The workingman should have not
only a voice-he should have a com
polling voice. And he is getting It.
The workmen's compensation act was
Won by the workingman. He will win
more legislative victories. And legis-
Iation that will benefit the many Is de-
sirable. no matter what that legisla-
ton is.
II think the state should furnish
work for the men who lack employ
ment. You may call me socialisttc If
you like, but it is a job Of the United
States to look after its people. Were
it not for p~hilanthropic work there
would be. a revolution here.
But enough is not given in this
cause. People won't give up money
they make. They hold it too dear to
them. They won't give it up even
though they have more, than they
need. They reason that they haven't
too much.
$50 the government must raise the
~money-raise it by taxing the estates
Of the rich, if you will-but the United
States must raise it some way.
IAN evil Of philanthropy lies in the
fact that it's proposed beneficiaries feel
themselves placed in the light of pau
pers. Thousands of persons are too
proud to accept help unless they can
give something in return. Many of
them prefer to starve. They want
help, money. but they want to work
for it.
"In the scheme of uplift in which WI
all Are interested, l think, l believe
the workers are entitled to share i'll
the profits in all Industries. This
should he SO arranged that the money
could he taken in bulk at the end of
the year and deposited to their account
in a banking institution. If that were
done it would change conditions i'll
thousands and thousands Of homes.
"Workers in the mass do o under
stand how to save. My method would
teach them. 1T would be the same as
teaching a child to read and write.
The people in this country who have
built up fortunes in the last ten or fif-
teen years have done it because they
have been thrifty. Many are poor be-
cause they did not save Sometimes.
Of course, fortune comes without thrift.
as in the case of the son Of a worthy
or unworthy sire. The sons of the
rich in many cases are entitled to great
sympathy. though l would not say as
much sympathy rs the poor"
Union Men Sentenced.
Seven defendants in the Prairie
Creek coal mine conspiracy case re-
Gently pleaded guilty in the federal
court sitting at. Fort Smith. Ark.
They were Peter r. Stewart of Nc
Alester. ex-president of the United
Mine Workers of America, district No.
21;. Fred w. Holt of McAlester. ex-
secretary Of the district union; James
B. Mcnamara, ex-member Of the city
council of Hartford, Ark; James SIAN,
kard. '~ex-constable Of Hartford town
ship. and Clint Burris. Sandy Robin
son. and John Manick, miners: All
were charged with conspiracy against
the government. Mcnamara was sen
fenced to, two years in the p%enitentiary
and fined $1,000. the maximum. SLAM
kard and Holt got six months in Jail
and were fined $1,000 each. Burris,
Robinson and Manick were sentenced
to six months in jail and fined $500
each. Stewart. vas fined $1,000. but
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