Strike bulletin. (Clinton, Ill.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-27
IA TALKS ON ,.,....
GENERAL UNREST
Kissing Condition. and
-. i d. Big Charity
Foundations.

..,,man OF the industrial reia,
.;.,,on. spoke on the work "i
;..,ou to an East Side audience
Inch packed the auditorium
.hool Sc at Essex and he'tet
a.. speech was received with
,.m lie began by telling
tsudlns OF the commission an. ana
Ms.,iss,,on 1t will conduct this
=. activities Of several ot the
..s.nt,ble" foundations
."-mn,ion has been invest,.
- cause. of industrial unrest,
- ard. "Thc cause ~ indus
-, IS low wage ! mean inc
h.,veen the earnings OF the
81 their wage. Another cause
...s,ol OF the means oi produe-
..,u,,l resource, by the en-
n il 50 that today the en-
10 give, hi, men $50 on Sa'ur'
= effect says To them, Here,
~ me until Monday morning.
=, today own the natural re-
,Ieh should belong to all. Mr..
n damaged. And not only that.
ova them at a distance. One
,,s.Oc that | know oi IN Colorado
-, wen resident director, out OF
That makes eight foreign direc-
Al ,he power oi these men Is
- th,t in cases which We found
=, actually keeping newspapers
.,s,r,pe. out al the mail, IN GER
.sosni,,es. They did this because
=. g,,e appearing about their IN
/, certain oi the magazines
Az did not wish the people to
IN, al one ease where all but two
npss., Puck and Judge. were
m the people IN certain localities
~ ssn 1his corporation actually
~ no eoun,ie, politically These
m have been enough Ia swing the
ron one party to another. They
I'VE even determined presidential
ssss !.
n ndustfy has maintained one OF
esst foundations Tor the advance
Z nedical science and other forms
- progress That -. the work
4 ,Aew industries contributed large
ssasd human upliit. only they
. ~ - to how TIN, money should
4A There are many such founda-
Al Of them derive their funds
~. but labor Is never consulted
b ~ the funds shall be disposed OF.
Wsoe Thrown to Bkds.
ilrM afs some al the foundations
In nvestigating One OF them Is
~ sDendmg S250,OOO on a retreat
y duDsy birds. II happened that
~ has been contributed to this
- By vorkingmen who have no
- y decent homes where they
= vhh their families. DO you
~ object to seeing the money
- ssed to establish permanent
- - migratory birds, before they
- are properly clothed and
- ~ led There were $500. Co.,
- hs year by these various
- The annual income of one
- , elA.ooo.oOO. about four times
- = the United States spends in
. The same field Wouldn't it
~ d the United States were to
oese and leave less to- be done
psNate concerns, Ii these arc
0ss that are being done, why
~ good enough for the state
y N,
sss OF our day are not political
~ economic evils. | believe that
Z had the same income there
= very little difference in the
Of u would act That is the
Of ultimate justice. but | do
.e are gong to get there un-
u ochanse the idea III producing
Tor that OF producing for
IR labor unions do raise
- shorten hours. but. on the
~ the concentrating Of indus
~ great the natural resources Of
q coming to be ~ monopoli,ed
~ can be no justice until what
eAen. embczzled from the peo-
rsessa back to them.
~ sselen from People.
y II land and the things tina,
= - the land should be given
nem. There l. preceden, al
& law Tor such a course. II
we're to have your watch
~ Joe leave this hall tonight,
sosad il tomorrow in a pawn.
~ psvnbroker would have to
I Tie can have no better
me original thief. What is
nee' The fact that the pre-
arc not the original
~ st entitle them to keep the
re you going to do with a
mat says It has no profits
*oek, and yet whose books
1ease Of $4,000. 900 since the
sesan. a corporation which is
H nxes ON over $1,000. 900 of
1--WE II back to the people ?
the right of access to the
sIl natural resources there is
y e Is the right 10 labor You