Tombstone epitaph., 1915-09-05
LABOR TR0UBLE0LD
Disturbances Go Far Back Into
 History.
Apostle Paul Is on Record as Having Created Dissension Among the People of Ephesus by His
 Preaching of Christianity.

While the matter of Labor day is under consideration, the question arises: What is labor? Webster gives as his first definition: Foil or exertion. physical or mental"
 William B. Wilson, secretary of the department Of labor. gave the follow ing as his conception of the idea:
 Labor is any mental or physical ac- tivity other than that engaged in sole ly for pleasure"-a definition showing a brain at once practical and analytic.
 Mir. Powderly would narrow this somewhat by defining labor as any exertion. mental or physical, not in dulged in for pleasure and for the ben eft Of mankind"
 Doctor Coulter Of the census bureau, an even broader scope to the word. He defines labor as: All effort, whether mental or physical"
 The question of Labor day naturally brings to mind the collateral labor questions of labor union protests and olA Ao O tCAuCESy latter-day philosophers to prophecy all manner of evil to come to mankind by the way of labor unions and their troubles, both among themselves and with others, and to hold forth these troubles as a proof of human deca- dence. peculiar only to this degenerate age
 Paul. together with other apostles. went up in the Ephesus country. seek ing converts to the Christian faith. Now, Ephesus was the favsrite city of Diana, or Artemis, as she was also called Here was her famous temple; here was her famous statue. said by the priests to have fallen from heaven. Thither every year came pilgrims by the tens of thousands to worship at the shrine of the tutelary deity-and here a goodly number of silversmiths found their calling a most lucrative one. For. there being no photographs nor postal cards. these pilgrims took away with them small silver fac simile statuettes of the great goddess as souvenirs. Now observe the nine teenth chapter of Acts.
 Now a silyersmith named Demet- rius, wto made silver models of the gave a great deal of work to the arti- sans. got these men together, as well as the workmen engaged in similar occupations. and said: Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this work, and you see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but in almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great num- bers of people by his assertion that those gods which are made by hands are not gods at all, so that not only is this business of ours likely to fall into discredit. but there is the further danger that the temple of the great goddess. Artemis tDiara), will be thought nothing of. and that she her self will be deprived of her splendor though all Roman Asia and the whole world worship her.
 When they heard this the men were greatly cnraged and began shout ing: Great is Artemis of the Ephe sians,' The commotion spread through the whole city. and the people rushed with one accord into the theater. drag ging with them the companic1s o | Paul"
 Certainly there cannot be found 1T any modern newspaper a more perfec l account of sympathetic strike and labor riot And that was two thousand ! ye -s ago.