Denver labor bulletin., 1915-06-05
PUBLISHED BY REQUEST:

The last Sunday in May of each year
has been designated by the international
Typographical Union as day upon
which a tribute of loving memory and
appreciation for those who have passed
over to everlasting peace shall be rev.
erently paid. In carrying out this beau
tiful observance the members of Denver
Typographical Union No. 40 are today
again assembled to lay wreath OF
flowers upon the grave of each departed
brother and sister. accompanied by mu-
sic, prayer and words of thoughtful
remembrance as evidence that the dead
are not forgotten. Memory is the only
earthly Paradise out of which we can
not be driven away.
These ceremonies are an outward
symbol of the fraternity created by our
organization and the good that grows
from association, sacrifice and helpful
ness one toward the other. Broad as
the scope OF humanity is, we best fill
our duty by kindness, brotherly love and
regard for those OF our immediate circle,
in the shop and in the home.
Immeasurably better is our condition
OF lite as the fruit of efforts put forth
by those in whose memory we dedicate
this day Many OF them were pioneers
that blazed the pathway along which We
travel in peace and comfort. Every mem
Der OF the organized labor movement
owes it to his predecessors in the cause
and to future generations to preserve
undiminished those benefits he or she
has received and TO hand them on ready
to be of increasing service. Every mem
Der OF organized labor ought to be reused
to feel throbbing within him an intense
consciousness OF his personal responsible
ity for the future progress Of the move
ment which is of such paramount i'm
portance to those who work for wages.
This is day and an hour to invoice our
own responsibility and duty to our fel-
low workers. and determine to make a
still greater effort TO advance the cause
Of humanity. Such feeling Of respon-
-ihility. together with a full appreciation
of the labor movement, viii result in a
tremendous spiritual impetus to the work
of spreading the gospel of beneficence Of
organization.
Forbearance and Good Will
After ALL men are valuable just in
proportion ~ they are able and willing
TO cooperate and work in harmony with
other men. Cooperation and mutual as
-istance are words imprinted on the
guidcpo-t Of every successful trade un-
ion. II should be well for the living TO
remember that while each life has its
excuse for being. we are all interdepend-
ent We do not know the inner battles
each fights with himself. therefore n
large measure of forbearance should at
all times be extended. In the end all
wrong recoils upon the doer, and the
man who makes wrong statements about
Others is himself to be pitied. not the
man who is falsified. Ii is far better
TO be lied about than 10 lie about your
brother. A. general rule, human
hearts arr full of love, tenderness and
sympathy. Hold the right mental atti-
tude and you have the key that un-
locks them all. We are afloat on an
ocean of good will. and all that is neces-
sary is TO let down the bucket.
We are proud OF our splendid national
organization which has shown the way in
bcneficcnt work among labor unions.
Our home. old age pension and mortuary
benefit have eased the way for those
who grow old. Other organizations in
greater number each year are adopting
these humanitarian measures
None the less proud are We of our
craft. Printing Is the noblest of all the