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Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
The Right to Labor
By HORACE GREELEY

Note-Seventy years ago, in 1916,
when Horace Greeley first assumed
control of the New York Tribune, he
wrote this article on "The Right to La
bor." 1t is interesting today as indI-
eating the trend of events at that time
which eventuated in the great labor or
ganizations OF today.)
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. The earth, air,
the waters, the sunshine, with their nat
ural products We're divinely intended and
appointed for the use and sustenance OF
man Gen. i.26: % NOT for a part only
but for the whole human family.
Civilized society, as it exists in our
day has divested the large portion of
mankind of the unimpeded, unpurchased
enjoyment of their natural rights. That
larger portion may be perishing with
cold, yet have no legally recognized
right to a stick of decaying fuel in the
most unfrequented morass, or may be
famishing, yet have no legal right to
pluck and eat the btterest acorn in the
depths of the remotest wilderness. The
defeasance or confiscation OF mans nat
ural right to use any portion of the
earth's surface not actually in use by
another is an important fact to be kept
in view of every consideration of the
duty of the affluent and comfortable
to the poor and unfortunate.
1t is not essential in this place to de-
termine that the Investment of the lar.
ger number of any recognized right to
the soil and its products, save by the
purchased permission OF others, was or
was not polite and necessary. All who
reflect must certainly admit that many
of the grants of land by hundreds of
square miles to this or that favorite of
the power which assumed to make them
were made thoughtlessly or recklessly,
unaccompanied with stipulations in be
half OF the future occupants and culti-
vatcrs, if reasonable foresight and a
decent regard for the general good had
been cherished and vinced by the grant
ing power. Suffice it here, however,
that the granting of the soil-of the
state of New York, for example-by the
high authority, representing the whole,
to a minor portion of the whole is
fixed fact" BY law of nature, every
person born in the state of NV York
had (unless forfeited by crime), a per-
feet right TO be here, and to his equal
share OF the soil, the woods, the waters,
and all the natural products thereof. By
the law Of society, all but the possessors
OF title deeds exist here only by the pur-
chased permission of the landowning
class, and were intruders and tresspass-
ers on the soil of their nativity, with.
out that permission. BY law, the land
less have no inherent right to stand on
n single square foot of the state OF
New York, except in the highways
The only solid ground on which this
surrender of the original property of
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

property of a minor part of the people
of the Union.
The past cannot be recalled. What
has been rightfully however mistak-
enlyl done by the authorized agents of
the state or nation can only be retracted
upon the urgent public necessity, and
upon due satisfaction to all whose pri-
vate rights are thereby invaded. But
those who have been divested OF an i'm.
portant, vital natural right, are also
entitled to compensation. The right to
labor, secured to them in the creation OF
the earth, taken away in the granting
OF the soil to a minor portion of them,
must be restored. Labor. essential to all,
is the inexorable condition of the ehon-
est, indpndnt subsistence of the poor
1t must be fully guaranteed to all, SO
that each may know that he can never
starve or be forced to beg while able and
willing to work. Our public provision
for pauperism is but a halting and
wretched substitute for this. Society cx-
ercises no paternal guardianship over the
poor man until he has surrendered to
despair. He may spend whole year
and his little all in vainly seeking en-
ployment, and all this time society does
nothing cares nothing for HIM but
Xwhen his last dollar is exhausted and
his capacities very probably prostrated
by the Intoxicating draughts to which
he is driven to escape the horrors of re-
Election, then he becomes subject OF
public charity, and is often maintained
in idlness for the rest of his days at
cost of thousands, when few dollars
worth of foresight and timely aid might
have preserved him from his fate, and
in a position of independent usefulness
for hia whole ntprrlifp
But the right to labor-that is, to
constant employment, with just ana
full recompense-cannot be guaranteed
to all without radical change in our
society economy. ], for one, am very
willing, nay, most anxious to do my full
share toward securing to every man,
woman and child full employment and a
just recompense for all time to come. ]
feel sure this can be accomplished. But
1 cannot, as the world goes, give en-
poymcnt at any time to all who ask 1t
Work work. give us something to do!
Anything that will secure us honest
bread" is at this moment 1S46) the
prayer of no less than 10000 human be.
ings within the sound of our city bell.
They would gladly be producers of
wealth, yet remain from week to week
mere consumers of bread and somebody
has to earn. Here is an enormous waste
and loss. We must devise n remedy.
1t is our duty and not less the palpable
interest of the healthy, the thrifty, the
taypaying, to do so. The ultimate and
thoro remedy, I believe, is found in as
sociation.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
IT CAN'T BE DONE.

The man who misses all the fun
Is he who says 1T can't be done!"
In solemn pride he stands aloof
And greets each venture with reproof.
Had he the power, he'd efface
The history OF the human race;
We'd have no steam nor trolley cars,
No streets lit by electric stars;
No telegraph nor telephone,
We'd linger in the age of stone.
Where when some keen barbaric brain
OF life's conditions dared complain,
And planned a wheel on which to roll
The load his arms could not control,
Sneers rose from all the mighty crew
That ever SCOTS at what is new.
The world would sleep if things were run
BY men who say 'It can't be done!"
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

the whole to minor portion can be
justified, is that of the public good-the
good, not OF a part, but OF the whole
The people of a past generation, thru
their rulers claimed and exercised the
right of divesting not themselves merely
but the majority of all future genera
tions, of their original and inherent
rights to possess and cultivate any un-
improved portion of the soil of our
state, for their sustenance and benefit.
To render this assumption of power
valid to the fearful extent to which
it was exercised, it is essential that it
be demonstrated that the good of the
whole was promoted by such exercise.
Is this nationally demonstrable now 7
Can the widow whose children pine and
SILVER in some bleak, miserable garret,
on the Is or 20 cents, which is all she
can earn by unremitted toll, be made to
realize that she and her babes are bcne-
fitted by or in consequence of the grant
ing to a part an exclusive right to use
the earth and enjoy its fruits? Can the
poor man who, day after day, PAGES the
streets of a city in search of any en-
ployment at any price las thousands are
now doing hercl be made to realize I,
on his part? Are there not thousands
on thousands-natives of our state, who
never wilfully violated her laws-who
are today far worse off than they would
have been If natures rule of allowing
no man to appropriate to himself any
more of the earth than he can cultivate
and improve, had been recognized and re-
spected by society? These questions
admit OF but one answer. And one in
evitable consequence of the prevailing
.Ng gtun 10 hot lat ion s.a
and arts are perfected the income of the
wealthy owner of land increases, while
the recompense of the hired or leasehold
cultivator is steadily diminishing. The
labor of Great Britain is twice as eff
fective now as it was a century ago,
but the 1aborer is worse paid, fed and
lodged than he then was, while the in
comes of the landlord class have been
enormously increased. The same fund
amental causes exist here, and tend to
the same results. They have been modi-
fled, thus far, by the existence, within
or near our state of large tracts of un.
improved land, which the owners are
anxious to improve or dispose of, on al
most any terms. These are growing
scarcer and more remote; they form no
part of the system we are considering,
but something which exists in opposition
to it, which modiifes it, but is absorbed
and coquered by it. The notorious fact
that they do serve to mitigate the ex-
actions to which the landless mass, even
in our long and densely settled towns
and cities, are subject, serves to show
that the condition Of the great mass
must inevitably be far worse than at
present, when the natural consumma-
tion of land selling is reached, and all
the soil of the Union has become the
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Choosing an
Occupation
By FRANK DUFFY,
General Secretary Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America.

One OF the most important problems
which the average youth has to solve
is that of choosing or selecting an oc.
cupation to follow for a living when
he leaves school.
When that time comes he is at loss
to know what to do and gives much
thought and study to this all important
problem. To him it is a puzzle, con.
undrum, a dream which usually finds
temporary solution in his taking any
job he can get for the time being. This
is how the typical boy of our time be.
gins and for several years aftcrward
he drifts from one thing to another,
finally becoming Jack of -all-tudes
and master of none" Such condition
oi affairs as this should not exist in
any well-regulated community, Some
wcll-intentioned people thought they
had cure-all for the evil thru what
they called vocational guidance" but
after years of experience and trial vo-
cational guidance proved failure
Now, let us see where we are: The
choosing of an occupation is no easy
task. 1t is one that must be settled by
the boy himself His future is in his
own hands; it is for him to make it Il
success or failure. If he should take
the time TO figure out what he wanted
to be or intended TO do, he would most
likely be old man before he could
solve the riddle. His occupation In life
would be finding out what he wanted
to be.
The qualifications and capabilities of
the average human being are SO diver
sified that il is a difficult task for any
one to lay down hard and fast rules
governing the selection of trade or
calling. The possibilities of one boy
over those of another are different; his
tastes are different; his likes and dis
likes are different; his abilities are dit
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

ferent his ideas and ideals are different.
Therefore, no one can say what will r.
the best line for him To follow and no
one can tell the trade he is best fitted
and adapted for. lie is doubtful him
self on these matters, 20 after all IL is
largely matter OF cropping in the dark.
with Il glimmer OF hope here and there
where assistance is given thru industrial
education and vocational training in the
public schools.
Knowing these things We should not
stand idly by without extending the
benefit of our experience to the youth
Of our land in pointing out TO them
the way to success. II is our duty TO
see to il that much OF the old system OF
education, with its burdcnsome curri-
cula, and it's unnecessary and uncalled
for methods, il rclegated to the rcaf,
and that the new systm of preparing
boys and girls for the positions they
want to occupy and follow in life is put
into force and effect without delay.
Many of the teachers OF our country
are not in full accord with the new sys.
tenn Of education. They are afraid Of Il.
They are afraid Of interference from out
siders. They are afraid of losing part
of their work. All We ask il that prac.
tical men teach the trades in the schools.
Makeshifts, theorists and dreamers can
not do it, If we are to help prepare
the boy for his life work let us do il
right or not at all.
Education should be n preparation for
life's work and not, ns it is now,
course of meaningless and unintercsting
studies from which pupils are only too
anxious to get away. Education which
does not awaken interest is n hardship
to the pupil and punishment to him
as well. Education without interest is
failure. We do not want such cduca-
tion, we want enlightenment in all the
walks of life. We want preparedness now,
and we are going to have IL or know the
reason why. irrespective of the opposi.
tion shown by certain teachers and edu-
Gators the country over
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
Fight for the Right

However the battle is ended,
Tho proudly the victor comes
With fluttering flags and prancing nags
And echoing roll of drums,
Still Truth proclaims this motto
In letters of living light
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Tho the heel of the stronger oppressor
May grind the neck in the dust,
And the voices of fame with on acclaim
May call his graf and just,
Let those who applaud take warning
And keep this motto in sight
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
Let those who have failed to take
courage,
Tho the enemy seemed to have won,
Tho his ranks are strong, if he be in the
wrong,
The battle is not yet done.
For sure as the morning follows
The darkest hour of the night,
No question is ever settled
Until it is settled right.
HAYES BROS. CHOCOLATES
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02

These stores have done more to reduce
the high cost Of living In Denver by
standing firmly for the consumer and
against all food combinations that have
tried to force higher prices on the neces-
stiles of life than all other influences
combined.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
FRIENDLY INTEREST.

Grad-This university certainly takes
an interest in fellow, doesn't it?
Tad-IIow's that?
Grad-Well, ! read that "thcy would
be very glad to hear of the death of any
of their alumni."-Siren.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
QUICKER NOW,

why is IT we don't hear any more
complaints about defective life -prcserv-
crs on ships?'
Nobody has time to put them on"
Judge.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-09-02
NEED OF ORGANIZED EFFORT.

1t is related that a friend of Brown
ing's, finding him puzzled over the nu-
merous Browning societies that had
sprung up in this country, declared them
to Indicate how much the poet meant
to America. YES" replied Browning,
dryly, "but it isn't very flattering to
think you can't be understood without
the aid of an organized effort"
1t is case OF '1ove's labor lost" unless
it gets into the union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
Britain's Oldest Peer.

LONDON. June 22-The Duke If Graf
ton. eldest member Of the British peerage,
came in for congratulations today on the
occasion Of hi~ ninety-tifth birthday ami
v~ersary. Hi Grace IL one NJ the most
wonderful men Ill the pecrage. Despite
his EInety-five years he gets about the
country in wonderful fashion and Is n
alert mentally and physically a. most men
who are many years his junior.
The Duke 81 Grafton viii ~ succeeded
on his death by his eldest surviving son.
the Earl of EuSton. In this connection il
may be recalled that American girl de-
clincd what would have been nn irrr~-i~
table temptation ~ most eirls-thc chance
10 become shc prospective Duchess nf
Grafton. The girl in question j. Mss
Edythe lIayomeycr If New York. whose
marriage 10 the Earl III Eustun was let
for July 20. 1914. Almost al the Last
moment the bride declined 10 go 10 the
altar. All of the formalties III regard to
the marriage had been arranged. the trou~-
Seau had been ordered and society was
awaiting the advent i'll the course of a rea-
sonable time Of Il Duchess of Grafton at
court. Why the American girl broke the
engagement A. a. much a secret today. ~
tar H. the general public " concerned, ~
il was two years ago. The Earl Of Euston
recovered from the shock. however, and
several months ago announcement was
made Of hiS engagement u marry Lady
Borthwick. the widow vi the twenty first
Baron Borthwick. Lady Borthwiek's for
tune, although considerable. j. nothing in
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
Recipes.

Lady washington Cake One pint
AXE crumbs. one cup New Orleans mo
las>cS. one huff cup sour milk. onc>even
teaspoon soda. one fourth cup brown
>ugar. two hcaping teaspoons lard or
butter. \ little lemon peel grated, one
teaspoon cinnamon. same ~ all-spice.
one cgt. a handful of currantS and
enough Sifted flour Ia make soft dough.
Bake in i shallow pan or cup cake tins.
fnu can use syrup Or Jelly instead Of
.malaS>cS: also bread crumbs instead Of
axe crumbs Maey all candied fru.i
and nuts 10 taste.
Chicken Loaf -';frw tie chicken mn.
iii tender Remove the meat from the
Nenc> and cool before putting II through
BE- tood chopper Use two cups of
ground chicken, one cup Of broth. salt
and pepper to TASTE. Min and place IN h
bread tin. Before putting IN tho oven
pour one cup Of rich milk over the top
Bake forty five mimi es in a moderate
oven. Remove from the ovcn fifteen
minutes before serving. Have the gravy
very hot and Dip \ spoonful on each
slice when serving
Rhuharl~ To one quar-; of rhuharl
~ut in inch pieces aid \ rupfnl and 4
half III hruAn sugar. II ir \ casserole
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
Little Economies That Count.

Save the bones from any kind of
meats for soup stock; il viii seldom be
necessary to buy II soupbone. DO not
use more water than absolutely neccs-
Sary in cooking vegetables. then drain
the water (esperially from poEatoesl in
o the soup. You enrich the soup and
waste O of the vegetable. Leftover
bits of cooked cereals and bits of col,I
cgctableS. not enough for anything in
themselves. should also he added
Soups are very nutritious and one
will not care for SO much meat il a
i0uriShing soup i eaten first; thus it il
double economy.
Have a bowl handy To brush the
crumbs from the board into. when cut
ling bread. Nou will he surprised how
quickly it viii be filed Put the ends of
bread into oven when IL il heating for
baking; id il never necessary 10 heat
The oven Just to dry bread crumbs.
Steam a pan of rice over any meat or
vegetable that may be- cooking; il takes
ont !, moment ID rchcat il when wanted
md YOU have saved considerable gas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

WASHINGTON. ID. IL. June 22.-ln
commemcration NJ his great services to
his State and country, a statue of zeh-
Ion h. Vance, soldier of the Confederacy,
war governor OF North Carolina and for
many years 4 prominent figure In the
United States senate. was unveiled today
in Statuary Hall at the Capitol. The un-
veiling was made the occasion of an i'm
posing ceremony in which the parties
pants included the Vice President III the
United States. members Of the senate and
house Of representatives. official rcprcs-
entaiive> Of the State Of North Carolina.
and several members Of the family a the
late Senator Vance. The statue l. the
work ~ Gutzon Borglum, the well known
sculptor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

argentine after they have vowed their
love for each other
Growing "a beard and changing his
name, Norrie Ford soon becomes "a ia
~yorite i'll the best circles Of gay Buenos
Ayres. Sending letter after letter 10
where he is hidden frem the pursuing
as The Wild Olive the letters are ail
returned marked No such Name III
ms ~endeayors 10 forget her he becomes
engaged 10 a New York girl and shortly
after Is transferred 10 New York by his
firm. Nenturing back 10 the states he
finds The Wild Olive again onsy a.
learn that she j. the girl chum Of his
betrothed.
Meanwhile he has been seen bv a .ie
tecrise who was one Of the deputies dur
Ing his trial for mlrder. The clash be-
tween Norrie's fiancee and The Wild
Olive. and the l%atter's noble sacrifice
not only to the fianrce bur also "a an
attorney suitor on condition that h.
clear Norrie Of the murder charge cll
inmate in a dramatic courtroom scene
when the identity of the real murderer
Is discovered and Norrie acquitted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
preamIand.

Mary Fuller id the Dreamland thea
ter today in Thrown to the Lions
An advance notice says:
Nothing better these nice spring days
than having tea i'm a den of liens. Here
is Mary Fuller having a bit Of hnhca
with 4 couple Of kings Of the Jungle.
Ilary appears to be looking right into
the camera. but don't believe ap
pearances. Right Olst the corner Of her
right eye she has both them there man
killers covered and if they were 70 make
the slight suspicious move Mary would
scream with all her might and grab the
big pistol ON the table. Mary is = dead
shot. or NJ any rate she ought 20 10
considering the. number Of weapons she
has handled since joining out with the
pictures.
Seriously This is very dangerous work.
Three IL no double exposure about il
either. MarvS little heart II right ur
In her Iittlc l@arnyX. In fact. as Irvir
Cobb S,NS. her kneH are cleaving 10 the
roof of her mouth and her tongue il
knocking together. She lid III. however
fuSt To make "ThroWn ~ The Lions
the five reel Universal Red re Their fca
Director IIcnderSon'S picture %prunu1nce
il Just that and more too
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22
HEHOUSEKEEPE
Things Worth Knowing.

Always thoroughly scrub 4 piece OF
bacon before il is sliced.
Before betting is sewcd in a wash
skirt il should be %Shrunken.
\ flannel dipped in turpentine will
lean a porcelain tub well.
Put a rose ecranium leaf on top of
the Jelly before sealing ii.
There il more nouriShment in the nat
ural, unpublished rice than in the shiny
white kind.
Bananas are more digeStible baked
han i'm their natural state
Strands Of rafia are good for tying
ines and %shrubbcry in place.
To prevent broiled chicken from he
ing dry, butter il occasionally while il
i broiling.
A small piece Of camphor in the water
WHICH cut flowers are put will make
them last longer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-06-22

and bake in the over covered for one
hour. Serve very cold.
Drop CakeS7Cream M cupful If su-
gar with two wcll-beaten aggs and two
fa~5leSpoonfuls of sour milk. Sift toge-
Their one cupful flour. one fourth Of a
%'easpoonful of soda, the same each OF
cloves and nutmeg and half q teaspoon
ful If cinnamon and add to me other in
gradients. Add half \ cupfll Of chop
ped and Toured raisins and adj more
flour if necessary TO make a Thick bat
ter. Bake in p~atty-cake tins
Pepper Salad-To six tablespoonful
If chopped green peppers add one table
spoonful of chopped sweet red pepper
one teuSpoonfUl chopped onion and tive
tea>poonfuis parsley. Mix and >crs,
IN leo uce with French dressing.