Denver labor bulletin., 1916-10-14
LABOR AND NATIONAL DESTINY
DISCUSSED BY KA1E BERNARD
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broken down mentally, either thru over.
work or in mad rush to acquire wealth.
The eight-hour day is essential among
the workers to conserve the nerve and
brain forces of human beings.
Ten million men in the United States
today are physically unfit because of
the penalties placed upon them in this
commercial age. If this is permitted to
continue, America will furnish the scav.
angers for foreign nations. We must
get together in terms of brotherhood, for
in the last analysis the supreme test
among nations is the efficiency of its
men and women. Patriotism never comes
to a half-starved man, because he can't
see anything but his stomach.
Lesson of Henry ForGs Plan.
Military uniforms have become OBJ
noxious in the sight of American work
ing men, because the national guard is
so frequently used by the controlling
powers to subjugate men who are fight
ing for bread. Henry Ford's $4,000 en-
ployes would rise as one man and fight
for him against all the world, because he
has treated them right-he has treated
them as human beings and not as part
| Of the machinery used to build auto
mobiles.
"The l..oor movement is fight for
stability in the American home. 1t
seeks to give opportunity to children
that they may grow to be useful men
and women.
Greatest Man Since Lincoln.
President Wilson is the greatest man
since Abraham Lincoln, because he
stands for humanity, and has clear
vision of the future. In giving unquali-
fled support to the eight-hour day, he
has lone more to establish national eff
cheney than all the captains of industry,
naval boards, or war lords. The eight
hour day conserves the vitality of men,
thus raising the standard of national
efficiency. The same is true of his ad
vocacy of the child labor law.
Save Americans From Trenches.
'Tn the presence of the tremendous
human issues at stake, and inasmuch
as national destiny itself swings in the
balance, I am willing to offer my ser
vices on the stump to assist in what
ever way I may, in the great battle to
safeguard the integrity of this republic;
! to save American men from the
trenches; to preserve civilization which
represents six thousand years OF human
effort.
The Hughes campaign managers arc
4 especially bitter against Mr.. Wilson for
supporting the child labor law. the eight
hour day, and they are loud in their
denunciation because he has failed to
plunge this nation into war.
A Fundamental Necessity.
National efficiency is one of their
| slogans vet there can be no efficiency
for the American republic except We
limit the hours of toll in such n way
as will guarantee to American working
men strong limbs. deep chests, broad
shoulders. calm nerves, and keen brains
"a fundamental necessity to service,
whether it be in the shop, or in the
trenches. It is well said that nations
| fight on their stomachs.' whether the
battle be against n strong foreign foe
on the battleficld--or in the nations
| industries in times of peace. When the
dinner pail is empty, national efficiency
| is a joke.
"J'hat nation will rule the world to-
morrow which feeds and houses its
masses the best today, and Woodrow
Wilson. thru the eight hour day and the
child labor law. has conserved the vi
| tality of the masses for better service in
industry and for real preparedness
should war be inevitable The American
home is the unit OF this nation, and the
eight hour day and the child labor law
are measures toward the conservation of
| the home.
Produce Superior Race.
I'VE all wish to realize an 'invinciblc
America and the only way to preserve
ourselves against the 'allies' trade agree
ment' and Japan's extension policies is
to produce upon American soil n super
| ior race. Woodrow Wilson thus becomes
n real statesman when he looks beyond
the petty idea of personal profits for
today, and guarantees to American labor
food and rest, in order that this nation
may be prepared for the foreign and do
mcstic troubles of tomorrow
This republic has no foreign pos
sessions to draw from. The American
laborer is our only protector in times
OF peace to produce our necessities-our
only bulwark in times of war. We can
not, like England, draw from India and
Africa aud the wild men of Borneo.'
1t will he fine thing if in the future
this country must meet Japan, or some
other foreign power, with stoop-shoul-
dered, knock -kneed hollow chested, thin
cadavers of men whose vitality has all
been consumed in industry.
Better Babies, Better Men.
"The American employer who over.
works and underpays American labor IA
undermining the health and strength of
the nation, and pulling down the struc.
ture of American civilization upon his
own head.
1--WE have had exhibitions of Better
Babies all over this nation. Let the
women and men who believe in this doc.
trine get behind Woodrow Wilson, who
has given us laws for Better Babies and
Better Men. And let no woman who be.
lioves in conserving the vitality of
| American manhood in the interest of A