The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1917-07-12

more brilliant speaks only from theory"
for every man in the world if he only has
the nerve and determination to find it.
and I'm sure there is always the nec2s-
sity for the practical business man in
politics o
The rule is that young men 20
through the law department of COLLEGES.
and they know law; they are thoroughly
versed IN all phases of jurisdiction. an.
it follows that practically all the mci
with the controlling power in governmea'
affairs are lawyers. But when SOHO
issue comes up that has at stake the in
terests and welfare of-well, the mon
women or children in the glass factory
For instanCe-why. l know more or IT,,
most about it because I've worked thr~.
right there at the sane bench IL t.
are my fellow wUrkmen. So OFF,.
methods employed by people who ar.
going into welfare work as a calling 81.
fad, or popular fashion or for plilnn
thropic purposes. or with any mot-
whatever. waste their efforts bcn-;..
they don't know personally thc practice
side Of the industry or conditions tnoy'r.
trying to improve. d"
Il know all about the pitiful and pa
thetic side of the lives of the chillr &:
who work before they are grown ~
working age or strength 1 know ia,
disastrous results of endless hours. al,
misapplied human force to supply tho
increase in demand have personally
come up against all of those and many
more conditions. So, you see. I've quail
fed for the place l want in legislation
the place that will help bring ahoHt
an understanding between the employc.
and the employed for the greater good
of both.
"A lot of trouble arises from the fact
that neither one understands the other
1t is the intelligent adjustment eacA t.
the other that will make for the genera
good of all, and greater eBcicncy il
labor, with greater profit to both
First, last and all the time NJ. N.
lay at the door of those who har ?. a!
the responsibility for the misfort- ncs Of
those who have not
1.-The older l grow" he said. "thc
more l see how little the poor rcaliz,
their opportunities for helping themselves
Neither do the poorer working classc,
realize as they should the absolute necc%
sity for an education. There one come,
back to the point of instructing til
parents in what is needful for then
children, and failing that, the childrnr
must understand that if they start ou
to educate themselves the opportunity /.
never wanting-it rs there, if they'll JUS
seize it. Otherwise, without the edu
cation, the boy or girl spends his life
at the small wage rate
$50 few realize that an education i,
i necessary to help them improve the
trade at which they work, that the more
j they know about things the better abb
they'll be to suggest new methods. new
machinery, better sanitary conditions
oh, a thousand things, that instantly
place them where they're marked fof
promotion! The great trouble is that
/. when a boy is eleven or twelve he Ia,
> one idea, and that is to get out and carr
), some money-he cuts out the school idef
entirely. He and his parents believ,
that they're poor and what other PEG
| pie can afford they can't have. Whereas
it is true in Maryland, that if a fel
low starts out to educate himself he
can do it. The same applies to every
/ other State in the Union.
!, History is full of the lives of grea
; men who burned the midnight oil and th
!, tallow dip to study and help themselve
!, along against poverty and hardships. Blu
9 to-day, really, you have almost to dodg
; opportunity. because it is so possible t
$ get the education you start out for. Il,
: matter if you haven't cent tn You
name when you begin" q
1t was long before Mr. Zfhlman ar
tanned his majority that he became $,
r intensely interested in the business o
, lettering the condition of the men an,