The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1917-08-09
tary service In the winter.
The Rebellion Of Labor.

leagues were formed. Weapons were
collected and hidden. At one and the
same time began the peasants war in
Germany, the Puritan revolution In
England and later came the revolution
in France. When the clouds and smoke
Of battle cleared away the worker was
free to go into the market and sell his
labor. 1mmeasurable were his gains,
and yet, having achieved the wage sys.
TEN, the wage was insufficient. Indeed,
the early settlers I'm Virginia sold their
labor for four years in advance in re-
turn for their passage to this country.
Tho Now Industrial World.
Today for workingmen the whole
world has become new. Gone the
days Of the patrician Dives, the serf
Lazarus and the great gulf digged be-
tween. In the republic the difference
between the poor man and the rich
man Is thing of goods on the out.
side and not OF quality OF manhood
OH the inside. Both vote at the same
POLL and the two ballots are Of equal
worth. Both find the paths free and
open leading to the schoolhouse, libra
ry, college, to land, ONCE and honors.
A law that Is bcneflcent for one man Is
beneficcnt for nil: law that is evil for
one casts its shadow over oil. Grant
the soldier and Lincoln the emancipa.
tor read the same newspapers, Joined
In political canvass, bought and sold
at the store. as did millions 0f their
fellow men. Andrew Carnegie begins
as messenger boy. Edison sells
newspapers, jim Hill tolls ms farm
hand, Marshall Field commences life at
81 month and his keep, Sir william
Van Horne resigns his position as n
schooltcachcr at SIS month, builds q
railway and leaves S50,OOO,OO0 We all
have the same chance that these men
had, only we did not have the bra ns.
Tho Door of Opportunity.
These men went to n little school
house, as did we all; went to little
church, as did we; had three hours
every winter night for reading and
planning, as did we. They organized
their lives and selected a goal, made
every minute march and won I'm great
rlce. The men who fifty years from
now will control the great railways,
banks, factories, newspaper Offices are
themselves to industry, initiative, self
reliance, courage, paying no attention
to what IS called "luck." Senator In
gals once said that Admiral Dewey
was SO fortunate that he threw double
skies twice In succession and that there
was one man In every generation whose
dish was always right side up when
ever 1t rained But the boy who be-
licvcs in personal excellence and will
not be defeated and tolls on becomes
so sensitive to the signs OF the ap-
preaching hour when the gods will
rain gold that his garments nre always
spread wide to receive the precious
! treasure.
American Ineficienoy Versus German
| Efficiency.
For years our people have been fed
on flattcry and ndulution. The writer's
! pour forth an endless food of honey.
| suckle liquor. Great is the United
States! What railways! What stee
plants! What factories! What gold
What billions! If any one dare say
anything about our incficIency he Is
| Straightwny lampooned. But look at
the facts. Contrast the natural advan
tagos we possess through the finest
hcmatitc iron ore, unique cOklng ceal,
the richest soil, with Germany's poor
ore, lower grade coal, sandy Prusslan
soil. AS for food, we have the finest
wheat lands in the world In the north.
west, yet average fourteen bushels
to the acre. Germany has sandy soil
carries her nltratcs from Chile to the
bTatk -t..,N f.,1l N
| bushels Of wheat to the acre.
Several years ago American engineers
TO the number OF 100 visited the iron
and steel plants OF England, France
ana Germany. Preparing to visit the
krupp works, the women Of the purity
feared To 20 to the smcltcrs on account
OF the SCOT. lest they ruin their cloth
ing. But, to the astOnishment OF ev-
cry one. the German superintendent
told them they did not need black
gloves and old wraps, but could wear
their white gloves through the works.
III the steel works at Pittsburgh 80
per cent OF the coal goes out the top
OF the chimney, SCOT falls In flakes,
the visitor covers himself with an old
raincoat and then rushes for the bath
efficiency saves what we waste. The
carbon rising through the chimney Is
strained out and returned; the gas is
carried back into n little engine and
exploded; other Invisible gases are
| carried off in retorts and turned into
chemicals acids. explosives and dyes
The Saving Of Waste.
! The secretary Of the Engineers asso
! citation once said in an address on the
F., subject that If Gcrmany's resources OF
| iron and coal and gas and oil equaled
| ours they would drive our employers
| into bankruptcy and our workmcn int
! poverty. For five years have carried
a certain knife. Even now the stce
I'm one blade will all but shave the hai
from the back OF ones hand. The las
atom OF phosphorus or sulphur was ex
PEELED. What the German workman
has lacked I'm the material was mad,
up by accuracy, diligence and skill