Denver labor bulletin., 1917-07-14
The neOptirnistic
Philosopher

Ia Labor Bulletin has gained renoWn
and is spreading the gospel of up
lift and humanity among the workers.
There came to The Bulletin Office this
week a letter (opened and o. KID by
the censor) requesting copies of this
paper, issue of February 3, the writer
saying he and others were interested
from seeing excerpts printed and
properly credited in Australian papers.
The particular editorial in The Bulle-
tin which has thus attracted attention
on the other side of the globe was
printed in the February 8 issue, un-
der caption, elimination of Saloons
Helpful to Labor" 1t appears, there
fore, that The Denver Labor Bulletin
drinking out of Australia, as it has in
eliminating saloons from Colorado,
Nebraska, Michigan and other states.
The copies requested have been for
warded to Melbourne, and no doubt
will be made to do effective service.
1t may interest our readers to know
that this particular editorial has been
reproduced in the Literary Digest and
numerous other leading American pc
riodicals. We herewith print the let
ter from Australia, which is as fol-
lows:
Melbourne, Vic, 5th June, 1917.
Editor The Denver Labor Bulletin,
Denver,
Colorado, U. S. A.
Dear sir: We have read with pleas
ure an extract from your journal of
the issue of the 3rd February, this
year, in which you reply to the vari-
Gus queries that you have received
from the various unions, re the effect
of prohibition in your city.
We are endeavoring to get organ
lied labour in this state to realise just
what you have found to be the result
of prohibition, and that the greatest
bar to the labor movement, collect
lively, is the liquor bar.
We shall be glad if you will for
ward to us 80 copies of the issue of
the 3rd February, 1917, with accom-
panying invoice, and we will forward
a draft by return.
Should you have made a later pro-
nouncement on the question, you might
send that issue in the place of Feb
ruary 3rd.
Should you again make a similar
pronouncement, mail US 80 copies at
once, so that we may let the leaders of
the movement here have them as early
as possible.
When the worker throws aside this
terrible handicap, then indeed will he
De nearer tHe Sredl NiCloIy, anu Hie
emancipation.
With all good wishes, / am,
Yours fraternally,
FRANCIS WILSON,
General Secretary Victorian Alliance.
:. :. !.
THREE glorious events in one day is
the way to start off with story
concerning w. N. ("Hank") O'Day,
printer, poet and philosopher, now con-
Meeting with regular meal ticket in
Denver. "Hank" ushered himself thru
the door of The Bulletins editorial
sanctum Tuesday morning, his rotund
form rippling in ecstacy and his full
moon face beaming with smiles. "See
any difference in me this morning ?"
was the Interrogation shot straight
over the o. P.'s desk. "Sure and you
seem to be headed straight for Pue-
blo," was the counter charge. "Eh,
but you're dense this morning. Look
again" And we did, for blank" was
sane enough, regardless of loquacity,
smiles and noise. eyes, sir, this is the
proudest day of my life," he pursued,
as our stenographer eased up on the
typewriter to listen. Gust received a
telegram from my boy, who recently
Joined the U. S. navy, that he had
gone aboard man-o'-war at an un-
named American port. Here's anoth-
er wire from my daughter telling me
/ am grandfather, dignity long de-
sired. And now, just to make my hap
piness complete, am going to pay a
years subscription to The Bulletin in
advance" And he did, and thus re.
ceives a hundred dollars worth of
publicity free.
,CENATOR PENROSE of Pennsyl-
n vania is brave bad man. He
wants congress, the president, the
secretary of war, the secretary of the