The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-02-27
Spiritual Needs.

SuCli Il SpliIl l tunSluST one ol Mis-
soulas greatest faults.
Spiritual Needs.
things Missoula wants. OF course we
all know that Missoula needs more
parks, a swimming pool, public skat-
ing Kinks. civic ccnters. a Y. NJ. c. \.
CT might ask, how do they propose to
support y. NJ. c. A. when it is like
pulling teeth to obtain an Indifferent
support of the Y. W. c. A. which we
now have). Everyone knows that we
need unity Of purpose to achieve COM
munity progress; that the spirit of
ity atmosphere in order to make it
the best possible place to live in. 1t
might be well to take the mask off our
faces and look ourselves squarely in
the face for awhile and find out just
why we have not got all such things
in Missoula. What Missoula people
need most, and for that matter the
same might be said of almost any
community, is a good, old-fashioned
Methodist Love Feast meeting,
where everyone shall stand up and
publicly confess his faults and short
comings and pledge himself to better
things in the future. Why bless you,
the LEFT Hand" knows now pretty
well what the Right Hand is doing
and what it has been doing all along,
but the left hand has been powcrless
because of q lack of CO. ordinated cf-
fort on the part of the said left hand
good for the SOUL" and I suppose an
honest confession is good for the
hands also, so let's have both hands
raised up with palm to the front.
The Workingman's Case.
AS workingman l want to ask
this question of the people of Mis-
soula, Now everyone knows that the
average workingman who is raising a
family, is of necessity living a meager
hand to-mouth' existence, and yet
can even the oldest inhabitant of the
city point to the time in all it's history
when n chamber Of commerce, or q
business mems organization. or any
other social, religious or civic society
except the labor union. ever initiated
or started, backed up or supported a
movement to bring about better work
ing conditions. better or shorter hours
OF labor, an increase in wages, or evei
started a movement to lower the cost
modities upon which the averag,
workingman and his family subsist
Honor bright, now. people, if you
Know please tell US about it,
The business firms of Missoula, tn,
churches and civic organizations de-
pend in a large degree upon the pa
tronagc of the workers and thcil
families and it would seem the,
should all be especially interested ir
the material welfare of the WORKING
class. All too frequently have tn,
workers and their political and indus
trial representatives been the Suhicc
of bitter opposition by the very elias.
of people whose prosperity depend,
PIuckng the Stranger.
Another great fault which needs
remedy, is, that tho newcomer and tn,
stranger within the gates is considcrv,
the legitimate prey. TO be plurkcd an,
gathered in, so to speak. 1t has b.
come It byword on the outside. ha
"hcn Il stranger comes TO MiSSoul;
they take him in," instead Of en-
conraging and helping him along t,
success, | could give "A number @
specific instances demonstrating thi
particular fault, but proof is not nee
cssary TOO LITTLE interest has beer
shown ~ the luSincNS, rcligious an
social interests of the community i
the industrial interests Of the ma
JoritN class # MiaSoulu'S population.
Another thing that may have bee
noticed is ;hiS, too often when a per
son with advanced and 1,rogrcssiy
ideas comes and settles in the city an
begins to demonstrate the fact thu
ne Is man Of urW ideas, prowrcSSiy
ideas from the outside world, and hi
ability begins t. b" recognized and !,
attainS to a certain degree Of infIu
cncc and popularity, that minute, nm
less he has allied himself with a GO,
tain element whom I shall not lcsir
nate, he at once becomes the ubir,
OF cCnsure, criticism and attack. an
is soon made to realize that he mu
either get in with the bunch al
help pull their chestnuts out Of Il
fire or else he is taboo" and person
non grata, whatever that means.
Reciprocity Needed.
Above all things needed in Nilsson
Is reciprocity, the give and take spir
II business and other organization
must be supported by the laborer,
them then be more considerable of L
needs and the rights of labor. tt
thing Of taking all you can get. pu
ting on all that the traffic will be
and giving in return as little as pc
sible soon beads to the impoveris
mont of tha most ,,,p,aroi,c class bf