The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-25
Use GOLDEN RlULL RULE
N OUR FACTORIES
7hIs Is Message Miss Ida N. Tarbe'i
Brought to Audience Which
Heard Her Last
u Night.
HOW IT IS BEING DONE
shorter Hours, Physical Examina-
tions, Profit Sharing, All Dis
cussed by This Emil
nent Woman.
HOW IT IS BEING DONE

One of the greatest privileges which
mas come to Keokuk In a long time
was to hear the lecture given by Ida
M Tarbell last night, on THE Gold
en- Rule in Business The lecture
was one in the course OF the 7. NJ.
and Y. w. c.. A., and was given In
the First Westminster Presbyterian
church before an audience which
comfortably filled the auditorium.
The lecturer was introduced by q
woman representative of the very
hest in Keokuk womanhOod-Miss
Harriet Solomon, assistant principal
Of the high school.
Miss Tarbell did not spin any fine
theories in her lecture, she told facts
that are being demonstrated and
worked out IN American factories and
shops. The information she gave she
learned first hand from personal Wis
its made in industrial plants in every
quarter of this country.
zone of the finest things in Amer
lea" she said, sis the pride we have
IN our own country. If I should go
out on the street and ask almost any
man whom l met if he were proud OF
his country, he would draw himself
IN and say of course am Every
man expects you to assume that
he tells the truth. II you press
the question and ask him why
\ he is proud OF his country, he
would tell you OF It's prosperity
Its material wealth and its remark
able growth and development. You
question him still further and he will
20 on to explain that in this country
every man has voice and g chance
In other words, he will explain to you
that America Is an industrial dem
ocracy-an organization in which
everybody has something to say and
everybody gets something out of it.
So long as he Is convinced that this
is true ne Is satisfied and happy, but
as soon as he loses this faith he be-
comes an enemy of the institution In
which he once had pride. In tho
last twenty-five years q great many
have gone through this process OF
reasoning, from having pride in
this Industrial democracy, they have
come to be suspicious OF its integrity,
they come to believe that their voice
is not heard and that no adequate re.
turn comes to them from the part
they have in its industry. They bring
against this institution the charge
Of industrial slavery.
Reason for Agitation.
There is a. very real reason for
this agitation and to prove this as
sertion all you need to do is to read
the documents printed by the state
and federal government as results OF
their Investigations OF the labor sit
nation. One reason for unrest Is
Child labor. What excuse can there
De In this land of great wealth for
any child to work during the years
when they should be at school and at
play! When any bill is I'D for en-
asshl-nt TO prevent this evil, men OF
great wealth and influence from every
part OF this land will flock to Wash
ngton to tell congress what great
ana beneficient thing it is for child
70 be employed. Child labor is utter.
inconsistent with an industrial
democracy.
Every man who works honestly
ought to get an honest living, the
purchasing quality OF his dollar ought