The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-05-12


1ndust rial Commission.
(Mr Mitchell was formerly presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers
and led the great strike OF 1909. He
was appointed by President Koose
veit a member of the Anthracite Coal
Strike commis sion, and later was
made chairman OF the New York
state Industrial commission. lie is
now. serving as food commissioner of
New York;
II is wonderful opportunity for
service in defense OF human rights
now presented to the wage earners OF
America We hear II said that food
will win the war, that ships will win
the war. that men and munitions WI
win the war Men. munitions. food.
and ships are all absolutely vital to
= v1ctory--but we can reduce 1t all to
one thing when we say that work viii
win the war
To put the strength Of our great II a.
ton on the battle front in France, to
hack up the mon who have been called
10 the colors and who arc now gtvinE
heir lives that democracy may not
perish from the earth. We here at
home must work as We have never
worked before
With our hands and our brains. hy
toll and sacrifice we must produce the
ships and dest royerS and airpl3 ncs the
guns and ammunition, the food, fuel,
and clothing. all the infinite variety
# war necessities. without which our
armies VIII he powerless Millions Of
our people are now toiling on the
farms. in the factories. and in the
shipyards to produce the cargoes and
The carriers to be sent across the At
lsntic. This is the great work that
must be carried on by the army that
stays at homc--the army Of the
workers
Every Mans Work Counts.
The work that one man does here
at home may seem TO him very small,
TOO small to he measured ON the battle
front" but it Is only through the toll
pf individual workers each doing his
part. that the big job can he done.
Take the building of cargo ships. for
example In shipyard the Individual
workers output is less than ton Of
shipping in fortnight. but so 600 men
in a htg yard will turn out in year
million tons. or a great rsef Of one
hundred and twenty five oQo-ton
ships
SO II ia with savings Each one Of
rs must save IN order 80 produce the
great SAVINGS the nation must have.
The purchase Of twenty I'VE cent
government thrift stamp seems very
small thing when read that the
war Is costing US thirty or forty mil
lions a day But every thrift stamp
viii pay for driving six rivets IN -
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collected more than s9a0 600 Gao
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loi ihe cohserNs t'pn 81 iooo mas me.
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we OF "hai u means 10 denF ourselves
shSI pN ~ orus' ti'at those on ne
nEhtihs me ana nose VINO nave SUI
'eFeo 'nocsSI lftoiy "ni's We nave
"een sac ano cotf'loFtApis shail nave
enough 70 ineet thfh neeas'
b"s iA'nr ~cT'e INC Nauon'
We are SUN MOI freeing our rAl'-
r"aos from me necessary OF transport
NE ana our factories from the can 20
~. lnahins thousand ana one thihss
"hlcn hanIt mas maze US reel are
neces@lues ouL "hIch me ruined
homes ana people OF beiginm' france
Serola' houms ma ana Armenia lur-
n,sh PROOF are trihes nfht as AR.
~ we seilshlY insist 1hat workers
needed IN the work or war must con.
hnue 70 produce the run Voiaahh OF
peace-ume comforts emo luShrles. we