The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1918-03-08
LABOR BACKS
THRIFT CAMPAIGN

| New 1OTk OIL TcuI udly oIu, organ
ized labor throughout the country
was p'elged to the War Savings Cam
paign.
Mr.. C. L. Balm, of Boston, Mass,
labor's representative on the National
War Savings Committee in Washing
ton. said that recalling the way in
which working men and women of
this country have backed up the gov
eminent in every move it has attempt
ed so far, Mr.. Balm declared that they
were solidly behind the War Savings
Campaign and appreciated to the full
its real value. He continued:
eve appreciate the wisdom of those
who are responsible for this War
Savings proposition, and we have
done everything we could to encour-
age the members of our organizations
to support the proposition. We
know as well as anybody knows, that
the members of our unions, as we'll as
the wage-earners generally, those who
have shown some ''thrift" and those
who have some money in the bank,
not only make better members of the
union. but they make much better
citizens of the country
Therefore, we are fully in accord
with this proposition. We know that
from the outcome of this War Saw
ines plan, there are going to be more
and more of the citizens of this
country financially interested; and
we know from our own experience
that the men and women upon whom
we have to depend for conservation
action at times when there is liable
to be radical action, are the men and
women who have money in the bank,
own their own homes, or for some
other reason, are financially directly
interested in remaining at work, UNI
less it is a case which really justifies
the sacrifice.
personally, may say that l am in
favor of this proposition. | am firm
believer in the idea that the country
that can boast of having the largest
population holding it's securities, is
the country that has the least fear
from revolution, upheaval or anything
of that nature which will disturb the
best interests of that country. This
has made it easy. There is no excuse
from now on for any man or woman
who is able to work at all for liv-
ing, not showing their loyalty to this
country by buying at least one OF
these stamps. In very short time
there will be some Investigations
made in this country, and anyone we
find who cannot show at least one
War Savings Stamp, is going to be
put in the class Of slackers.
| This is no time for Quarrellng, no
time for quibbling. The employers OF
labor and the employees must bury
their differences, no matter how acute
they may be, to the end that every
thing that it is possible for this coun-
try to do to place the young men OF
our country in the position of being
properly equipped to meet the I'M
plements of war which will be levelled
at them by the enemy, shall be done.
This is the time, in my opinion, no
matter whether our grievances are
real or imaginary, this is the time
for US to bury the Ratchet. If
grievances arise which require some
investigation, possibly arbitration, so
be it, but in the meantime let US keep
the machinery working. The question
of profits to the employers, the ques-
ton of the maintaining of standards
by the employees, is very secondary
consideration to the welfare of the
man who has either been drafted or
has volunteered to give his life to our
country.
eve find among the manufacturers
and business men many who do not
seem to have awakened to the fact
| ti1aC we are III d ocIlOuo Wal. w Y
have the same on the labor side. A
large number of them who do not
really believe that we are in a Sc
rious warfare yet, and they do not
want to be disturbed from their nor
NAL way of living.
''In the last analysis every man and
woman in this country has got to be
made to realize that this is very Sc
rious battle that this means our life
and our liberty. And when the day
comes that every man and woman in
this country, irrespective of his sta
ton, irrespective of interests which
he represents, stands right up and
SAYS, 81 am ready to be counted; |
will not do only my share, | will do
more than my share, if | possibly
| can - think Won will agree that Mr.