Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-26
LOYAL. lAeoR'S OPPORTUNITY
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LOYAL LABoR's OPPORTUNITY
Thn strike OF ship. workers IN the
Baltimore yards where important Wat
vessels are under construction Tor the
government, while It was settled with
ont Great loss Of time. illustrated tho
1 eaxarness Of certain individual work
!, men TO adopt the methods OF tne
!, proAtesr ut the o1penso o. the gov
eminent and, II they but knew II, At
the expense o1 themselves.
Every days labor on materials q
war that 10 lost Ut this time 10 eQuivac
lent to days labor in the cause OF
the kaiser. Every striker. whether ne
knows Il or not, Is helping Germany
when he = helping to tic up the prod
uction Of ships. coal or any OF the
ether necessities Of nation In war
time. And when he helps Germany
IA not only proves himself dislcyal to
the American soldiers and the Amer
lean eovernment, but no proves his
disloyelty to himself % we'll. In the
hone Of American victory in the war
M the hope Of material prosperity
Tor Americans for generations to
como.
Several months ago, when the ship
workers had struck in the New York
district 10 soon after President Will
son had appeared before the American
Federation OF Labor to bespeak Tor tho
government the loyal and patriotic o.
forts Of every working man, Elmer M.
Wentworth Of Des Moines, president
lesnsral of the Sons OF the American
Revolution. delivered stirring ad-
tdress ON patriotism Nbefore the Har-
ward club In Boston. Mr. Wentworth.s
Ipsosence In Ottumwa at the state u.
IA Il. meeting and the fact that the
loyal majority Of American labor still
NJ having difficulty with the disloyal
minority, recall these paragraphs IN
NJ. Wentworth's Boston speech:
Do not take any mans patriot
ism for granted. You do not need
to IN these days, when the nation
has q duty for every citizen and
affords opportunity for every
citizen to prove by bis deeds his
! loyalty.
Patriotism requires moro than
/ Mp service and the adoption OF
| ringing resolutions. Patriotism
today requires work-sacridce-
I work by every man physically At
I and mentally competent; univer-
sal service and universal sacri-
nee. every one doing his bit
IN the army or navy; at home or
A; abroad: in shipyard or factory;
On farm or road-let there be
neither Stacker nor striker!
Who shall measure the man.
!, hood OF our first hundred thousand
! fl France, dedicated to the task
Of making q world safe for democ-
rAcy, and the hundred thousand at
home striking to force closed
shop in industries organized to
| provide the materials essential to
j eafesuard the hundred thousand
!, IN France?
Do not expect me to do It.
Your son and my son, true to In
Aeritance, rendered their services.
/, Ny question is impersonal. II
Uncle Sam can command the serv-
ice OF youth and wealth, why toll
crate the treacherous and treason
able inactfvities Of Stacker and
striker?
Loyal working men and wage earn
ems In America are doing their full
share in . patriotic effort to help the
govornment win the war. Pacihsm,
pro ermanism and socialism are easy
20 md in the ranks Of labor now,
where they exist, and 1t is the pa
triot1c duty Of loyal labor to expose
and expel them.