Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-03-29

HeHt must nave MS future maa
tain. His housing and liyina
tions must be made such az
putable with self-respectiny
shir. He must be given ,hs
wage consistent with seeing H.
develop to it's full possibili,i.s
state must when necessary ;rss
in. the interest of the commo,.
as Il whole to sec that no w.,
done by either side.
-s. The Wage Workers Rioh.
The wage worker has a ,ixh,
these things and it is 10 the p,,s
interest Of the commonwealth II
should have them. 1t is to thu
est. of the commonwealth tina, }.
lively and individually the
workers should be in a posia,
economic safety or economic !.
tage: that they should have mn,
the savings banks and the povs.
dignity that come when men ~
lieyed from the sense of precan
ness in their livelihood. In ord.
a, hieve this economic power ana
nifty. for the worker himself 4.
order that the community as
shall profit TO the full by the
reward. this ample reward shoun
must be given the working
When he speeds up his work III.
ployer must not be permitted TO
the benefit. But the working
n ust himself do his full job. IA
miner, instead cf working eight
Il day at high wages. works four
and loafs four: II a man in an M
tr al plant works only th,ae DAYS
idles three because he can ca
much money for three days a
formerly could foT six. if rivets
q shloSard drives u; half tn
Der Of rivets he formerly did-wm
alike are proving false To thems
10 their fellow rurkmen md u
cCrntry. In $40 case their oifen
efficient in kii'c from but III Il
precisely as bad as tho offense Q!
rrofiteering CAPITALISTS; and ther
inst as unworthy citizens as III
,,;,u law o. SUGGEST Il ltmleI
rlst be tie law IF service and ID
ward measurably proportional
The ser, ice rendered: service front
sreat and service from the sr|
service in peace ADD service in 4
Let us employ our collective stred
through the 90, eminent so far d
is humanity possible to secure ius
to each man. Let us also dem
from each man service. not as d
but as a right, expected by.
where possible cAacted by. the d
monwea!th.
This should he ou- ideal while
war lasts. Substantially, and cha
ing it as actual experience the
trne test-shows change % be ne
sary, i. should be our ideal after
war. Hands" must hereafter
treated as hands with brains
hearts, with dignity and vision.
of them. Hereafter working
must in a very real sense be tire
as partners. They must have
seats at the council board. They,
all the rest Of US must all worf
gether. to make this country q
place to live in for the children O
Of US. A square deal for every r
and for every woman and for the
tie children. An eignt-honr law sh
be the general rule; and gene
witt Z. provision for bonus on
basis Of individual production. {
work. uuderpay and CHASING mus
be provided against. Class AMI
nism must yield ,e, mutual COZ
|and therefore to mutuel cory
and consideration. Sonds7
and patronage by the capataii1I
Weld to comradeship and partifa
and if his turn the working mani
treat with scorn and abhorrenes
envy and mean hatred which
made the, /. w. W. and Germal
Socialists OF our own land, like
| Bclsneviki abroad. traitors to
crear cause Of orderly liberty. OF
I! especting duty-performinJ detn'
cy: of the cause Of freedom and
mainly.
| Friends, it would neither be POI
nor desirable for me to try II
forth in detail the Sovernm
methods through which | think
necessary for our great repubI
v DIRK out its salvation. All ! ca
and all it is desirable that | 81
do is to roughly outline. to set b
YOU, the principles that should s.
our actions. This | have done.
Stand BY Old Virtues
But while it is evident that II "
to face the new era with success
must try new methods. it is also e'
that we must stand by the old N
virtues that in their sum make u
standard OF individual and ma
character. No organization. no ie
!.tion, no possible governmental
will avail IL the man does not nav
right stuff in him. Down at the
tom the commonwealth must re-
the character of the individual c.
and this he must himself develop,
he fails to develop it must not Sc
throw the blame on somebody else
action Of the government must nor
be of such type as to tell agains'
'degeneracy OF character which
from habitually lying down on the
eminent instead of trusting prir
to a hard and virile self-reliance.
must be seeming exceptions to this
where we. use our collective gov
prevent individual wrong-doing OF
vidual suffering, but even these M
developed from. as funda mental
the doctrines Of the Declaration OF
pendence, the principles of Washl
and Lincoln, rather as TO indi'
rights and duties. and not iron
theories Of the Prussian auto
which has adopted Marxism as