The Denver star., 1918-05-11
THE IDLER and
L0AFER MUST GO
Denver to have Stringent Ordinance
Work, Stave or Move, the Order

1T Council contemplated ordinance
which has been suggested by and the Industrial
department of the city, poorooms and dives of all kinds will
hit hardest This has developed the
point all work aud produce something for
soldiers who the trenches Our military forces need
fuel food and munitions of In this hour of peril when
sacred dear any human heart stake
free patriotic ought permit oafers and ders
that which they do produce food which
other grow If you do work. you should
nothing. nothing yet every ider and loafer aid
ing Kaiser and promoter of German propatarda
that he and without earning and
ducng foodsus and clothing that might be used for the
for the feeding and clothing of army and the allies if
the dle would produce enough to feed and cohe
himself In other words the idler and oaer is not pulling
weight, but sappng the strength and using the
power furnished by else.
Every m who walks the of the community in
which lives and has visible of support
be strict accountability for his stewardship
should be tell he how he subssts where he sleeps
where he and from whence he gets the money to pay
his bills There is dearth of labor in
because of any scarcity of power but because
sands of both white and blsck-have learned how
get living without working. We shall conclude with
this editorial from the Atlanta Independent.
The suggestion of Mr.. Stanley to close up the pool
during all hours of the day and the suggestion
adopt the card check up all the people
VINO work and those who do not work. other dea
must resorted country from industrial
economic famine. The soldiers in France Allies
must be supported The civilians home are discharx
ing patriotic duty effort promote sale OF
bonds savings and thrift live the mill
engaged other contributing to the win
of the who do not produce food stus
vided for present agricultural force in this country
cannot produce enough food sufs feed the people at
home soldiers in the trenches and spare enough keep
soul body together among the allies If thousands of men
are the poorooms dives and other places deness
all the working hours Of the day.
newspapers full a advertisements everv dav for
working wages that professional bank CLERKS
do not Yet factories plants farms he
domestic and other vocatons go begging for unsk
ed aboers We have read advertisement from Will
ingham Tft which typical of the advertisements an
pearng every day in daily calling twenty women
to work lumber yard and in the mills handling heavv
timber and doing male work. while the poolrooms of Atlanta
are the brim with thousands of hale hearty able
bodied "slck' who will work for Twenty Dollars
week These have visible support half Of
whom could to the police where they sleep or
eat Yet they we'll dressed and that while the women
do ,h- work take the place Of ,b.
Negro men the fields in the shops in the mills in the coal
wards drays and other places the white women
taken places of the white stores dinno
rooms clerks and other vocations of ba
service are all to the community? Are ,hev al,
n he ornaments idle to loaf prowl around ar nb
promosing and idemorazng the community? No the
dler aud loafer must