Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1919-07-18
MONEY EVILS

The following able article, written
by William P. Clarke, just re-electel
president of the American Flint
Glass Workers Union, appeared in
the Bellaire Daily Leader during the
Flints convention in that city:
Human nature is human nature
it is the same in the home of the mil
lionaire and the pauper, and it is the
same in the home of both capital and
labor. AS far back as the days of
Adam and Eve, stealing was prac-
ticed. Some made a profession of it,
while others practiced it in a petty
way. This failure of the human race
has been the means of arraying man
against man.
"'Money the Root of all evil
GAS a rule, money is the most fas-
cinating thing to man. 1t is the in
strument used by which men hope to
accomplish all earthly things, for
with money you can explore, you can
invest, you can invent, you can salts
fly your appetite and desire for both
good and evil, hence the craving of
man for the precious touchstone.
"To crafty this desire man has
been led to do things that otherwise
he would not do. 1t has caused more
dishonesty and corruption than all
the other ailments that affict man
kind.
"It has blighted the life of many
father.-It has made thieves Of
some-drunkards of others and de-
bauchers of others.-It has broken
the heart of many loving mother
it has caused young woman to part
with her immaculate character and
brought ruin to entire families, it has
arraigned father against son-mother
against daughter and man against
man.
at has permeated our entire social
fabric that it has brought into play
the work of the invention genius, the
artful dodger, the detective, the gum
shoe man, the expert accountant, the
forger, the expert on handwriting
and the ultimate outcome of the en-
tire proposition has been to array
man against man and make every
man feel that he is dealing with a
scoundrel.
'The practice of dishonesty and
grating has permeated every form
of business and society-it is prac-
ticed by both rich and poor it has
affected the man who conducts the
store, the man who employs help, the
man who is entrusted with funds to
pay the laborer for his hire-it has
entered the churches and the jails
and last but not least it has reached
the Labor Organization.
"The man conducting the store has
tried to meet the subject by installing
a mechanical devise called "cash re-
gister"-the churches meet the issue
by placing one man to watch another,
others meet it by system of bonding
that carries with it a fear of punish
ment or conviction in harmony with
the numerous laws enacted to deal
with such acts.
"Now there is no question but out
of this great conglomeration of
crookedness the Trade Unions have
suffered. Our growth has been
stunted-confdence in man has been
shattered and a suspicion aroused
that inures to the detriment of the
Trade Union Movement. That this
is true cannot be denied, but it can
be deplored and all can work towards
an end to meet the situation con-
fronting US.
"From the inception of our organ
ization, however, we have been quite
fortunate in the selection of officers
that is, to my knowledge, we have
never sustained a loss that could be
traced to the act of a dishonest Ma
tional Offcer-our funds have been
honestly handled, or that is my i'm
preston"