South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-02-26

trail Labor and Trade union. last
night addressed an enthusiastic
meeting OF the MuesseI Civic club
held at Muessel school. He spoke
on two extreme influences which
are at work in this country. one
among the laborers and one among
the men of finance, and also scored
bolshevism. He was introduced TO
the. audience by Pres't Walter
Bloomfield.
The meeting was opened with
some community singing led by Ed
win w. Morse. a member of the
Amphion quartet. Following this
was a reading by Miss Clarice Bow
man, and solo BY Mrs. Frank Han
sen. The Muessel club will meet
again on Tuesday, March Il. AT this
meeting round tajole discussions will
be held
Following is Mr.. Metz's speech:
There are two extreme influences
at work that must be eliminated if
We are 10 enjoy at nome the fruits
OF the victory won abroad. One o.
these extremes is found among the
workers: the other among the en-
ployers and men of finance. That ex-
IRENE influence among the workers
can be eliminated only by the or
gained labor movement, and every
member OF a labor union of Amer
lea who wants TO see his organiza-
ton grow and prosper has a particu-
lar work TO do i'm eliminating this
influence that is threatening the
foundation of the labor movement.
There are men among the work
ers who are opposed TO all kinds of
law and order: they attack all fixed
forms and regulations. They are
never idle i'm their self-impOsed task
Of crit.cising the government from
president down to constable. They
constantly harp upon the injustice
being done the laborins masses. yet
they are not interested at all in the
permanent welfare of the laboring
man. nor do they give any thought at
all TO the future welfare Of the la
boring mems children.
"All they want is strife, and upon
that they live and grow fat, like the
calves who fatten in green pastures
They would take the union halls,
where men meet in an orderly man
ner TO conduct their affairs in an
intelligent way, and turn those halls
into dives where crime would be
Matched, where criminals would be
made. and where God would be for
gotten.
Would Remove Gompcrs.
l., -
statesman, Samuel Gompers, from
the head of the legitimate trade
movement of America. and replace
him with a Lenine or a Trotzky.
They would remove that emblem
of freedom-the Stars and stripes
from every flagpole la this country
and replace IL with the banner of
terrorism, anarchy and bolshevism
The other extreme. found amonG
the men of finance, is represented
by the man whose God is gold and
whose religion is greed He is the
kind of man who piles worthless
chunks Of lifeless things around his
home for adornment. and pays for
such things out of the profits made
on the labor of half-fed children
and broken-h earted women.
He is the kind of man who would
address a patriotic mass meeting at
O'Clock in the evening. and at 9
o'clock sell a state secret to some
enemy nation; at 10 o'clock he
would meet with the directors Of his
company and increase the price on
| some necessity OF life, and at II
o'clock call his superintendent over
the phone and order a general re-
| duction in the wages Of his en-
ployeg; then at Il O'Clock he would
don his silken pajamas, crawl be-
tween the sheets, turn his hypo-
critical face toward the sky, and
thank God that he is not like other
men.
He is the man whose first idea of
reconstruction is a REDUCTION in
wages. He places a higher valua-
| ton upon property than he does
| upon the humanity of his country.
He would let down the bars 10 for
eign labor, forcing the workingmen
OF his country TO lower their stand
ard of living to that of the chink.
in order that his own business might
grow and prosper.
BolShevist Incubator.
HE will not see that the children
of the wOrkingmen today are to be
| the citizens of this country tomor-
row. His place OF business is moth
ing but a bolshevist incubator. from
which he is turning a loose band or
anarchists who will some day turn
| upon their Matching place. and woe
be unto that nest Of iniquity.
These are the two extremes that
real American workmen, and real
American employers and men OF
finance must completely eliminate.
| The workers of this country can best
| fight that foreign influence by at
tending their union meetings regu-
larly. and making it impossible for
| the wild-eyed radical, Germany's
| pet henchman, 10 mOnOpolize the
| meeting with his harange of horror
and his red remedy for such condi-
l tons
Never in the history Of the labor
movement has your presence, Mr..
Union Man. been needed in the hall
as il is now.