Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1920-01-16
EVOLUTION OF NEWARK
By J. Bush

"And why beholdest thou the mote
that is in thy brothers eye but per-
ceivest not the beam that is in thine
own eye."-St. Luke Vial.
"And if a house be divided against
itself that house cannot stand. st.
Mark 1925.
We citizens of Newark, of which
the majority are either members of
organized labor or those who depend
upon the purchasing power which or
ganized labor creates, read with pleas
ure the articles in our two daily
papers expressing a desire to CO.
operate with the citizens in making
Newark greater and better city.
But when we see articles which tend
to humiliate and belittle us it is diff
ficult to conceive their design.
Harmony is the foundation of sue
cess in all things, and to create har-
mony by the publication of articles
which antagonize the majority is i'm
possible.
Very little has been said about the
looting of the Federal government
and the public by the capitalists, but
when organized labor makes move
with the object of bettering their
conditions they are condemned with
intensity by the use of debasing
subterfuge.
"Wealth gotten by vanity shall be
diminished but he that gathered by
labour shall increase" - Proverbs
KILL.
AS members of organized labor we
speak in the name of millions who
work-those who furnish the human
power necessary for commerce and
industry. We speak as part of the
nation and of those things of which
we have special knowledge.
Our welfare and interest are in
seperably bound up with the we'll
being of the nation. We are part
of the American people and we are
organized to work out the welfare of
all. The urgent problems that sorely
trouble our nation and vitally effect
us as workers make necessary our
organizing.
"For / mean not that other men be
eased and We be burdened."-II Cor
VIII:13.
The great victories for freedom
must not have been won in vain. They
must serve as instruments and the
inspiration for greater and nobler
freedom for all mankind. Autocratic,
political, corporate, industrial and
financial influence in our country
have sought and are seeking to in
fringe and limit the fundamental
rights of the wage earners guaranteed
by the constitution of the United
States.
Our two daily newspapers seldom
if ever speak a word in favor OF Ia
Dor in Newark upon whom they de-
pend. Organized labor has done more
to build the city than all the other
organizations put in one. The sue
cess of the city does not depend upon
the size of it's mills and factories or
because it has many railroads run
ming through it, but it does depend
upon the purchasing power of the
employees. A great number of fac
tories and a few mansions for the
owners does not make a beautiful
city or one in which Americans
should want to live.
Organized labor has been active in
keeping wages up to a standard
whereby the employees of the various
industries can live respectfully and
own their homes, and the result of
their efforts and the benefit it has
been to the city is demonstrated by
the many beautiful homes in which
the work people live and own.
The purchase power Of the railroad
men, which is due to organization,
has done much to build up and beau
tify the city and it seems quite
strange that the newspapers which
have reaped so much benefit and claim
to be eager to further the interest of
the city would print such subterfuge
as appears in their columns. 1t is
because of the insulting articles that
appear in these two papers that labor