The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-07-07
Labor

In the home community of 1.-THE Citizen" respectable
Everyone expected to perform useful labor
y speaking. the expectation is This rightly funda
mental principle Of Beea College II might we'll be adopted
educational principle for the whole country.
One is led to think all the face Of
there are two vast armies in day who play shy where work
is plenty The looks for pay
On such terms they willing engage group
10 commonly spoken Of "he laboring class"
The other consists Of those who live off the products
Of the first and think IL unbecoming unnecessary
labor They the favored class those who in the line
the "dvine fellow for them
and to be their servant large part Of the worlds history
be written from this basis
Now understand II, labor in itself particular
virtue end itself aborer
direct benefit from his labor but the chief labor
that its product contributes the welfare Of mankind
blowing sowing harvesting rd marketing Of wheat but food
value Of the grain fo maintaining life the real object All
raise herds Of and their ccntrbu
ton to human welfare. The result Of the- labor is good
It is possible for to labor diligently and by hs labor
TO advance himself materially and the product lis labor
others. The liquor industry years
ample Of this sort Such labor worth while, much
may the laborer.
On the other hand, the product O labor be
helpful and wholesome and necessary but may the
life Of the aborer and poverty and misery for his
family Such the labor for much Of the modern intense indus
where a mans life
labor compensation adequate neither in this world the
1t must be remembered that the last point of contact be-
all directive the world and products Of all
industry labor Brains direct and this is essential But
brains mined Of coal produced Of
food transported from place another invented
manufactured thing without ultimately operating thru
human labor Machines increase efficiency and lessen toll but
machines made and operated by the toiler.
The fact that there who labor than there
those who and directive brains does mini
mze the importance Of labor Both absolutely essential
brains worth money" hear IL said Doubtless
But muscles by which labor performed Brains
nothing except thru muscle And muscle without drec
tive brains is much better tho IL may exist longer
And capital nothing else than results produced by muscle
tho usually the muscle Of the other fellow the aborer No
produced large capital thru his efforts Mlonares
who produced their labor do exist They did
will Absolutely the only accumulate
wealth for him have else produce and he take the
lions Of the profits We speaking Of inherited
and these created the Neither
history present world conditions produce example
the contrary.
Now why should one brains a salary Of $780,
year with muscle 1000 year, Why should
capital fix the price Of labor than labor fix the worth
Both absolutely dependent each other Each
should share in the profits proportion their real respective
That they did do the foundation difficulty Of
labor the world
live in a palace while the other lives in de-
graded howell! have his thousands
spending produce nothing himself and and
money and life while the other mans chill en hungry
and rags without Of schools and books and
for time eternity Answer can?
Labor is honorable Productive should be
when labor leads to such results
prevalent Industrial life Of today then II to be
virtue and What right divine otherwise has
exploit other black, yellow, white
refusing profits proportion to what each worth!
On the other has right to labor for another
man without sharing proportion to his worth in the profits
produced actions produce criminals and criminal in
themselves.