South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-19
AN OUNCE OF TRUTH
BEATS PROPAGANDA
Lumberjack. Once an |. ".
w., Addresses Knife and
Fork Club Members.
ROGERS

Give the labOrinE man the am
munition OF truth and YOU will have
ended for all time Industrial un-
rest" was the message delivered by
Sherman Rogers 20 the members OF
the Knife and Fork club at their
regular monthly dinner meeting
held in the Rotary room OF the Oil
YER hotel Tuesday evening. Mr..
Rogers. who during the last IS
months has earned the title OF The
Lum heriack Orator" reviewed a
few OF the causes Of the present in
dustrial unrest and suggested reme-
dies that must be adopted by en-
ployers II they intend eventually TO
end this unrest.
Besides the address by Mr.. Rogers,
Herbert Leon Cope. nationally
known humorist and entertainer
kept the banQueters in good humor
and laughter with his clever line Of
stories and the manner in which he
presented them. Mr. Cope aided in
keeping the morale of the soldiers at
a high standard during the war, and
told the members of the club how
they could keep their own morale
keyed up by inserting a few laughs
and smiles into their daily life.
Says Work Is Sample.
Mr.. Rogers, who until a short
time ago was "A lumberjack in the
northwest, explained 70 the club how
simple it is TO make good American
citizens out Of 1. w. VS.. He said
in part:
"Nine-tenths of the agitators who
are scattered throughout the cOun-
try spreading sociahstic and bolshe-
VlStiC propaganda, are just as sin
Cere as the soldiers who went shoe
less behind George Washington.
Since 1000 years before Christ men
have always followed a leader.
Whether this leader was a good one
or a bad one. was immaJerial."
The trouble with the people of
the United States is that they are
jealous Of the constitution and are
not willing to tell other people about
it. while the L. W. VS.. never rest
until they secure converts. An
ounce Of truth Will knock to smith
erenes all the radical propaganda
that ever existed. yet have never
had one industrial truth given 10
me in my travels from Seattle TO
New York City"
Lay Cards On Table.
I'm all my years IN the lumber
camps all / ever had pounded into
me was the injustice of the courts
OF the United States and the Unjust
ice of the ballot box. We were tOlC
that if we had the dictatorship O.
the prOletarlat all we would have 10
work was one hour a day. How
were we TO know way out there IL
the great northwest that the storie;
being related to us by these agita-
tors was not the truth, when never
a single statement made by a boil
| 81 evist was ever contradicted from
1904 10 1917"
Then the employers and owners
Of these big camps woke up, showed
the men the facts, laid their cards
on the table and beat the agitatOr
at his own game. Now the state of
Washington Is the most dangerous
place in the country for an I. w. W.
gitator."
AT the present time you see tho
lumber camp owner on one side Of
a table and the lumberjack on the
ether settling their differences with
out any outside interference"
In closing Mr.. Rogers made an ur-
gent plea for shop representation
lin all lines Of business, and told en-
ployers that they would only secure
the best results after they learned
10 know labor and allowed labor 10
become acquainted with them.