The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-03-25

durance of hundreds of thousands
CT anonymous workers ready to
stick together in fight, women
like the mother in another family
1 visited.
This woman was a widow. She
had three children, thirteen, eleven
and nine. How clean this home was,
what character it bespoke. This
woman in the good times made
$3.50. The two little girls kept
house When you looked at the Old
est you did not wonder how it was
that out of five hundred pupils she
stood eighth in an essay on de
pendability." She knew all about
dependability, this little girl.
This clean nice house was orna-
mented with drawings of the little
boy. He drew ships, beautiful ships
Swimming along in spanking gale,
spirited drawings. The children are
very poorly dressed. They are get
ting help from the organization, and
they live on bread, potatoes and
cereals. The mother could have
gotten scab job but she is class
conscious worker. She shuts her
mouth like trap and says, l am
not going to have my children go
through what l went through. We
must suffer now so they won't have
to suffer later"
On a very stormy day it happened
that / went to another home. The
wife was sick. She had been always
ailing. There was nothing in the
house. 1t was bare and cold. They
had not been able to get two dol
lars for medicine and that was why
finally the old man had applied for
relief Presently the man came in
dripping, man who should have
been jolly, short fat fellow with
gray side whiskers. But now he was
overcome with melancholy-but not
at his union, he said. What was eat
ing his heart out was that he had
to apply for relief.
He said. II have been q union
man Tor fwenty-two- years -and~~1
never had to do this before. II 1t
hadn't been for my old woman !
wouldn't have done 1t. But l had
to have medicine for her. 81 hate
to take relief"
II any one wants to know how
the Amalgamated does it. it is thru
such people.
Another home. Beautiful children
with flaming hair and big black
Eyes. These children had not been
able to go to school for week be-
cause they had no underwear. One
Of the neighbors had given the wo-
tnan some corduroy ripped out of g
carriage and q little dress had been
made out of 1t. Underwear was
made out Of sheets and rags given
ny neighbors. The babies had had
no milk for week and the Union
gave her money for that.
What can we do" said this
mother. I'VE must suffer until we
won't know such troubles. We've
got to make sacrifices now for that
day.
These people are the examples Of
what is going on. They are not the
whole story themselves but they are
samples Of the spirit which amin
ates the whole Amalgamated.
This is how they do 1t.
How many people who have sold
oeds to get food before they applied
or relief NO one will kn-w. No ono
will ever know what sacrifices will
be made. Yet each sacrifice is I
stone In the edtfce which will one
Jay build new society. mo one
can see this great struggle without
vealising that tho whole working
class Of America Is indebted to the
.ank and Me Of the Amalgamated
who are bearing the brunt Of thu
open shop anti-union battle and who
are giving this magnificent lessor
ii solidarity, in ability to stick ou
the situation.