Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-03-03


s.reaustsrces. They gave SERVICE
= humanity without though, q col
g or nationality y any condition e
class % caste.
would ask you who carried the
{ lead here while TIE hoys were Over
+ raeres Was il Samuel GempeTS
eith his asSglns st TIE press, was
/ i Gene Dets with his Sedioeas az
usles, which finally landed him II
/ IeayenNeFtha Ne. il was tie unz
organised and forgotten milhonSl
TIE Unerganized tfainmaster ana su-
penlntenaeut working Sundays and
evenings keeping tie trains moving
in spite Of insnfficieney and lack 81
motive power and cooperation the
small business man. begging and
working and fighting to keep his pro-
duet going and his machines work
iaes the farmers working Is hours
day and blowing BY artificial light
1t night. The ordinary workman net
bound OF listening tn such false Geo
nemical ideas produced IS little Is
possible % give another man a job
and make the job last - long as IL
could OF produce as little as possible.
as | said. Are these not union prias
eiplesg Attorney General of the I.
). made Some of the unions agree
they would quit spreading that Idea
among the people. This anorganlsed
workman did the task before him
without thought of what the other
members Of the craft would lay down
10 him. These are the men who got
the results in spite Of hell. Each
decade has its parasites. agitators
and refoupers forgetting that refor
nation comes through individuality
and not collectively. What have
they done for humanity The Knights
Of Labor. Farmers Alliance. Grange
and Coxey's ARMY What hungry
children have been fed by such agi-
tatiansg
What is the NEST prominent or
eaniTation in front of you to-day
The press is full of 1.-THE L. :.
Grain Growers press--thanks to
their publicity department They
are going TO revolutionize the grain |
proposition in this country. Their
committee of seventeen--not one n
practical grain man at high salary
are going together To build up the |
situation. What are they doing |
Voting themselves salaries not |
equal to any officer in their employ. |
VIII they accomplish anything Are
they sincere in rank and fileg Yes.
The leaders, No. What will be their
results They will up the member
ship fees.
Look at the yellow sheets spread
ing their poison among the people of
the country--Menaee. yellow Jacket,
Dearborn Independent, etc.l What /
4 4.
has been made better by following
their adyiceg Fellow workmen,
ask you Go examine these so-ealled
leaders and reformers. As a rule,
what sort of men are theyg What
sort of man is the walking delegate
or paid representative of your craft
Is he a man of a family, God.fearing,
honest, debt-paying, raising his chill
dren the best he can To respect the
laws of the country Is he the best
workman in the shop What are his
habits? Do the cries of a little hum
cry colored child down by the trace
mean anything TO him. Has he saw
ed his wages when he was a common
workman in the shop by your side
Too often he has laid down on the
job, doing as little as possible when
- was III the snop, Win one eye on
the foreman and just doing enough |
TO get by" Hhe has been blessed |
with gift of CAB and brass, though, |
Long before he announces his candi- |
dacy for office in the union he be-
gins to prepare by joining all the
lodges he can borrow initiation fees
for, occasionally he joins the church
If that will help him any. he goes
into the union, walks in parade, car.
ries the drum and rings the bel. and
everything else he can do at the some
time To attract attention. Even
picks a quarrel with some scab If the |
fellow il weaker or smaller than he |
Is, and If he has bunch of the union
boys around TO back him up If he |
should happen to tackle the wrong
man.
Notice how our patriotic county Of
flee seekers give their orations and
IL applies TO these walking delegates
In business every time. The papers
today are full of them. have been
Republican all my life; have always
voted for the party. have never
sought office or solicitation of
friends. This reminds me of the
ma IN hlo nf tho pha figaa Xphan ba went