Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1922-03-03
JoHN p. FREY AND OTIS J. ::uop.
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pies ..a.l,ed Slowing him bowed near
.,e - tls ground by carrying a sol
der On his back. II says, 80 100
European. Worker Carries a ooiol l..
~ 9is Back" Fellow workneh' we
are bent nearly TO the ground carry
80 civilian load. bending US down.
~ have thousands Of useless EN-
.is..ss m national and state govern
- - Usw man unnecessary depu-
- in Irbaaa Court House DONG
ibs work their supe ior5 ought to do :
Wnat sort Of efficiency and economy
in University management nave they,
vel .beg teach economics. what Is
Economics? Work, sacrifice, ana
save! ,.o b,,s;noss
.aznts walking delegates, county
5als-af ard agents, periodicals. Of
- different crafts run for the bene-
fit of salaries couue ted wl'h them.
Champaign Chamber Of Commerce,
P9targ Club, Wouen,s Clubs, ana
oIber clubs. all so anxious to reform
tho dear people, when God knows
low hard it is to raise ones owa
family without going out among the
others. it'll.
On our backs are the charitable
societies-all Of the societies Tor the
preYeation of cruelty this and that.
n is the governments duty TO sup
nort self-appointed charitable organ
izations. many Of which most of the
,,onev i used in administration eX-
nenseg. All the money we have 10
piye or we could give should go to
our own communities possibly with
in block of our own house without
a cent being taken to England or
China. Every dollar could go to the
man or woman in need. On our
hacks are the men Of the craft doing
a half days work, secure on account
of the card he carries in his pocket.
Let's shake 'em all off!
| do not claim that the manufae-
turers or employers have any copy
right on honesty. Mr.. Frey Lere
can attend to them better than l. |
must say, though, was our congress
aslee pwhen it let private organiza-
tions get control fthe natural 70
sources of our country that God had
given for the good of mankind? Old
steel; Meyerhauser, the lumber. Yet
the fires of reconstruction Will clear
the way for them, too. Though the
mills Of God grind slowly, the grind
exceeding finew Just this last year
you have seen how il worked among
business. Look at Armour's in Chi
cago with 81 million dollars loss
Swift with report of 40 million, Nor
ris several million, American Hide re-
porting a deficit, Montgomery Ward,
Sears and Roebuck both wabbling.
Compare their stock with two OF
three years ago today.
| say to you the union offers no
benefits to the skilled and honest
workman.
ID Equal pay for unequal results
is wrong.
~ Any organization that forbids
I workman admission on account of
,olor, nationality, and thsn wouN
leep him from working i'm shop on
account of not belonging to a union,
s wrong and dead wrong.
80 Ii destroys ambition and mi
iative; there is practically no chance
or advancement when man is work
lg under a scale.
t4) 1t collects too much dues to
upport a bunch from Gompers and
is flunkies on down to business
gents and walking delegates. The
lst are generally men of no family
nd no responsibility. They do not
estate to call sympathetic strike,
egardless of sufferings in families
allied out and time and time again
cling men out if the chance comes
Up.
The Book (Bible) records a curse
,laced on man in Eden. / have seen
md felt the curse by the sweat of
ny brow. 1t is here: "By the sweat
If thy brow shall thee earn thy
bread" Success must come through
individual effort alone. Socialism,
League of Nations, Armament Limi-
lations Agreement, Illinois Manufas-
turers Association, the Y. M. c. A.,
the W. c. t. IT,, the Wesyel Founda-
ton, nor the proposed Catholic
Foundation will make the world of
Champaign County a paradise, nor
Will they materially benefit to a no.
tlceable extent the mass of humanity.
i said there was a curse, yet by
the same cause is also provided a
cure. Some scorn it, some ignore it,
others attempt to improve it or
change it. Scarcely dare a hard
hearted old sinner like myself, name
1t, yet with all reverence, | must say
That the teachings of Jesus Christ
lived up to, will solve the problems
Of the world.
In conclusion, fellow workmen, the
clergy, the Champaign News Gazette,
the faculty of the University of Iii
nols, the unions, the clubs and other
organizations want to do our think
Ing. for us and mostly for compen-
saton; find the way ourselves. The
man with one talent lost out in
watching the one with ten, instead of
applying what he had. We can find
the way. For
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole;
| thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
IL matters not how straight the gate
How charged with punishments the
scroll;
! am the master of my fate,
Inc captain Of my sold"
MY. Frey, in rebuttal:
Ny friends, in reference to the
Bible this afternoon, | recall a text
when st. James was writing the third
chapter Of his gospel. He must have
mad the open shop in mind, because
the condition he refers to could moi
pc possibly have been a union shop
Then the 4th verse of the 5th gospeI
OF st. James: Behold, the hire Of
the laborers who have reaped dowr
your fields, which is of you kept back
by fraud, crieth, and the cries q
them which have reaped are entered
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