Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-19
WORKER NEVER WILL GO BACKWILLINGLY
TOMERELY A FLYING WAGE" ASSERTS DAVISE

We have been wea;ip.riug an, econo-
mi" St"rm Those "ft us who iohs"rvc
ana ihini. must hav been nNouiShcd
mat Tier" mas hstnSS" i!ttlc.distrcSs
among oar wori.rrS\ during .all this
slack business nud kScanty employ
n"nt. rhiS Is not ~ matter I'll oh
s"rNHti"n only. The ir-turIS in the
United states HureIlI of Labor sta
u>ti"S show thnt the. American work
man has given au astonishing ac-
count az himself in IT,. payment al
his bills through .ali the severity "f
this slack period. Iui.ng the war.
the same worker WAS set down ~
Il madcap buyer al silk shirts ana
FUR coats Ills b"haAh.r sine. tn"
war proves beyond durNe that while.
he may have spent - Ii'iIr more free
Is than WAS his went. hr<3NaS saving,
We hear little of diSt,,Ss during.
this slack period hvcaUset the WORK.
out ut What he has SaV"d.i
THIS is one more rrnSun why fccli
sure that the saving wage unjust now
for good and all take They place OF
the old meaningless living twaee.
A. " definition III" say k,,r 'wagc is,
am aware. a very in'l"hni," term.
There are Americans of rrcsy de-
gree VIII" would never saw" nircnny.
although their yearly income. might
amount /" the thousands. Th,1r- arr}
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u.onIa ,rt ~. |
r'sidn". Just what constitutes: the!
average saving wage f"r ais We
need not stop I" figure. Til" spend /.
Thrift; among us is, after all thu cx-
h.rnus. n. i. su.c,,c,,,,, ~.
roo. ,h,,,, ,i .,i,,, t,,,,
atinr news mn nm c,n,.inn,,,,,
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inri,v ar mr. ,onn, &C.,
ave saver ma , .ia,, ,i,,
tn his n.w ana I,,i,tm,,, ,a,,,I.
will somehow reach -, hal,nr. no !
,vecn ,b.m as Ia vh,, IT, 49,, ,,
run constitutes &, w,n,rai .i'
wage
"S'' "" N"'""''""'
rms is no new thing. For some
piht the most forward an2 Of our
employers have been paying tn" say
ing way" AS Il matter Of cnnr-'". per
maps without knowing IT. Ny CON
tcntton is what these enlightened en-.
powers have been doing must he
com" general sooner or latcr'all III"
rest VIII hav" t" catch M I" them.
believe public opinion Will compel
~ 'th"ut our knowing 1t. great
S"'i'I changes have been working
themselves out among us. and pr"mi-
h'h' IN thlS evolution is IN" work
~ "'m"hd Tor MS shar" IN tho larr-
~ "'h'h'S OF TINS new day. ~" is
"" longer Il mere worker ~ bench.
an "n'"mat"h. HIS ini"llir"nc" has
"''h expanded 10y new and rapid "N-
n'rl"h'cS. Has tastes haN" been
heightened along with the Increase
'' nus intelligence. He. too, has risen
60 III" enjoyment "i hooks. of pic
."''H' music n" 'hcatcf. ch.'h"" a.
10" h'th"r e"n'an"n I" CIT" hut
lew "t ms new demands In other
VIRUS 'hc newly enlightened work
,"N"'"" mas risen \" new place as "a
""'''"h h''hE ana as member at
'''h community conscious OF
wig ''N'n that place u" IS now
"'''''" I" insist upon enjoying all
Wv e'S Oh H. Nor should
"" ""J''' l" ms '"r u means IN"
~ w" n'"' '"''"hm"ht oil ns all, IN
'"' "a" "">"h''"eht oil human so
10y Is Always Z" u" measured by
."" advancement OF the worker him
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'"' S"''"i consequences "' the saw
H may -" '''' L" another
''' ~" P'eStn' " u import