Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-08-31

/ The labor movement Is thc fallylne
+ ef the believers IN this spirit Il Is
not The outbreak ai turbulent 81
Ignorant dlseenieHti Il Is not the cut
burst ot an anedaealed on uHnriu.
einled mob; IN Is net the disloyal fe
Nalt az destructive 7IafolguCfgA
Who, after al. are the real and
+ destructive foreigners N cur land
Nho art the real and truW Americans
within cur nidsss TIE real and true
me,sesns are al Nho Join in the
march from slavery Il freedom, saeiai.
/ nellucah economic. industrial, letl hN
! The t1igrlm Fathers, the Q0akefs, the
Catholics et Maryland. the llusus=
/ nats, tbe German feluNses of ls4s.
/ the Englshmea, lflshmCn. French
men, Hcrmans, Italians, Huneanaus
and men of other nations, whe. the
mement their heart beats accepted the
new TRUTH, heeame baptized In the
| brotherhood al Ame1Ieanism.
On TIE other hand, there ATE those
men. who taf generations back have
been ted with tie choicest Of aults
ef America men Who ave cumming,
hoid. prosperous aud who are eeDs
siautly spreading nets to catch The
weak and uoWaffY IN the courts 81
law the senate chambers aud In the
markets. IL b those men who dif
pitfalls Ter Freedom, by bihlng and
enffupuug [ he seHtues placed 81
guard 20 safeguard the nations great
est heritage. Il Is these men, though
hoastful Of American blood of long
lineage, wha are the real foreigners 10
America
The Brotherhood Of labor Is humble.
poor, t,ll Yesterday a mere wsakline
almost tpatlleulale and with few
friends IN high places. II has passed
the infautile period Of life. 1t stands
proud and erect IN is full.Hfunn
manhood Il has not achieved the
full measure Of the ten prosecutions
through which Christianity had 10
pass, but Il has gone through many Of
them and the worst of them, II ls na
longer an almost unconscious. lnHiine-
tive cropping Of men blinded hy ep-
preston to End a Nay of escape tlum
the Home Of Rnndupe.
The still, sud music of humanity. II
which the labor movement marches. is
beginning O. melt the hearts of men.
IL principles, II spirit are finding
able supporters and eAponentA every
where. lta program is becoming
clearer and moro definite az Il fises
30 the heights Of bloom, It, leading
| doctrines are being spread 20 and are
being undeIetoed hp all the world.
The AmtTieAn labor movement Is a
living thing, with a soul and spirit
| aud personality all ita own fhoae
that are weary and heavy laden easl
their burdens upon IL, sttaighien their
hani hagk and eaRn their nrhiuW
| muscles. Ia neA found freedom tie,
noblor heights iuft beyond,
Men and women that hunger stretch
| out their hands and receive that which
satisfies. A. the nanRs Of distress
become less painful and the mind and
heart are freed from the pressing
burdens o. a hare subsistence. lheg
turn to things more Of the spirit
Thus the labor movement Ia its go =
day undertakings lfads the restlefa
10 satisfied lonpinga and stimulates
the craving fof something that Is
true, hlnWet. practical, Yet nnhle.
idealistic and inspiring
To keep full and strong this tide Of
energy, 10 rouse tae purpose and de-
termination TO atflve for Fiofe, yet
more, N the purpose and design of
Labor Day Lei the workers meet:
let them review tho things done. the
mistakes made. the victories Won. take
counsel with one another and releindle
the spirit Of lnbof that viii inspire
ull~-al who must toiia-and 10 pres
forward and upward to that greater
that better that brghter-ethat
happier day.