Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-08-29

NAAAHAs ANH H#HNAl VIVA AHsN AAsNA NtsN
gather 81 hanguetS. dressed IA tine
iinen ana saft raiment. may imagine
,aas They are tie state. but il IS Uet
Sc. Many Of them are simply para
sites, eating bread thai othets toll
for; all eoald ae wiped eat ana the
nation would go right on. they would
scarcely he missed"
And on the On day Of September
lS92. in q Labor Day speech, he mS0e
the additional statements
"SelfShneSs rules ne earth. ans
the only difference in is workings in
the different conditions 81 society Is
simply one Of refinement OF method
It's nature Is in all eases, the same,
ami il generally produces the same
result, and that l.. The swallowing el
the substances Of the weak BY the
strong. Consequently, We find that ia
al ages only those people have ha5
measure of justice Who wefe IN .
position 10 compel il, All classes ale
organizing on the theory that, in
unity. there is strength. and In orler
10 be better equipped 10 hold their
own and 10 secure justice in the teree
struggle that is going on IN the world.
The only hope 81 the labolinv man IN
this country ,iies in organization
Perhaps at no one time in the
worlds history, Is that organization
and influence. that education ana
knowledge needed, as it Is nov. Situ-
a,ed as We are, in the midst Of great
changes in industrial. agricultural
commercial, financial, and all other
material aspects Of our life, Is Vel
as corporate and political life. EN-
bedying in them, SO much Of gocd q
evil, for the common man,
Perhaps OF even greater import
anee. are the changes pendirg because
of additional inventions ana discovs
cries, that are on the verge OF intro
duetion, which will make even more
easy, the production Of all the things
needs of the normal life, The great
est need for the moment, is not that
OF greater production, but for the
proper distribution and utilization 81
The products If labor nov produced.
To this end, the development Of the
ordinary mind to its highest capacity
and the storing in those minds, Of the
essential and most helpful intorma.
ton, TO enable them To meet and sue
cessfully solve all these problems,
he getting of accurate and complete
information on all the different ae-
| tivities In industry, commerce, finance
and government. is of the first inn
portance.
The labor movement Is bending its
every energy in these directions, as
well as using its strength and in.
fluence, to defeat those who would
drag the human race back into peas.
antry, serfdom, slavery and barhar.
ism.
We have already made some pro-
gress. 1t Is now generally accepted
BY the best students of economics,
that anything which impairs the pur-
chasing capacity of the rural or in-
dustrial masses, Injuries not only
them, but all other aspects of our
life. Anything that increases their
purchasing capacity, raises their
standards of life and living, improves
them morally, culturally and spirit
ually, which has its reflex, in those
same respects, ON the people general
ly, and in addition, creates greater
INDUSTRIAL, tuilifltfCidl anu At"HSiAi
activity, and improves the material
welfare of all.
We do not believe that those who
were fortunate in heredity and en-
vironment, and who thereby were en-.
dowed with either unusual mental and
physical capacity, and naturally
vigorous disposition, or with the ad.
vantages Of wealth, or both, should
use those things, which by chance of
birth, they received. and which Is their
heritage from all the generations Of
the past, as a license, whereby they
might take advantage Of their less
fortunate brothers--we believe that
those who have been exceptionally
endowed in that way, by providence,
should use those advantages To
HELP, their less fortunate brothers
We have unbounded faith in the
average man, in his ability, capacity,
and willingness to surmount every
obstaclea to defeat every foe to gen.
eral progress, under every name and
guise, and to go on to higher and
better things for the whole human
race.