Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-02-06

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Il is easy u see why concrete finish
ers and iaborers vote for new pave
ment-. Il means the sale Of the only
commodity .hey have-Labor.
But il is not 50 easy TO see why
carpenters, fathers, painters, electn-
clans and printers vote for paved
stress. The answer Is: Union work
men are progressive. They are not
merely after more work, higher wages
and better working conditions.
They want to live in an improved
country where every man, woman and
child has a fair chance for happiness.
A workman appears at NJ. House
holders door with a shovel in MS
hands. What do you WISH" Mr. II.
inquiries. 81 have something to sell, -
is the answer.
What do you have to sell? see
nothing but a shovel, and have no
need Of shoyels."
Il am not selling shovels," an
swefs the workman. i am selling
Labor. | propose TO give you two
hours work ON that ash pile in your
But answers the householder, u
can shovel that pile of ashes myself
and save money
so you can answers the work
man. you can also save money by
not spending it for fuel; but | am not
here to help you save, ! am here TO
offer you the only commodity | have
to sell, which is the labor Of my hands.
With the money you give me in eX-
change fer my time | shall support my
family and they will not be upon the
charity Of the CITY"
"But what is it to me if your fam
lily is living on charity? That is none
Of my business. | must take care of
to spend" The workman is turned
from the door He gees from house %
house meeting with the same rebuff.
By and by along comes an agent
for the Philanthropc Society,". "What
do you wish" says Mr.. IL. 1--WE are
compelled to keep Mr.. Workman's
family during the cold winter months.
He is out of work. His family is suf-
feting,' says the agent.
How much do you wish ,"
why, think one in your circum-
stances should contribute a hundred
dollars
"Well we have to keep the poor.
| will give you fifty
Two hours work on the ash pile
would have cost MIR. Householder the
thrilling sum of 50.
Moral: If YOU don't keep them in
one way, you will in another.
The bes. kind of charity in the
world is for a merchant, professional
man, or householder to give man
work who has the courage to ask for
it. But the world leaves its trash 70
accumulate throughout the winter
months, never thinking that there are
hundreds of peonle walking the
streets looking for the most mental
tasks in order to obtain livelihood.
Il is no wonder that they finally.
staggef into the Welfare station or
the Salvation Army headquarters,
bury their pride and ask for chah,y.
Moral: If you don't have a job for
the man who has the courage to ask
it be big enough to create a job for
him.
Prosperity is here. The year 1925
promises to look up. Land values are
increasing. Wheat has reached the
peak price, with ncthing in the bins.
a tenant received notice that his
rent would be increased 500 the first
cf March. Cotton mill workers in the
Fall River Mass, district started the
year with a l0fe reduction in wages.
William Jennings Bryan has quit
talking against evolution and is now
making speeches in the interest of
companies selling Florida land.
Automobiles are cheaper and gar
age rent higher. Taxes are advanc-
ing, and the general cry is for no
more Improvements until those or
dered are paid for, This means more
unemployment.
Eggs are selling for Coo a dozen
in the she'll and $40 in the plate, up
or over, with buttered toast on the
side
Dress skirts are growing shorter
and silk stockings higher. The United
States has S7fc of the worlds output
Of motor cars, and the worlds record
on chatte mortgages.
Interest on loans is increasing,
hough money is plentiful, and Charles
G. Dawes is reported at work on his
Inauguration speech.
4 city council in the east is said to
be Offering the unemployed 81 day
ON a municipal rock pile. Board not
included. Jails are working overtime
and courts are congested.
If you have any old clothes don't
discard them. Prosperity has come.
In mechanics. they call it lost mo-
tion.a In business they call it slack
and in economics, they call it unem-
ployment.
Unemployment is a social sin COM
mi.ted by the whole of society against
innocent victims.
The able-bodied worker willing and
anxious to work but denied the OPP
pertunity to do so, is a challenge to
the intelligence of mankind
We feed the blow horse during the
winter. We give hay ana bran to the
dry COW, and we kick the unemployed
worker on the street to beg, steal or
Starve.
Men compel others to cease work
and nature compels the workers to
eat. Thus the laws of society conflict
with the laws of nature and there is
hell to pay.
The sign at the factory gate or