Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-06-25
The EVOLUTION OF LABOR
By DON sALANO.


Far back IN the early dawn Of thought primitive man began 70
think with MS fingers From the conditions Of
the wild he became using animal In order to survive amid
beasts dangers Of the encroachment jungle fire.
he began 2 build his dwelling y the cliffs With crude implements
signs Of his toll for future generations to discover and ponder
drive off the attacks Of Sabre Tooth warm his body when the ice
fields moved down On he and gave MIN torch by
The Stone Men developed the hatet The Men of the Forest
devised the and the bow that could throw with power
navigate the waters on logs from fallen trees and when warfare
and concouse added the total Of their supreme
the fighting savage with spear
bow and arrow Ratchet club and shield made Of hide and bone
- y sse 81 m sd a 2 On out
The long passed into the aeons Of unrecored time but
tribal culture It's appearance The first rough artists in
stone left the story Of the reindeer hunt cved IN the cliff walls Of
ancient in time remote that the mind saggers ati
With the growth Of tribal culture man began to possess
That which created Slew trapped fabricated
called forth the efforts Of the law gve The Old Man Of the be
Ito the rights individual
the integrity Of the tribe or clan
develop civilization the work Of his fingers and toes had taught
him to think and the fiat Of The Lawves struck down hard
In his warfare with wild wild nature savage
foes he had understand tn of collective action
the aest swes that survived those with the great
Of fellow sympathy the growth Of Of community
datOns Of civilization pushed the nomad back into the desert
the forest and the mountains
cord the written word the power The Priest Kings those
early students of the heavens and historians of the
ledge of the Seasons the action Of time tide the appearance
planet flood time laid the foundations of the power
and superstition played double they cowed the weak and
gave to the strong Out of the dark the
vast civilizations of the ancient world world dedicated to the
rule Of The Few built the broken backs Of ten million slaves
and harnessed to the chariots OF The War Lords.
fierce subsection
code of protection for The Masters Life AS these
died and passed into the twilight of the gods
there their ashes the cities Of culture and
The Creek the Persian the passed
contained libraries which included all the
dow laws codes and philosophers Greece had contributed its idea
the Republic Rome its idea Empire Judea
the with Christianity and its Golden Rule
and nations from selfish greed and luxurious living
Through al these centuries of Labor had
step forward The lash still fell the back of the slave the gal
ley died at his the wetched od from
rise to shutdown and his ramped the by
storm clouds Of armies that pursued and reiterated with the
regularity of the seasons.
In world Of blood and iron the abore craftsman the
servant received sant and less consideration
Down through the Middle Age the Of still hung
the br0ws Of the like Of spikes War; Famine and
bright star had arisen The Craftsmen Guilds associations
skilled workers The Community of Toll family recognized
and slowly penetrated the dull minds of the
Not until the advent and The the
question OF labor become burning question: Children d
ing ike sheep mill mine and factory The death dan
But out Of the stress Of this Of civilization
arose the poor with the to think himself
ancient brother the primitive found
The tool using animal had become thinking The little
thought required in the and operation machines taught
MIN TO think about his awful conditions and the CHASTITY thing
ne nad bound himself to with chains Of steel Day and night the
reess wheels hurled their song profits against the sweating
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