Milford chronicle., 1946-02-08

knew peace, and the dreadful war through
which we have just passed was far from the
minds Of ordinary folks. a New York adVel-
tising agency, Erwin, Wasey & Company,
Inc, published an advertisement which Tor
sound Judgment, and application to present
day reasoning is most timely. Nhlle lengthE,
it is we'll worth reading. 1t follows:
The reflected rays Of the MONDAY sun flash
from the panes of the great factory.
"A siren sounds. The Whir Of machinery
stops. 1t is the lunch hour.
"From his office window the Old Man looks
out at the smoking chimneys-acroSSt the
tarred roofs Of the far-flung plant whose
products are shipped by rail ana sea 10
every nation.
"a boy brings a tray with a raw apple, q
bottle of milk and some crackers. The 'Old
Man is lunching at his desk.
"As he watches the workers swarmng out OF
the factory, he sees crowd collectlhs "U
the gate.
"Presentlv man who is standing on pack
inc case begins to wave his arms. tie IS
swarthv little man with a black mustache
The Old Man can't hear what he is say
ing-but he can guess. The Old Mans
salary was published in Yesterday 5 news
paper His income runs INTO slX flgureS
more than the salary OF the president
of the United States.
professional agitator. 1t is job to make
the workers discontented with their lot
Soak the rich he cries He doesn't care
how much the Old Man pays out in taxes.
"Down with capital" he is shouting. Down
with the "Od Man."
"At the fringe Of the crowd young man IS
eating a sandwich from his dinner pail.
The Old Man recognizes the young man
He is the son of Charlie Pedersen, tore
man in the tool room. He has been study
ing mechanical engineering at night
school.
Young Petersen is not paying much atten-
ton to the man on the packing case. As he
munches his sandwich he is thinking eX-
citedlv-'A salary like that is something
to work for. The Old Man started at the
bottom lust like me. It's ability that
counts. have ability. Some day my pay
check will be as big as that"
THE Old Man did start at the bottom and
he is proud Of it. Five thousand men and
women work for the great company and
he holds the helm Their trust, their hopes
are in his hands.
THE Old Man never went to college, yet his
laboratories are filled with graduates from
the best schools in the land. His alma
mater was a backWOOdS school house
where he trudged through the snow II
copper-toed leather boots, McGuffey'!
Reader in his hand.
with most of the men and women who WOrl
for the company, Old Man is term O.
genuine affection. They are puzzled Whel
they hear the agitatOr on the packing case
describe him as an octopus.
There are White-halred men on the pay rOl
who can remember way back when tn
plant was little one-story building AM
the Old Man was tOw-headed boy VIII
carried water for the foundry.
"As the Old Man looks out the window he /
not worried about the man on the packing
case OF what he is saying. He has met hi
kind many times before.
"He is worried more about what is happenn
in America today and about the eager
bright-eyed son Of Charlie Petersen.
"He is worried lest the sickness that has seiz
ed upon the rest of the world spread it
infection through America worried les
all the ismS and insidiOus doctrines c
alien places destroy our greatest herit
age.
Land of the free, and home of the brave
"I1e thinks of Washington and Patrick Henr,
of jefferson and Lincoln.
"He thinks of the thousands of brave Amer
cans who have faced the wilderness, wh
have laid down young lives on Freedom
altar
''IIe thinks Of his own father walking besiC
his creaking wagon, crossing the ALI
ghenies, with rifle in his hand
'He thinks OF his birthplace, an humble ca
in on an Ohio farm chopped out of Il
hardwood.
'He reviews his own life from its lowly b
ginning to his present proud position
industrial America.
"Isn't the essential difference he asks, 'b
tween this America of ours and all Il
pOlyglot nations of the earth, that this HI
always been free land where men of al
bition may scale the dizzest heights
The social register of American busine
is filled with the names of men who car
into the world with empty hands.
'Is the man on the packing case right? VIII
does he offer in exchange?
There must be bosses under any syste