No better proof of that could be asked than a spectacle presented
in Chicago.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY contractors have practically locked out ONE
HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND men.
The contractors want bigger profits--to be got through
underpaying and overworking their employes.
The men want better pay and shorter hours. ----
Leave out sentiment if you choose. Ignore the fact that on one
side the few who enjoy everything are industriously squeezing the
many who have little enjoyment.
Look at things purely from the standpoint of benefit to the
nation and the nation's future.
If the hundred and fifty win, they will have a little more money.
Their wives and daughters will dress a little more grotesquely.
Their families will be able to go abroad oftener and stay longer.
Their heirs will be able to make more complete idiots of
themselves--and that is all. Personally we should like to see
all contractors' families prosperous--all American families
prosperous. No man's wife or daughter can be too happy to suit
us, provided things more important be not neglected. ----
If Union Labor wins, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND families
will be able to lead at least decent American workingmen's lives.
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND wives will be able to dress
their children comfortably and to dress themselves respectably.
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