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chivalry due to woman the most
magnificent creation within the sight
of God or man. J. Phil. Edmunsen,
M. D., 2138 Bissell St
INDUSTRIAL SELFISHNESS.
Theo. Johnson, editor Revolt, in ar
ticle in The Day Book Forum, "Every
body Strike at Once," proposed pow
erful weapon to whip capitalism into
submission.
I believe his view is the most effec
tive and practical, yet the least used
of any. True, we have had a few
sympathetic strikes, but not on a gi
gantic scale. It is but the application
of "In unity there is strength; alone
we fall." I was thinking along the
same line as Johnson only the other
day.
Not one tradesman has shown sym
pathy and industrial patriotism suffi
cient to back up the garment work
ers, asking nothing but the right to
live, where they now hardly exist
I am dumbfounded at the selfish at
titude of other workers. It is enough
because your dinner pails are filled
to the rim to stand idly by as an un
moved spectator in life's saddest
drama? Can you view the wolfish
greed of the oppressors and not take
a stand that will prove you more hu
mane than so many cowards?
Shame! Many of you there are
that boast of national patriotism. Un
til you show more industrial patriot
ism. I think the whole army of
you would run fom a handful of peas
flung by some midget.
Nothing belittles one so much as
selfishness. There is one huge cry in
this age as never before and that is
for unity. A general strike, city
wide, will give to the garment worker
a decent livelihood. Working men,
the giant of selfishness holds your
manlier qualities from action. Al
bert M. Thompson.
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A French scientist once spent 45
years of his life and abouf$60,000 in
attempting to produce a blue rose
by artificial culture.
ARE WE NEARING GOVERNMENT
OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS?
A railroad president wailed and be-
moaned the fate of railroads before
the Western Society of Engineers in
the Monadnock block last night
"Regulation, if continued in the
present degree, must result in gov
ernment ownership," was his ago
nized cry. Who would save the poor
pe-e-eple?" was the unspoken sob.
If L. E. Johnson, president of the
Norfolk & Western R, R., was right,
then the wishes of 3,000,000 labor
union men and many more million
thinking citizens are to come true.
Carl Thompson, Socialist, before
the Chicago Municipal Ownership
league last Sunday predicted a big
fight in a few years to bring about
government control of the railroads.
Now comes Johnson, an old-timer
of the eastern roads, and he says
that we are headed straight for
ownership of the transportation facil
ities, without a fight
r Of course, Johnson is a regular
railroad president, so he blamed reg
ulation in a measure for the failure
of eighteen U. S. roads which now
operate under a receivership. And
Johnson said that a government
owned railroad system would be cor
rupt, but he didn't dare charge that
the postal system, a government
owned utility, is crooked.
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STREETERVILLE HOLDS OUT
Lieiit Geo. Walsh, 11 uniformed
police and a bunch of firemen started
to enter Streeterville yesterday, then
lost their nerve. The firemen were
under orders to tear down Capt Geo.
Wellington Streeter's shack at Pear
son st and Lake Shore drive. When
the lone citizen of Streeterville, Joe
Mantis, a Greek pop vender, chased
the firemen off with a gun, the police
approached with a warrant for Man
tis. Lieut. Walsh took one look at
the revolver Mantis held, then order
ed his brave bluecoats into hurried re
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