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THE PUBLIC FORUM LABOR'S LOT By L. P. J. FarreH The world is wide and -wonderful, There's wealth enough, for all. And yet some toilers, worn and weak, Besides the wayside falL Why this is, few seem to know, And yet the reason's plain, "Grasping greed doth pay no heed" And labor's voice is vain. Chorus Oh, ye toilers of the city And of the mines and fields, Your masters-have no pity, Your labor little yields. With' wealth and products multiplied In this inventive age, i The struggling toiler is denied A compensative wage. The rich withhold their heaps of gold And pit us against each other, And smile and keep, each hoarded heap, Thanks to our scabbing brother. Some toil from daylight until dark x For pittance none can save, And see few of the joys of life Prom cradle to the grave. But Labor's day has come to stay The toiler has the chance To win his way to better pay And share the world's advance.' Yes, the toiler's day is dawning, His dreams are coming true, With the curse of labor lifted To the limelight of review. He knows the cause is unjust laws And that they can be righted, Outnumbering those who him op pose, - " When toilers are united. SUBWAYS. The boys are trying to put over the subway deal. They don't want to give us a subway. They want to give us a trimming. The eighteen, million is worrying them. We voted on this question of sub ways and said "No," .but they insist on spending the money, r: , Street railways receive their sup port from the laboring class and they do not want to go under ground. The aristocrats use the tel ephones and their autos when they are purchasing. We use the cars." The subway would congest business and harm the small dealers. G. E; C. A DEFENSE OF LOEB. It gives you pleasure to take a slap at our honorable Mr. Jacob Loeb, who so well fills the high situation on the board of education. In consequence, therefore, I will not be surprised greatly if you do not publish niy de- fense of our honored president, yet will I give you the opportunity of showing' whether you are so fair as you pretend to be, if it suits you. Yet, that Mr. Jacob Loeb is a He brew may have much to do with your stand'against him, which shows that you forget .that the business men of the greatest financial stand ing in this city are Hebrews: Witness, Mr. Julius Rosenwald of Sears, Roe buck & Co., who can give $50,000 so easily to the greatest medical college in the world, that is to be in Chicago. Also you forget,' or you do not want to remember, that Mr. Jacob Loeb's own brother, Albert Loeb, is vice president of this Sears,1 Roebuck & Co., the greatest mail order house in the world, and that 95 per cent of the stock is owned by Hebrews, who are the greatest business princes of the earth also. And if you care to look into the matter you -will find that all the large department stores are con trolled by Hebrew capital, and as it is money that makes the mare go, whether spelled thusly or with a 'y,' why should not a bright, brainy, shrewd Hebrew such as the talented Mr. Jacob Loeb be at the head of our publid schools? Suppose Mr, Jacob -Loeb is only a fourth grader, does he not therefore deserve all the more credit for getting to such a high po sition. And has he not proved his qualification for leadership by oust ing the .Margaret,. Haley kind, qj5