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The ashes of Robert G. Ingersoll
were buried in Arlington Cemetery,
within sight of the nation's capital,
on May 4. The ashes rest in Arling
ton because of his military service in
the Civil War.
The occasion will recall to older
labor leaders the glowing tribute
that great liberal paid to the work
ers in their age-old struggle for lib
erty.
He died in 1899. The guiding prin
ciple of his philosophy was "that no
nation founded upon slavery, either
Robert G. Ingersoll and Labor
Office:
623 Walnut Street
Lee Palmer, Rep.
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of body or mind, could stand."
He clearly saw that the unequal
distribution of wealth constitutes the
major element in the downfall of civ
izations and the servitude of the
toilers. Among his utterances one
finds this crisp truth:
"Whoever produces anything
by weary labor, does not need a
revelation from heaven to teach
him that he has a right to the
thing produced."
Ingersoll passed away thirty years
before the revolutionary introduction
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otherwise excellent burial vaults have tops that are simply laid over the
casket and left to their own devices. This, of course, is handier and much cheaper.
But what of its safety? The Norwalk Vault leaves nothing to chance its top is securely
cemented on by hand, and top and bottom become one solid piece of masonry. Naturally,
therefore, the Norwalk is sold everywhere the best is wanted and naturally the best
undertakers always recommend the Norwalk—it gives them a chance to guarantee the
burial.
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Try Our Famous Hand Rolled Ice Cream Cones
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of labor-displacing machinery and
the equally revolutionary increase in
the wealth-producing capacity of the
workers created an unemployed army
numbering millions. But he visioned
even then the truth so apparent toda^
that machinery is not a social bless
ing when the increased wealth result
ing from its use is appropriated by
those who own and control industry
without either reduction in the hours
of labor of those who do the work
or increase in their wages to enable
them to enjoy larger and larger por
tions of the wealth increase.
Here is what he said on labor
displacing machinery and its relation
to the workers:
"Just as life becomes more com
plex and as everyone is trying to
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accomplish certain objects, all the in
genuity of the brain is at work to
get there by a shorter way, and, in
consequence, this has been an age of
invention. Myriads of machines have
been invented—every one of them to
save labor. If these machines helped
the laborer, what a blessing they
would be! But the laborer does not
own the machines the machine owns
him. That is the trouble. We
have got into that contest between
machines and men, and if extrava
gance does not keep pace with inge
nuity, it is going to be the most ter
rible question that man has ever set
tled."
If Ingersoll were alive today he
would substitute "purchasing power"
for "extravagance" and "wealth pro
duction" for "ingenuity," so that the
last sentence In the quotation would
road:
"We have got into that contest be
tween machines and men, and if pur
has ing power does not keep pace
with wealth production it is going to
be the most terrible question that
man has ever settled."
The "terrible question" predicted
by
Ingersoll is here. We have nearly
nine million workers totally unem
ployed, depending for a living for
themselves and their families on the
anty rations furnished by charity
organizations, and many millions
more working part time with the con
sequent lowered living standards.
The "terrible question" is not only
here, but it is unsolved. Those who
own and control our business institu
tions have no remedy of their own
and refuse to apply the shorter work
week and work day demanded by la
bor to provide jobs for all the unem
ployed with wages high enough to
permit the workers to buy ever
increasing portions of the ever-in
creasing amount of wealth which is
largely produced by them.
The millions of jobless are living
under an insufferable form of slav
ery. This condition must be ended
Ancient civilizations fell because lar
g-er and larger portions of the popu
lation became slaves. If American
civilization is not to take a similar
course, unemployment must be ended
Heredity
The company union promoter had
delivered his best sales talk, and now
he beamed expectantly on his audi
ence. "Le's make it unanimous," he
said.
"You can't do that while I'm here,
shot back a man in the back of the
hall. "I'm a union man and I'm vot
ing
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against it."
"Well, now, why are you a union
man?" asked the promoter.
"My father was a union man, and
my grandfather before him, and I
"Just a minute," the company
union promoter interrupted sarcast
ically. "If your father had been
lunatic and your grandfather a luna
tic,
what would you be?"
"A company unionist," came the
ready answer.
LOUIS F. NAU
For more than six years—six years
it was on May 13, to be exact—Lou
has been confined to his home as the
result of a fall from a scaffold while
at work. Yet he remains cheerful,
hoping and hoping that the time will
come soon when he again will be on
the job. And he ever maintains that
keen interest in the labor movement
he always showed, especially so the
Carpenters' Local Union, of which he
was president for 16 years. He was
also delegate and president of Trades
Council many years. He has served
his union and the local trade union
movement in hundreds of capacities,
and it is hoped by all that he will
soon regain good health and physical
strength and again give of his able
counsel to the movement.
Lee N. Parrish & Co.
THIRD AND COURT
Oldest Insurance Company in Hamilton
67 Years of Faithful Service
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Auto—Fire -Accident
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HELP!
A young foreign-born was being
tried in court, and questioning by the
lawyer of the opposite side began:
"Now, Lasky, what do you do?"
"Ven?" asked Lasky.
"When you work, of course," said
the lawyer.
"I work."
"I know," said the lawyer, "what
at?"
"At a bench."
"Ah," groaned the. lawyer, "where
do you work at a bench?"
"At a factory."
"What kind of a factory?"
"Brick."
"You make bricks?"
"No, de factory is made of bricks."
"Now, Lasky, what do you make
in that factory?"
"Four dollars a day."
"No, no what does the factory
make?"
"A lot of money, I tink."
"Now listen what kind of goods
does the factory produce?"
"Ah," said Lasky, "good goods."
"I know, but what kind of goods?"
"De best."
"The best of what?"
"De best there is."
"Of what?"
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"Of dos goods."
"Your honor/' sighed the
"I give up."
Thinking you should buy union
labeled goods, without doing so, gets
you nowhere. The same is true of
patronizing shops where the union
card is not displayed or union but
tons are not worn.
If
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and
Druggist
Northwest Corner
Central Ave. and Hanover St.
THE H. P. DEUSCHER CO.
FOUNDERS OF
FINE GRAY IRON
CASTINGS
HAMILTON, OHIO
Phone 520
Chas. Pfotzer
All Kinds of
Electrical Construction
and Supplies
Cor. Fourth St. and Maple Ave.
Hamilton, Ohio
Harry J. Thompson
Plumbing
Heating
233 Main Street Phone 736
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