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sell him self below cost. If a m an s
w ork is so h ard and his pay is so low
W hat Does the W orker Have to Give th a t he can n o t keep him self up, if he
is sinking low er and low er year by
F o r It?
year, th en he is selling him self below
T here is no m ore im portant ques
cost. H e is on the bargain counter.
tion for th e w age-w orkers of A m erica
H e is m arked down. H e is giving too
to consider th an th is—the price of
m
uch for his pay envelope.
the pay envelope. N oth in g costs us
Life is beyond paym ent. No m ere
so m uch as m oney, says H e rb e rt N.
Casson. E very dollar a m an has in m oney can pay for the d estru ctio n of
his pocket has either cost him som e hum an life. All the m illions in the
th in g in energy and thought, if he w orld can n ot m ake a h eart beat
has earned his dollar, or else som e again after it has stopped. T h erefo re
th in g in self-respect and m anhood, no industry should be allow ed to co n
tinue if it p ersisten tly kills and
if he has n o t earned it.
w ounds the w orkers w ho are engaged
A lthough few people seem to know
it, it is a fact th a t m oney w as until in it.
L et us look at a few statistics. T h e
th e la st few centuries th e exclusive
possession of the titled few. U nder Chicago tro lley cars killed 378 people
th e feudal system , the m ass of the in the last five years. T h e B rooklyn
people had no m oney. T h ey w orked cars have killed over 400. In 1901
like horses do now —for th eir board over 3000 people w ere killed on the
and lodging, w ith a g reat deal of j railroads and 46,000 w ere injured. T he
whip th ro w n in. M oney is a new , B ritish railroads, on the o th e r hand,
thing, so far as th e m a jo rity of us killed only sixteen people last year,
are concerned. T h a t is w hy we com {though th ey carried m ore people th an
m on people are still w illing to give 1 the railroads of the U nited States.
In India, w here th ere are over 300,-
too m uch tim e and energy and labor
I 000,000 people and vast fo rests filled
for a dollar.
Now, we should all agree to th is— w ith wild anim als, th ere w ere only
th a t no m an should be com pelled to 2866 people killed by wild beasts in
T H E PAY E N V E L O PE .
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rem em ber th a t fifty halibut fisherm en ■Dots n ot th eir pay envelopes co st
1902. T h e tro lley car of o u r A m er w ork 200 or 300 feet above th e street I
are drow ned every year. “I t ’s n o t fish them a great deal m ore th an th e
w
ithout
any
scaffolding
except
the
ican cities is far m ore dangerous than !
w eek's w ork?
th e tig ers of India. E very car o u g h tI n arro w ledge of the last iron girder y o u ’re buying, b ut m en's lives,” say | T h ere are 3000 b asem ent b akers irt
One the fisherw om en of Scotland, w hen New Y ork city. T h ey w ork 14 hou rs
to carry the u n d ertak er's sign, just th a t they fastened into place.
a day for from $6 to $10 a week, anil
false
step
and
th
eir
light
is
blow
n th ey are peddling th eir fish.
as th e churches do—“all people killed
All th a t a m an g ets in th is w orld 16 h ours a day in sunless basem ents
out
forever.
I
w
ould
not
climb
up
to
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by th is car will be b uried at half
for $10 and $12 a week. L ike th e
w here they w ork for all the m oney in j after all is the kind of life he leads. dishw ashers, th ey have no S undays
ra te s.”
If
his
lifp
is
a
daily
m
isery
and
dis
R ockefeller's stro n g box; yet th e s e '
nor holidays except when th e y are
Did you ever stop to consider the
com fort and risk, w hat does it m atter out of work. T h e ir w ork is h a rd e r
flesh-and-blood cost of a sky-scraper? m en do th is w ork every w eek day,
w hether he is rich or poor? A nd es th an th a t done in any prison in the
Do you know under w hat conditions i and receive no glory and no m edals. I
country. T h in k w h at a personal sac
N one of these w orkers w ho w ork on pecially w hen a m an is poor, and gets rifice th ey m ake to get th eir pitifully
the m en w ork w ho dig the deep foun
no rew ard for leading an u n co m fo rt
d ations of th ese buildings? T hese th e dangerous firing line of industry able life, w here does his profit come sm all w ages!
A nd so we m ig h t go on down a long
get
pensions
for
th
eir
bravery.
T
h
o
u
m en —sand hops, as th ey are called—
line of overw orked and underpaid
in?
have to w ork under a trem endous sands of m en have got pensions sim
T h ere are 3000 ra g pickers in N ew w age-w orkers. In re tu rn for a day's
p ressu re of com pressed air. A t a ply because the civil w ar happened, Y ork city. T h ey w o rk tw elve h ours pay, th ey give a year and a half o r
tw o years of th e ir life. T h ey give
d ep th 'of 125 feet, th ey w o rk in 30- and th ey rem em bered it; b u t these
a day for from $6 to $10 a week. T hey th eir health, th e ir hopes, th e ir am bi
rninute shifts. T w o shifts are counted courageous w o rk ers are doom ed to an
sit in u n ventilated room s an d shake tions, th e ir happiness, in retu rn fo r
old age of p o v e r ty and neglect, after
as a day ’s work.
dust o ut of thousands of rags and into th eir pay envelopes.
W hen th ey have been w o rking for a th ey have built g reat buildings th at th eir ow n lungs. T h e g reat m ajo rity
H ere you have an argum ent for la
few years, th ey get w hat th e y call are th e pride of our co u n try and the of them get lung tro u b le and die 20 bor unions th a t can n o t be refu ted .
T he trad e union sta n d s for a balanc
“the bends.” I t is a so rt of paralysis, w onder of th e w orld.
and 30 years before th eir tim e. T h in k ing of th e pay envelope and w hat th e
“ I have seen 100 m en killed while
th a t the d o cto rs cannot u n d erstan d or
of w hat th eir th in pay envelope costs w o rk er gives to get it. It is th e on ly
cure. I have seen th ese m en come I w as at w ork,” said F ran k Buchanan, th e m !
o rganization th a t directly rep rese n ts
up out of the shaft bleeding at the th e presid en t of th e stru ctu ral iron
T h ere are 10,000 or m ore dishw ash the pay envelope.
T o the w age-w orker th e pay en
m outh and nose. Y et the highest w orkers. Y et R ockefeller g ets as ers in New Y ork city. T h ey w ork
w ages paid are $3 a day, less than m uch m oney in a m inute as one of from 14 to 18 h ours a day. T h e re is velope m eans everything. If it is th in
he is p o o r; if it is thick he is p ro s
a m illionaire pays for th ree pounds of th ese m en gets in seventy days. T his n o t a th in g p leasant or com fortable perous. T h ere is n o m ore vital ques
ab
o
u
t
th
eir
w
ork.
It
is
the
same
th
in
g
is a little fact about labor and capital
hot-house grapes.
over and over. T h eir w hole tim e is tion before the A m erican people to
T h in k w hat th e stru c tu ra l iron that ought to m ake even a fence post spent in cleaning tip the dishes th at day th an th is— w hat does th e w o rk er
have ueen used by people w ho reg ard get in his pay envelope and w hat does
w orkers have to do to earn th eir $3 think.
W hen ev er you are eating fish balls them with indifference or contem pt. he have to give for it?
and $1 a day! T h ey are com pelled to
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Go h an d in h and a t our store. There can be no cu t
tin g in the price of a garm en t except the quality of
m aterial or the w orkm anship is cut a t th e same tim e.
W hen you buy your or your wife’s w earing apparel
from us, you have th e assurance th a t the quality of
th e gn-rmant is rig h t, and th a t it is m ade up perfect.
W hile our prices are reasonable in the extrem e, and
we are in a position to save you money on your p u r
chases, we also give you
AU the Credit T on W ant
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and plenty of tim e to pay for w h a t you buy, because
experience h as ta u g h t us th a t people in m edium cir
cum stances are thoroughly honest.
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