New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1915, Page 10

n - Center. manager uccessful as he was' “with a certain ' local "next star showed us the| theater, we knew we were | ler pleasant time. The jat caused us to sit up g8, Wwas the orchestra it 'seemed as if he de behind his vio- 1y succeeded, for al. | ‘time has passed, Henry lur class baby, still refuses f about, we saw a dignified fisitting jin the critics’ box. @ale is now the greatest e country, dramatic and % . Ray istill believes that Juble 'with the pace that “does not Kkill enough Soon rose and we were e loud growling sounds rom a person occupy- of the . It was ‘Al” Tuthill, who was throat before he be- - He made a very (88 he- stood there d brush. in one hand, ) photographs in the “1s now a matinee idol. | 'We ‘have heard recent- ol 1 (idle). - - 4 was a ' juggling act, an , caused us to hold Seats, because of the care- ler in which he threw eggs, things around. Andy, later ‘he is such a high-priced ‘that he is not bothered &t . cost of living. at ‘there came & clog danc- 3 ¢ Sablotsky and Daisy ' Both girls are follow- | eville stage. ‘We have scar Hammerstein is af- “we hope he does not for they will have to pay floor. ‘was a decided success. two girls, one of whom ¢, rec ons, and the . and they were =Ethel d; Kdith Bayer. Bthel's big- 88 was. “She sleeps in the ' request,” while Edith’s In- n of the ancient = Greek in 'then rose for the main ‘It ‘appeared to be the utiful garden. Stand- /balcony, adorned in a n Troubador’s ‘uni- & el in a re- # voice, while snapping ito keep time, stood -~ our xican Athlete, - “Eddie” )t course the object of all W‘fion as attentively %0 in the corridors, in days she cast shy glances at ‘‘'on the cormer, - »fi:}”': we thought we the_ stage door tances with = our when we got there, .one had beaten us | stan here all dressed Christmas Tree, stood our Norman: McKirdy,, he of and pressed shoe- “ is making quite a hit hnny, and if you saw his ‘would believe it. ext star we saw a suffragette 5. Almost hidden by a fotes for Women” flag, We saw t seholarly classmate Leah jan, the animated question mark. 'in_the opposite direction car- A proclaiming that n's Place is the Home"” was - Ahlstrom. It . was Tu- that ' the ' main, - reason le was competition. d this from our the two girls in High but ' We saw the ad- Advantage of Gaffney's personally " Upon investigation, that Donald was the man- explained the they were passed. often complained that spoke so slowly that they never . ‘thing explained until they mile or two up the road, and t1 it. \ ng manners did e peace among the r of Dental fiedged n we asked him v ge! “along, he teld us that although most of his patients were Normalites, and trade was rather light, he still managed toipull out. Yes. Helen Ringroso i§ proprietress of that tea store we just passed. Helen gained 80 much experience while tak- ing care of her father's place that she finally decided to run in competition. Next' door to"Helen’s place was a pretty little candy store. Looking through the window, we sa Elsle Mc- Crum ang@ Nellie Minor, behind the countgy. Nellie was drawing pictures for the boxes, and Elsie was (say) sampling the contents. Standing in the doorway, offering' sweet smiles to passers by as inducements, was Alice Manee. It is needless to add that the aforesaid smiles were the cause of a rush on the candy market. ‘When We saw a large yellow wagon go by, and Root’s Hand Laundry” on the side, we were interested. Burritt, king of Roughhousers is the happy manager of the laundry. He gets the orders, and she does the work. At present we do not know his address? but he still hangs out at Maple Hill. It any of you were sitting on a plan- et, and heard music issuing from a star, we are sure you would be star- tled, and especially where said music sadly resembled singing. Where this star was near enough, we sought the source of the music, and found that all the noise came from a store run by ' Helen ' Cunningham, and Linea Johnson. Their plan for sell- ing music was very simple. Their silent partner, Huldah Johnson would sing to the customers. and before they recovered from the ‘'shock, Helen and Linnea sold them enough to start a store of! their own. 'We were told that Huldah had been despondent for time, but lately she has begun to feel more (Filmore) cheerful, and her most popular song is “O-man, O-man (Ohman), by the fountain I await thee.” Hearing a loud scraping and shuf- fling of feet, as we passed a large building, with barred windows, we fent in to find the cause of all the dis- turbance. - When once inside we saw that it 'was a prison, but still we could not find the source of the noise. ' Fin- ally we came to a large room in the center of which, were two young men. They were Harry Siderofsky and Johnny Begley. 'Both boys are spending their time giving exhibitions of the Fox-Trot, Lamp-Post Glide, Homeward Stagger, and other famous dancs at the prisons. If that ddesn’t make the convicts glad they are in prison, we don’'t know what will. By this time we began to wonder as to what had become of iour old friend Rose Fox, but our fears were soon set at rest, when we saw. her coming out of a handsome building on a corner. She told us that she was now running a correspondence school for the main purpose of teaching peo- ple to smile and be cheerful. We know, from past experiences, 'that Rose /is' a ‘success,” for ‘when she:was in High school, she always was a good sport. ‘We were rather startled by a vision which appeared before us, but it only proved to be Bement Hibbard's neck- tie, Bement, who was our slangiest classmate, as well as sport, often told us that he would never get hitched unless he could cop 'a dame with .a steady job. But since ‘then we have learned that he has not lived up to this; for he is now hitched, as ' he would say, and is happy, and we know that Gladys (is) too. | Helen Raphael is now helping her father’s buginess by dressing up in the very last word in style and walk- ing through Main street. They say it is ‘a fing advertisement and that she always hds a large crowd of admir- ing women following Ter and they eventually land in the store. Caroline Wessels is the proud pub- lisher of a series of lectures entitled, “How' to be brutally frank on all oc- casions.” In the preface she ex- plains that she is well qualified to write such things as she had always practiced = the principle while at school. The loud clanging of a bell startled us, and the local police patrol came flying along, driven by a long-haired al poetic looking young fellow whom he saw in an instant was Willlam J. Burng Fletcher. After being disap- pointed in two affairs of the 'heart, and being in some doubt as to the party, and he claims | third, he thought he would devote his parience in managing was @ manager of our fa- b team during his gh. ‘ 3 iss is now a lecturer Ny, She is an ardent stu- this, and is a'firm believer in Her latest work is a book entitled “The Interior She says she got ‘while listening to a ure one day in room 40. B¢ ?m-r, a cloud of dust, and ¢ Ford had passed. It was Vin- ight who is now engaged in the Universal car. The com- mplains because he uses so isoithe, but Vint says is all in 3 the business. Most of . are young ladiés, prob- his fatal gift of beauty. ‘say, he leaves a trail of ‘hearts in the wake of his Ford, s would like to know since he is. life to making things easy for the un- fortunate; so he donated this beau- tiful auto patrol, and gives them a ride, istead of making them walk to the cooler. We were afraid that :the star would 'bump something, as its course was very erratic, but ' when we saw that it was a trolley car, we breathed easier, Jack Street was the motorman, ‘hence we have “Street” car, and Jimmy .Roche was the con- ductor. * Jimmy’s professional name is Rob Nichols (nickles.) We thought ‘we would take a short ride, but aft- er we got on, we were disappointed in the speed of the car. Finally we said ' to Jimmy, “Can’t you go any faster than thig?” ‘“Yes,” he replied, “but I've got .to stay on the car.” We were travelling along, we heard the honking of a horn, and per- ceived ‘two young ladies, each driv- ing autos. Hazel Hart and Gertrude Castle are opgrating a jitney bus be- next how did Corrine Goodwin ‘heart. d ‘Frances = Parker, In- c” on the door of an , We entered. It seems that o has her: troubles, for her is nearly exhausted by the g on of a .young would-be n next door. In fact, aithough s & good sense of humor, care did not make her lose it. s shown, when she wanted to if tie upimb as¥oramt wip %; Y oamp mext dppr, wore next aoor, wore mige B e ng aspirant who | tween the High school and Plain- ville. Of course Vinton's Universals are the cars used, and both girls are doing prosperous business. But the real surprise came, when, on looking into a following star we saw a little curly haired chap, also driving a Universal, while engaged in earnest conversation with a young lady who ‘was fairly labeled ' South Manchester. Yts, it was “Doc” Mar- j tin, and he says she was his danc- | ing teacher. We wonder if the dances after a certain basketball game Were his first lessons. ne on, Emma Tomma- Clark, have written to be Smart in ool, and still ‘e happy.” As deli~: & 'great-deal of her’ timie teaching/[to" cate a subject as this could not be placed in better hands for all three seemed to be just overcome with joy. As we passed a -large -department store, we were attracted by something in a window fllled with toys. At first we thought it was a huge billiken doll, but it was only “Buggy” Felt, he of ‘the contagious smile. . He .is making quite ' a hit in his new posi- tion. A When we heard the sounds of waves in the next star, we knew we were .at the shore, . and the most prominent people there are Willie Gregory and Merton Lamb. They are in the hotel business, and when we saw them they were answering a let- ter from a would-be guest, who de- sired two large rooms facing the ocean, with private bath. At Willie's dictation, Merton was writing the following “Dear Sir: All rooms face the ocean, and thats’ your bath.” The sight of two young ladies, wijo were such great pals at school, hav- ing an argument, would cause anyone to look twice and more too; when the girls were Hazel Talmadge and Haz- el Duncanson. It seemed that they were in doubt as to the nature of the selection that is played so frequent- ly, at weddings. Miss Talmadge taought it was the ‘“Sweet Dreams” waltz, but Miss. Duncanson thought it was the “Battle hymn of the Repub- lic.” Marty Horwitz now owns a hard- ware shop, and Vincent Glyne, the ever obliging, is his head clerk, While we were waiting for a ‘chance to spéak to tne boys, a very wild eved young man rushed in ond cried “I want some poison, quick,”” he was Allen. Moore. Vincent, as obliging as ever replied *this is a hardware store, but we have a fine line of ropes revolvers and razors. . Louis Thompson, our artist, is a famous painter in New York. Tom- my’s ability has won him many laur- els, but ‘the most that he is drawing at present are his breath and Gold Medal Floup signs. Running down the stréet at a mod- est 'gait we saw, Angela Curtin, and Bess Conlon. fioth girls ‘are keeping house, that is, a sort of’ achelor Quarters, for. they still seem to he man_shy. Clarence Sandstrom, . the camera man, is now in the moving picture business. ~When pdtrons enter the theater, they are seized by a couple of ‘huskies who throw them around until they are dizzy. Then they. see plenty o$ moving pictures. It might also be well to check your valuables before entering. Great was our amazement when on looking into the next star, we saw Leland Hoar, presiding over a meet- ing of auto’'racing men. “Barney” looked real cute with his feet on the table, and a huge cigar in his mouth. The present discussion concerned an automobile tour: of :alll ‘parts of the world and Mexico. As we came out of the meeting place, we saw a large parade which was making its way toward Broad street. We learned that it was the Expressmen’s. Union. . Just then a large moving van came by with all the dignitaries in it. The most distinguizhed of them all, was the driver, and he was no other than our pal, ‘“Dutch Leist,” and Tippy Fay of the High school. He was our laxiest member you know. “Dutch’” ‘was president of the Ex- pressman’s Union, and the parade was in his honor. This we easily under- stood ,when we saw our rube twing, Taul and' Phillp Camp, carrying a banner, on which it said: “Vote for Leist, thé | Workingman’s Friend.” You see, “Dutch” was a candidate for for the town farm job, ‘Weé followed thé parade, and when it stopped, we drew nearer to hear the speakers. The first was a young man who told a few jokes to keep the audience in good humor. We knew ty his'ready smilé that it was Al Johnson. Following him came the speaker of the evening. At first we failed to recognize the dignified per- son with the high hat, cane and Van Dyke beard, but when he was intros duced by “Dutch” we found it was Jchnny Darrow. Johnny 1s most ex- alted ruler of the ‘‘Ancient and Be- nevolent Order of "(looks,”” and is Dutch’s biggest political ally. A more striking illustration of the lioness and the lamb could not be found, than when we saw Anna Lip- man and Helen Kutcher, on a plat- form before an immense gathering of women, pleading for funds to provide a home for homeless hoboes. While Anna strove by loud and eloquent or- guments, to sway her hearers, Helen, who always maintained that silence was golden, tried to convince them, by smiling sweetly and saying nothing. Beatrice Zeitlin and Rose Welinsky are scientists. Their most notable feat was the taming of the savage onion, | which-was accomplished by robbing it of its strength.. They are now work- mg on the subject of boneless bananas. Of course anyone who spends much of their time at one cervain place, is bound ‘to keep the habit, and so Ber- tha Waddell, is manager of Fox's theater in New Britain, where she sits | and passes judgment on the fashion films. When the next star floated by, we heard a factory whistle, and after a little detectiving, we found that it came from a large tobacco warehouse. Yes. "'Stevie” Donnelly, our athlete is proprietor, and when we saw him, he wae trying to memorize a long list of cigars. He explains that he was just iearning- the ropes of the cigar busi- ress. Then he told us he was going to get married. We think you are fcoling Steve, but ~does Margaret Meehan (mean it) ? Passing out to the sidewalk, we noticed a motionless figure near the ! curb, No it was not a monument, but it was Alan Hall, Al spoke so seldom in school that he finally lost his power of speech, and is now working as an Indian sign for Steve's cigar store. Viola Strosser, our other athlete is now happily married, and is living in Plainville. You all, no ‘doubt, wonder ‘where her great liking for athletes: will now benefit her, but when we saw her, she was in the midst of a thrilling struggle with'a pile of ashes, which .she was.trying to sift with an X |18 too Ereat. _old tennis racquet, Pear! Woods, our class baby, !nendq, vhonographs to talk backwards. If anyone can do it Pearl can. Maurice Rosenberg and Harry Mil- Fowitz, our parliamentary law friends, are serving as legal counsel for the N. ¥, N. H. & H. Railroad. They certainly are well suited for the posi- tion, . Maurice first gainea his ability to argue in room 18. When we saw the Iigh school in the mex} star, we thought there was some mistake, but we found it was greatly altered. A sign over one room which read: French depart- ment, attracted us for the head of this department was Leonie Crowe. Of course her friendliness with the ruler of room 18 during the good old | days has given her many tips and we were told that her specialty was disci- pline. Eleanor Grant is now presiding over thetripod of the Delphian Oracle. She is the leading authority on all Greek apd Latin texts .and -has written several volumes on: “The Strength of Mushrooms,” She is promoting the idea of substituting the mushroom for dynamite for blasting purposes. Abie Lipman, the human rattle, also dance promoter, is now the train an- nouncer at the Newington station. Judging from the nature of the job we can say that Abie is still living up te his ability of being able to talk a lot and not say anything. Bdna Andrews, our suburban friend,: manages the Testaurant at Lake Compounce. Edna’s fame as a cook is widespread and we understand that the lake is a popular meeting vlace for N. B. H. S. alumni We were greatly surprised to hear that Esther Alling has become a doc- tor. Of all things this was the least éxpected. While talking with her we found that after trying her profession for a short time, she was too bashful to continue so she took up Christion Sciepce and now gives her patients absent ‘treatment. : A large electric sign in the next star praclaimed that the three fairies ‘would ‘be seen, next caught our eye. Of course, ‘Harry’s attention was im- mediately arrested. Imagine our sur- prise when 'we saw ‘“Ca Mills,"” “Tippy Trout and Marion Stanley interpreting the principals of Isidora Dunean. | They made a great hit, for they tripped about on the stage in a very gamesome manner. It quite re- minded us of ‘their spirited réndering of Comus in the old days. ‘We could see that daylight was ap- proaching as the next star was very dim_but still we were able to make out two.girls at work in a garden, Angeline Stiquel and Hildur Torrell, are rivals of Luther Burbank the gar- den wizard. When we saw them they were trying to produce custard pie. ‘When we saw a sad rooking lady who appeared to be seeking some one we knew it was Harriet Wells. Since the départure of last year's class Har- riet has been more Moody (mody) than ever, and wé have been unable to find a cure for her. But cheer up Harrfet the reads are good now and Halph should worry if he misses that last car. d The sight of a husky cow puncher galloping down the street and sing- ing at the top of his voice is always interesting. We knew it was Hank Donnellysand he also owns a ranch, in fact he owns two, a cattle ranch and a monkey wrench. We thought that the suffragettes Lad: captured the towr when we saw ihree girls in uniform, at the railroad station. But we found we were mis- iaken when we heard Clara Powers say! “All the latest magazines and papers,” and Annie Smith cried out: “Elastic chewing gum, lasts longer than all others,” while Anna Schmid’s war cry was: “Smash your baggage!” Jacob. Cohen is janitor of the City hall; -He says that things in the city bbuilding are soon due for a clean sweep. . Catherine O’Leary, Jessie Neilson and Helen Pelton have joined the Knitter's: union, and are knitting gocks for our police force, . They think that ¢harity should begin at home, but in this case Helen says there is no= body home. The sound of & band wouuld cause anyone to get excited and we hustled out to the curb to get a gvod view of the noige. It was this: Byron Wil- bur was' starting out to walk around the world. At that moment the band was quite a bit ahead of him, and Byron was trying to caten up, & prac- tice whigh he nearly perfected in High school. ‘When we atkea him as to when he expegted to finish his jour- ney, he said he didn’t know, but that it was better late than never. By this time we could no longer make out the interior of the stars, and £0 were unable to obtain our own prophesies, however, as the light grew orighter, we could make out a road leading away from the bench where we sat, and which looked a great deal ke the Milky Way. After a short time we arrived home, feeling well gatisfled ‘that the members of the Class of 1915 were doing justice to themselves and to their school. Class Oration By Iver Axelson The ‘passing of the nineteenth cen- tury saw a marked change in the status/of the workingman. The i change was' especially noteworthy in politics, due to the extension of con- stitutjonal rights to all. Gladstone, the English statesman, rightly called it “the age of the workingman.” Notwithstanding this change, has there been the same advancement in the industrial world as in the politi- cal world? The best answer to this question can be found in the present discenténtment of the working classes. Evidénce of thig fact was submitted at the heatings of the Commission on Industrial Relations, Samuel Untermyer, the New York lawyer, said: ‘‘Capitalists surrender only when forced to; the individual worker when unorganized has not a fair chance,” and gave as his rea- son for the present industrial unrest, “the injustice of existing conditions.” | More remarkable was the testimony of Daniel Guggenheim, the capital- ist, who stated: ‘“The difference be- tween thé rich man and the poor man The only way to get away frem the industrial unrest is have as much right to organize as capitalists; they are human beings; the workingman does not merely want an increase in wages; he wants com. fort for himself, and his family and he will get them,” and added, “if it were not for the philanthropic work now being done there would be a social revolution.” The statements of these iwo great authorities cannot be disposcd of as idle talk. The truth of their words re-echoes in our ears. Political de- mocracy and industrial autocracy can- not go hand in hand; the two are incompatible and cannot long remain side by side. This, however, is but one view of the story. The employers have their side also. One hears the employer constantly saying: I am working much harder than any of my em- playees—and it is true. But while he is working harder, he is having the satisfaction, which comes from work.] The men, who are denied participation in business, are denied that ‘satisfaction and consequently do not exert themselves to the utmost. As'a matter of fact, there are few things in life as interesting as work under proper conditions; and the way in which employers generally work establishes the truth of this state- ment. responsibility of the business. Let the employers give them the oppor- tunity to bear the responsibility and the response will come. For unrest usually means unused faculties and there will be labor unrest until the faculties of the laboring men are fully utilized. The employers say that there is not enough produced to compensate the claims of labor—and this is true. The present profits preduced in our in- dustrial world are not sufficient to satisfy the demands of both capital and labor. Our hope lies in pro- ducing more and the only way to produce more is for labor and cap- ital to co-operate fully. From the controversies of our time there emerges three main ideas as to the best way in which industry can be organized. First: Industry may be organized as it is at present, on the basis of pure individualism. Second, it may be organized on the basis of state and municipal gocial. ism. Third, it may be organized on the basis of voluntary association, that is co-partnership and capital and labor. Pure individualism has put the con- trol of industry in the hands of the few who provide the capital, while labor has been paid in wages only. The result is a continual strife be- tween these two factors. Socialism has no desire to begin where we are now, but wishes us to’ take a leap into the dark. nat voluntary, but compulsory, dnd are. based on many elements fraught with danger. Voluntary association, or in other words, co-partnership of capital and labor is a happy mean. It is not a revolution in our industry, but is an evolution. It is no chimera, but is the basis towards which we are grav- itating. It has already appeared on the horizon and is traveling towards the zenith. Let us examine for a few moments the possibilities that lie in this form of co-operation. Co-partnership of capital and labor | er and the changes.that will accom- its simplest form provides, that | pany it—the shareholder’s rights, the the worker should receive, in adition | more efficient work, the more sympa- in to his wages, some share in the final profit. of the business; and that the worker* should accumulate a part of this share of ‘the profit in the ecap- ital ‘of the business employing him, thus gaining the ordinary rights and responsibilities of a shareholder. A scientific detall plan based on this proposition has been indorsed by President Emeritus Eliot of Harvard, by Sir George Livesey, a captain of industry in London, and by many others. A general outline of the plan is as follows: ° Labor is to be paid its living wage, and capital is to .be given its dividend, say 6 per cent., which represents its living wage. All earn- ings in excess of this ,after a sum has been laild aside for surplus cap- ital, is to be divided between cap- ital and labor. The labor partner is to receive a share of this net profit based on his annual wage, and the capital partner a share based on his annual dividend. This would be a scientific division of the mnet earn- ings, first since it is based on the service rendered, and second since it eliminates the principle af bargain- ing, in which the stronger party al- ways receives the best of the bar- gain. A ‘part of the surplus profit thus allotted to each worker.should accu- mulate ‘in the capital of the business. The method by which this is usually attained is by -retaining a part, say one-half or one-third, of the annual surplus profit of each worker for this purpose. then becomes a shareholder and is entitled to a vote in proportion to his capital. In this plan we have the worker’s earnings increased by a share . of profit, which does not fall upon the cost, and consequently does not in- crease the price to the consumer. Above all, we have the worker ac- cumulating capital and thereby im- proving his status in industry. This accumulation of capital by the worker prepares and insures him against a “rainy day” or old age. Furthermore this general increase~in the earnings of the worker will tend to raise the wages in professions, such as teach- ings and office holding, where the co- partnership principle cannot be ap- plied. But the question still remains, Is Co-partnersip of Capital and Labor possible of attainment- Is it prac- tical? Examples throughout the world testify to its feasibility. Co- partnership in some form or other has been introduced in almost all kinds of manufacturing and mercantile busi- ness as well as in agriculture. The one most prominent in our minds is the Ford Motor company. | They complain because their | employees do not work as haid as| Motor they themselves, and no not feel the | Its principles are | | was over 16,500,000 million that under better condition labor will produce more. During the month of February under the profit-sharing plan with 200 less men, over 10,000 more motor cars were made and shipped, than during the month of February in | the preceding year under theold plan. | Moreover the price of the moior car to the public was considerably re- duced. The best example of stock-hoiding by the employees, is the United States Steel corporation. This is undoubted- ly the largest industrial corporation | in the world. In 1912 it employed 221,000 and the nominal value of its issued share capital was $868,000,000 Since 1903 this corporation has offered to all employees upon easy and especially favorable terms sharcs of its capital stock. In 1913, 46,000 employees were stockholders, and the par value of the stock held by these dollars, | was over $16,500,000. Andrew Carne- gie said that he considered | this plan of making the workmen share holders, as the great- est of all forward steps yet taken for | bringing workmen and capitalists clos- | cr together. % Here we have two of our largest | manufacturing concerns attempting | to reconcile the worker, the Ford company instituting profit- sharing the United States Steel cor- poration stock holding. Both of these methods should be united so as to | ; bring about real co-operation. The plan should not. be of a quiet-powder | kind, but a genuine attempt to give the employee a greater shade in the value of his labor. Many establishments based on real co-operation exist throughout all Europe. In London, for instance, the Gas Light & Coke company adopted this system. The capital of this con- cern does not fall far short of 150,- 000,000 and the number of employees who enjoy co-partnership privileges exceed 9,000. The two largest concerns in the United States established on a co- parnership are the Nelson Manufac- turing company of St. Louis, and Proctor & Gamble company of Cin- cinnati. The former employs 1,200 hands and the latter 2,500. A few months ago the Deénnison Manufac- turing company of Massachusetts turned over its huge factory to the full control of its 2,400 employees. This factory is to be re-established on a real co-partnership bisis. Co-partnership of capital and labor should be’ the next step in our indus- trial world. To promote this end, a law for encouraging companies to re- organize on this plan ought, to be enacted. There should be no compul- sory co-partnership, but certain re- strictions might be withdrawn, and certain privileges granted, to corpora- tions adopting this system, which are not allowed to those organized purely capitalistic basis. The master and servant relation in our industry should be abolished. The workman has ceased to regard him- self as a servant. He considers him- self as the equal of the capitalfst and desires to be his co-partner in his business. He is becomning more'and more educated and is ready “to enter The laborer automatically { into his heritage and partake of his share.” This partnersip of the work- thetic control—will wholly change our industrial system. As I stated in the beginning, a great advancement for the workingman has been made in government. Co-part- nership of capital and labor is, I be- lieve, a movement destined to do in the industrfal world, what the intro- duction of constitutional rights has done in political world. I mean to transform the autocracy and monop- oly of industry into an industrial democracy, gradually, peacefully and with profit in a long-run to all conc- cerned. This plan is the greatest proclama- tion of independence to human toilers since the days of Washington. It is the biggest work of human emancipa- tion since Lincoln freed the slaves. It can rightly be called a 20th century blue print of the Sermon on the Mount. Class Poem By Miss Ruth Hill CHATONSKA. (An Indian Legend (as Told by the Old Story Teller, Smoky Day). Long years ago when our people were unmolested and happy, Far away in Abowina, a lad of the Sioux called Chatonska, Lived in a little village. A goodly youth was he; Tall and as straight as the arrows that he was so skilled in Using. So fearless was he that his comrades called him Strong Heart. All his life he had longed for the time when he would be able, Leaving the little village to go search of adventure. ‘When in the winter with icy blasts, Kabibinnoka, the north wind, Howled o’er the barren prairies, and whistled and moaned through the forest. Happy was he to remain near the warmth and the cheer of the | wigwam; But when with .gentle breezes glad Springtime came to Abwoina, When from their winter exile the joy- ous birds were returning, ‘When the shy flowers peeped out from under the leaves of the forest, Filling the balmy air with a frag- rance sweet and elusive; Then with his father, Wabeno, youthful Chatonska pleaded; Saying, “Nosa, my father, the rush- ing river is calling, And, with. gentle voices the winde and the birds of the forest in the | me, Oh Father, follow withersoever they lead me; Let me say farewell to my comrades, Let them This company organized a profit- sharing plan, but did not allow workers to become part owners of its | THen after much: contemplation and go in searth of adventure!” the \ | Tollowed the poseis v F ¢ well do 1 M rises within thee: Go, and hero Is & gift that will ki thee from harm on thy Journey: Here is a magic arrow; when thod hast need of aught, choot it” Many a laug day Chalc lowed the call of th windg: of witHersoever (hey called K Scarcely had Wabun Anbung, shining stey of the morning. } Faded cach when joyousiy he woul continue his journey Carefroe and happy was be he provided by hunting Thus far fortune had favored, but ¢ day, weary and faint, he Wandered in fruftices search, hi and yon tavouch the forest, ™ for i Finally, tired and despondent, thought of his magic arrow, Thought. of thegift of his futher, mnd drawing it out from his quiver. Quickly and skilifully shot it # turning, stood in amazerhent, Lo! stretched ott on the ground wg hi feet an enormous black i Lay like a fallen tree that the might winds of the forest, Raging have overturned, which lies &0 majestic .though silent, While thrpugh its leaty branches thq breezes rustle and quiver. So like a fallen tree the great bea lay in the forest; Lifeless he ‘lay and still, and his # by the breezes ruffled, Wondering Chatonska gazed, piercing his side was the a fo Wandering at last the youth arrd at the edge of the forest, ‘Where on the fertile plain lay a and prosperous village. Wishing to pass through. the vil and yet not wishing to stop t) That he might pass unnoticed an continue his way unmolested. Quickly he changed himself to a ged, forlorn litite urchin, And, thus disguised started out, lea ing the forest behind him. = Now on the edge of the village, &p from the rest of the wigwam#., Poorly builded and smal : lodge where the Old h © dah, 3 Feeble and poor and neglected, dw with his squaw Magaskawee; Feeble and poor and n od? b tender hearted and kindly. Thus did it chance, Magaskawee, Chatonska approaching, - Seeing the little fellow so ragged, 1 lorn and pathetic, Pitying him beckoned him to her, offering him food said with ness, 4 “Sit, little Grandson, and eat, sit hy and rest, thou art weary. Thou art too little to throi the wilderness ways » £01 Stay then with us in our thou humble olir lot thou art wé come, Then was the heart of , Chaton filled with conflicting one:| Eager was he to press to™ tinue his search of ‘Was it to such a lot and the river had o ‘Why should he fritter his n lodge of this humble coup Surely no val t d 14 wrout o e m% ' ings. ¥ i But o'er these these thoughts th was sounding a volee that wh peréd, “For shame, {fiou! All these two have they are pfferi and wilt ‘thou \lll‘l'lfijfll Ject it? Well dost thou realise thelr need, wilt thou unfeeling, not heed i Think then no more of thyselt, b stay and serve them who woy help three! ' -k Then to the old Magaskawee youthful Chatonska made ai “Grandmother, ‘thou art kind, kind is the good Tun L Grateful’ am I, Infl'.hdlx will 1 main in thy ] 8o Chatpnska re; ed | e as their own little m. Thr.eum.l” ¢ #sun had risen angd no for the third time was sett And as it dropped from h the ries, ‘Worn with 'the work of the Tunkasheedah sat in the way, 0 Watching the smoke as it jaly o from the fires of the village, Gradually disappear in the glin ing vapors of evening. Presently little.Chatonska, app: ing said to the old man, “Grandfather, had I some arrows, could go and hunt in to; You would not heed to Rt from, morning till evs N Willingly old Tunkashechad fashiol a bow and some arrows; 4 And ere the first gleams of day awaken the slumbering vill Taking his bow and his quiver, O tonska set out for the fore But with his other arrows his arrow he carried, Given him ‘long before by his fat! the skillful Wabeno. Sunset had come again, and the door of the ‘Watehing the line of the kasheedal i I, old Tunl the old man ecalled Hastening their tottering came to where little Chato: Beaming with pleasure and lp! on the ground lay a bear! 7 Quickly the months siipped by till | moon of the harvest was wi And in the old people's wigwam little Chatonska still Dally he helped “m went to hunt in the forest; Always returning at night with mark of his skill as a Bunter, Thus as he entered one evenin old Tuskaseedah add: “BEarly this morning passed on Mis way to the Strange were the tales he told of eagle that frightens the vill ¥ j Soon after sunrise each mornis great bird circles the vil And, twice swooping down snatched away one of tHend aged Wabeno responded, (Continued on Bleventh P