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The Charlotte Herald (Founded January,: 1917.) r .r i - Published Weekly .JB-y The H§ra|il Publishing Company of Charlotte , Telephone 4126 Postoffice Box 163 EDITOR J- : _ a ^1^—JKrnes fzBskreit 1 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR-T. P. JIMJSON - FARM EDITOR_—Hr. H, Q ^Alexander Always honsting for a Be'fcfcer commod ity, sminget men, protected woihahhobd and unlimited opportunities for childhood. We are endeavoring to proinp|fi> a closer affiliation and a mere effective co jopera^on between producers smd constm* Cfi for the? common good of all.* ' Communications on any and all .subjects of gen^iMl interest solicited*. No bom mipitcafions, however* cohtainattg a per sonal at&aek on any man or woman wM he punished. Words and a$ts of pul^Iic men and women may be as severely criti> cised as the writer may desire, but the line is drawn on personal attacks. Six Months_$1.00 _ One Year—$2.00 Entered as second class matter at the ; "Postodke- in Charlotte, N. C., under act ^ of Congress, March 3, 1879 CHARLOTTE, FRIDAY, AUG. 8, 1924 VOICE OF THE DEAD RINGING IN America’s Ears today. While Woodrow Wilson has been re moved from this earth; as an active being, his life, his words, his great spirit live on in the hearts of those who gained inspira tion from his life. Several years ago President Wilson gave to America that won derful book called “The New Freedom.” Speakers and writers, everywhere are using quotations from book in this titanic strug gle to overthrow the principle of govern ment by a few, and establish instead a - government by the whole people, as this government was intended to be. Here are a few quotations from the departed president’s book: > “‘The government, which was designed for the people, has gone into the -hands - of bosses and their employers, the spe > eial interests. An invisible empire hag. been set up above the forms of democ i racy.” “By tyranny, as w^ now fight it, we mean ’control of the lp\y, pf ^legislation and adjudication, by organizafions^wMie^ do riot represent the people, by means which are private and selfish. We mean, specifically, the conduct of our own af fairs and the shaping of our legislation in : the interest of special bodies of capital and those who organize their use. We mean * the alliance, for this {purpose, of political machines wiith selfish business. We mean the exploitation of the people by legal and political means. We have seen many of our governments under these influences : cease to be representative governments; cease to be governments representative Of the people, and. become governments representative of - special interests, con trolled by machines, which in their turn are not controlled by the {people. ” “The gentlemen whose .ideas have been * sought atfe the big manufacturers, the : bankers, and the heads of great railroad combinations. The masters of the govern ment of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United * States.” “Suppose you go to 'Washington and try to get at your government. You will find that while you are politely listened to, the bflte'h really consulted are the inen who have the biggest stake—the big bankers, the big manufacturers, the big masters of commerce, the heads of railroad corpora i ;ons and of steamship corporations.” “The government of the United Slates as present is a foster child of the special i nterests. It is not allowed to have a will obits own.”' s T • " “And, we know that the great difficulty 5 a breaking up the control of the political boss is that he is backed by the money ,and . influence of these very people who are intrenched in these very schedules.” - “We have restricted credit, we have restricted opportunity, we have controlled * development, and we have come to be one - of the 'world ruled, one of the most com pletely controiledixm'l dominated, govern ments iii the civUize.d:JsejK^i.--TiaJ.<)nger a government by free • opinion, no longer a V' : <i y7 , J ' . Jt ' *■ - , government 5y conviction and ttie vote oi * ' ’ if * %f£ 1 ' V ' . „ ... t'ho fnaio'rty,. but. a government by the opinion and duress of small groups ol dominant men.” ' ‘ . “There is hardly a ipart of the Gnited &i\VXr:li±A. $ii.j Hi t.-v-i. vm ?sV;>Vti i.-jbn> *if*' States where men are not awar^J^fj^pet |<WP been running’ it through the agency 4f tbes* interesting* persons whom we paii poiiiica] r- ->4^ibossj: 4s.;so much .m. c|sm 4». the business agent ih ppHtlcs Oi the special interests. VHie has an under^ standing t with the boss ofthe .other so thatj whether it & heads er tails, .w* ie^e! The 'twp^reepiye contr^ptdons the same sourc.es, and they spend those contributions for the same (purpose*/-^ “A boss is the mafijiputatoy of a ‘ma chine/ A ^machine' js ,$$$' jpsfrt of j pdJ&tieal organization which has been taker out of the hands of the rank and file oi the party, captured by half a dozen men/ 4‘The critical moment in the choosing' oif officials is that of their nomination more often than that of their election. When two party organizations, nominally oppos ing each other but actually' working in perfect understanding and co-operation, see to it that both tickets have the same kind of men on them, it is Tweedledum of Tweedledee, so far as the <oeople are con cerned; the political managers have us coming and going.” “* * * we have been controlled by private understandings and not by the public interest; and that influences which were improper, if not corrupt, have de termined everything from the making of laws to the administration of justice. The disease lies in the region where these men get their nominations.” “The day has come when men are saying to each other: “It doesn’t make a pepper corn’s difference what party I have voted with. I am going to pick out the men 1 want and the* policies I want, and let the .label take care of itself. I do not find any -great difference between my table of contents and the table of contents ©f thos« who have voted with tiic other party, and who, like me, are very much dissatisfied -with the Way in which their party has .rewarded .their faithfulness. They want the .same things that I want, and I don’t know of anything under God’s heaven tc prevent our getting together. ” WH^SOMA^Y ARE FOR LA FOLLETTE. “Unemployment means discontent, means hatijsd for the Government. This I have learned from personal experience, for\ I have seen the un employed sleeping in the parks, in our jails, in hex cars, and almost every other kind of shelter- 1 know what is in the hearts of those thus situated. 1 have keen one of them. Tire way to keep America happy is to keep her people at work. . . .— • Secretary of Labor James J. Davis. Take the tens of thousands of textik workers throughout, the country who' hav< been idle practically all the time since th< first of the year, and -apply the -..above principle to this situaftioav, and you wil readily understand just why so manj people are for Mr. La Follettei It i§ not that they so like Senatpi La Follette as it is that they resent con ditions whereby these workers are kep idle for such a long time in this land 02 boasted freedom and eiqual opportunities. Think it pv^r, wdE you? *; JGlfN A. VDLL. On July 27 John A. Voll, president o: the Glass Bottle Blowers’ Associatipn, diet of acute indigestion at Atlantic City President Voll was in Atlantic City^ at tending a wage conference with the em ployers in his. trade. The funera! was held on August 2, fron the residence of a brother, Andrew Voll at Zanesville, Ohioi John Voll was one of the outstanding figures; jn the American trade unioi movement, honored; respected, loved, fo: qualities qf eitizenshifo, trade union lead ership, intellectual abfMty and L uprigh *2*3* marked *to an John VoJI wi» be missed and mourned, but the ideals for which, he stood will grip men’s hea£E£ more firmly because of hte splendid example of service. - THAT l^LflER-THAN^THOU STUFF. Lj / Last ..W^bJc s}g$3§nted an jaii^y^SSS fftm^fhe Itefeightlpten:jfe aid in whtefe this paper was *|akliFHt^^aak ■under the heading: “<£uit Scarin ’Em, ! Jim.” This $aek. maother ^rtade is being re print ed,iaben from Th^ WRm^gton tlirion Labor Record/in whieh The Gbartotte Hwer - wkfrte hehf hp to sebrn by Creorge Caitte?6tt, ! editor &i -Hie t£$miftgfctm labor paper. Of eeui&e we cannot hope to cope with such brilliant men as Ma joy W. F. $f o o<Jy,y of -the Raleigh labor papp£, .0ega$ev Cameyqii, of the WaiaansgfcQtt paper. They are 10b per cent true blue, intelligent, t ^-to-date, high- minded, pu*e-Soubscfy i^etky formed, sweefcifeatoired union men. 3$o ©air elaer is hi their class at all, and it is i£$®fr wonder that th^se two papers romp <5n the poor little Charlotte Herald, whose editor is just a mountain boy, and has never had anything at all to do with the Tabor movement!' - - Cameron is dismissed with the mere statement that he is vindictive, spured on life, and obsessed with the idea- that no other man in the South ever made any con tribution Uf the advancement of labor. In addition to that, he hates the editor of The j Charlotte Herald, as he has shown on many previous occasions. In further addition to this, the editor of The Charlotte Herald gives not one single damn what George Cameron thinks of him or his views on labor. So much for the harping, criticising, bluffing, bull-dozing editor by the sea. As to the paper over which Major Moody stands in supreme authority, we have but this to say: We dare Major Moody to stump the state with the editor of The Herald in support of La Follette and Wheeler. We dare Major Moody to come out into the open and say to the democratic leaders of the state that he, Ivtajpr Moody* chief cjerkjn £h,e state treasurer’s ofip,ce, is going to vote for, work for, and support Bob La Follette and I Wheeler. ? There is another man on the editorial staff of the Raleigh labor paper who also holds .down, another fat job on the' state political payroll.. Let him come ou,t and say to the wiorid that he is going to vote for La Follette and Wheeler! His name is not called here, because he does not put his name on the masthead of the Raleigh labor paper, although he writes most of the §di~J torials. Now damn all of you. »The editor of The Charlotte Herald defies one and all of you to point to one single instance wherein he has ever deviated from the course of procedure mapped out by the American Federation of Labor ' since the A. F. of L. adopted its non-partisan political course, or in any of its economic policies. ' The Charlotte Herald is not going to promise the workers a day of millenium \t, in the event of La Follette's election. We i reiterate, and ' with emphasis, that the i workers and people often referred to as ! the common folks, will be called upon to l suffer asH the hardships a shrewd, powerful, ' financial combine can ppt u>en them, in the event of La Follette’s election. The labor official who endeavors x- to secure . votes for the la Follette ticket on the ; promise that the election of those wonder : ful men vtfdi result in blowing all the nation's troubles away, is either a dema gogue or a damn fool. The labor official who fails to make plain to the workers that this is, indeed, a fight that will test their very souls, is a false, leader—false : to himself and to those he professes to L love. The American labor movement has - spoken. As has always been t^ie policy, - unfaltering and never failing, of The Char lotte Herald and its editor, our feeble ef t forts will be expended for the election of , the La Follette ticket, unless, forsooth, there should arise some question that has j been held ih abeyance, or some other proof i that we would not be standing for America • while standing for La Follette. It is a task, ari<f a bitter one; for, like t the pronouncement of the American Fed ,* ~ ~ ■ ■ . ■ ' V . '• • • ■' ’ . .^ration of Late, The Herald is not espe cially pleasecHdiat th&course necessitated lining up with the socialists. The Herald hates with vehemence the narrow-minded teachings, doctrines aftd principles of the socialists. White We grant full rights to all men to be socialists, or any other kind or quality of politicians, the fact remains, as pointed out in the: ptfitebSentTof th$ ecte&wtisvd <yommitt^, ^£ati^dierev'lKis long Va&M&xk&mtea' and the socialists. The socialists have done all in their peWew to belittle Gompers, hinder the trade union movement, and cap. tare its organized machinery. . \ • . V The same narrow views that have actu ated ^socialists in their political life is taking- form and shape in the lives of some of *the 'La Follette followers. If a man dioesn^t believe jtfet as some of these self appointed apostles of truth , and righteous ness fee&eve, tbep “there M something wrong.” Be*t M these birds gain any pleasure in ipoutil^g the^r -Thp Charlotte Herald, let them spout to their hearts’ content. Go to it, you “holier-than-thou” editors and blatherskites. HOSKINS SPEAKS. Poor old Fa Follette is a “goner.” Hpskins is against' him, and that settles it. , A La Follette cltib was to be formed out there at the eehter of civilization, and the “officials” told the workers, it is said, that it jwould never, never do. The work ers were told, it is reported, that “La Follette is impossible!” Now that may be the truth. It may be that Bob La Follette would lead the coun try astray and into fields that are rough and rocky. Yet it is none of the business of employ ers if the workers desire to form a La Follette club. Just such persecution as that will* arouse the workers of America to a support of La Follette that nothing else could accomplish. . ■ ^ : V./ " ^ ia<' - ;• *, ; ... * MISS RjOBERTSON. Vice-President James T. Robertson, of the State Federation of Labor, will be just about the biggest walking and proudest talking map at the Durham convention. A daughter, Sarah Francis, came to the Rob ertson home in Mooresville on July 31, and that's the reason why J. T. will He* walkiilg with head-up when he meets his fellows in Durham. I SHOW YOUR COLORS. The Herald has hut little confidence in the trades unionist who looks to legisla tion for relief' of the workers instead of using those economic (powers that belong to labor. So long as mere human beings occupy places of ..trust and power, that long will the things labor fights for and obtains be subject to repeal.' The only, safe way for labor to advance is through its owpi economic power. ffl Folks who yell loudest about labor leg islation are usually the very ones who will most successfully dodge any personal sac rifice necessary to help workers in less fojc&nately situated circumstances. All the La Follefctes and Wheelers of all ages cannot bring justice to the working people so long, as working people purchase goods made in the cheapest and least pay- - ing industries. All the La Follettes and Wheelers on earth cannot bring Jabor to its own so long as well paid wage earners and ad vanced crafts purchase without question goods made in cotton mills where men ’ and women. work for $11 and $12 a week. All the loud spieling of the earth cannot bring labor to its rightful place so long as one laboring class or craft feels itself better and above any other laboring class or craft. There’ll be a lot of hypocrisy floating about during this campaign, and “burning” words will come from the lips of those who stand clothed in garments made with out the union label. One consistent user of the union label ^ is worth 10,000 voters of independent and progressive tickets,
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