“THE PRESIDENT ALSO SPOKE”
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought
forth upon this continent a new nation.***’'
President Lincoln was beginning his address at the dedi
cation of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, but the
crowd was so intent upon applauding and congratulating
Edward Everett, the famous orator who had preceded him,
that they missed the opening words of the speaker.
The next day the newspapers published long stories of
the meeting, giving a commendatory report of Everett’s ad
dress. But in most cases the newspaper accounts ended with
the simple statement: “The President also spoke.”
Americans have little noted nor long remembered what
Everett said there. His “brilliant” speech has long since
been forgotten, but it is already clear that the world will
never forget what Lincoln did there. His less than three hun
dred words have become known as one of the world’s great
est speeches.
Btween his opening statement that “our fathers brought
forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal,”
and his closing plea that “this nation, under God, shall have
a new birth of freedom: and that government of the people,
by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth,”
he asked his audience to pledge themselves to a new dedica
tion which would demonstrate that “these dead shall not have
died in vain.”
He etched indelibly upon world history and literature
as clear, as lucid, as understanding, a statement of what
Americans have lived and died for, as has ever been uttered.
Back of Lincoln’s speech, and his warrant for it, was
nearly a century of history which tried men’s souls and cost
the lives of many thousands- In the face of the perils that
now confront America, Lincoln’s earnest plea persistently
rings in our ears.
“The President also spoke.”
And he is still speaking.
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any more than it can for you. Patronize and help your labor
papers, they are edited by your kind of folks working for
your salvation.—Ex.
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430 South Church St
Phone 2-4112
January Building
Permits Reach
Total $762,000
Construction activity in Charlotte
during January more than doubled
the December record, according to in
formation obtained yesterday at the
building inspection department at the
city hall.
Last month permits were issued"for
construction work estimated to cost
$762,192, compared with $308,094 for
December. The total for January,
1940, was $629,606.
During the month permits were
granted for the erection of 30 resi
dences to cost $109,626; three duplex
buildings, $20,000; four multi-dwell
ings, $24,000. The largest permit was
for the construction of tne Federal
Reserve bank building at a cost of
$326,00.—Observer, Sunday.
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Labor Office Moves
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Rear Law Bldg
The Charlotte office of the Nortl
Carolina Department of T^bor ha
| moved from its rooms in the Pied
mont building and is now located 01
the second floor of the Van Nes
building, behind the Law building, i
was announced yesterday by*Glem
Penland, district inspector. Mr. Pen
land said that those who wished t
consult with Oie department woul<
have a better chance of finding some
one in the office on Saturday mom
ing or early on weekday mornings, ai
members of the department are ou
most of the time making routine in
spections.—Observer, Tuesday.
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N. C. Wholesale
Trade In 1940
. Up 49.7 Per Cent
> Over Year 1929
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- WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 6.—
i Wholesale trade in North Carolina in
i 1939 amounted to $831,251,000 which
> was 49.7 per cent higher than in 1935
i and 19.6 percent higher than in 1929,
• the Census Bureau, Department of
| Commerce, reported today. The 1936
‘ figure was $555,396,000 and that for
! 1929 totaled $695,118,000.
, The average number of employees
. in wholesale establishments in North
[ Carolina increased from 16^80 in
1935 to 30,347 in 1939, a gain of 78.7
per cent. (Personnel of 229 commis
sion bulk stations is excluded from the
, 1935 figure). In 1929, there were 16r
746 employees. In addition to the
30,347 employees reported for 1939,
there were 2,076 proprietors and firm
members of unincorporated businesses.
Pay roll of wholesale establish
ments in North Carolina in 1939
totaled $38,838,000, compared with
$20,456,000 in 1935, showing an in
crease of 66.4 per cent (Pay roll of
229 commission bulk stations is ex
• eluded from the 1936 figure). Whole
! sal* pay roll in 1929 amounted to $86,
679,000.
In 1939, North Carolina’s wholesale
establishments amounted to 2,859,
compared with 2,468 in 1985 and 2,
403 in 1929.
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ends this much mooted question, with
everybody happy — except probably
those who didn’t get the job.
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LABOR
Needs A “Pep Talk”
... or Does It?
★ The business firms of Charlotte
who advertise in THE LABOR
JOURNAL deserve the patronage
of every man and woman who be
long to Organized Labor.
★ These advertising merchants’
continuance to support YOUR pa
per depends entirely on what YOU
buy... and WHO you buy it from.
★ These firms expect to get RE
SULTS from their advertising in
THE LABOR JOURNAL. THEY
SHOULD! They invite you to come
to their store or to use their prod
ucts.
★ Your acceptance of their invita
tion is reflected in how much you
patronize these faithful firms.
★ Mr. Union Man ... Mrs. Union
Woman—you are thoroughly cog
nizant of the benefits both yon and
your employer receive from ami
cable working understandings ...
Charlotte is proud of its few Labor
disturbances.
★ You should have a personal
pride in your Union . . . what it
means to you and your family in
terms of dollars as well as some of
the comforts of life... May we sug
gest you LOOK TO YOUR LABOR
PAPER to defend and extend the
principle of Organized Labor be
cause of which you enjoy the many
good things of life. SUPPORT
YOUR LABOR PAPER by spend
ing your money with these friendly
advertisers who make your paper
possible.
★ There's something back of this
thought... read the ads in THE
CHARLOTTE LABOR JOURNAL
regularly, diligently... then, when
you need anything, buy it from
those firms who advertise in YOUR
paper... show a big preference for
them.
★ Tell them WHY you are buying
from them ... let them know that
you and your family appreciate
their use of the advertising columns
of YOUR newspaper—THE CHAR
LOTTE LABOR JOURNAL.