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THE AMERICAN WORKINGMAN ’ BY DR. CHARLES 8TELZLE He nay live |a a tenement, bat the American workingMn is the back bone of this republic. It la largely bocaoae of this that we are the moot prosperoas nation on the face of the globe. America learned the lemon earlier than any other nation, that no people can advance naleea they take with them the “common, everyday awn." becaaae there are ae many of them. Furthermore, America leaned the leaaea sooner than any other nation, that the prosperity of the whole people depends upon the prosperity of the workingMn. Not that he has received all to which he Is entitled. Any man wonld simply be showing his ignorance, his prejadiee or his aeifUanees, were he to insist that the present social system of any land is ideal Bat the labor movement is rapidly bringing in the day when the workingman shall com into his own. The American workingman is an independent, free-acting citizen. Any man, be he labor leader, demagogue or politician, who says that he carries in bis vest-pocket the votes of the American workingman, is a liar. If he really believe it, he is a fooL When the American workingMn does follow a leader. It is because that leader has scade good, or because the principles which he is advocating peal to the workingman’s good sense. The American workingman claiaas the right to protest against any condition which he believes is against the inter ests of the whole people. He fought long for religious democracy. He fought hard for political democracy. Ho Is going tp win the fight for industrial democracy. The American workingman is not a “revolutionist.” But—he is demand ing that women shall receive equal pay for equal work; he is the champion of little children in his fight against child labor; he is helping the immi grant to take his rightful place in our Democracy. No other institution Is doing more in this respect than the labor union. He is breaking down antagonisms that separate men of different religions beliefs. He Is opposed to the distinctions made by so many of ns on account of class, creed or color. Ho is fighting for universal brotherhood, and there fore he is no attracted bjr any movement or organisation or political party which advocates hatred of any Mad. N. C. PAYS OUT TO UNCLE SAM $354,463,507 FOR YEAR OF 1940 WASHINGTON, Feb 16. — The Treasury department has announced that 1940 internal revenue collections in the state of North Carolina totalled $364,463,607. The state’s total for 1939 was $313,487,233. Income taxes provided $29,761,360 of this total in 1940 and $22,967,814 in 1939. Of these amounts corporation taxes yielded $19,212,364 in 1940 and $14,392,996 in 1939; and individual income taxes $10,648,986 in 1940 and $8,564,817 in 1939. - Pay roll taxes for the state totalled $10,674*02 in 1940 and $9,676,386 in 1939. Other miscellaneous internal revenue taxes collected in the state totalled $314,027,364 in 1940 and $280,964,083 in 1939. HEARTY SHAKE Tom: “Was her father roufk with you when you told him you had secret* ly married his daughter?” Dick: “I’ll say. He nearly shook my arm off.” OLD HABIT “Murphy got rich quick, didn’t he?" “He got rich so quick that he can’t ■wing a golf club without spitting on his hands.” ROSELAND FLORAL CO. PHONES 8191 AND SIM 300 N. Tryon—Corner Tryon and Sixth Streets Eyes Examined Glasses Pitted F. C. ROBERTS OPTOMETRIST 114ft S. Tryon St, Phone Charlotte. N. C. 8*8814 Nwamsewwmowwwwwwa> AT DeWITTS Used Car Prices WILL ADVANCE SOON BUY NOW AND SAVE. CC USED CARS TO 09 CHOOSE FROM DeWitt Motor Co. Many Others 488 Want Trade Dial 8111 MMHWWMMMWMMMMMMMaa HE MARCH OF LABOR flW rum a mm mm i WM MTMMIIMM k 1794. / Look —«M«t fciyfagstut. » Pittsburgh * ■ C L £ A N - U r> A t H ? DEFINED A Negro women, asked the ages of her four children, declared she could not remember. Pressed, she finally said: “Well, I got one lap child, one creeper, one porch child and one yard young ’un.” Ton’ll ordof U rogululy . . . ii yew try ant bottltl It's onion mad*. BDY5, YOU RE GOING TO LIKE IT- - h y H u 6 e p o h l CHEVY ALE / i&m >,:• It's a pure, all-grain bevera in the famous Hudepohl B Cincinnati, Ohio. - % •* DVnUBUTED IT BLUE RIBBON iSALES Co, Inc. 1M% UNION MADE Ml 1 WLfU. non MIN PATRONIZE JOURNAL ADVERTISERS City Workers Want Amendment To Retirement Law An amendment to the state retire *nt law that would include municip al and county employees will be in troduced in the North Carolina Gen eral Assembly early this week Ray C. Galloway of Charlotte, president of the North Carolina Municipal Em ployees Association, said. Mr. Galloway said that he had re ceived information from Patrick HeaJjr^Jr., secretary of the North League of Municipalities, that the amendment would be intro duced Tuesday. This measure would amend the law, passed last week, providing for the retirement of State employees and school teachers. It will bring into the benefits of this law workers for municipal and county governments at the wiu of the governing body. Mr. Galloway said that there has been a marked interest in recent among municipal and county employ ees for an amendment to the State retirement law and it is hoped that the amendment, which bears the ap proval of Governor Broughton and administration leaders, will be adopt ed within the next two weeks.—Ob THS JOURNAL hm by far Dm hgft dty circalaUoa of Mjr woakijr pobUafcod la Char lotta. Tow Bill fit Jamal wfll CORRECT Old Lady (on platform): “Which platform for the London train?” Porter: "Turn to the left and you’ll be right” Lady: "Don’t be impertinent my Porter: "All right then, turn to your right and you’ll be left!” SOME DO The celebrated soprano was doing a solo when Junior said to his mother, referring to the conductor of the or chestra: Junior: "Why does that man hit at that woman with his stick?” Mother: "He’s not hitting at her. Keep quiet.” Junior: “Well, then what’s she hoi lering for?” Fwr and distrust in dasply rootsd In ths heart of and drsad may bo rood on ths foes of Os people. Then on many anxieties oad bur* dons for tbo people those days. “Won of tbo 20th century bon reached o total of eight times greater than all the wan of the preceding cen turies.**—Prof. Sorokin, Harvard Col lege. 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