Progress Is Born Of Agitation. It Is

Ten Thousand Times Has The Labor Movement Stumbled And Bruised Itself. We Have Been Enjoined By The Courts, Assaulted By Thugs, Charged By The Militia, Traduced By The Press, Frowned Upon In Public Opinion, And Deceived By Politicians. 'but Notwithstanding All This And All These, Labor Is Today The Most Vital And Potential Power This Planet Has Ever Known, And Its Historic Mission Is As Certain Of Ultimate Realization As Is The Setting Of The Sun.

Do Not Worry Over The Charge Of Treason To Your Masters, But Be Concerned About The Treason That Involves Yourselves. Be True To Yourself And You Cannot Be A Traitor To Any Good Cause On Earth.

Why Should The Railroad Employees Be Parceled Out Among A Score Of Different Organizations? They Are All Employed In The Same Service. Their Interests Are Mutual. They Ought To Be Able To Act Together As One. But They Divide According To Craft And Calling, And If You Were To Propose Today To Unite Them That They Might Actually Do Something To Advance Their Collective And Individual Interests As Workers, You Would Be Opposed By Every Grand Officer Of These Organizations.

I Do Not Oppose The Insane Asylum - But I Abhor And Condemn The Cutthroat System That Robs Man Of His Reason, Drives Him To Insanity And Makes The Lunatic Asylum An Indispensable Adjunct To Every Civilized Community.

The Guns On The Walls That Surround The Prison Accurately, Though Unwittingly, Index The True Character Of The Penitentiary In Our Day.