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THE DAY BOOK
. N. D. COCHRAN
1 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
BOO SO. PEORIA ST. CHICAGO, -ILL.
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SUBSCRIPTION By Carrier In Chicago.
30 cent a Month. By Mall, United
Btatei.and Canada, l 00 a Year.
Entered a3 aeconfl-clasj matter April
21 1S14. at tbe postofflce at Chicago,
lit. under the Act of March S, 187J.
, By H. M. Cochran.
There was something about Tues
day's garment workers' parade that
was a little different The -four-by-four
raijks of strikers, men,-women,
children-Hand babies, mixed in, didn't
suggest.tas you might suspect, any
anger or ill feeling. The general ex
pression on the marchers' faces was
very much smile. '
The . answer is simply that the
workers realize what they are out for.
They know that they are not oh pa
rade and doing picket duty simply
because Bome one of their officers
called them out The fulljr realize
. that foodMs necessary, that rent-days
come around and that it costs money
tp raise, feed and dress babies.
And'we all know that the garment
workers are in the class of people in
this country who have babies. And
they have lots of them. Babies are
half their lives.
If you .can have lots of money
well, that, class don't have so many
babies. They get their pleasure
what they get from spending heir
coin. Bu when you haven't got the
money you have time to realize that
babies bring good times even better
times than money.
t And the garment workers, we re
peat, are In the class that have the'
good times, without the money.
"We only live once, so why the hell
cant they let iis really Jive. Money
enough to, eat, "pay rent "and buy 4
clothes. Is that too much? We don't
want machines or grand opera the-,
ater tickets. , The street'car and the
movies, now and then, will satisfy u.
But at "least give us that much."
There you have it in a nutshell!
Of course, conditions that are up to
health requirements are, demanded.
Why not? Why don't the bosses put
up and carry out such signs as: "If
you, spit on the floor at home, spit
on the .floor here, because we want
you to feel at home."
Some day some big boss is going
to realize that by giving you can get
If the workers in Chicago were given'
vfair play all the way through and a;
decent place to work in who needs
ask what sort of work they would
But that parade ! It was a right in
teresting mob of humanity. Prom
the first ranks to the last, faces car
ried their amouA of seriousness
out all the time smiles were mingled.
In. The marchers knew that public
opinion is behind them. That is what
really brought about Tuesday's pa
rade. Several mothers trudged along,
with Utile youngsters on their arms.
Some of them didn't quite last until
the parade was over. But they went
far enough to pass the bosses' head
quarters and offices. They did their,
share in jolting Jn an impression on
the citizenry of Chicago.
The parade, as a whole, was a huge
success. The workers were right
game. And they were-game, right!
Supposin' the bosses do have to
cut down on their gasoline isn't it aa
important that,little Becky, Mary,..
Johnny and Charlie eat as it Is that
the boss ride over to the corner i
Wall st. knocks at every door, but
beware! Itis not Opportunity: r
Microbes m kisses, like ho'meonatri-
As oiie of the strikers .expressed It: 1-ic. pHte, are alwaysTsjugar cpajed: