Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — Our Great Men. [ARTICLE]

Our Great Men.

Senator Cummins, of lowa, was discussing the child labor problem In the lobby of a Washington hotel the other night. Said he: “When we consider the indifference with which so great many of our great men look upon the child labor evil, we can’t help wpndering whether these men are so very great, after all.’’ The Senator paused and smiled. "An orator,” he said, “was addressing an assemblage of the people. He recounted the people’s wrongs. Then he passionately cried: “Where are America’s great men? Why don’t they take up the cudgel In our defense? In the face of our manifold wrongs, why do they remain cold. Immovable, silent?” “Because they’re all cast in bronze,’’ shouted a cynic in the rear.