Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1915 — WALT MASON [ARTICLE]

WALT MASON

The Poet Philosopher. The men who do The heavy toiling, when flies are bad ifml heat is broiling, are otter, plunged in grief abysmal ; they think sad and dismal. They argue, with the vim of lawyers, that ‘ortuiie favors their employers, who wear glad fags and ride in motors, and look with scorn on sweating voters, But they who wear the purple raiment,who hire the men and make the payment, have griefs to burn, as well as fel-

lows who weild the sledge or pump the bellows. They burn the midnight oil and bonder how in the name of patent thunder, the way the tide of trade is flowing, they'll keep the blamed old business going. They're jolted now by Wall street spoilers; how will they pay the honest toilers, who envy them their lot so easy, which lot is quite distinctly cheesy? The whistle blows; the man of labor, goes home to gossip with his neighbor, to smoke his pipe, tell stories funny, and curse all capital and money. One gloomy fact supremely clear is; all men have woes, whatever their sphere is; we should not envy, then, a brother, blit sympathize with one another.