“More than any other great nation this republic might be expected to glorify the martyrs of industry, whose lives have been as truly for progress as any of those sacrificed in the ranks of armies. There are many dangerous callings in which the risks are as great as those of war. _There are hundreds of thousands of working men and women fighting fiercer battles daily than many a soldier ever knew._ On the _industrial_ firing line, _where no quarter is given to the invalid or the incompetent_, courage is not sustained by excitement and passion, and there are no illusions of fame to strengthen the faltering toiler when he comes face to face with defeat and death. “It is well that we should remember the fine patriotism of our citizen soldiers, but even they were workers before they were warriors. _If we would celebrate heroism it is to be found all about us in the humble stations among the men and women—even the children—who toil._” Think about this matter, carefully, you men and women of the working class. Discuss it with your children and your neighbors. (=6=) The owner of a factory, protected by law, by the constitution, by the flag, by the politicians and the soldiers and militia, can “turn down” a skilful, effective wage-earner because his hair is gray, because he is “too old,” is “past the age limit”—even though his old wife starve for support. The “glorious flag” protects even such vile industrial tyranny. The flag that the old man has worshipped, the constitution he defended, and the politicians he voted for—all these are no protection for him. Thus our old industrial soldiers are helpless even though the industrial tyrant spit on their gray beard. (=7=) The patriotic militiamen and the “regulars” often say: “We believe in protecting property in time of strikes.” How much property have you? And what kind of property is it? Is your property in danger? Indeed, was your property even remotely threatened? Do those who own the property you protect actually help you in protecting their property—help you in actual struggles where the lead flies? American capitalists often refer to the “splendid service” of the militia and the regular troops in Chicago in 1894 in “protecting railway property from being burned by the strikers.” But let us see: