Show Who Vho Should Be Employed 10 M Deseret News Editor News In reviewing the recent parade of ot Salt Lake boys passing down Fifth East street this question was asked the father of ot three of them Where at and anti by this army b be employed be-employed employed 1 The elderly man seriously answered The Lord only knows But judging by the present prevailing sentiment they will stand standa a better show for employment than heir heir fathers lathers who have and are arc feeding feed feed- ing ng and clothing them I have been out of work for lor s several vernl weeks on account account ac ac- count of my grey hair Although I have good health and am nm as all able to work as ever wherever I 1 apply I am nm told old We want younger men and I Ilave have lave been flatly tur turned down I 1 came camo here hue in 1863 a n mere lad and have helped to make this city what It is now by good hard honest work as a carpenter and have lave raised rallied three boys bos and four tour girls and educated d ed Cd them as far as high schools but now I am turned down with hundreds of ot others in my class and told to go away back and nd sit down and anti give the young oung men even transients a chance 0 o you think that is right 1 I answered No I do not not The old oldmans oldmans mans man's statement however has been on my mind ever since and I have che checked ked up on it and proved it to be behe bethe bethe the he true status of conditions in this city I have met scores of the same class relating similar experiences and suffering from the same cause un un- empl employment As this is surely the sentiment of or persons and firms employing labor laborIn laborn In n this city there is certainly room for or improvement and repentance on their heir part The class above described d lathers fathers should certainly be lIe begin beien lIegh gh gin i en n the preference of employment all other things being equal Iqual next should come om young men raised here and finally transients Real Rea patriotism local pride and love ove of home demands observance of this classification by employers of labor abor Charity begins at home Give the elderly fathers a If chancel The great majority of the them we are honest reliable and trustworthy They will give full value for the reasonable wages they ask which cannot be said of ot the floating transient element in our midst which gets the jobs Yours for lor justice to our fathers I. I C C. Apex Apts May 20 1927 |