Show LABOR TROUBLE OLD disturbances go far back into ao 40 history 4 6 apostle paul la Is on an record as having created distension anong awong the people of ephesus by his HI Pres preaching Preach chiril inc of while the matter of labor day la is under consideration the question arises ahat nat la in labor webster gives its bla his first definition toll or exertion physical or mental william D B wilson secretary of the department of labor gave the follow ing as his conception conce piton of the idea labor ie to any mental or physical activity other than that engaged in solely tor for pie sure sura a definition showing a brain at once practical and analytic mr powderly would narrow thia this somewhat by defining labor aa any exert exertion lon mental or physical not indulged in for or pleasure pea earo and for the benefit of mankind Voctor coulter poulter cf ct the census bureau an expert on bucl matters would give aa ecca broader scope to the word a defines labor as aai all effort whether m mental atal or physical the ques question tiou of labor day natum naturally rally lly brines brings to mind the collateral labor questions of labor union protest and strike strikes there Is a tendency amons latter day philosophers to prophesy all manner of evil to como come to mankind by the way of labor unions and their troubles both dvong themselves res alq an with others and to bold hold forth these troubles as a proof of human decadence dence u onla to ahls degenerate docen erate age paul together with other apostles apo otles went up in the country seeking 1 converts to the christian faith now ephesus was the favorite fa city of diana or artemis as she was also faiia here was her famous temple here was her famous statue said b by the priests to have fallen t f oas 0 t heaver thither every year came p by the benr of thousands to worship at the alte shrine of ahe ale tutelary tut elery deity defty and cereja here a bondly number cf ct silversmiths found their lulling ailing a most lucrative one for there being no photographs nor postal cards theae pilgrims took away with them small silver facsimile statuettes of the ireat great goddess as souvenirs souren lra now observe the nineteenth t chapter of act acts now a silversmith earned named demet rius who rude silver model models of the thu brine shrine of artemis diana and so 0 o gave a great deal of work to the artisans got tot these men together ae as rell yell as the workmen engaged la in similar occupations and 1 aid said men you know that our prosperity depend upon hie this work and you see ee and hear that not only in ephesus but la in almost the whole of no n 1 A aels tha raul lua L convinced and won over treat great numbers of people by hs his assertion that those gols which are made by bf hands are not cods gods at all so that not only ii il this business of cars likely cfall tar fall into discredit but there Is f I 1 further danger that the temple 0 othe t tv h a great goddess lOd dess artemis dana wilt will be thought nothing of and that she he her self will bo be deprived of her splendor epi endor though all roman asia and the whole worship her ft hen ben they their heard abis the aen men were greatly enraged and began about ing great Is artemis ot of the ebbo lacil it the commotion irrean the whole cuy city and the people with one accord into the theater drag ling with th this the 0 paul psul I 1 certainly there cannot fco bo bouril touca any say modem newspaper a more account ot of a sympathetic and labor riot and that vs was two few n |