| Show MEN ARE KOT WANTED considerable interest has been aroused by the of a chicago artisan that a man over 45 yearn of ago might ill well be taken out and shot because ho rould obtain no employment and has bet about an invest r t bation af pf the facts involved so far agthe ally of chicago is con berned rom various statements and interviews it would appear that many manufacturing firms railroads and other corporations discriminate against men who jiahe passed 43 years of age some will not employ men over 35 years old and it lias become a common thing for men becking employment to dyo their hair and uso other means to make selves look young one railroad manager did employ men over 43 years of age but did not permit them to participate in their pension system for old and superannuated employed emp loyes another said that old employed emp loyes were retained regard fesa of age ns long as they were capable of working but only young men were given new employment alio explanation usually volunteered was that when men 43 they were not as useful as men commenting oti these statements tho denver mcva says it may be remarked that no arbitrary rule can be laid down chicre arc trades in which a man can bo as useful and earn as much for hia employer from 45 to CO as from 30 to 45 there are others in which the rule may be proper enough especially where much physical effort and vigor are required in other words when experience and judgment are inquired and only an ordinary amount of exertion the 45 acar ago amit is a needless hard blip in employments eliere greater physical vigor 19 necessary it can readily be can why youth is favored if men over 45 years of ago arc limited in the field of employment and with advancing years are discriminated against certain it is that the young man must look forward to the time when he too will bo in tho same category of discarded babor and therefore both the old and young must unite to protect themselves unions should have an old ago fund which being a fixed charge upon the members would figure in the scale of wages and in that way employer and employed bo made to recognize the fact that civilization of the highest form makes it en on society eliat the aged bo cared for especially ally when through no fault of their own well along in years arc handicapped in the struggle for existence in determining what is just and right in the matter the average condition of society must be taken as a guide the average man is unable to accumulate a surplus and the man of largo family is always engaged in a sharp struggle to keep out of debt so that at 45 he is unprepared to fight against the greater odds that employers are said to impose to overcome this society as a whole must bear alie burden and the way to accomplish the desired end is through a reserve or pension fund io be held in trust by alie labor unions both union and nonunion non union men should join in such a movement |
