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Show mmmm asks " WHAT DDTH IT PROFIT ? flirman) Is working, b) itr) m In nip that Itigenult) ran Uolno nud money can put Into (iteration, to make American wnrklngmen traitors to tlialr i-ouutr) In Its hour of netd What doth It profit it man If ho sends his sons and brothers to the I nttlt fields, and utter he gets them there ho Ktras them to tho ciuni) b) stopping the Indtmlrlal home work I without wlilth the) can neither win nor iacapo7 Tliu course of nations the III is of millions arc changed b) irj small t tents Had tho Monitor not bet ii nnd) for tho Merrlmac exact!) ex-act!) when shn was the union fleet would hate been rendered uneliss and the civil war might havo had n dlf-ferunt dlf-ferunt ending Had someone thin sun tided In making serious trouble In u mine, n foundry or n shop had SKintona thin succeeded In dela)lng transportation while lho Monitor wax undir lonntruitlon, what would hate Income, of tho whole union fleet of wooden ships whli h was blockading the Hnuthcrn ports' (Itrmany wants us In bo unri nd) i confused when a similar irlnls conns Our whole mi-tlun mi-tlun is preparing for the turning point In this war which Is lo determine deter-mine whethir iwry man shall lute a ihauro to work out his own deMluy, or whethir ho nud liU tountr) are to Income subjiil to the illitallau of it I'riiMluu KrinipT If wo are nut full) read) whin the test cimies It will bo easier for Oir-man Oir-man armlis und armun ships, (lor-man (lor-man siilimarlms or Uurmau aircraft lo kill tho limn that go out from our roiumiinlt) to protect )ou ami our tights Whoiter from tiny tnollw do-In) do-In) s work bearing dlroitl) or I ullrect-It ullrect-It on the war will be nn aiiissor) to tho murder of his fellow Americans. litir) strike In tho Unltod Klates while this war Is In progress Is n blow In faor of (Itrmany What doth It profit it man to In-ilinsv In-ilinsv his wages or dwtrcasn his working work-ing hums. If b) so doing h tontrlb-litis tontrlb-litis to tin ltlor) of u nation that mukia sluNcs of while mm nnd s.ourgis them ns the) work? The condition of the hlntks hi Amirkit before the civil war was far hittir than the tonilltliii of the whites of Illinium who toil iy aro carried off like cattle, are overworked, undtrfid, beatt n and, sink or well, must labor luressaull), often under the fin of their own guns. What doth It profit u man to uld n monarch who In this manner has shameless!) n -cstahllshid tho slitxtr) of whlto men The worklugman In Amirltu who obstructs tho iiittlug of wood, tliu mining of futl, thn weaving weav-ing of i loth, tho tinning of whet Is In factories or on rails while this war Is In prognss ho Is helping tho slave-musters, slave-musters, tho destro)ers of clvlllxatlon, lho murderers of whiikii und dill-dr dill-dr n What doth It profit n man who has livid In it laud of Incomparable liberties lib-erties of udvimtuges unparallrd In all tho histor) of the world, to contribute Ii) an) ait, however small to the success suc-cess of an nutocriic) to whom n common com-mon man Is but n tlod of earth? The workliikinan who stands falthfull) b his duties da) by da), allowing no person und no thought to get betwetn him nnd nn honest performance of his work. Is rendering the hlghist kind of patriotic servlto to his nation na-tion und to his family What duth It profit a man to sell his manhood, his solf-rrspect, perhaps his soul, for u llttlo selfish gain lit such no hour? Whan life's services aro measured up at tho end those who havo faithfully labored through the war shall bo entitled to their rt t tilt as will as those who have led the i Inn gis In buttli What doth It profit a man who wants to Improve tho londltlon of laboring la-boring im n If ho kalns u llttlo, but In ko doing prolongs tho slaver) of Hoi-gliin Hoi-gliin worklngmen who cannot gain tlialr freidom but by diath, or through the Virion of tho nlllesT Ktanil by your work for )our own honor nud sufit), for thn safety nnd success of )otr fellow countomen who gu forth t fight, as wall as for tho suko of worklngmen who arc now In actual slavery beneath Herman sluvedrlurri |