Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine (1912) (14575000337)

Identifier: baltimoreohioemp05balt (find matches)
Title: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Subjects: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Publisher: (Baltimore, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
Contributing Library: University of Maryland, College Park
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation



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gistrationboard and they figured you was morevaluable right here at home on the roadthan over there fighting—to say nothingof you having your mother to support.Seems as though I recollect they saidthey could get lots of soldiers, butthat they was going to have an awfultime getting enough freight men on therailroads here at home. Seems as thoughthey wanted you pretty bad right whereyou are. Of course they dont knowwhat theyre doing. Oh, I know all about that, Jimmybroke in. That may all be true, butit aint fighting! I aint risking a thinghere, while the boys at the front arerunning all the chances. Its just plainevery-day work with me, as though therewasnt any war. I aint doing my shareand Im going to resign and enlist, thatsall. Wait a minute, said the old man.Lets figure this thing out. Lets sup-pose your best friend was having analmighty tough tussle with another chap.For the sake of argument lets say theywas fighting with bricks—although theymay not have been Irishmen, at that.
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THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 10 Lets say you go over and offer to helplick the other geezer, and your friendsays hell lick him alone, all right, if hecan only get enough bricks. He asksyou to keep supplying him with bricks.Wouldnt you be a blasted fool to insiston fighting, when youd both run out ofbricks in a little while? Wouldnt it bebetter to keep supplying him with thebricks he needs? Dad lit his pipe,which had gone out through lack of at-tention. Go on, said Jimmy. Imlistening. Well, Uncle Sam is your best friend.Hes having the worst tussle of his lifewith a mighty strong enemy. He canget enough men to fight for him—if hessupplied with enough stuff for them tofight with. Hes got to have the bricks!And thats why a lot of us have got tostay at home and keep the stuff movingto him. If we all go over and fight,soon well all run out of bricks. Andwhen the war is won, wont the fellowswho kept the supplies going over to oursoldiers deserve a lot of credit, too? Iknow how