Show WOR LABOR COMBINES COMBINER in our last issue we wa mentioned the growing evils of trusts and other capital combines their thair power for the oppression of the people is sarae thing i normous but on tho tha other ether hand band the tha labor tode moderations rations of the countr conn try yare are a 0 menace to its peacefulness fol ful nesa ness read the speech of mr Gomp delivered at the labor congress in philadelphia and yea vou will be reminded of what a power the united labor of this country is becoming anil and with this growing power in the hands of workingmen is also a growing spirit of discon discontent t elit they seem to feel their strength and many little things give offense these days that laborers never would haye noticed ten yeara ago the result is ia that bi are many times 11 begun e gun be because callao of trivial offenses such wag the cause of the famous homestead strike just ended A scale of bagos was proposed which aich affected men and this difference resulted in about three thousand laborers stopping work the strike lasted three months cost coat millions million of dollari and resulted in over thirty lives being lost all bacasse of a slight difference now euch a contest would never have been begun did not labor pel fel it had the tha power through its effective organization tu to coerce capital into granting its demands that same power in the tha bands of inconsiderate worked wor kingmon mon causes capitalists to tremble thay feel that i investment P vest in labor producing enterprises Is not sare safe with the present unsettled condition of the labor world and the time limo may not be far distant when such men ap 89 CARNEGIE grow tired ot of fighting their workingmen ind simply cli up shop doea not need to engado in the iron iron i industry so 30 far as aa he is individually concern concerned ed he ha is ia worth his millions ande and could well afford to retire from business yet his bis wealth now gives employ employment mant it is ia estima estimated tid to about thirty thousand hands should ha close down his mills what a hardship I 1 it would produce there a are ro m many any men in much the L ame easy circumstances as aa CAHNE aiE though perhaps not quite as wealthy wh abe do not need to lend their time and wealth to giving employment and if labor becomes to unreasonable they may caay retire for a time |