Show tiie THE LABOU AND CAPITAL QUESTION JS IN another part of the paper appears a from a workingman who upon the labor and capital conf conflict lIeL adein A vein of truth runs through his remarks but his views are too extreme he Is unable to understand w why hy men who exercise their brains in t the he avenues of trade and business should re celva ceiva larger remuneration than those who simply use muscular strength it should be patent to him and everybody else that this is a matter that misgovern is governed by the law of supply and demand should the day ever arrive when professional fess ional and artiman skill preponderate amon among the masses while the ability to perform manual labor would be limited in comparison the tables would doubtless be turned in favor of the man of mere muscle in the meantime the common laborer can only hope for increased compensation and an general advancement by disc discovering that he has some brains and that the they have been given giver him thlin for nse he must a apply ay 1 himself to the study of the possibilities 26 11 ties of life decide to make an effort to climb its ladder mount it step b by step until he emerges into a sphere a above alove ove the one in which he has hils been moving of course it will be u urged that ing men of the poorer paid because more abundant class have no time to spend in self improvement as a pre process for fon fora a step in advance those who are impregnated with this stultifying idea will remain where they are but intelligence energy and perseverance will always reap their reward by whomsoever eyer exhibited as the man unan who possesses those prerequisites pre requisites ito to success seldom sees a any lions hons in his path 17 if he does he e removes them thein for illustrious examples the works of samuel smiles on meil sell help heip thrift and kindred subjects the indifference manifested toward the ahe working men by grinding monopolists and largely by many capitalists is highly censurable it Iti Is aioo too often the ease case that when enterprises cease to large dividends and it is decided to eay e needful to cut down operating expenses the diminution of wages begins at the bottom of the list and pr probably is only applied to the lower grades of employees who are arc the least able to sustain a reduction redaction this Is frequently the opposite of a course likely to produce financial profit it generally genei ally aily causes a shrinkage in the efforts of the persons believing they are imposed upon to work to tee the full extent of their powers for the benefit of their employers oras in hundreds of instances countr country y the result is a strike suspension of operations immense losses to both capitalists and laborers and not infrequently murder nd bloodshed before the conflict closes but there Is another side to the question instances have occurred in manufacturing districts in tarlo varlo various us parts of the world ivorid when in times in trade it has been impossible for employers to place their goods on the market at prevail prevailing lug prices without a daily loss threatening an ultimate collapse the he only recourse would wo be ito to cut down expenses Inc including ludin iudin the wages account or shut down works wisdom would dictate to working men that pending a revival of trade I 1 half A a loal loaf would be tetter ietter than no bread but time and time again apin thet they have de elined lined to accept the inesita inevitable le situation tio nand and have walked about in idleness for months at a time with starvation haunting them and their families like a terror inspiring inspirit ghost ghost I 1 it Is hinted by our correspondent that workingmen are frequents frequently through driven to resort to robbery through the medium of the extreme phases of socialism it he will study the destructive secret society question he wll will wil I 1 nind find d that the thel ir he ad and fro front nt I 1 are not composed of men who are entitled or ever have neen deen to the respectable appellation of work people the they dreis diels are designing demagogues and scoundrels who have never been inspired by a de sire to make a living by honest labor but by preying upon the baser passions as well as the property of others especially pec lally aily of those belonging to the working I 1 cla cia class SS the idea that when a wage awag e reduction ensues through h the plea of a surplus of labor and an overproduction over production of commodities modi ties there should be a corresponding diminution of work hours is somewhat somewhat farfetched far fetched because it Is in the present state of society totally impracticable the object of the reduction Is to enable the manufacturer to compete in price in an over stocked market with his competitors should his production ne de diminished without a corresponding reduction of the cost of manufacture his position would not be strengthened ened a hairs hairsbreadth breadth the only plan pun upon which such suebb a step could be made feasible would be kupon the basis of a unanimous agreement among all manufacturers or producers almo aimo almost st an im impossible possible achievement the effect would would then be a diminution ot ol production at the ex expense jense of the consumers in an fn regard to robbing the laborer of his hire the law can only be made to reach the guilty person when he perpetrates pe an actual theft by refusing to pay Ms his employee what has been agreed upon it cannot however be made a applicable within the apparent sense of oi our correspondents meaning the law cannot well be made to step in and what the shall pay the tho workman for his labor as that must roust be governed wove gove under the existing condition of society by the law of demand and supply and to a lar lare large c extent by the con cou conscience science of the employer where there is no conscience which is sometimes the case that essential to fair deal deai dealing ing is necessarily left out of consideration if rigid lassor rules can be formulated for and applied to the government of the issues which are constantly arising between capital and labor we fall fail to be able to comprehend it in that light lieh t the only hope that at present appears lie ile iles lieg 9 in a change in the whole barisand basi basl sand and superstructure of society which must grow out of a greatly improved moral condition of t the e human race if that desirable change Is close at hand nothing short of a revolution can possibly produce it for at present th the 9 tide seems to be running in au an entirely opposite direction in the meantime the good the brave and the true must roust grapple with circumstances as they are and do their part however humble in bringing them to what they should be the whole fabric Is more or less out of its legitimate bearings and it is impossible I 1 to maintain matters in the midst of the multitude of conflict conflicting in interests on it proper balance it is Is the duty doty of all however to take a conservative course and not suffer themselves because they belong to or are enlisted enlisted on on one side or the other to be caught resorting to extremes as I 1 oth capital and labor have rights 11 entitled to respect the present conflicts s and consequent evil results grow out of people on each side of the question utterly denying and Ig moring the important truth |