Show written for this fW paper ARE WORKERS ONLY TO BE it would almost appear to a looker on or to a reader of the papers as it if all the be blame of all the conditions exist ing in this country is to be thrown bans sans ceremonies 11 upon the shoulders of the laboring population and a as a corollary to this that all employers employer sall all capit capitalists alistes all politicians are the very models of propriety ty the embodiment of righteousness the very soul of honor and the makers of the nation in which we live this representation may arise from the fact that most newspapers we are owned and controlled by the critics and the accused has not so many facilities if any for the statement of his grievances heavy though they way may be if there are strikes and riots riot and violence the participants are denominated as allena or anarchists of some degree and their presence here is 19 stigmatized w B a menace to the nation they are often called crl and add the he older nations are charged with making this the dumping ground for the uncontrollable elements of their own society now this is not fair at the outset for amenta agents from this country traversed europe for years by and specious literature beg ging all creation the downtrodden and oppressed of all nations to come here and enjoy those blessings of liberty to them bit hitherto herto unknown nl on the same line of action manufacturers and ad capitalists contracted for labor abroad until legislation had to wake make it a penal offense ofie nae which cow coro polled greater secrecy though some owe assert that it to is still continued in violation of law steamship companies since were superseded have found it a profitable part of their bual ness to emigration almost without supervision or restraints restrain tl that under this bis loose method some undesirable persons have found their way here bore need not be denied but the country is t to 0 blume blame for this and not the ones who are denounced but politicians have juggled with this element and for fear of losing a few votes of some nationality they have bave winked at malfeasance in office discrimination has been avoided and far too often this crude poi populace Dulace have been admitted to the polls polle and in directly have influenced the home citizens citizen ss natural desire for well being and laudable self defenses every now and again this fallacious forth form of conciliation has been pointed out in leading citler by men who sensed the dangers thereof but the man or party who wanted the irish vote tote the HUD hungarian garian vote the italian vote or the german vote sought to conciliate the influential of that nationality as a quid pro quo more than that the feeling of a vagrant sentiment has bas been encouraged in that men were not urged to become whole maled americans they were allowed to remain irishmen or hungarians Hung arians in fact while nominally citizens of a vander grander and better country as was assumed societies have been formed and encouraged means have been collected and sent by the former class at least in enormous aggregate to foster animosity and against the friendly comity of a nation as am great and proud as ours odis united rr irishmen ishmen feniane Fen ians tans Parnel Farnel lites have bave flourished on this so aply collected and sent abroad with out remonstrance because it was just justified so eo they said eaid of political expediency and in deference to this sentiment vicious under the circumstances atan cefi the abe flag of these alien hordes have floated from the public buil buildings diDgO of our largest cities when one official decried and forbade this the patriot everywhere saw flaw its ita propriety and he be was wag sustained since that another official has ruled the other way as a conciliatory move an election being at hand all the great centers are affected by this feature municipalities counties states and the nation bear witness that offices are bought and others are filled by those who have to be placated for services rendered or to be per formed in some expected political campaign and the spoils of office are counted upon as the summum bonum ot of all maneuvering and the universally undisputed method of patriotic reward combinations and trusts for the se ise curing of assured interest upon capital are always legitimate so sy say the papers but combinations of labor jabor to prevent reduction or secure advance are considered to be particularly it if persuasion is used with uon men to what is called intimidation timi dation but it a mans business la in crushed because he be will not become a member of a trust it la Is looked upon without compunction for the man or firm at all on the basis that none should seek to prevent a man from working at a lower price than his bis follow fellow an eastern house abetted by the railroads swamped the utah soap company years ago for they laid down soap here at chicago prices because they had the PO power and means every other struggling industry of our territory is thus beset if no higher attribute of humanity is to be brought into play than that of soulless or necessitous competition then than again where it comes to the sensitive character of capital and its rights about which we bear ad naus eam cam can it not be said mid that thai most moat of our great capitalists made these mammoth far fortunes martunes tunes in trade or manufacturing A T stewart began life as a peddler he died the ostensible owner of many millions mill louf was wag that wealth acquired legitimately was he ju justified stifled in exa exacting citing pronto profits from those who bought until by be owned as much so as all bis big trade combined he to is dead but there are hosts bt bf similar men and corporations po rations of one kind and another we could mention their namee who have advanced from poverty or labor to what might be called undue affluence kneir employed emp loyes mark the expansion of their works building and rebuilding each time on a more palatial scale they bear of the grandeur of their homes the magnificence of their surroundings their style aid fashion and tab table lethe the obee oboe quience of their servants and they are confronted every now and theu then with a reduction of their remuneration ten or fifteen per cent on work or a few cents per ton on coal it would be less than human nature of any kind if no query were asked as to the ever widening gulf between the conditions of the producer and his boss bosel A certain proprietor in wales inherited a vast iron works which had been founded of his father he and his hie family as he called his workers wor bera had grown up together their interests interest were identical mutual confidence made labor pleasant and remuneration more than certain A few demagogues wormed their way among the workmen and pressed the necessity of union in self defense they had no grievance but suspicion was aroused their old friend was wag looked upon as an their enemy spite ol of all experience peri ence for years they had gone to him for counsel even in their private affairs but coldness crept in in its stealthy way and the old man sue cumbea to in death to the changed con his hie son elen was heir to the business and the works and this changed feeling wrought upon a more sensitive organization than the fa fathers therse a condition of despondency to be suspected was death but bis bin remonstrance fell a soured and jealous soil and escape only seemed possible by the closing of the which was eventually donel done very little of such a regretful holing feeling is in possible among the multi millionaires of this amszi amazing g country sympathy there la is none nooel and nd wealth indulges so freely in ostentation and parade that maybe envy and jealousy are aroused when a better acquaintance greater cordiality and warmer interest between the classes would ward off that danger which seems seem imminent in almost every state I 1 it is a sad mad reflection upon our civilization upon our patience upon our inability to cope with human nature to realize that in seven states of the be public troops are in the field to put down riots based on labor disputes which ought to be settled amicably and peacefully as they arise from time to time maybe the Ameri american cati character to is too intolerant foo impulsive too sure eure that everybody is lb ill the wrong but one that may be come serious as was the war of the rebellion is not improbable and that was as uncalled for as any war on earth from the standpoint of today for itwara it was a word and a blow without diplomacy without truce without arbitration yet at the cost of millions illions tu of treasure sod at a fearful sacrifice of life and property we would not have bave it thought how ever that labor Is without fault but all can see that to the toiler every re af wages means a diminution of comfort for wife and babies eved the few cents a day which a proprietor would throw into the gutter is the margin between desire and enjoyment which it is in criminal to disturb to ta continually apply that test which asks how little can we pay that man for his bis labor and then enforce it will lead to untold destruction of property and drench this land in blood it Is i the sowing of dragons teeth which will eventually produce an army of desperate and uncontrollable meda men |