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Show AS EVENTS ARE TENDING. The land is filled with discontent, there are spots on the sun and strikes are the order all the way between tho soas, A few are striking for higher wugea or Bhorter houra, plenty more are .striking tpv fuller recognition, of tlo union. A few demogo'gub orators and plenty of char- BAa acterless newspapers are urging this on with tho " H one hope that the discontent may bring a' change M of administrations next year. Suppose that can M bo accomplished, what then? Was it better when Bflfl the last Democratic administration came in with B the incense of roses and carnations about it and Bflfl went out amid the. odors of free soup and tho BAB, poor house? Is it better in any state that is un- H der Democratic control? Is it better where the J Tlldens rule in South Carolina, or where morel- flflg less violence rules in Kentucky, or where utter H lawlessness robs the people in Missouri? H About the brightest Democrat in the Union BB is Mr. Gorman of Maryland. H He has just closed a successful campaign and BB his most telling point was that the Republican VB Presidert of the United States actually invited B Booker Washington to share a luncheon with him. BB When manhood is measured which has the BB higher stature, Senator Gorman or Booker Wash- ' 'flVJ ington? BB Had Gorman been born and reared as was fl Booker Washington would his white skin and Cau-. I BB casian blood have ever lifted hm from obscurity." fl Now a few words to laboring men and labor' i B unions. The demogogues may tell you that all ' B progress comes oMabor' Whirl that is true, -dor- I BB not permit it to swell your heads. Men toiled BB for centuries but more work has been accom- Bfl plished in the last century than in a thousand BB previous years, because the steam engine, the Bfl electric motor and a multitude of hand labor- B saving machines none of which had a soul or a Bfl vote came to man's assistance. Bfl Before you decide that tho world cannot got H along without you, think of a tew things. First, H Were you ever receiving as-Jai'ge and as steady wages before? Second, Are you and your fam- J flfl Hies prepared to live comfortal ly through a long J BJ period of idleness? Third, Look: across tho west- H ern ocean and you will see crowded into a lit- BJ tie space some seven hundred and fifty millions BJ of workers -half the great world's population mark that by their utmost exertions they are H only able to obtain food to supoort life from day BJ to day, and that food is something which your BJ stomachs would reject in a moment, and thon BJ take this truth homo to you that labor counts BJ for nothing except where tho laborer has tools B to work with and a reward for his toll. fl Do not mtake any unmanly concessions, com- fl pel your employers if necessary to never lay fl their hands on your self-respect or your honest B independence, but keep your false pride down, B keep in mind that you need jour employers as fl much as they need you, and therefore when you fl sel' your services give an honest return for tho fl money you receivQ and do not assume that be- , fl cause you have been given employment, that , fl justifies you In demanding the control of your fl employers' business. fl Again, when you hear trusts denounced, keep fl i: mind that trusts in themselves are not bad fl until their management falls Llto merciless, in- fl competent and miserly hands. More, remember fl that I he Labor Unions In the aggregate are the fl mightiest trust between the seas and that the fl uf-mni-t care and good judgment must be exer- ffl ch-ed lebt thai lop lall under tho management of fl infoinjielgntj jnwolJeiBfl anti loo-ambttiousj tejwjeyfj, I |