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Show LABOR TROUBLES. Martial law is again declared in Las Animas county, Colorado. The struggle there between capital cap-ital and labor has been disastrous during the past few years. When public peace is disturbed and the laws set at naught. It is the duty of the state to protect the rights of its ciizens and prevent the destruction of property. This the governor of Colorado Colo-rado is determined to do, at anyeost. He has called out the state militia for that purpose. Unionists in the mining regions disclaim sympathy sym-pathy with any destruction of property, or personal violence, claiming only their right to secure living wages for themselves and their families. This all may be true, but unfortunately . very often well meaning mn are often swayed by irresponsible agitators. When trouble is brewing it should always al-ways be remembered that public opinion is and always al-ways will be. adverse to the greed and tyranny of capital, and equally if not more so to mob rule. Neither will ever appeal to the sympatlvy of the American people or be embraced with open arms. A "scab"' mey be denounced, but he is c free American citizen and entitled to the same rights of protection as a union man. The same applies to the capitalist, however greedy or exacting he-may be. Tho unionist has the right to cease working and use hi? moral persuasions on all others of his craft to join his ranks, but he is never entitled to use physical violence toward a brother workman who is willing to work. Labor troubles are not confined to our neighboring neigh-boring state. They extend from the Atlantic to j the Pacific oceans. Wherever the hammer of in-j in-j dustry resounds troubles arc sure to come. One of j the chief causes of this discontent, and its neees-I neees-I sary consequence a strike is the separation of j capital ami lr.Ior, and the loss of all religious prin-! prin-! ciples. Capital owns the wealth; the laborer and mechanic are the producers. The. former becomes rich through the latter's labor. The present wage system fails to satisfy the growing demands of Ihe age. Wage earners claim that the remuneration remunera-tion they receive is not sufficient. For their own protection and to be on an equal footing with capital, capi-tal, they organize. In this they are fully justified, and if all skilled and unskilled laborers entered their ranks the problem might be peaceably settled. set-tled. Capital could no longer command the lion's share of the producer's work. But labor is not all united. There are two elements the union and non-union. The former may demand a certain scale of wages, but iheir demands are neutralized by the latter, who are willing to work for what they can get. A contest is inevitable . To quell the storm the state is obliged to protect the lives and prop- ' erty of its citizens. The fight in Colorado has been ' a long and bitter one. - Religious principles and influence arc discarded in the settlement of all recent labor controversies. This is, in part, due to the efforts of Socialism to inject its baneful principles into the unions. All prominent utjion leaders have disavowed any fel-bnvship fel-bnvship with lSocialistiedeasrYet, like false systems, sys-tems, it is ruedlesomc and aggressive, and it proposes to cure all the ills nnd woes of society. It has many adherents among the wage earners who hope' to share in communal wealth. Underlying Underly-ing its few truths equality and liberty arc its pernicious errors. Tbe old civilization, which recognized rec-ognized the sacred rights of religion, government and property, they condemn. L'nder the new civilization civi-lization all these are discarded. Their advanced teachers proclaim that all past errors must be righted, right-ed, society adjusted, and equality must cover the social as well as the political order. With these fair promises ringing in the ears, in time of trouble it helps to swell the waves of discontent. Religion, which they declare to be a superstition and opposed to man's natural aspirations, must be regarded as effete and supplemented by science. In times of trouble these doctrines are in great measure meas-ure responsible for the many acts of violence that are committed. Xo religion, no future, no God he who would not seek happiness here, even at the expense of his neighbor, is the veriest slave, is a doctrine that will always appeal to poor, weak humanity." hu-manity." It is a popular belief, and that is enough. A |