The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-02-22
IS THE STATE BOARD TO PROTECT
LABOR7

This, at the present time, when the sui
Ject Of convict labor is agitAtlng the mind
o Of our working people, Is a pertinent que'
3 ton for Legislators TO ask. and one to whic
the masses will expect al answer. yer
F., eminent Jurlst in speaking q the Duties
relations and obligations ~ the State t. II
citizens, says The State is bound t. pr
tect and encourage labor. Nov ~hAt ar
We to understand by tins language |
certainly is PLAIN enough, and 70 our wa
VI thinking not ~ he misunderstood |
means, It the English language has All,
meaning, that the laborer is entitled to pro
lection IN his line and manner Of business
This is the plain English Of it.
II has been toO much the custom Of ON
manufacturing people to see labor, anc
the laborer IN but one light, and thai
as means Of amassing riches With
this object IN view, they have eNtorted from
him ia the shape IF taxes, high rents and
higher prices, all that he could make by his
labor The utter indifference Of legisla-
tors to the wants and necessities If the la
boring people, have taught the latter
the necessity Of combining e. pro
tect their interests and this neces
sity lea To the organization Of Trtafcs
Y ,aouS. This, however. does not necessa
rlly imply that members Of those unions as
individuals, or the unions IN their collec-
\ tive capacity, should come IN conflict with
the manufacturing interests, or the EN-
ployers Of labor The true sphere II both
should be 10 act IN harmony one with
another, and if the principle # ''arbitra
tIoE" was recognized by the employers Of
labor, II would exercise a powerful nhu-
ence IN establishing that perfect harmony
between the employer and employee So de
voutlv To be wished for
But while the working classes are will
ing to adopt arbitration a. a means t.
settle ALL grievances between them and their
employers, the eternal. graspIng, grinding,
aVarlcIuusness Of most OF our manufactur-
ing employers and contractors, will not per
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