The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-04-15


the friends OF the working classes, and not
the enemies that many working-mcn viii
insist upon thinking them.
Jim Barnes was loathe % acknowledge
himself beaten in the argument, and sec
inc that johnson waited for HIM 10 speak,
he said
Wen. 81 course, BraSSey must have
paid away q heap in wages in his time;
but sin he was only one man.
THAT Is rather poor = set out jim,
said Johnson, with slight smile TRUE,
he was only one man, and an exceptional
one IS regards the extent Of his trauSac-
tons, but the rules that applied 10 him Is
an employer are general ones, and extend
20 other and smaller employers, Ourewu
master started on his own account in = lit
tie wooden shed. run up with his own
hands. and now see he has got tirSt-rate
establishment, and employs a couple Of
thousand of Us"
YES, and We are making his fortune,
"We are helping him 10 make il; but
IS on the other hand. he helps two thou
sand of us 10 make our living, I don't see
that We have any the worst OF that ar
rauEemenL And vet the notion that
masters are the enemies of the working
classes Is altogether wrong
If they are not our enemies, | would
like 10 know who are, said Barnes.
"Weu, Jim, am sorry TO think that
our worst enemies are some Of ourselves"
Who do You mean - asked Barnes,
sharply.
Il mean. Jim. the drinkers aud drunk
ards. OF whom Jhere are unfortunately 50
msuv smonC Us.
~Well. OF course / can't stand mp for
the ,>preeiug' set. said Barnes, they do
make things bad for Others rs wei, rs
themselves; but after an, the working
classes sire the real creators of Sj the
wealth Of the country, and vet We yet the
least share oft; and Vet what could the
capitalists DO without Us
And what could VIC do without the
CAPITALISTS Why. either could 10 very
little without the other; and that, Jim.
brings me TO the point most particularly
wish 20 come 10. Instead OF being the al
together opposite things that many PEG
PIE believe them 20 be, capital and labor
are, 80 20 speak. really parts Of single
machine. ltcithey was taken away, the
machine couldn't work, aud j, would be
hard 20 Say which part was Of the most
importance. Its something Ike the old
story Of the feet grUmblug about having
10 carry the stomach Sni head about,
And 80 IL Is with labor and capital La
Dor may bo the feet Of the body, but cap
i.al i the stomach: and tbe intellect that
finds employment for it-aDd for labor st
The same Uwe-iS the head"
You think that the masters and We
arc in the same hoSt then 2" >sii Barnes,
speaking In s. less confident and mOrc
thoughtful tone than be had previously
adopted
Just -, and that we must sink or
SWIM In company. For either 20 Sttempt
10 run the other aground Is 3 suicidal
policy What we should DO Is 20 try how
we can best an pull together. They seek
out the work aud bring il to Us, sud ind
the tools and materials for doing it, and
run 81, the ri>k 0flo>S by IT. And though
they don't have to pull their coats of, or
blackeu their hands * we do, most OF
them work harder than any jourueyman
thew employ. l know their brains often
have 20 work on long after our hands are
st ro>t and remember that they are work
INC for rs IS well IS themselves They
cant make their own fortunes without
helping TO make our living; 10 gain
thousand for themselves they must CirCU-
late several thousands in wages among Us.
Yes" said Barnes, " I begin 10 see
now that we az In the same boat; but
do vog think that the masters would pull
with Us
I'm Sara they would. if they thought
we would pull with them they would
know that II was their interest 10 do 50" .
Wei l don't know" said Barnes, .
obviously: L think most Of them jNst
look upon Us IS 50 much live stock or .
machinery"
Some do, I dare say. but I fancy It is .
the exception. not the rule. heard the .
other dsy ofa large manufacturer in Ire T
land. who, through depression Of trade,
was running his factory st an absolute .
loss. Wasn't that pulling with the men' .
All, but such as HIM are rare,H said .
Barnes.
Well perhaps there are not many
who would DO quite 50 much As that; but
STILL more or les Of consideration for
their men Is not 50 rare among employers
- many Of the men believe. Aud there
are plenty Of others that show in one way
or another that they sire equally willing,
not merely to pull with the men but to
pull for them Take our own employer:
he has given Us s good reading-room and
library, he gives Is and our families an
excursion every year. and pays Us our
days wages. When the hands wanted
20 get up a brass band, he presented
them with the instruments, and Won know
he : always very good If any of the men
meet with accidents
Well, It Is perhaps more the fault Of
men than masters that they don't both
pull together said Barnes; but there
i one thing I'll Just ask YOU. Harry.
You said just nov that the men lost nine
strikes ont Of ten Well. surprising it Is
%, their winning the tenth must be 50
much to the good their class benefit BY
whatever Is gained BY that particular
strike, and as there Is ne saying how anv
strike may 90, 1 don't see how strikes can
be-as You say they are-altogether :
mistake on our parti
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