Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-17
u GREAT ISSUE.

THE GREAT ISSUE.
The Republican campaign has opened
in Ohio. Il WAS appropriately inaugu-
rated in D~ellsfontains last night by
Judge West. the candidate for Cover
nor. Who delivered . speech. the sist Of
which will be found in our tslsgraphic
columns. The significance Of this
speech cannot be ovsr-sstimatsd. II is
chiefly devoted to . discussion OF the
labor question. and resumption. The
southern problem is entirely ignored.
which shows that Judge West and his
followers are in thorough sympathy with
the President. and are willing to allow
the South to work out Its own saliva.
iion-if 1t will do ii in an open. gen
erousm anner This is we'll. We have
had ~jsslsusiss and qusrrsling enough In
the past; and In counting u j~.alousies
and engaging in our quarrels we have
neglected a subject which now begins to
loom up in terrible proportions. The
laboring man has suffered until forbsar'
ales has ceased 10 DO a virtue. lie
come. To the front now. and insi~sd Of
lnssling and -upplisaiing. demands to
loo heard. His demand Is just one.
and IL il httins aud proper that the lie
publican party. which snnobisd free
labor BY iibsraiing the slave. shoald
now grappls with this great problem Of
r.coneiling the interests Of capital AMI
labor. Old issues are dead. We trust.
II not, they ara sleeping. The grand
issue before US to-day Is. to 80 adjust
the relations between employers and
w~orkingmen that exact justice shall be
insted out to all.
The suggestion Of the Cleveland Con-
,ention, that a bureau 10 established at
Washington To take ecgnilancs OF the
needs Of laborers. IL. to our mind. u
foolish one. Such u bureau could do
nothing but gather statistics. aud Stats.
tic. ON a subject Of this kind are value
less. The creation Of q bureau Of this
nature would he simply a piece Of ma
tiouai s~,travasancs Tor which the poor
mans pocket would have TO suffer.
The only persons 10 derive benefit from
1t would be the few politicians who snc
ceeded in gaining the Offices. The work
inemsn Of this country want no "bu-
reau." What they want IL wise coun-
sci. They want to he brought face to
face with their employers. and have u
ehanc. TO reason with them. The in
terests Of the Two classes arc identical,
and each depends upon the other. All
that is required to reconcile them. !. a
fair, impartial discussion Of the situa-
ton, and ihis cannot Be brought about
by any Government department.. IL can
only 10 secured by the cooperative nc
ton Of employers and laborsrs.
JuLg. West Offers a solution to tho
problem, " hich. though 1t Is open to
some objections, il certainly the most
Just and practical one yet presented.
lie proposes that employers give their
men. to begin with. wages which can be
safely given with no prospect OF a future
reduction. and that at the end Of every
year q division Of tho profits Of the busi.
ness he made. each mar receiving q
certain percentage, as agreed upon be-
forshsnd. A system Of this kind would
prevent all strikes in the future. for
w~orkingmen are sensible. aud demand
no more than they think they are justi'
lied in demanding by tho business Of
their employers. On such a system,
too. more and batter work would be
done. for every lsborsr would have M
interest in the business, which they do
not have when working entirely on
wages
Whether this system will eventually
lie adopted or not is. Of course, q ques-
ton. but some new method Of dealing
With the w%orkinsman must be adopted.
OF We shall witness a social revolution
the like Of which we have never sesn
before. and will never wish to see
again. The labor question Is the grand
issue in the coming campaign. AMI the
statesmen OF the nation will 10 well TO
give IL their closest attention.