The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-04
THE LABOR RERORH MOVEMENT
" LAURENS...lTS PRINCIPLES
AID FTS AIMS.

1t boldly confronted evils that stood in
the way OF rogress like the alps aud
APpenines. -
It attacked:
!. Radical Office. e.holders, who were
using the Office wthou. regard 70 che
public interest
2. Radicalized modes Of traffic in farm.
products. especially Of seed cotton, which
was spreading decentralization and insub-
ordination among the lsboring classes.
3. Negr"ized modes Of contracting and
hegroized modes Of executing contracts.
Through the public prc.o, through
pui lie discussion, through perpetual,
private talk it created healthy, a most
robust public sentiment against these
widespread evils.
The wisdom of the mo, cu,cu, is iusti.
iirtl To the people in the magnificent re-
suits thu; followed.
The very dui!est man in E.aure.Is ia
applauding the good already accom-.
plshed.
Labor Reform 10 still in its infancy.
Labor Reform is just on its legs, and
has taken its fnt stcp, but that step is
the step Of II giant. r~
Labor Reform must take another step
forward.
The relation with which it deals is that
Of employer aud employee.
1t purposes to dispose of the great
question Of capital and labor by trans
fcrring it to intelligence and skill.
The problem Of capital and labor haa
new and remarkable difficulties in the
South.
it would grapple With and overcome
these startling difficulties.
It would solve the great Southern
question in all its relations-industrisl,
political, social aid religious
It would begin ut the bottom and
work upward; is would begin at the
'entre and work outward.
Its philosophy is inductivc ard Baconi-
an.
II would bury the obsolete past.
II would set in motion and control new,
agencies and new influences upon new
theatre Of action
1t recognizes the business element Ne
the most needfu!, the most important
the most popular, the most powerful
American element.
Especially does it emphasize the bust
ness element as the dominant Southern
element.
1t says this great annual outlay oi
muscle, and energy. and skill ought n
bring in fuller and richer returns to en-.
terpriso and labor.
1t aays let us work; let us work intel.
ligently let US work profitubly; let Il.
encourage labor; let US honor labor; le,
us make the least labor accomplish the
most good.
1t would therefore utilize steam. II
would utilize scientific inventions.
1t would push nhead in the fsid oi
new discoveries.
| |; would not work always without an,
profit.
| II would not work always and bp 1t,
poor Christmas IN it was in January.
| II would not pay twenty cents pei
!"uad for bccon on time, whru it could
buy it for ten cents per pound for cash
1t would not make cotton ut l2A cent,
per poucd aud sell it for ten cents pc,
pound.
II would have pig in the pen.
1t would have lamb in the pasture.
It would have a colt grazing in .hc
meadow.
1t vonld have newspaper on the
table.
1t would have neat school house on
the roadside.
It would make the very name of Thief
obsolete in the land.
| It would make labor reliable.
1t would make labor productive.
1t would make labor remune.rsive.
| II would make labor contented.
1t world make labor friendly to capital.
1t cherishes the great ideas Of progress
and prosperity.
! 1t would not haul cotton forty or City
mites 10 l'reenviiie, though GfeoHv;;iiis Il
si,s best uafaot III tho vv.:..
It would make one "Eron Horse" do
what Il thousand, two thousands mules
are doing, with great waste Of mule
muscle, and IN the midst of great dis.
comfort. n1
Laurens Labor Reform would build
che Laurens and Greenville Railroad.
Laurens Labor Reform would build
this road, and build it quickly.
Laureus Labor Reform hereby eneageu
to build it TO t.le line within ten months.
Will Greenville build it from the line
to the cityY
| We have only mentioned this as an
illustration. 'tHa ~,
| What is the great idea upon which
Labor Reform il resting2
Unioa.
What ia the great American idea Of
the American States?
Union.
What is the great South Carolina,
Hampton idea? ~ TIT
/ Union. lnNn
Bot deeper. and wider. and moro pow
erinl thar the national idea, than the
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