The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-09-14

II any interest should dread a parental Coy.
erninent y amy Interest should dread : en-
tangling alliances" and demand a fair Held,
IL 4 lnhor. And say ~sth AN anxiety great
ar than ! care 10 express CO. night, that labor
should be- relieved ~ IT, care and suffering
with heart touched 20 the quick BY the
misery and indebtedness. the weary life. the
breaking human hearts which see around
Lie, and the heroic fortltude with which men
and women aud children encounter them. n
these weary one--~ome struggling for bread
alone. some StTainiug every aching nerve for
= higher moral and mental life--could be- lift
ed up. and every obstacle ~ their progress
could be- removed: IL every human being
could be- elevated and made 20 take his prop.
cr station a. man. above forms. above prop
erty. above capital. ! would welcome the
means whatever they might be- revolution In
Government. revolution Ia society. the sub
version 81 every cherished theory the nba-e-
Inent ~ every cherished idol-and thank Cod
that had lived 20
SIZE THEM srccgssFrLIY EMPLOYED.
The question has been brought into special
prominence Just now b. the strikes and sub
=cquent riots. No man approves. every right
thinking man condemns and deprtcates law
..~~ violence toward person or property. and
believes u should he restrained and punished
By the strong arm q the law Few believe
that strikes accomplish any immediate good.
They agree with the platform 0fthe Working
mems party adopted af Cincinnati. that they
src the fr1iitle-s efforts Of worklngmen 70 ~
cure their economical emancipation by
guerilla warfare against individual employ
err. Yet. let not deceive ourselves do
wrong 90 othrrr. strikes arr the loud mutt
tering~. thu open uct. which Sutcrings pro
dnce. strikes are the protest which Hcanf
fstod and ~canf clothing and poor homes make
against greater reduction. strikes are the
voice ~ di~cpntettt. and discomfort. restless
az IL j.. for hong time, aye 20 long n posi-.
BILE. bears the " fil- We have" Happy men do
not strike Prosperous men ~ not strike.
The smiling faces of well fed wife and children
DO not permit men g. strike.
There were bad men and wicked men, and
in advised men. who willfully did wrong and
committed. crime. but az the bottom Of thi-
great upheynl
THERE wA- cAusE,
aud that cause WAS the inability Of Wiling
honest. industrious men 20 obtain work and
earn xagc- tor wife and children. Wages
we're low. men were working on short time
v ages were Ion. unpaid families We're buy
ing on credit a. fhs retail shops. w ages we're
a. be reduced still lower. and no prospects of
prompfer payment. iou might IA well try
"a check the thunder in the ky, a. 20 sup
pres tile vail ~ human anguish .xtorted by
these conditions Intil the cause shall he
removed. strikes will be made and violence
and c1irle will en~tIe.
We have heard much In this connection,
and M tili- time ~ the conflict ~ labor anu
natural conflict between the men who work
and the capital "a hlCh seeking 60 give
them employment. The railroads and their
employees should be allies and friends With
out labor the capital invested u wholly un
productive. Without human labor employ ed
directly on them. the rail-, and engines and
ears a1e wholly useless and daily uspreciat-
ing. This capital and this labor supplement-
rach other. They should always cooperate.
Ihey should never antagonize. There has
been gro~- nii-managcInent ~ railroads.
Rates have been cut rtlluOu~ competition
has been carried On. compncts have
been made with in-tncerity. 20 be
broken with diShonor But business has betn
~tagnatesl. che bulk carried has fallen on
enormously and been subdiyided. Receipts
have hrcn corre~pOndingiy diminished. dlyl
dcnds have been passed and expenses ncccs
~arfly must BE- reduced,
A~p 80 rHE co~FLicr CAME
between the labor and the capital. which were
closely interdependent But down at the bot
tom. underlying this conflict. which T. but AN
incident and symptom. there l. lrraNer con
fiict and mi9htier struggle. array ing greater
forces. and stimulating more gigantic efforts.
IL l. the conflict between that capital which
employs no human labor. which works with
mo- human hand. which never pauSc~ by
might or by day, IN winter SHOWS or summer
(, heat or autumn rains. which never wenrfe-.
never rests, hut ever gathers III it, increase
and it, infcrc~t--and that capital which en-.
ploy- labor, feeds enterprise. stimulates in
du-try and brings into activity and co-Opcrn.
finn the hand. the head. the busy brain. the
cunning ingenuity. the productive energies
~ all the forces II accumulated wealth and
human yig0r. II T. the conflict between that
power which siexeS the production Of others
and that power which itself produces. IL H.
the conflict between the Money Power and
the industries Of the country. BY the Money
Power meant those whose aim and object and
~, r,,.,-s "a Iife i Not IN energy. and enter.
mrs.. and Industry. ana the a, Generation 81
I s.nitnl and labor "a add "a the aggregate
wealth Of the world. but by legislation, inter
s,r.sfafion and es,u hfnation to add 90 the val
T ~. ~ accumulated money Every man knows
tI,i- can L. done only ~ decreasing the wal IL
Y ~ every prnsluet of labor and skill destroy.
\ fur ~ making doubtful the profits " all en-.
\ ferprise di~cOurngiug all business In thi.
struggle. the Money Power has been success
4 fuI Eneruv. enterprise. Industry. business.
iie nrnsfrafe before H. The great crime 81
the Republican policy 4 that H. whole hi-fo.
r. mark- one long prolonged painful sacri.
lana n, ire
"khhR - t"s~ hEh1Nsi'h~S $500 M"
Need repeat the proof yous The law au
fl.offxtnr the issue NJ grtsenhack= provide
X that when They were presented by any indi
xsHraf IA, zr,rS ~ 90 they might he cDnV