The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-08-02

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The great strike, 30 general through
out the North and West, is about al Al
END. Many lives have been lost ii
riots, aud millions Of property dcs-
troycd Verify. the condition Of al.
fairs for two weeks or more has been
iaucutable indeed, aad is II sad cOin~
menLary upon our boastcd system o.
self government, 1t is verify fight
between Capital and L0bOr-the most
insane Of all fights, for one depends
upon the other Just as much as the
members Of The body depend upon the
belly for nOurlshmcnt That labor Is
not sufficiently rewarded, and that cap
ital strives 10 get the lowest rate pos
siLic, are patent facts. But compctl-
ton in capital makes makes money
cheaper, and competition ia labor
makes labor cheaper The cut throat
competition between great railroad
mon0pOliGs reduced their earnings and
they were unable to pay enough for
labor. But there were labOrcrS still
to be found at starving rates, and oiu
and competent employees were rcqu'~
CD to come down TO these rates
Hence the conflict Thea bad men,
too lazy to work, seized the opportu~
nifty to get up mobs and plumber the
rich In this connection we transfer
to the Home journal the following
sensible extract from the New York
Sun
"Whcn property is destroyed in Il
riot the city or county III which the
riot occurs has to pay the damage.
Such is the law Now, who is it that
suffers the most when such damages
arc paid by the taxpayers IS it the
rich man? No; because he has more
means to pay his part with, and has &C
cordngy to diminish, only to a CON-
parativcly small extent, the usual com.
forts Of his mode Of living Is it the
man of a small income who is well cs-
tabIishcd in his bus;ncss2 No; the
added taxation causes him inconvc-
nicncc, but it does not turn him out OF
house and home. Upon what kind Of
men, then, does taxation for property
destroyed in riots most severely weigh ?
We will answer this question plainly,
for it is question Of Importance just
at present: There are two sorts OF
men affected more injurously than all
others by the destruction Of property
in riots and strikes; and they are,
first, laborlng men with no other CAPT
tai than their skill and their industry
and secondly, young men without cap
ital, just beginning in life and anxious
to improve their condition. The Ia
boring men suffer first from the gcncr-
al paralysis which riots and strikes
cause in all kinds of labor and of bust
ness. They want work, and there is
no work for them TO do because the
strike or the riot has stopped WORK
They want bread and clothes for their
children, and they can earn bread and
clothes no longer, because the general
amount Of work to he done has been
so fatally diminished. AT the same
time the rent Of their poor habitations
has increased, because taxes have in.
creased; and in the same way the ,
price Of all the necessaries o. life is en-
HANGED because Of thus new taxation
Therefore we say that those who suffer /
the most painfully from the effects of ,
riots and of such strikes as are now ,
going on, and from the destruction of
property thus caused, are the !aboring
men without money and with families.
This is not because any legislation of
man has made it so; it's not a punish
menl inflicted by any human power; il
IL so because such il the nature of
things, and il cannot he otherwise"