, 1877-07-30
TIE PRESS.
FnH IArOREn AND Hts HIRE.

TIE PRESS.
FuH tAnoREn ASD hts HIRE. |
no.ton AdssrtfstT. I
Il wns suggested at the Park Square meeting |
Tuesday evening that there MAS not enough |
nrcach,nr from tho ctcxt, 1.-THE laburer Ia worthy |
Of bts hrc'' possahly that Is true. But, al the
nrc+ent time, A. the abores'a hire 10 at h!s tcry-
ice II he will work, and as on1y those who pro-
Tess to lc but arc not, Iaborers, seek to deprive
him Of II, The pertinent thing 10 discuss IA the
negative side OF the tert.--wlat Is not affirmed
bytt
would like, hut his hire, of which he Il worthy.
Since lIc advent OF man upon The earth It has
never been otherwise. Tila laorcr l,aa not
tseeYsa s Ss wor wai s S 1ssa ths Us epoyet :sye;
eurn.tarre of liz particniar ialcrcr being 90 |
essential to The employcs that uo uthcr e1ulA
| aiherwiec, capital will cease employing labor.
| A the laborcr works for waEce, 10 tic capt
talitt cup1"ys labor fn the l,Xc Of profit.
mcnt 10 hire men. The right Of capital To o.
tablst, wages Is therefore not only lntixputnt,le
asa pslnc'ple. but 1t Ia essential to tho we'll
| being Ut Enhor.
Steu,aiiy-lt is only the kaa0rer who ls worthy
Of Ills hire. When lie ceases to be lRt,urcF
| an,l fN'u,mts atrlktr or rioter, our text has
notlling more to do with him. file words
wcre lirst spoken t. men who were to devote
tllrIr llscs 10 tho hnr.lest and scyercst
tl.inra u. they give" The new thcoly OF labor
Is, that ting nne'"ploysd, cvr', whcu they refuse
work. arc iahorcrs. The text, on tho mnst lit.
crai exposition, does not assrrt the duty Ut
| capital to lhre ncn whom It dues not waHt; uasd
II ,loca nut Asscrt the right of any matt To
"hlro " WHO is not laborcr and docs not earn
1hirdfv-Tho laborcr II worthy only Of his
h.c lIr Is not entitled tu s,are III, and haa no
rcIlt to ,struy, Ills cnploycr'e capital. The
H. 7tf1y.
cr's btsis,css. 1t docs not grant hls, the priv
,!cgc ot interfering. between other employers
nnu other laiorcrs. II luca not paee h!ni above
ill., y ls oes I'M not s rst teS In s rSa rsts Kin
| remedy n lie docs not like tic atnuunt Of
fcred, liz is under no con,pulHou to take Il; he
witMlrsws f1o'" @ ,ta;y ths ePSyi"ent, .o-,v
only Of hu h,rc-unt that Of other men. II he
refuses the wnxes offered ani prevents others
FROM taking them, he Is rotlpr. lie takes
TO got, ard OF which that other Is worthy. The
striker who uses vlolcnco kicks oycs tho fnpda-
,nunlal principle which ths dcu,agoeue says Is
nt stake In this conflict. That principle Ii #.
aanEcr from no otl!er quarter. It is tho effort
Is to secure to every laboreE thu right t9 work
for suyh Wages us he cal, get md Is willing to
tnke. Every laborer Is worthy pf Ills hire, aud
when the trntn-untou says l!c shall not be ID
borcr and ea,l not have his h!ro society hos tho
imperative duty of defending h's right.
QUESTION or rUnLtu sAFKTz.
!, 4ftio I'nrk Nasfan.
Tia right Of tho braksmen and tlrcmen to live
of tho railroads at wages fixed BY themselves,
has been universally "a well rs cmphatEcal1Y de-
nlcl by tl.e prcss; and the danger OF admitting
| tic kind Of persons who are now engaged in
ul,structfDg the trucks to my practical control
of The companies Ia pointed uul with unusual
} totdncss. There arc doubtless wrongs. iniut-
ticcs, mud hardships in the railroad hualncss, -
In all othrrs; but II Mill 10 dreadful day for
. America wien the right Of anY man to cxtost
pay frou, my other man for services which arc
no. des!rcl ts adtnftte,l olthfr In lan Or usage
What IL must IL us + ated NOW IT, tiat, through
SOME weakness On the part Of the compnn!ta,
the strikers may CONE 0ut Of tho struggle with
ailap(caraneeo ol victory. Ttiawoull Fcault either
, pcrsons engaged u the strike ut any wages; and
, IL would by i national calamity for u would be
virtually tue surrender 10 boiy u day.1abo.cra
Ut The luwest grade VI tho power. whenever they
: all the great highways III the country, and ar
! resi- tic travel and traffic of the whole com,
nunlty,-a power, ~ short, which we Tou!l
% atass, or Or any an body of hen II the world. low.
ever Intelligent OF Trustworthy. At any, rate,
II II would not Amount 10 such surrender, u
i, would furnish q temptation Of tho strongest
kind IL repetition OF tho horrors We haye beer
not lO 10 pleasl now that It 10 not ''tha
= railroad.mcn" who hxve destroyed property
ard taRcnlfc, but tue lsioboi outs1cEf. any ~;
Wit scixes otl property ana lo'cDl1 ustalns u
i ur uHtrncts tho uwitr ~ 1ta ust, III tho prose
{ cutlon ot private dispute. and, above ~, WIZ
catrcHclcs himself In thc htefs.road III order
stop traye ktiows We3', wliatereT hss aims may
be, that to y sure u 10 1oineu by tho dlsoreFl!
and criminal elass, and Is, therefore, respontf
bic Tor taetr exressct o. wsll - ns 9ro. lllls
il thu fundamental objection to all violent aud
i unlawful modes even oi redsess!ng w+ongs
Il Tie railroad coupaulcs OWE II 70 The plblic Il
.ee Tint the men who hsve prepared this hidcou'
tllaorder arr got Eid o. utterly sre put oil tn
rairoaI uni lta be1onG1ngs; or, ~ ottsF words
Z rcmured tEotn al opportunity OF further mis-
it chlei. IT ls no Longer question 81 wages O
d coIlt,etrlal convenience, tut Of PUBLIC safely
y II IL better and oasisr " a'.u!ss aueh rufian'
a, than have tnally to kill then, for We may rely
Oh y that none of these strikers, II they sue