The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1877-09-06
Can.ial We. lalbnr.

l. capital at war with labor : This
question has for four years been roll.
ed about by the glib Tongues Of po.
litical demaguglcs and reckless re-
formers, truly remarks n cotcmpora-
~. both maintaining that labor WAS
constantly oppressed Ivy capital
But il it really truo ? 1t is "A false
Us it is captivating and dolusive TO
iho lHbo!ing poor man, who has
been lei 20 think that he has been
oppressed because he secs another
in possession of more earthly goods
than he himself has Capital is not
4 natural product Of nnturc's g growth
tt is the accumulated representative
of labor; or, in other words. the
fruit Of labor Without labor there
would he no capital, aud those who
would destroy capital would merely
destroy tho fruit or result OF ihcir
own labor, for tho production Of
which they have been paid. 1t is
high timo certain laboring people
got rid Of this false doctrine, which
has been an invention Of political
trickstors to deludc them and win
their votes. In free country.
where ono man has just as much
personal and civil liberty as another,
there can be no such thing ~ labor
oppressed by capital. Like any 9TH
or product in tho market, the price
Of labor il varied by the relation be
tween domand aud supply. When
ever labor is more plenty than the
demand for its use, then the compe-
tition between laborers themselves
will bring down the price, Just tn,
same as the price OF wheat falls ant
rises according to its plenteousncs,
and the demand for it
Nor il it true, correctly speaking
that III tlis country we have th'
people divided of into differen
classes, such ps capitalists aud Ia
borers. We ore nearly all lsborers
II we look about in the communit,
We find that almost every man fol
. lows Dome occupation that involve
labor In the nature Of things ~,
cannot ell have occupations alike
yet, varied ~ are oar occupations
we ore all engaged u. labor Of som
> sort and even thousands Of me-
who ere wealthy, aud cpuld retir
and live ut ease, still continue to In
. Dor to tho cnd of life and "die in tn
, harness. Many poor iuen who ~
= compelled to do the same in orde
to obtain the necessar.-s Of life, mis-
takenly imagine that, because o
| their part labor is = necessity, the
, arc oppressed and they are onl
: too ready TO believe tho first dema
Gogue who comes along and tell
them 80. Labor is the common ll
IS OF all men, in general sense, an
@ its burdens will only be the mor
II oppressive tho mora dIscontented "
@ become with our lot. 1t is unwis,
therefore, to add additional imbi'
toyments 70 our daily tolls, and
1t our very lives, BY useless.y and f,ls
q ly magnitying ono OF those ncccssar
n OWLS winch We cannot escape in Ii
y namely, L,BoR Neither can lab,
1t oppross capital. Bat they can bot
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All sEoTll ropombor thoce soil
fac:s: Where there is no labor caI
n ital is dead and useless and whol
4 there il no capital thoro is no labC
b but that necessary to prccrre q
= absolute necessities OF life. Eonc
Z instead OF being aYtagonistic Jill
n heirs at law, they should harmonil
in all their relations to each 9th
like the peaceful, happy and conton
,- Cd members Of prosperous iamil
-. IL