The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-21

power OF this country to an extent equal to
three hundred millions ~ men. No ag-
gregation Of capital can produce such
enormous wealth. IL has been wrought by
the genions oi the workingn,en. We have
c.,n.. out ii one I'll the c,~tli~St wars i'm
the history III the world, AMI are vet richer
than when We went into it, Indeed, such
Is the progress II labor AMI invention. that
iis capital producing faculty Is thirty per
cent grc,tsr ihtn capital itself. Then
why should mo-, the work insmen he prosper
orr? j. IT isca,,~~ the c,,St of living ~
high or wages low or b"ti,-cr neither;
IL ~ not i,.',,rSs. he has iai..,i Z" utiiiz the
advantages that have been pm, in hi, way
Labor il the basis III all prosperity, anil
vet it il without organic .ti"n aud concert
oi action. The merchants and the trades
man, have their Boards of Trade The
Banker and the Broker, their iold Rooms;
only the artisan anil the laborer trust to
luck anil turn their back upon the hostages
IL fortune.
4 lew years ago the farmers were a. de-
pendent upon capital a. tine miner in the
coal fields ar the laborer On the farm.
They perceived their dependency AMI resell
we'd to escape from il. To-dsy their Grange
organization ramities every section Of the
country, ani exercises \ powerful il mn,
controlling influence upon the commerce
and legislation oi the country. IL has
given an indiSputable demonstration Of the
effective influence Of organization.
Labor i'm all its branche, should he rep
resented In one vast brotherhood. The DIFF
ferent organizations which are weak M
themselves, would be irresistible ii COM
bined. Upon precisely the same theory upon
which the government is built, there could
be- constructed grand confederate unity
representing labor in all its departments.
Maintaining its destructive or class organi-
cations ~ the States do politically, It could
have an annual labor Congress in which
every class Of physic,l industry wonl.l
he Represented and To- which could be com.
mitte,l the social and political economy %
labor. Suci, an arrangement would unit,
every branch of American industry in one
common effort, for social anil Political
recognition. II would go one step further
and make capital dependent upon labor, b!
giving tn labor the making oi our laws ant
the political economy Of the Gov rnmeI,
For it j. an irdisputable fact that Of tn
voting population Of the country the work
men Is in ratio III three tn one. They
could not only control State legislatures
but Congress a. we'll. Practically the.
could direct the entire machinery of Gov
ernment.
II is fact too long suppressed or dis
guised that the laborer has no wrongs whicl
in this country at least, could not be easil!.
reiressed The fault il, m the sheer neglee
of labor to attempt redress OF its griev
ances. II ha, effective and irresistible mean
at hand ii it only chooses tn Use then
Capital has obtained it, aSc~nlancy bv EN-
ploying every available agency to push ],
influence AMI solidiiy ,ts power. II labo
thought proper to utilize its more nnmeI
Gus and incontestibls advantages it wonl
gain sn eseenlancy which M effort Of il
rival could lessen or destroy.
To recapitulate the points sought To }
made in this article:
I. Labor should h. mule intelligent.
9 ID should organize into nationa
fraternity representing every class Of Amer
can industry.
>. IL s.,uild have an annual State IN
national convention, winch should ,ieiin'
the policy and direct the so.i,l AL p,litl
cal economy I'll labor.
4. II should employ the b,ilnt ~
mean. tn an emil shaping legislation AZ 4
To protect labor anil making il the e,ina
instead of the slave ri capital.
). Labor should become through thes
means an active and aggressive agency III
stead Of reluctant AMI rep ming fact'
in our social AMI political economy.
should secure ~ right, what il has bee
unable to obtain "a favor. That which
worth having is worth winning.