The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-03-06
\ In their present relations one 10 master
| and the Other iG alAV0.

In their present relations one is master
and the other Is slave.
There are those who assert that the
interests of capital and labor are iden-
tical, and go hand in hand together, and
that the labOrer OF yesterday is the cap.
italtst Of to-day. This assertion sounds
well, but contains about as much truth
as il should say that the lion and the
lamb are the best Of friends and lie
down together. AS soon as capital ap'
propriates the lions share of produc'
tion, and pays inadequately for labor;
as long as the employer grows rich and
the employed remains poor, just 80 long
will their interests remain antagonistlc.
Capital advises labor to follow its ex-
ample however unjust it may be, and
thereby ride to affluence over the mis-
| fortunes of mankind. This appeal tu
human selfishness is its reason why la.
Dor should continue its homage to capi.
tai remember that it was once a ia
vorite assertion with the apologists OF
slavery that the interests Of master and
slave were identical, because the latter
for his labor received a hut to sleep in
and something to eat and wear.
Others who admit the injustice and
| wrong attending the present condition
of labor, and say their sympathies are
can not see how the present condition OF
| things is to be changed. They argue
that the structure Of modern society is
such that it would require revolution
to unloosen the grip Of capital upon
labor. A revolution OF public senti-
ment is all that is required. Any sys-
tenn predicated upon an assumed neces-
sity Of denying labor its just reward
has no right to be perpetuated, however
hedged in by wealth and respectability.
| But it is not true that there is any me-
cessity for the enriching OF one class
| at the expense OF another. States and
municipalities carry on great internal
improvements. Canals and railroads
are built and managed by States and
cities. When it is in the interest of
capital, governmental cooperation has
not been wanting to aid these enter
prses. When workingmen demand
governmental cooperation to furnish Il
market at remuneratlve prices, then it
is that capital, becoming alarmed that
its monopoly is in danger, shrieks loud
Ell than freedom is supposed to have
done when Kosciusko tel.
The agitation of the labor question
; may disturb those who think more OF
large dividends than they do OF suffer-
ing humanity, but every citizen who b.
lieves in justice should agitate this
question until each son of toll shall by
reason Of fair remuneration for his labor
rest under his own roof instead Of
crowding tumbe-Iown tenement houses
where poverty and distress keep Goleful
watch and ward. The WorklngneRs
ticket should receive the earnest sup
port of every laborer, mechanic and arti-
san in Cincinnati. IL should receive the
vote Of every man out Of employment,
and of every man whose salary is mad
equate to support his family. 1t should
receive the aid and encouragement OF
every philanthropist who sympathizes
with labor i'll struggle for existenc :
against the tyranny Of capital. "Rome
was not built in days" and working
men can not expect by "a first effort 10
accomplish the emancipation of labor
from its thraildom, but they have it in
their power, by standing firmly 10.
gether, to compel the respect OF those
VINO have heretofore ignored their just
rights, and thereby they will ultimately
realize full deliverance.