Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-03-06

| WOrklngmcn, VINO 10 uuy are lWplOr'
ing for IN opportunity TO labor as q
means Of support for themselves and
their families, that the government
should lend its aid TO such enterprises
as partake Of u national character and
which If entered upon would contribute
largely TO relieve our workingmen from
the deplorable condition in which they
now find themselves. The great qaes.
tion of labor with its collateral tissues
underlies the foundation Of all human
happiness and prosperity. Man by his
organization is an active beng. lie
was created TO labor. He is born with
wants that can alone be satitfied BY
labor; and the qualification Of bis nat
ural desires is the highest incentive to
honest toll. By the exercise Of his
brain, by arts and machinery, he con.
stantly endeavors to promote his well
being, improve bis condition and that
keeps him always in state of want.
All the vast improvements Of the age,
the metropolitan cities that have been
founded, the canals that have been dug
for inland commerce, the iron rails that
have been laid TO explore the secret
spots Of the valley and the rocky fast.
nesses of the mountains. the sbips that
bear upoo the oceans bosom 10 iore,pn
climes the products OF our soil and the
labor of our sons the forges and fur
nuces, factories and mines where labor
is found the telescope by which we
peer through the realms Of unmeasur
ed space the printing. press. the great
educator of the human race the silver
and gold deposits of the hills and
mountains. uprooted and torn by the
hand OF man from the depths OF the
earth /; all proclaim the wondrous pow.
or that reposes in the bands of the
Hercules OF labor.
/ The spirit OF civilization awakened
| in Western Europe toward the close OF
the fifteenth century developed the ele.
ments of power and the ingenuity OF
labor that discovered western cmpir,
settled by hard toll and in the face OF
extraordinary difficulties and dangers
It's uarallel in intensity of action has
no, been found in history.
Under the stimulus of our free insti
tutiuns. what has been the slow work
of two thousand years in Europe has
been performed here IN two centuries
In the Old World men were born &c
wealth which they could not ALLEVIATE
or TO poverty from which they could
not escape. Under our Republican
form of government the dignity of Ia.
Dor was established and the equality Of
manhood preserved. From the trial.
and bardships OF the Revolution cam,
that principle which, embodied in the
charter OF our freedom, has created an
empire in which honest labor is th,
foundation Of social and political pros
perity and where all men are sover
eigns. We realize that we live in an
uge of Improvement. in which investi
CATION is active and successful and in
which what has already been accom-
plished is but the brilliant promise o.
what is Yet TO be performed. In thin
Democratic and industrial age, how
ever, il is impossible TO call nation
wealthy and prosperousc becaus vast
capital is in the hands aud under the
i ,nntrn of n f,w individuaIs when IN,
,,a...,s -, ,ha nonnI.. oro os,rny,Iiny IN,
av,s,,ncn M. ,,reat nrobl,m of mod
arr rs,,,asnansh;o IL ~ d.,.rr,,n. IN,
on'.,;',' ,t "s IT,, r.i,,ards oe,shor III,
t1 t,i.nd.i aoo ~ has s,,.,.r n.ss.d whsr
',,'',,,.,ta, ssa ~ ,,oro or',anlpsd ,n main
sssS ;'i,.no,. ,,',.o,od snl;ec,s ,hron,,l
49, % ,'';i ~ .','I -, ,,f ,ba 1,assss m,
eno 'o' l a.I l"s =, 'nU .;,h - ad
a'" " % ,'.",;,,oa, .omol,;,- i 90 s,,cnr,
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a 90" 80,
a ~ III, ~ ''s ~, y, ,.',,"r,;on .hnnl,
,an IN .acb what rate of division
sbnuId he .st ,blisbed tor the amonnr
of cnpi,al invested and what gain Ia
bor should secure in the general distrl
bu,ion mr., the questions that are 10
dav paramount in the exciting strue
yI.s Of AN industrial people. lfcapia
alone il TO determine the value OF labor
then there is no hope for the rerman
,nt improyemcnt OF the workinnmant
,onditon.
IT,. haor, tho s,;ri, and Tho ener
., nr liz Iio, wil bo crushed and h,
~ .,:i,, r,,,a;n ,hn sI.ve of The mone,
inrds a, creation with every means o
his odvan,emen, In in,elli,,e1c,. neral.
and nhvsi,,I ,hara,sor des,rovcd nnt
sn,.;,. 9ri.r endnngsred While il i
,rna ,ha, ca,i,d can live an its accu
mnI,,,nns when lahor would s,nrvc to
. ,xan, n,orcmnl,,vment and therefore trn,
I'M, c,ni,J has nowcr 10 dic,at,
,arms In case of d,sagreement vol III,
history Of the world exhibits the wis
dnm If generous DEALING with labor