New-York tribune., 1878-09-28
WORDS ON WORK.

WORDS ON WORK.
SEVEN FACTS WHICH 1T is WELL TO KEEP IN MIND.
| To the Editor Of The TrtbuHe.
| SIR: Blind is that man who does not see harm
in sharp strife as 70 kinds Of work They err, who
that some must starve that some may hoard gold.
No land has more who own land than this land
In no land does work bring rest and gam than IN
this To cry down the who make the most by their
work is not the best way bring that trust and zest
which work must have 10 gain it's best ends There Is
no cry of need There is bread to spare Inc SOIL
is rich in gifts The land gToans under tue weight OF
good things at small cost Wild zeal may lash men until
the blood hot but thoy VINO hold the whip are not the
men who work. but who want TO rise into place and
do no work.
The first fact TO mark work in this land is the case
with which men who start poor rise to place and fame
They do it by fair work any will not work, they VIII
not get pay for II any work and waste, they VIII
not save, but will hate the men who do save That Is
the way men are made.
The second fact s that some say that they have
right to work, work. they please That not
true Toll s not only mans lot but he owes his share OF
work to the State which makes his life and means SAFE
If a man may stop work at viii, he will put tax on
other work. TO the price of his work. Some men must
work TO meet the debt which the State incurs ny the
fault Of iders The idle rob the workers The right to
pay for work. is not right to do no work. anu hVe
at cost 10 those who will WORK.
The third fact that there be peace II pay for
work be not safe The zest OF Work lies in Its pay
Hope drives hand and brain. All whose work is worth
pay hope to get and their pay Cut off the right TO
save and build what has been saved aud you cut
the heart out Of mans work, ana he IS not man. Dut
! a tool.
The fourth fact is that when you put what man saves
in risk the blow strikes back and beats those who lust
! gin to work and nope TO What men save from
work is capital and that Is all there is Of it, Mean and
hard in all kinds OF work and are both rieh ana
poor; but some shrewd will haul five loads when
slow man win haul only four and will have an extra
shilling at night. But If you man who saves and
say he robs and then try TO rob him. you dry up
his zeal in WORK and IN giving work to others Tben
they Will lose most who most need work and
| the nav for work. The small savings Of some
are the lfo OF others But great savings
slip into the hands OF many until the savings OF some
men, OF bard work, will run a mill or build road
and feed thousands. VIII those thousands be blessed
in the wreck OF the savings thus put in distrbuton
Shall the fist beat out the brains because the hand Is
not full Of brains Shall the brain Will that the hand
be idle because depends upon the brain to move iti
The driver will be wrecked If linch-pin drops out is
the lnch-pin OF use, since it makes t1e carriage
safe Capital that is savings, must help work, and
work rcnews savings.
The fifth fact is that wages are convertible into food
clothing and all fe's uses But, wages the pay for
work Because we are not barbarans, we do not take
all pay work in cloth or -four; but in It's type money
Sc as to buy when and where VIC please Is there any
place where a man gets pay for work, that his money
of any kind now known public money viii not do It's
full part and get what he wants. up to its full vauei
Is there any sense in the cry Of two kinds OF money
one for the DOOR, ana one for the rch Are not all kinds
closely cOnvertiblei
A sixth fact Is that bankrupts aud spectators have
not enough money pay for work. But is there any
place where fair abor-needful labor-cannOt get paid
for want Of money! Will pay or give his note TO
nay for nofhing9 / 40. wi that be honest
note Will men, combined in the State hide like weak
thing, under the show OF making money plenty VIII
farmer ask pay thousand bushels when he delivers
hundred Shall the State turn spendtnrtt and curse
work by feeding the idle Is there no ruin for all just
ahead Of that prOcessi
The seventh fact is that while one man works ani
really wants pay for his WORK. another man needs his
work and will pay him for t. St another man wants
money 70 work with and still another mans savings
are placed a his disposal 20 use as his own The use o
these savings puts him IN life, and the privilege o
this use is called interest which repays the lender for
past labor which brought these savings. WIN you take
a mans savings and give hm nothing for the use Z
VIII you take his horse aud fight him II he charges
for its hire Docs tn, fact that mau trusts the
Nation and lends it cash on bond make him more
of devil than he bought farm and claimed It's crop
Does success in work. however great iniure those who
have not caught up Nay; rather the only patent-rgh
to success is work. whether Of brain muscle, and the
true eayen for good ordeF peace and good times lies in
honesty, charity and trust Envy, Jealousy ana hate
dwarf e soul each noble incentive TO honest
| work. and breed herd Of political hucdsters aud
/ tucksters whose only hope - TO rise 10 place
/ by degrading man and using his passion at
! the cost OF his such Is the drift OF
| the times. There is touch OF u OUT vest
ard there B OF 1t down East It's tendency Is 10
anarchy. authority. Its right solution IL the
ucceptance of law Of work In It's legitimate uses,
wherein the labor OF all rs haTmOuZed, aud mutual con-
fdence expels the ntermeddler aud the nation pros
pers These facts suppose condition Of honor
aMOng men, which Is tie root uf sound social NE II
men lie and sleal and trade IN lies aud THEFT there must
be added element, conscience. Just regard
for the seven facts win bring back some thrill OF con-
| science. C.
| Cr0wfordsriRe Ind, Sept. 25, 1873.