The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-10-31
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cy which puts obstacles in the way Of
their having this little.
Gentlemen tell us this ia a new policy
No my friends 1t ia as old as human as.
pirations, as old as human suffering. But
If it were new-all better ways are new
ways--all improvements are new-the
telephone and the phonograph are new
the steam engine and railroad and
steamboat were new. Hospitals were
new. Asylums were new. Once the
Christian religion was new, and were told
as the tidings of great joy that "old
things had passed away, and all things
had become new" Civilization advan.
ces. Contrivances for the comfort of man
improve. Mental, even moral, science
advances. And shall we be told that in
political science alone, that science which
regulates the conduct of men with each
other, and the relations of government
with men, lhe human mind is stricken
with paralys and no new good thing
Gln be devisedP will not believe it,
] believe systems will be devised as much
better than this we now propose as this
is better than that the Republican party
has forced upon us.
"oHEAP HUMAN LABoR"-wHAT IT MEANS
They tell us men must economize.--
My God, how can starving men and wo'
men, in rags, almost without a roof, econ.
omizeP Do the skilled workmen indulge
in too many luxuries2 Do the small
dealers, who wish to educate their chill
dren, even after they might possibly earn
a pittanCe, live ex.ravagantly? Do the
farmers live too well2 Economy is
great duty; living within ones means is
a great dnty; but when the prosperity of
a country depends upon its people econ
omizing below the point of healthful and !
decent living, it is poor indeed. They |
tell Us we must have cheap labor; cheap |
human labor | despise the word. 1t
signifies a shame and a crime. 1t signi-
ties squalor, wretChedness, ignorance,
vice. Are not these laborers men, our
fellow men, with bodies to Clothe, and |
stomaChs to feed, and minds to educate |
and spirits to elevate? Have they not
homes which they love, wives whom
they cherish, children whom they desire
to rear? The honest parents Of future
generations. And when we think of |
these duties, these aspirations. can we
talk of cheap labor. Itis too cheap now.
This country needs skilled workmen and
intelligent, patient, persistent industry,
and it needs that it should be most
abundantly rewarded. The relations of
capital and labor are not well adjusted
Money combines with money, and is pro-
teCted by acts of incorporation. Labo-
rers combine with each other, and are in
some States denounced as criminals, and |
everywhere looked on with suspicion
| do not know that the solution of this |
problem has been reached, but l believe
great progress has been made towards es-
tsblishing better and juster relation
That progress will continue, It must en-
list the efforts of Christian civilization |
and the favor of inst God, until at last |
human intellect, and blood and muscle,
as they are the nobler, shall be also the
better paid member in the great partner
ship of capital and labor.
Put this policy in operation, continue
it long enough to work out it's Just re
suits, and this land of ours from ocean to
ocean, from the gulft to the lakes, will be-
come teeming hive of busy, prosperous,
cOntented industry; great workshop in
which the cunning brain, the stalwart
arm, the active hand, the skillful fingers
every science and every art, every
force Of nature and every CoDtriVanCe Of
man-will contribute to supply the de-
mands of an advanced and advancing
civilization; temple conseCrated to jus.
tiCe, equality, liberty, humanity.