Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-05-20

1.-THE statp nav nn} imndse sen mnon " ibo in
dustrial classes civilizations which reouir,
two dollars or more n dav 10 sunnort With
ont also nrotecI;ng them rom, thos,
noiit;cal and social Influences which woui, UI,
comnci them To accent for fbeir @ services
n much smaller remnneration who'll in
adpounte 70 snsta;n the civiIilation,
fnrcad mnon Them Sv the 81 lte "
Tire fnrcaoinn evnresseq n nhilautbroni,
and sociaiist;c nrinc;nIc not borntoyor,
tnlIv recoon;lel hv apv noIit;c1I ecnno
misi II w;tbdraws ali sunnort FROM tb,
favorite canatalstic theory That "Tha vat,
Of wages must bo rcgmiaicd hv tbe Sunnt, MI,
and demand Tor lab5r w;thoni rnfrrcndrr II II
tho o,,;nonc;oe dr ,loso ,,ho E,rn;.L ~,
labor"
Could human labor be dealt in as u pro
duct wholly apart from the personaIit,
Of man, the law of supply and demand
would apply to it with the same enicaC,
us to merchandise. But human labor
mental and physical, is practically the
human being. II cannot he Subjected tC
the same rules which regulate our dis
position of inert matter without ignoring
IFS inseparablc ompanion-bumanity
We waged a frightful civil war tC
destroy the assumed right OF our southern
brethren TO merchandise their fellow
creatures. Wherein, however, do We
really differ from them when we rest tht
cornerstone OF our political and sOcia
fabric upon a ieudal dogma which dwarls
il it does not annihllatc, the nOblest traits
OF humanity, by estimating the worth OF q
human being according to the auctioncd
to the compettiycd price Of his brain
Drawn and sinew?
When employers, through error, incom
potency, or fraud, Or all combined, pre-
cipitate those financial and cammcrcla
catastrOphes which are so rife in Christian
communities, it is the employed who arc
called upon to make the largest, the most
continuous sacrifices, in order TO repair
the mischief done by those over whose
actions they have been allowed to exert nc
control, and about whose undertaking.
they have never been consulted.
Marty Of capitalists combine to con.
ftruct city passenger railways. These cost
their projectors no more than $40 share
OF the capital stock to build, and $40 q
share represents all the money contributed
by the capitalist toward their under
taking; nevertheless, they strive to make
s or1 0 per cent. dividend, annually on
the par value of $50 share, by charging
the public high rates for Transportation
and by keeping the WAGES of their EN-.
ployes at a point that barely enables them
and their families, to hold body and soul
together, whereas, had the business re-
quirements of these railways been based
upon their actual cost, their passenger,
1.-TWO thirds industrans) could be carried
at half the rates OF fare charged, the en-.
plOyes receive double their present wages,
and the dividends on the actnal cost
would be greater than on the 6ctitious
cost,
ror ory ora ybo rrotords 70 tho ,or,o
b %nO hcrr va" rri,% o oslnrt ihoro 10 vn' aVm[o
H., rnr tb,s ortra,,o. '@v oo,crI tnot to Jn stato
,yb;cb has enconro5,eJ tbeso ertnr,r;aos %,'os
has not onthor;tv n rrnvont T,v smcb ,,ross ,ao
n"crnochmonfs o @ % On tb6p pih riohtS OF tba 'Go' ;n'
Jnstr;ons or 10 run;o,, 1hoso ,,,;i,,, nf
sroh "r;n,os o,,,;ist % bnr,n,,;t,,h $50 vs.
tSo bSnoG,i cnnoanT.mona S"arn oF y1h;ch nro
nt un oonGnaa w ~ L VI M TAHCu ",
thrornh U G,turo ,,onnr,t;onS2 VIII 'A''"''
AGAIN: Inc managers oi all our leading
tyunk lines oi railway, haYe IN tnelr
greeuy Scrailoie lot uhll"iHl cams,
,wltnngly ana uhWlttmgly' done thelT
peSt 10 ehIIaVc, 10 1eDaSe the lnHu,ttlal
classes Inc Contr"llers OF one OF these
concerns, aIueo IN an hour win a lev
S'r@Kes lo o. tnG nCo pen, eiSGty mllliVnS OF
dollars (@SV'VVo,VVUl oil hctltlous value, 10
tne actual cost OF the properly IN thCir
cn"iSe. ;J n,S ltua' tsIv . i"i oei''a.,JS % ~
colie' w 'h"u'vIN' W '''e p1oP'o "Eu 'iio
@AsoS " t@ooi, W., ;i,; " ."Aco eyeTy year
ron pa w itSiI ~. nii.'is ii,,;I ~ uoiin'' III
order 70 prQnE.uee tit tne uiviutna annually eA,
e'tLu Un nr Snv no.lS'ouS & h",Io onus at",
~ ~ ,nu aUpvi u H. a'nsto GUaPUtGIIot ri u
.no @ r"atWays ~ .nu Tount.y "lG S"ru "
;Ne cGSV toua .AvsJ uS - 'tt,0nS VI "Gll",S,
H. - Sai9 " I"S, Vn"v vi oTio au, J5oI nj.Ic
lunuieG i,i.i''ohS th Teio uei.DVtaeeiy "uucu
10 snt's.y tnt SIccg anu iapaS.ty VI he"fly
evetE onG WI iiau any o"nheuI'oh h'"' VI
'clno'o "'tu 'i'ei' management,
Upon whom must deyoIve the task OF
supporting the burthen OF these fifteen
hundred millions OF fictitious values, ere,
ated within the shadow Of the law, and
hence created with the sanction and con-
nivance OF the stater VINO else but the
mduStrlans' lhey alone must ultimately
ana ior all llme shouluer tne Durthen'
From thelr comforts rom tnelr recrea-
tons, from thelr Io1d' rom their clothing,
must be ana wlll oe deducted, year after
year, the wherewlthal to support, this
enormous incubus. Look at the coal car
rylng companies, loaded down with fraud,
ulent debts and piled up with watered