The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1880-02-20
THR LABOR QUESfIOS.
Speech of W. T. Magruder, De
livered Before the County
Grange Of Claiborne
County, Miss

ton Of business. To be successful in il we
first should be certain our aims are in ac.
cordance with expediency, truth and JUS
tice; then patiently and earnestly use the
means necessary for the attainment Of the
end.
Our success, heweyer, depends on some
thing more than mere individual effort; for
the maladministration OF the State can de.
feat our most earnest exertions
All our rights, interests and duties are
relative, and therefore coupled with rela-
tions 10 those Of Others.
In the social state every important fact
operates and works for either defeat or sue.
cess Of the general good, and only by a wise
regulation or ruling Of these facts can we
succeed; but first, they must be understood
before we undertake to regulate them,
wherefore IL becomes us 10 watch closely
State affairs, for only by successful man
agement of the public business can we, in.
diyidually, be prosperous and happy.
II was ADVISE conclusion of the National
Grange 10 authorize the discussion Of any
and all questions involving matters Of com
mon interest affecting the general welfare.
| The most important Of all these is the labor
! question, and upon the proper solution of
this problem depends the prosperity, peace
and happiness OF the people.
The first and paramount object Of every
social organization, is the personal exist
ence, and personal security Of every one Of
its members.
The second end, or aim of It's formation,
is the better being or progress Of all-this
embraces the health, education, enjoyment,
morality and religion Of all.
The progress Of all, is the second or
Interior aim Of society," the existence and
security Of all is its first and essential end /;
but essential and necessary ends for their
attainment, must have certain and unfail-
ing means this necessitates the condition,
that every efficient member of society shall
work-either manually or mentally; all
are to be beneliciaries, therefore, all must
contribute towards tho benefit and such is
the theory, and recognized as duty in all
social organizations.
Society in its working form is of pyra-
midal shape, and divided into three great
sections or classes of workers. Simple or
manual laborers compose the first class,
skilled laborers constitute the second and
mental nborers the third class
Simple or manual laborers are those who
perform all simple labor operations and aid
in the handling and creation of all products
in their first or raw state.
Skilled aborers are the mechanics,
artisans, and those having the necessary
skill TO manage matters Of exchange and
commerce. and superntend simple labor
operations.
Mental laborers are those who perform
mental, professional and scientific work.
as In every pyramid the section. composing
Its base, and foundation, contains the lar
gest amount OF material; SO in society. the
simple labor class Is and must BE-, the lar
gest and most numerous class. For they
constitute the base and foundation, from
which, first, emanates all that gives pros
perity to the people, and greatness to the
state. They not only are the hewers OF
wood and drawers OF water, but also, are
the producers OF all products aud forms OF
wealth in their first state
They how and delyc and carry and haul
The5 pillow and plant, and reap for all
The next and most numerous class are the
skilled laborers-the mechanics, artisans
, aud merchants who exchange, buildmaNu-
tacture and make all implements and ma
J chlnery used in production and transporta-
ton.
The third class--the tewest In number,
and the cap and crown of the pyramid. are
the mental laborers, who perform mental
work necessary to the security, health, hap
pinCss, education, morality and religion of
all. A Just approximation to the numbers
comprising each class, requires the fsrt
counted by millions. the second tens of
thousands, and the third class, thousands
Such Is about the proportion between the
three classes OF workers
| NAu# ~ thn D,hianf nt a
cation Is TO secure to oil its members sub
sistence, security, health, enjoyment educa-
ton, morality aud religion; aud II to secure
all these, it Is essentially necessary, that
every efficient member of society shall
work, either manually or mentally. Then,
the great problem 10 be solved is: How to
find employment for all the workers.
In the construction OF pyramid. the
section composing It's base and foundation,
first must be securely made and laid, before
you can add the balance OF shape which
completes it's symmetry of form. Just so
In society, the simple labor class, first, must
be put to work before the other two classes
can find such demand for their services as
will enable them to get employment.
The millions OF simple laborers being all
employed, realize large increase of pro-
ductions and wealth, increased appetites,
tastes and desires, together with increased
ability to CRAFTY them and thus necessi-
tates the employment of the other two
classes, by creating a necessity for
the exercise of their capacities of mind
and skill, stimulating and increasing the
various business interests of their several
arts, trades and professions, and thus ena
BILE them to supply the wants and needs of
all whether they be educational, hygienic,
esthetic, moral or religious.
The greater the number mt work, the
more the production, the greater the pro
duotion, the more the wealth, and the
greater the wealth, the larger the share for
distribution to all which enables them TO
crafty their various tastes and desires.
Employment therefore, represents ability
to consume, and thus increased consump-
ton is made to keep pace with increased
production, by finding work for all the
workers.
And thus you perceive, the greatest GOOD
to all and each, requires that every class oil
workers shall be employed in order that
the industry and corporation of all, for the
general benefit of all, shall realize the never
failing result Of such conditions, the Pros
perity of the people aud the grandeur Of the
State.
But if to secure sill the good to be deri.
we'd from social organization, it is necessa, |
ry that all three classes of societary work |
ers shall be employed, and to accom-. |
/ nlish this IL Il aeeapf,aI .kot ~. ~ |