St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-07
Labor and Capital and How to Adjust
Them the Subject Of Rev. J. L.
Scudoer'S Sermon.
Leading Events of the Coming Week
Passed Briefly in Review--Real
Estate Trade.
Their Influence and Their scope
Interesting Paper.
Parnell's Adnirers--Numer Bits
OF Current Gossip General
Local Notes.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Rev. John L. Scudder's lecture OF
This Enporta nj Theme.

Rev. John Z. Scudder's lecture On
This Important Theme.
The First Congregational church i'll East
Minneapolis was filled to overtloWmg last
evening with an audience which listened
with evident interest to remarks OF Rev.
John l.. Scudder upon the labor question.
Several lectures have previously oeeh de-
livered by the reverend gentleman upon
Labor and lis Relation to Capltal. Last
evenings lecture was upon w nat Labor
Can do for Itself, being another Dranch or
the same question. Mr. Scudder took for
his text. Whatsoever thy hand tindeth to
do. do it with thy might" and then asked,
why does the inequality exist to such an ex-
tent? Why do a few posses vast
wealth and so many suffer almost for the
necessaries of life, to say nothing of
the luxurieS. Demagogues who endeavor
TO lift themselves up by attacking capital,
endeavor TO show that the fault is entirely
with capital. There is no doubt that the
constituencies greed Of capitalists and mo-
nOpolists has, and is to-day, working al
most unlimited injury to the majority of the
people, and is also sapping the life of the
nation itself. While capital has tyrannized
over labor, the woringnan is to blame for
this condition of affairs, and in many re-
spectS has been his own worst enemy. To
correct these evils he must first regenerate
himself. The speaker here considered what
he termed the
IMPLEMENTS TO PROGRESS.
Intemperance among the industrial
classes is a fruitful cause for much unhap-
piness and distress. Nine hundred million
dollars are annually spent for liquor in the
United States This would be sufficient to
purchase $50 loayeS of bread for each
man, woman and child or SIS, 000.-
900, 600 Of loaveS of bread, which, if placed
side by side, would twice encircle the earth.
If man should stand on the Sus-
pension bridge and drop one loaf per second
it would take him 600 years to throw all
this bread into the river. In London alone
$50, 900, 900 is annually spent for liquor,
which is exactly the amount paid for rent
by the same people. This is more than all
the earnings of the railroads combined.
The laboring men of the United States
spend probably $500, 900, 900 for liquor. If
any corporation should steal this amount of
money from the pockets of the people it
would be driven out Of existence. Why
should this not be done with King Alcohol?
Two-thirds of the paupers and beggars are
created by intemperance.
Improvidence in living, which includes
extravaganza III expenses and a lack of in
telligent economy, was given as the sec
ondary cause, and incompetency in their
crafts, an ignorance of how to do their
work thoroughly and well, as the third i'm
pediment to progress.
THE REMEDY
which Mr.. Scudder would have applied lies
not only in avoiding these evils but in edu-
cation. Organization is doing much to give
the workingmen power to bring capital to
terms. Cooperation, or helping one an
other in business pursuits is another aid
which will soon accomplish much in reform
ing the false positions Of capital and labor
which really should benefit instead OF inJur-
ing what should become common interest.
The day is close at hand when labor will
have complete power for self-protection,
and the danger is that, like capital, it may in
turn make the fatal mistake of demanding
too much and thus become the oppressor.