Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-27

There are two clhsses OF pfopie Nno
live ana flourish fhFough The suherinRs
Of wage workera Thess tvo classes,
radically different in all other rsspests,
have the one bond Of union that their
happiness ID founded upon The misery
Of cshsrs-thas their livelihood depends
upon injustice pFaSsicsd upos their fsl-
Iow men.
Tha fifss class Is composed Of
heartleas employers. These are the msn
whose riches coEns directly from cppges-
sson--she men Who, BY employing chill
dnen 70 DO mems work, By employing
underpaid IabsF. By keeping their mines
or their factories filthy, badly vsntila-
ted or unsafe, and BY rsaoEtinR TO the
devices OF nnsoEupulcus ayaFice. SWELL
thslr yrofts 70 en- inordinats degree.
This class, however powerful for evil u
has bssn In the past, Is constantly losing
lie power. Humanity and the instinct
OF self preservation are doing their
work. Laws foFbiddiog the employ
meht Of ohiIdstu IN rnines and factories
laws psoxidise for the inspection Of
places where IaboFeFs are employed end
requiring proper sanitary precautions,
and she many other lava constantly be
ina framed for the protection Of en-
plcyes, are making oppression less and
Iesa common. There IL still much 10 be
done In bringing about thsse necessary
reforms, bat much has siFeady been
done, and the same Influences which
have heen 90 powerful for good In the
past viii prove squally powerful until
employees are assured Of osmplete pre-
teotiou. How much has already heen
accomplished can readily be seen when
the oondillsn Of wage workers today is
oontrauted with their condition oen-
tury ago. The advan6a In every civil
izsd country is marked, and in America
Il IL astonishing. The power Of oppres
sion 10 growing less and less and The
time will come when 10 will be a. im-
possible for the unsoFupuloua employer
10 practice extortion and oppression
upon the empioye Of whom he bays bic
labor a. II IL for him TO practice them
upon The butcher Of whom be bays meat
OF The miller Of whom be bsys aOuF.
The second olass. who live upon the
misforlnnes Of others, are not 20 easily
brought within the scope Of philan-
thropio reforms. Their relation 10 the
workers is such that Il cannot be reRn-
lated By Law, OF by the force Of publis
opinion. They are more dangerous
also, because their power is increasing,
while that Of the unsorupulOus masters
e waning. The problem Of how 10 deal
With tue one IL almost solved, bat the
problsm Of how TO deal With the other
hes scarcely been considered. This
class II composed Of the men who do
no work, either Of hand or Of brain. who
falsely represent themselves as men Who
gain their bread By The sweat Of their
brow, and Who livs By contributions
levied IN one way or another upon those
whose friends they pretend TO Be. In
short, a 10 composed of the professional
dsnagOgues. TAoso men live by pra,
ing Of hardshIps which they. a. least,
have never known. An act Of injustice
praoticsd upon employees tills them with
delight, for such things form their stock
In trade. u IL their constant eRdeavor
10 prevent kindly relations between EN-.
ployors and employed. 10 embitter the
one against the other, 10 manufacture
and elrculAts stories Of injustice, and 10
anppress the knowledge Of justice aad
fair dealing. II 10 upon dissatisfaction
and discord that they thrive. II salts
faction and good feeling prevailed on
every hand, they would be compelled
either 10 stArve or, what appears woFse
10 them, 10 80 20 work. They are accord
lngly active 10 creating discoFd. A
word Of justice spoken Of employers by
q vorkineman. OF Of wogkinsmen BY an
employer. arouses their anger a. moth
Ing else can arouse L. They aoaSish By
expressions pFassiced by others, and
when others fail TO cypress they are re-
daced 10 dtEs extremities,
ID is dificalt TO detsFmine which class
Il The worst or Which is moss 10 BE-
dreaded. The former has been more
dangerous In the past, bat the latter
threatens 90 hsooase more dAasSrcas in
the future. Perhaps The dcmsgo9ues
are most 20 BE- feared, because the
problem Of how 10 deal With them il
atill unsolvsa.