Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-26

t,..,,-,, > ''Sch chpltdl and labor, be-
~, ~. employer and employe, 10 a peace
-. snu successiul Issue. and this as re-
49, vvlporAtons, so that striker and
sne noAiens boycott viii no more be
esNos.i1su IS even the dernier resort Of
o .,.g .. hoor 70 enforce It's demands.
asu my commensurate, traffic and travsj
~ wy country viii not be ever and anon
ss . and paralyzed, but win remain
. -ssaos anu uninterrupted In fact, like
the Legislature OF the etste ~ .r.sss
create By law board OF puhllc worts
whose duty In part 1t shall be "a tls an1
4 ADJUST Dy regularly tahulatcd basis ira
scale Of wages between corporatIons ana
their employees, also TO tx the number ~
hours for labor by the day, repulste mo
time OF payment Of wages from the TINA
OF employment, by law, no nis,nis
sails from the service OF The cam.
pany except for cause. and Then
after due notice 10 the enpiove. Iet IRIS
board OF public works sit as board ~
arDltrauon,at convenient times and places
In the state wherever their duties NAV
eau them, TO hear and determine corn.
plants upon one or both sides, as The
ca Q may be, between corporations ana
employees All these conditions IN the
law being fulfilled and observed. then.
should occasion require, deal with those
VINO hinder or obstruct the public indus.
tries, public carriers, etc as for other
penal ofenses. The employee ALWAYS. OF
course, having the privilege of retirinn
from the services OF the corporation. Vol.
UNFAIRLY. The board should be made by
law always accessible TO acts and COM
plants OF all on both sides. Now the
foregoing is but an epitome of what
would be the general law on this subject
an ontline, but II will serve 20 give tho
reader or student the general idea of
such law, with the main details adjust
ing themselves TO the general principles.
Inc enactment Of such a law as the above.
IL Is believed, would be panacea 10 the
! country Tor the ills she now suffers from
IN this direction. Ii would be state
and not a United States law. IL would
conilct with no constitutional provision,
because 1t is confined In its operations 10
the state.
Now, as regards precedents for such a
law regulating labor and capital, they are
numerous both In our own country and In
foreign countries. Take for instance the
law OF the state Of Texas in regard 10
corporations. Does not the law as IL
stands now stipulate that the railroads
snail not charge over so much per pound
Tor lreightf IL does. Again, does not
the law also say that no railroad shall
charge more than three cents per mile for
passenger travelg Surely It does The
French have asaying that ait Is the first
step mat counts" Now, these are stems,
and now for more in the right direction
NOW, why cannot the state with as much
proprlety exercise a like nature of con
troll, aud a like amount OF control la
like direction, and certainly as regards
the law as above indicated, creating
board OF public works for the purposes
Stipulated Certainly it could, ana with
all due prOprlety, and he who would
sickle torthe one and condemn the other
would hair divide between the west and
northwest side.
There are also abundant authorities In
foreign countries, especially IN Europe,
for the states controlling in these mat
tiers. 1t is confidently expected that by
the passage by the legislature Of such a
law as that outlined above, governing
corporations, the ship OF state would
safely pass through the narrow straits
without being dashed to pieces against
frownlng rocks Of the Sylla of labor, or
engulfed In the yawning whirlpool OF
the Charyhdls of capital.
II certainly cannot be successfully cen
tradicted that those people who see In
the vast aggregation Of capital In the
few great menace TO the country, like
wise the aggressions OF capital for op-
pressions In huge corporations, and
who desire TO correct this state
OF things, and take the inia-
tive step Of sounding TO the
country the first note OF warning, have, in
taking this view of the matter, divine
authority, when in the twenty-ifth chap
ter OF Leviticus we see that the law as
given TO Moses by the Lord made the
fftieth year the year OF jubilee, when
every man was returned unto his former
possessions and every man was returned
unto his family, and liberty was then
proclaimed throughout all the land. This |
simply means, in short, that the land was
never as now sold for forever, but re- |
turned to the original owner at this time;
that debts II not collected before this |
time were forever barred, corresponding |
TO our statute of limitations; that servants |
were then redeemed and slaves set free. |
All this of course, as first intimated /
ABOVE, was, first, TO proven. the few per- |
sons from forever amasslng and holding |
all the property and wealth of the coun- |
try, so that on the fftieth year all might |
have again an even start In the race OF |
life; and, secondly, TO preserve the gen
ealogy of the Jewish race, which was as |
strictly adhered TO as were the inv ,rlable |
laws of the Modes and Persians.
The time is now upon us which calls /
loudly for the proper enforcement OF new 1
ideas ON the changed condition Of things, i
and legislation, should 1t meet the needs |
of the people, must keep pace with the
civilization of the day.
AT one OF the plebecites OF the Roman |
government the then governor, IN an adj /
dress TO the public said, "Let every pa
triot write upon his brow what he thinks I
OF the republic and this at time when
the road from the capitol led TO the Tar
pean rock. And 80 II would be well for
our country should every American patri
OF write upon his brow what he thinks Of I
the American republic Away, then,with /
the falsely conceived and injurious "boy 1
colt" system on the part Of both labor
and capital Away, then with force and
violence. Away, then, with the last
yestige Of socialism, nihiilsm and
communism which cannot stand the
test for the government Of people
jealous Of their liberties, because they
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