Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-29
,,ox,.y MAKING AND SPENDING
Hints 20 the Worl1ingman no" nc
MAY BE kioh and Happy


-, meeting at York, Pa, he said'
80 feel the deepest interest in you
csuse that brings you together
hors is attested by closing my factol! To-
dor and canceling an important business
s,,,,emept In New YORK. / certainly u'o
90 oo,na because l was anxious TO speak;
am conscious of having no oraIotlcal
l,1ts Int | WAS gratiheo by recelN ny
nrr invitation, for anything that venuo
?,nita capital and labor Is We'll AheTe
70 un,S certainly be no antagonism be-
s Loa,, canital and labor. They are mu,u-
tMtiands and allies, members OF the same
a a. nor the body, capital the mead
mar connection Is vital ana cannot We
aanarsted without destruction 10 DOM:
W. anarchists and communists cialm
+har,, should be no capital or rlgnVs ia
nronertv: that the world was inauS tor
man and belongs to mankind; lna.ii
n,nne the rich own the land and control
eno ,oonufactures, and the poor cannon
VIC .,o, hunt. fish or SOW seeds without their
e,1,iosion. the capitalist should De
pSi1ed TO divide his property among MS
oiEbbors. or at least provide them with
no means Of making living. NOW, al
Frst sight this would seem to be piausinle
enough. but little examination ana 70,
Aeetion will serve to prove lts laiiacy. All
| raon would not support its 1nnaoithnts one
week and all the property in the woria
wonId last but very short time II equal
| To- dIvided when the population must go
| 70 work again or staTve. A HUE eAsin,,
notion into the history of the past VIII
chow that where there Is no capital tne
neople must WORK great deai haIoer III
order 10 live comfortably than tney 40
whare capital IS abundant. ANY lllegai
fail only
drive it away, when the workingman
wonld have to go, too, or live upon less.
The wealth of the world has been i'm
mensely enhanced by improved labor
saving machinery. One man or woman,
with mower loom today, for instance,
does the work OF a thousand of our grand
parents with their spinning wneeis' IL Is
estimated that over a thousand mllllons
of horse power 10 saved by machinery
Sriyen nv steam engines fed by coal,
leaving the food which would have gone
to the animals for man. Indeed, there
are many reasons why the whole people
should be growing weather. and happier.
Sinoe 7 commenced business thirty years
ago the wealth of the United States has in-
creased fourfold, but 100 much OF this I'M
mense gain ofOver thirty thousand million
dollars is m0nOpolized and concentrated
among the few. There were but half
years ago, now there are many boastng
/ Of TWENTY-FIVE to hundred million. You
/ are not getting your share, and the all
4 important question is, why is this and
how are you to get it! Certainly not by
an attack upon capital. l have just
4 shown you that all the wealth OF the
world if divided would last but very
short time If work was stopped, or, at
any rate, within a few months or years
n it would be back in the hands Of those
n who had the ability and were willing to pay
the price to obtain it. 1t is said that in
ri union there ID strength. Much good may
come out of trades unions, but 1t
will not do 10 say that one man
has not the right 10 rise above an
other. or, In other words, to avail
/ himself of his natural or artificial advant-
8 ages. The laborer has perfect right to
do what he Will with his labor; to sell it
in the market to the highest bidder un-
trammeled, OR Of be is not married he
LII has the right to stop work and starve. 1t
may be unkind and unchristian IN a
wealthy man not to employ labor, but ii
his wealth is properly his own it cannot
be called unjust or unlawful.
|# | am not here either TO excite or fi8tter
you with false hopes or promises, but to
tell you the truth so near as | know it.
Now, before declaring war against CAPT.
tai, you must remember that il the EN-.
/ 81 pl0yers of labor were TO form a union you
would be pOwerless to prevail against 1t.
Il since they could live upon their reserve
n until you came to terms. UnprOductiye
capital only loses its interest while you
are losing your principal. 1t is question
OF profit with them, of life with you.
There can be no permanent prosperity,
however, where justice does not prevail,
and there is no danger OF the capitalists
FORMING such union so long as your de-
mands are just and supported by public
opinion. The advantage which capital
mas over labor is being tempered by
growing civilization and intelligence, and
II Is comfort TO know that in the end
justice and truth will prevail.
Your progress is genuine. More adj
Vancement has been made during the
present century than in all time before:
ITee SCHOOLS afford an opportunity for
educatl0n-the cost of living Is cheaper
ana prce OF labor advanced, more espe-
cially since the formation OF trades unions
Notwithstanding the devastating strikes
Thlch are estimated TO have cost you in
England and America four hundred mil
I.on dollars during the last thirty years. }.
strlGe, like war, is a calamity
"lether II succeeds or fails, and YOU
mIsht as well say government is an or
sanlzaVioh Tor waging war as to call
union merely machinery for directing
eliees' our great government has
gIoW0 so wise and powerful as to need
nelther army nor navy for its protection.
auu l nope to see the day when the
. hnlghts OF Labor are so we'll educated,
wise ana strong as to render strikee un-
necessary. Ii labor is wronged the union
must lake the place OF the capitalist, con-
uuGl the business and SEQ that be receives
,G I fecompense for his work. You must
az oecOme capitalists, and will Tell YOU
now 10 accomplish this.
~ IS esImated that the working popu-
, .setlon Oh this country spend annually a
ituUueahd million dollars in spirituous
fuoIs ana tobacco and five hundred
unions more from consequent sickness
anu loss OF time. suppose this sum was
~ Gu ana devoted to the building OF iacto-
rn aSs, oi cooperative stores, equipment of
Nj III aus and other enterprises under the
In a man agement ofyour unions? With
Nv . St', years men OF exceptional eXecu-
49,, aoillty would be coming to you for
tha a0sons as managers. You would pay
tar Gu wen because IL would be to your in-
sojvo5 10 90 so. and the problem would be
nsteo, The bees would rule the hive
9yead OF the drones.
ho -iedlln is Of the first importance, Our
n, '',ss may be called the houses we live
DNt u all our time is spent In stopping
IT, ana propping them MP there viii be
!. alI 49, opportunity for anything else, and
or hoGr oe destroyed by passing storm.