The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-11-10
THE ANARCHISTS AND THELABoR
ISSUES.

services of Colonel r. G Ingerson to
represent their case before toe Supreme
Court OF the State of Illinois on an ap
plicstion made by the condemned men
for Rev trial. For time it seemed
that the Anarchists would fail to secure
the services Of the eloquent advocate
through not being able TO make any
proposition to him, as they lacked the
necessary funds to plank down 8 re-
tainer for the Colonei's services. But
Of late the sinews- of war have been
supplied, coming from this country, and
also from England and Germany. This
enables them to make definite propo-
sition to Ingerson, which he doubtless
will accept.
The Colonel was approached by an
Iater-0 oean reporter a day or two ago,
but ne refused to disclose whether or
not any arrangement had been made,
standing of the reporter with the re-
mark that his legal business was his
own private property" He did talk.
however. on some of the points involved
in the controversy between capital and
labor; and whatever may be the condi-
ton of the colonel's throat, the phrsi-
clans having said that he is troubled
with the same kind OF throat di
sesse which proved fatal to General
Grsnt-his remarks prove that his head
Is level on the controversy between
eaDitaI and labor He said.
don't believe in the cry OF the rich.
Hang toem!' or in the retoFt of the poor
shoot them" or Burn them" I don't
believe in an appeal TO the standing army
on the one hand, or 10 dynamite on the
other. The rich should have sense enough.
70 know that the value of what they have de-
ponds upon the prosperity Of the eommu-
nifty at large; that, IN order 10 keep their
property valuable majority of the people
mnst be reasonably satisfied with their lives
Take, for instance, Chicago Inc city is
divided The rich. nearly all, live in one |
pam, and nearly sn the poor in another |
They know very little of each other The |
poor 90 not know OF the Thousands of SYM
pathetic friends they have who wear good
clothes, and the rich do not know OF the |
noble heats covered with rags. If the sym
pathetic rich could only meet the INTELLIGENT
and loving poor they would settle this dues-
ton. The trouble is they never get together !
Pride and scorn meets envy and hatred !
and, OF course, they never compromise. |
a ~ l4SAAIAE Va NoAApENAAAhE IL duI
Of these feelings
Speaking of the methods employed |
by labor to correct the wrongs of which /
they complain, the Colonel remarked: |
Now, have r0t the slightest sympathy |
with the methods that have been adopted /
by the Socialists or Anarchists and in many
instances by the Knights OF Labor. simply |
because they are appeals TO brute force. I
Nothing can be permanently established in 4
this world that has not for its foundation a 4
real conviction OF the human mind. sus-
tanned and supported by the highest human /
reason. War can do nothing excepting 10
overcome an obstacle by physical force As \
I have often said, swords, though exceedingly I
sharp, have no logic All you can do by (
force Is TO get the other man in such 8 posi- /
ton that he hiss 10 listen. To conquer the 1
body without the mind, is a poor victory 1
20, IN these questions between capital and 1
labor. neither party can succeed by force
The party that tucceeds will be the party
that has on its side the most conscience.
II the wealthy viii think a moment the
VIII see that all our interests to-day are in 4
the care ana keeping OF labOring men.
every man that rides on Il railroad is in the /
care and keeping OF an engineer; of brake
men sOf 4 conductor; of a switchtender. All |
the palaces, all the homes OF the rich are az
the mercy OF the servants, who work in /
them And yet the palaces are not burned
and many passengers are carried safely from
one end Of the country 10 another. And,
are honest snd kind, and have a deeply
rooted sense Of justice. If we were TO have
war with England tomorrow. the laboring
men would be the ones 20 defend this conn
try. Nobody would expect TO see n regiment
Of bank presidents. Where the rich make
the mistake is To judge OF all labOring mel
by the expressions of the few, and where the
labOring men make their mistakes is 10
judge OF all men Of wealth as enemies be
cause one rich man may have said: THE
public be ID, because some old, misery
ldiOtwhose eyes have grown yellow by look
ing az gold, said OF the worEingmen: They
ought 10 be shot" Let both classes judge OF
each other by the expressions. not of the
meanest, but Of the noblest of both classes.
That IS what we want
There is something wrong in the dis
tribution of the material wealth of this
world. And much iII-feeiing exists in
consequence of a coldness, a lack of
sympathy between the wealthy classes
and the lsboring classes, and beyond I
question. if those two classes were TO
Judge each other, as Colonel Ingersoll
suggested, by that which is )blest and
best in each, much of that ill-!eelns
which now exists between the poor and
the wealthy classes would disappear.
The arrangement, and bitterness
existing between the rich and
the poor results from some previous ex-
listing cause, sadis not cause Of the. diff.
Guilty now existing between those two
classes ot society. And however much
would be made in the solu-
ton of our economic difficulties by /
making out of these two elasses-the
rich and the poor-mutual admiration
societies. and thus abolish the fears of
the rich and the iealousies OF the poor. !
:; Wi have to be done by the removal |
OF the causes which have led 70 this {
state OF things.