Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-17


figure. what If the eve should say: 81 am
oyerseer of this physical anatomy; ] am
independent OF all the other members; II
there is anything | despise il is those
miserable and low-lived tiugers' What
II the hand should say: 81 am boss work
nan; | am independent OF all the other
members; look at the callOus in my palm
and the knots OF my knuckles; Il there is
anthing | hate it IS the human eye, seated
under the dome of the forehead. doing
nothing but lOokl" Now, we come in
this morning to break up that quarrel,
and we say: "Ohl silly eye, how soon
YOU would swim in death il YOU had not
the hand 10 support and defend you. On!
silly hand, Won would be mere fumbler
in the darkness II it We're not for the
human eye" "The eye cannot say unto
the hand, have no need Of thee"
Relief will come TO the working classes
OF this country through better under
standing between capital ana labor. BE.
fore this contest goes much further it will
be found that their interests are Identical,
what helps one helps both; what Injuries
one Injuries both. Show me any point in
the worlds history Of six thousand years
where capital was prnspered and labor
oppressed, or where labor was prOspered
and capital oppressed. What is the state
Of things nOwy Labor at it's Wits end to
get bread. Capital at its Wits end to pay
the taxes and TO keep the store and fac
tory running. Show me any point in the
last htty years where capital was getting
large accumulation, aud / will show YOU
The point at which labor was getting large
wages. Show me point at any time
in the last fifty years where labor
was getting large wages, ana | will show
you the point where capital was getting
large profits. Until the crack of doom
there VIII be no relief for the working
classes until there is better understand.
ing between labor and capital and this
war ends. Every speech that capital
makes against labor is an adjournment of
our national prosperity. Every speech
that labor makes against capital is an ad-
journment of our national prosperity.
When the capital OF the country maligns
labor 1t Is the eye cursing the hand.
When labor mallgns capital il is
the hand cursing the eye. The
capitalists OF the country, so lar
as ! know them, are successful laborers,
If the capitalists in this, house to-day
would draw their glove YOU would see
the broken fnger-nail, the scar of an old
blister, here and there a stlflened finger
joint. The great publishers OF New y ork
and Philadelphia. so far as / know them,
were book binders or printers on small
pay 4 he carriage Oh Tue
country used to sandpaper the wagon
bodies in the wheelrighps shop, On the
other hand, you will find in all our great
establishments men on wages who used
TO employ their one hundred or five hun
dred hands.
Peter Cooper was a glue-maker. No
one be srudged him his millions Ofdollars,
Tor he built Cooper Institute and swung
open its doors for every poor mans son,
and said TO the day labofer: 'sSend your
boy up to my institute if you want him
to have a splendid education" And a
young man of this church was the other
day walking in Greenwood cemetery and
he saw two young men putting flowers on
tle grave OF Peter Cooper. My friend
supposed the young men we're relatives
Of Peter Cooper and decorated his grave
for that reason. mo-" they said, ''we
put these flowers on his grave because it
was through him we got our education"
Abraham Van Nest was harness maker
in New York. Through economy and in.
dustTy aud skill he got a great fortune.
He gave away to help others hundreds
of thousands OF dollars. 1 shall never
forget the scene when |, a groom countIy v
lad. stopped at his house and after passing
the evening with him he came 60 the door
and came outside ana said: ''Here,
De Witt, is $50 TO get books with. Don't
say anything about it," And / never did
till the good old man was gone. The
wealthy men OF the twentieth century are
In these last fourteen years of the nine-
teenth century sitting with their feet on
the shuttle, or standing up swinging tn o
p ckaxe, or doing some kind OF hard work,
aud from the same classes are 20 come the
philosophers and poets and orators.
Henry Clay was 1.-THE MillbOy OF the
Slashes." Hugh Miller, a stOne-masOn
Columbus, weaver; HALEY, a soap
boiler; Arkwright. barber; the learned
Bloomfield, a shoemaker; Hogartb, an
engTaver OF pewter plate, and Harace
Greedy started life in New York with
$40 IS in his pocket.
The distance between capital and labor
ia not great gulf over winch Is swung a
Niagara suspension bridge; IL Is only a
step. and the labOrers here will cross over
anu become capitalists. and the capital.
lists will cross over and become laborers.
Would TO God they would shake hands
while they are crossing, these from one
side and those from the other side.
The com batants in this great war be-
tween capital and labor are Chiefly, on the
one side, men OF fortune who have never
been obliged TO toll. and who despise
labor, and, on the other hand. men VINO
could get labor, Dut will not have 10, will
not stick 10 It. 1t Is the nand cursing the
eye, or the eye cursing the band. / want
IL understood that the labOrers are the
highest style OF capitalists. Were ID
their investmentf In the bankl No. In
railroad stOckf No. Their muscles, their
nerves, their bones, their mechanical
skill. their physical health, are the highest
KIND Of capital. The man who mas two
feer and Two ears, and two eyes, aud ten
fingers, owns machinery that puts into
nOtnlngness COrliss' engine, and all the
railroad rolling stock, and all the carpet,
and screw, aud cotton factories on tue
planet. wave the flag Of truce this
morning between these contestants,
demand cessation OF hOstilitles between
labor and capital. WHAT is good for one
is good for both. " hat IN bad for one Is
bad for DOtn.
AgaIn, relief VIII come 10 the working
classes Of this country through a cooper
alive association. ! am not now re eierr-
ing 20 trades unions. We may hereafter
discuss that question. Bt reie 20 that
plan by which lAOOrers become their oSn
capitalists, taking their surpluses and
putting them together and carrying on
great enterprises. In England and Wales
there are 40 cooperative associations,
with 300, ,O0J members, with capital OF
$l4,00O0O0, doing business Ia one year 10
the amount OF s5T,0O0,000. Ia Troy, n.
Y, there was cooperative iron fOun.
d.y association. IL worked well Ion z
enough % give an idea OF what could be
accomplished when the experiment
Is fully developed. Thomas Brassey, /,
one Of the irst of the English Parliament,
declared: Incorporation is the one end
only solution 0f tnis question; II is the