Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-21

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O. Do you mean there is not enough /,
tho aggregate, or do you mean some hsy,
TOO much and others not enough2 Al
don't believe there Is c3ough In the ag
Q You have read the theories q
nIuuen, lsupposef A. have read th,
theories OF great many on finance.
O. Do you accept his theory that al
property Is robbery A, No, sir.
2 Aud that when one man has co,
more than another, IL is his duty n
divide II Instantly A No, sir.
Y DO you accept the ideas OF the
later french revolutlonists and So.
cialistsf A. No, sir; am not com.
munlst. '"-
q. Not even German Communist? A.
No,sir; am not communist at all. sun.
pose that will answer the question.
q DO you believe 10 the English idea
OF labor reform, by cooperation, both in
production, distribution and furnishing
suppliesS A. believe that cooperation
Is the only hope Of mankind to be de-
liyered from monopoly.
e. Don't you think that the natural
disposition towards ease and comfort and
expenditure would largely prevent
operating by cooperation, where men
ordinarily do what they have mind to,
and when they have mind to? A. | do
not know that | understand your aues
tlon exactly.
y Can you have cooperation unless
men are willing to earn alikeP A. No,
siri bu mans success should be based
upon his ability TO produce, not upon his
ability to get laws, TO legislate property
into his hands.
q. DO you belong to any labor organi-
zationS A. belong to the Knights of
Labor, the Grange and the Farmers
alliance.
Q. Do either Of these societies require
that an equal payment should be made to
each member, where they are employed?
A. No, sir. The only requirement of the
knights OF Labor is equal pay for equal
work.
Q. How can that be adjusted by days
work? A. Pay every man at the same
/ price under the same conditions for the
same work.
Q You were here during this strike?
A. | was here after the strike began. |
was here during the period of the strike.
q You saw considerable of in A. Yes,
sir, and read some of it.
q. Did you see engines that were
killed? A. Yes, sir. | have seen engines
standing on the switches. l suppose
they were. killed.
z. You knew, of the preventing, by
force, of the running of cars? A. No,
only by the general expression OF the
community.
Q. Is there surplus OF labor in this
section of the country A. There seems
] tn ha Whafhar Ia q a
know.
Q. Then, when a strike occurs ordinari-
| ly, other men could be found to supply
the place of the strikers, could they not?
A. To some extent. | would not say posi-
lively
Q Would a walk-out of the employees
of railroad stop the handling OF freight
and the movement OF trains without force
to prevent other men from working, or
actual force upon the property? A.
viii state right here really don't know
of any force ever Icing used to prevent
men IRON working.
Question repeatedly A. do not know
rs / exactly understand it yet.
q viii a mere walk-out, without
stopping the men coming in TO take their
places, or the use of force in the stopping
of the running of trains be effective! 4,
Well, general strike or walk-out as you
may term it, would of course stop the
transportation of the country for time,
ana doubtless the hands might he sup
piled aud traffic start up again.
4 q That could be done almost imme-
diately, could 1t nolS A. hardly think
ii could be done Immediately. 1t may be
done.
Q. Do you believe that strikers, after
walking out, or when walking out, are
UNSUITABLE in taking the company's prop
erty and preventing its being usedP A.
will state to that qdest ton | am opposed
TO strikes on general principles. From q
legal standpoint, do not suppose they
: have.
O. From a moral standpoint, have
/ they2 A. do not think they have.
! Q What is the object Of the Knights Of
Labor, speaking in such terms as you are
allowed? A. | understand the primary
object of the order to be the education OF
the masses, first
Q. What next? A. 1t is supposed that
e when the masses are educated that sucf
: legislation would be brought about a.
t would prevent strikes.
e O. | think / have heard something al
to one of its objects being TO elevate
e mankind generally? A. Yes, sir.
y Q Do you know what "scab" is
0 A. Yes, sir.
e O Where does the elevation come a
? to ''scab?" A, Well, from the remark
, | have heard made about the "scab" h
would be impossible to elevate.
n 0 He is human being, | suppose
) A. Yes, sir, they say he has the huma
l. form.
O. And he may have wife and chill
o dren, suppose? A. Yes, sir.
O. They may need feeding and proyid
e ing for Just as much as any other mans
!, A. Yes, sir.
O. There is nothing to hinder hir
4 beng good citizen, obeying the laws
d A. No, sir. p.
o o And he may be Christian A. 1t i
possible; yes, sir 49,
s. o. And vet you say he Is not entitle
Il to protection A. No, sir.
y, Q. DO you say your scheme OF eieVe'
ing the human race does not include 10
1t class from which the human being Gale
}. uscab" comes? A. You mean IN
G. knights OF Labor?
r O No, does your individual system Q
philosophy or humanity exclude iroi
10 this elevation the individual called
r, nscab," and his family? A. Wen,
think the proposed education would
,, O. That does not answer IT, A. Wei
- | don't understand the question.
A. O. Does your proposition to do goo
TO all mankind and elevate humanity y
"a cinde the .scab" and his family and sue
N people? A. Yes, sir, Of course.
W o Then your scheme does not nrea
down at that point entirely9 A. ! WI