The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-04-06

uprlSlngs. lnat II ls oeinS mnoo, 0f
will be made, q test to a very great
extent to decide whether organized
lstor can control the productive
property of the country without re-
gard to the rights of capital seems
evident. Should the former prevail
in It's unlawful and communistic
course, very serious and most unfor-
tunate results will follow, in the un-
settling Of all business interests. Even
now there exiets, not only here, bat
abroad, with those who under favor
able circumstances are disposed to IN
vest in important commercial enter
prises, feeling of uncertainty which,
should it extend into other circles, Is
liable to produce a condition of stag
nation if not of panic. Looking at the
Missouri Pacific from this standpoint
it seems to US to possess the greatest
Importance in its possible, if II not
probable influence upon the people ct
this country, not only a. it relates to
our railways, but to our manufactur-
ing, mercantile, and even agricultural
interests, for all are affected unfavor-
cbly by any misfortune which may
befall either, as all are affected favor
ably by any good fortune which may
home to either. That the present aide
management of the Missouri Pacific
system fully appreciates the import
ance, not only to that system. bot to
the country, of the trouble with
which it is struggling, and evidently
struggling with determination not to
Weld to unreasonable demands nor to
withhold reasonable ones Is evident
Eytry lover of national peace and
prosperity, and every friend OF Law
and order, while sympathizing with
every Just demand of labor, should ex-
tend his sympathy and aid 70 Mr..
Hoxie and his associates in this emer-
gency. 1t is for the interests Of labor
even more than those of capital that
this nl-advised strike should be pre-
vented from spreading
1t is most likely that if this strike
should prove from the standpoint OF
the strikers to be successful, most OF
the railway companies of the country
and a very large proportion OF the
great manufacturing and producing
industries, would, before the summer
DAYS come, find themselves struggling
with organized labor, compliance with
whose demands might result in reign
of communism and ruin. 1t Is there
fore of the utmost Importance that
both the men who are conducting these
strikes and the railway officials who
are managing the railway lines inter
ested should consider thoroughly
every feature and every detail Of the
difficulty, that neither should demand
= of the other anything which Is unjust
or unreasonable under the circum-
stances. or refuse to consider anything
the Withholding of which may work
!; Injustice or unavoidable hardship or
injury to individuals Or to the business
of the country. 1t is most unfortu-
! nate that it is possible for any class or
organization of men whether
they be employers or employees,
to obstruct the pathway of COM
: merce, interfere with the transaction
of legitimate business in legitimate
manner, and involve individuals and
; communities in serious loss. Where
such things are possible it would seem
, that there Is somewhere in our system
Of government an element of weak
ness. If an individual of responsibility
were to infict like wrongs upon an
!, other, the law would hold him strictly
to account and would determine the
measure of damages inflicted By him
. and enforce restitution. Certainly the
3 same principle is involved In both
cases, excepting that in the case OF IN
D organization Of great number OF M
diyhuals without responsibility, the
danger of serious results is cor
i, respondingly greater, as is also the
difficulty Of fixing the responsibility
4 and enforcing punishment or resti-
tuition. 1t is certainly best, viewing
I the question in the interest of both
capital and labor, that the present
b may witness such settlement OF The
a difficulties under consideration as vii
set at rest, as far as may be possible,
e the rights of each as relates to the
other and to the community. These
and all other disagreements should MOI
be settled either by resort to strikes
on the one side, or the exercise OF AMI
unjust dictation on the ether. TheF'
n certainly must be some ground upor
e which both interests may always meet
!, consider and determine questions o
q difference without resort to vio
n lence. to oppression, to dictat,on,