The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-05-13
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wHEELINo, W, VA, MAY 49, 1886


Homs IL MIR. PowdSTIy'u Thoughts
In his admirable secret circular to the
Knight Of Labor Mr.. PowderIy says;
Men who own capital are not our enc
mies. ifthst theory held good, the work
man Of to-day would be the enemy OF his
teIIow toiler on the morrow, for alter all,
Il ia how TO acquire capital and how to use
Il nTonerly that we are endeavoring to
learn. No; the man oil capital Is moi
necessarily the enemy Of the laboreri on
the contrary, they must be brought closer
toosther. am well aware that come ex'
tIemists will say am adVoGaunga weak
plan, and will say that bIoodsnned anu 9e'
struCtion OF property alone VIII solVe Int
probIem, ii man speaks such sentl'
mentS In an assembly read for him the
charge which the Master Workman re-
meats 10 The nswly.initiRted who joins oul
daTmy OF peace.' II he repeats his non
sense put him out 49,,
The aim Of every wage'earner ought TO
be to lay up something for rainy day, to
own his home, to surround himself and
his family with comforts, to be ablo IL he
desires TO eugsge in business as capital
talist and employer thousands VI mSso,
earuers have aimed at and accomplished
this end. Thousands more %''l uoaO' anI
their energy and thrift will add to the
welfare Of the country.
Ifeyery man who becomes a capitalist
ard employer IS 10 Do "Ii"'B"eN ,, Hnu pun
isnsd as q public enemy men Win'no'e m'
bark their savings in productive enter
nrisos emplovinR labor, but will find less
-1,na i,,vootmonta nj little public
hs"AtuVu' '",c"' 49,, ~, ho,,;nO
benefit AT this time VIC are III iOp'us
for the establishing Of new enterprises IN
yheelino N Give employment to labor
n ,n"', q .ho ,roaoomon This we
anu pusineHs !" 'lio ""N."u .',,, IL, ~
can do only by inducing ouISlue c"P''n' "
locate here or by drawing out the savings
~ mir own people.
VI Uul -, Nv" ,,o ;r,;to canitaI IN M.
III elIhef C"so We 80 .Iti. 49,, ~,
sumo tho risks OF trade that TINS co'liiiu'
nity NAV be benefited thereby. Men who
ho"o oo.od somethinvfrom their wages or
nav saw ''',Ia-.,i,;.,., no.bon. m a
IN business unueF'uNiNss' PU,H"p' y" y
small scale, might not be easily lhuuceu
to embark in an industrial enterprise IN
Iyhoeliro n thew knew they were to be
, NoN Lo.,ilo oopitaI;sta and IN
denounced as nos'i'O ONpl' '''',IL -
their every relation pursued WIN the Ooy-
colt, OF this instrument Mr.. .Powdorly
oo,a In h;o c;rcplar.
says - Hl' U''N -. o.o anu, n Uni, b,rr
II Doyc9tt no'lGeS o." a,, a t,osveSs|on ovor
them. l haNe ~ ~ o, P Shicb wera
Jour hunoIea noyC ';,h nU raCnsst hat tbev
sent 10 aesemones WIN 'H saS,,a II
De acted on Lev Ile d iSH a 'T nano ~
them; A memoer 10 oI''' ntoo"ois PV ~
ne fears n NitI',o aHo P Win him
yet lnto an a'etvas'On 10 orja.
boycott hlm, anu tneI " .sonor IL ;nGu.
TO carry " OUT. a ceLtAln pI ii.;aoi H.
ental IN one or tne osner pv a.tV, oaDcs; SS,
MemDets 81 w opp HI iSo " ranar ma
t tbe ,JT nno ~ ths ala Of the Knights Of La
bor' first taking the preCaution to have
the paper in question say something un'
complimentary OF te h An nSsd IL ~ 1'G tsi
ior bnH U different Kites, and in future
il must soar aloft, free from all Of them.
hate theword boycott. was boycottedi
ten years ago, anu CoulH nov KAY O Mo a.
hss G Sss NJ handsd I n IA bv The capital.
lists. / have no use for 1t only when
everything else fails. Appeals Tor AID,
circulars petitions, .. auVSf sSarvwbsr u
t eHs1y The ths orSsp I COW a letter which
comes 10 me on the subject: "a large part
Of our time has been spent In reading BOY.
Cott n9VGes anu apPeSHWus o ~ ,o, %" Ia ~ hs.
Ii ~ un ths KniShtS of Labor 10 be an educs.
tional Institution, but this kind Of educa-
ton is not productive OF good. we nave
ne Ime iot l1 ao5n sa,osd tb S IN IN
sit Eoe b up ~ Or table these matters, and
now ask Of the Secretary Of each assembly
to do the same.
Mr.. Powderly so expresses himself mol
because he Is labor's enemy but because
he isits friend and knows itcannot prosper
by injustice. 1t requires no argument to
show that 1t Is unjust to try to take away
aman's living because he holds stock In a
concern which has had trouble with its
labor, or to show that SUCH policy
Is certain to react on labor. The injustice
increases as the boycott is carried TO the
sacond and third and mariana the fourth
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