The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1886-06-25

eye cursing the hand. / want IL under
stood that the laborers are the bighes
style Of capitalists. Where is their in
vestment, In the bank. No. In railroa,
stock. No. Their muscles, their nerves
their bones, their mechanical skill, thei
physical health, are the highest kind o.
capital. The man that has two feet, and
two ears, and two eyes. and ten fingers
owns machinery that puts into nothing.
| ness Corliss' engine and all the railroad
rolling stock. and all the carpet, and
screw, and cotton factories on the planet.
/ wave the flag of truce this morning be e.
tween these contestants. demand a ces-
sation of hostilities between labor and
| capital What is good for one is good for
both. What is bad for one is had for DO, h.
Again: Relief will come to the working
classes OF this country through a co-opera-
| tive association. / am not now referring
to trades unions. We may hereafter dis
cuss that question. But / refer to that
plan by which laborers become their own
capitalists, taking their SURPRISES and put.
ting them together and CARRYING on great
enterprises. In England and Wales there
are 165 cooperative associations, with
300, 600 m smbers, with capital of $l4, Co.,
600, doing business in one year TO the
amount of S27.OOO.OOO. In Troy, NY.
there was cooperative iron foundry as.
ISOLATION. 1t worked well long enough to
give an idea Of what could be accom-
pilshed when the experiment is fully De.
veloped. Thomas Brassey, one of she
first OF the English Parliament, declared:
Incorporation is the one and only solution
OF this question; it is the sole path by
which the laboring CLASSES as a whole, or
any large number of them, will ever
emerge from the hand. TO mouth mode of
living and get their share in the rewards
and honors Of our advanced civilization"
Thomas Hughes, the ablest and the most
brilliant friend Of the workingman; Lord
Derby, John Stewart Mill, men who gave
half their lifetime to the study OF this |
question, all favor cooperative associs. |
tion.
Again: / remark that relief will come |
to the working classes through more thor
ough discovery on the part OF employers
that 1t is best for them TO let their -mrlsv-
es know just how matters stand. The moss |
OF the capitalists of to-day are making
less than six per cent, less than five PER
vestments. Here and there is an sn.conda
down every thing, but such
are the exceptions. It is often the case
that employees blame their employer be.
cause they suppose he is getting along
yrandly, when he 10 oppressed to the last
point Of oppression. knew a manufactur-
r who employed more than a thousand
lands. said to him:
"Do you ever have any trouble with
Tour workmen? Do you have any strikes."
mo" he said.
What! in this time of angry discus.
ion between capital and labor, no
roubles"
.'None at all-nonen
said: "How Is thats"
"Weil," he said. 81 have q way OF my |
wn. Every little while call my en-
loyes together, and say: Now, boys,
want to show you how matters stand.
What you turned out this year brought {
ie 30 much. You see It isn't as
luch as we got last year. I can't
6ord to pay you as much as I did. | 9
low, you know put all my means in this q
usiness. What do you think ought to he .
y percentage, and what wages ought 1
} pay Won. Come, let us settle this.'
nd" said the manufacturer, "we are al {
avs unanimous. When we suffer we all 4
lffer together. When we advance, we q
Vance together, and my men would die e
2 me.n 1.
But when man goes among his em- q
Dyes with q supercilious air, and drives b
, to his factory A. though he we're the I;
ltocrat Of the universe, with the sun and
. moon in his vest pockets, moving amid Il
. wheels Of the factory, chiefly anxious 3,
It . creased or smirched hand should 4 4,
UGH his immaculate broadcloth, he will y
ut the end he has made an awful mis- A.
ke- think that employers will find ont r
ter while that it 10 to their interest. AZ =,
IS possible, to explain matters to their =
lployes. You be frank with them, and -
ey will be frank with you. ..
Again: remark, relief will come to the =
boring classes through the religious rec. =.
lcation OF the country. Labor is appre- =
ted aud rewarded just in proportion az -
country is Christianixed. Why is our 81
ailest coin penny, while in Chinn it :.
res SIX or dozen pieces to make one 4
my, the Chinese carrying in his own y
'ntry the "cash, !" as it is called, around =.
neck like string Of beads, . dozen of 81
80 pieces necessary to make the value ~
one OF our pennies? In this country for u
hing do We want to pay less than q on
my. In China they often have to paw Pc
sixth OF . penny, or the twelfth of Z IN
my. What Is the difference! Chris "a
nifty. Show me . community that IL IN
roughly inidel and viii show YOU a gu
whore wages are small. Show on
. community that Is thoroughly OF
Fistianized and / will show You oil
where wages are compara. rel
'ly Large. How do I account for il, mi
philosophy IL easy. Our religion is . te
nocratic religion. It makes the owner
he mill understand he il q brother to
the operatives in that mill. Born of the
'e Heavenly Father, to lie down in the IN
le dust, to be saved by the same su.
me mercy. No putting ON of airs in he
nlcher or in the Judgment. do not -,
how much money you have, you have ~
enough money to buy your way through nm
gate. do not care how poor Won are. to
on have the grace OF God In your heart lat
one can keep you out. II the -"
ing gate-keeper, smitten by some 70
lstice, should try 70 keep voa bui