The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-06-03
TALMAGE'S LABOR SERMON.
The Second of tho Series, the
Subject Being GLOW Em-
ployers Should Treat
Employees"


dihGubhlOn, III, lhlnUge thuhe TWO ltAl1i
tho first from Galatians ", lli III 70 bite
and deyour one another, take heed that ye
DO not consumed one of another" aud
Philippians H., (; "Look not every man
ON his own things, but every man also on
the things of others Following ID the
sermon IN full ,,
The labora agitation will soon quiet, The
mills will again open, the railroads resume
their traffic, our national properties ngnm
start OF course tho damage done 10y lhe
girikea cannot immediately DO repaired
Wages will not be 10 high ~ they were
systematically they may be higher lW
they will drop lower Slilkes, whether
right or wrong, always inlure lnbofefs more
than the capitalists, You viii see this ir
the starvation next Vinler, Boycotlina
nnd violence aud murder never pay, They
are different stages Of anarchy, Godneyel
blessed murder, The worse use you car
put man 10 IL TO XIII him, Blow up to-
morrow all the country seats on the banks
of the Hudson, and all the fine houses or
Madison square, and Erouklyn Heights,
and Bunker Hill, and liittenhouso square,
and Beacon Street aud all the bricks nnt
timber and stones will lust fall back on the
bare hands Of American labor, The worst
enemies Of the working classes In the United
States and Ireland are their demenled
ooadiutom. Assaa,ination-the assnssna.
iiona of Lord Frederick Cayendlsh ana
MIR. Burke In PhUnix Park, Dublin, Ire.
land, In the attempt TO ayonge tho wrongi
OF Ireland, only turned away FROM afflicted
people millions Of sympalhilors, The Ot'
tempts to blow up the House OF Commons
In London had only this eiiect-to throw
out Of employment tens OF thousands OF
innocent Irish people IN England, In this
country the torch put to the factories that
have discharged hands for good or bad
reaaoni ohHiructions on the ril-trOcks ir
front Of midnight oXprcFa trains, because
the Offenders do not like the president Of
the company, strikes on shipboord the hom
they were going 10 suil, on IN printing
offices the hour the paper was to 50 tc
press, or in tho mines the day the coal was
10 be delivered, or on house scnlloldIngs sc
the builder fails IN Keeping his contract
all these are only d hard blow on tho head
Of American labor and cripple its arms,
and lame ita feet, and pierce ils heart
Traps sprung suddenly upon employers.
and violence, mover took one knot out Of
the lnuclles Of toll or put one fOrthng OF
wages into q cOlloua palm. Barborism will
mover cure tho wrongs OF civilization Mark
that
Frederick the Great admired some land
near his palace ut Potsdam, and h. 70.
solved to get II, II was owned by miller
He offered the miller three times the value
Of the property, Tho miller would moi
take u because II wOD tho old homestead
and he felt about Il M NOboth felt about
his vineyard when Ahab wanted Il,
Frederick the Great was q rough aud tori.
bic man, and he ordered the miller into HE
presence, and the King with stick In his
hand-a stick with which he sometimes
struck the officers Of Stote-sNid TO the
miller "Now, ! have offered You three
times the yaluo OF that property, aud II
you won't sell II I'll take Il anyhow Tho
miller said Your Majesty you won't
ayes, said the King, u will take IT, .
"Then," sOid the miller, ~ your Majesty '
does take II | will suo you In the ChNncery !
Court" Az that threat Frederick the :
Great yielded his Infamous demand, And
the most imporious outrage against tho
working classes will yet cover before the
law, Violence and contrary 10 the law viii
mover accomplish anything but righteols-
mesa and according 70 tho law will accom-.
plieh II.
But gradually tho damages done the
laborer by the strikes will be repaired, aud
somo important things ought now to be
said.
Tho whole tendency Of our times, as You
have noticed, " 10 make the chnsm between
employer and employo wider and widcr
In oldon time the head man Of the factory
the master builder the capitalist, aud tho
head man Of the firm worked side 10y sdo
with their employees, working sometimes
at the s0mo bench, dining NJ the same
tnblo-nnd there uro those horo who can
remember the timo when the ccrks Of
largo commercial houses were accustomed
10 board with the head mon of the firm,
All this IL changed, aud the tendency 10
TO make the distance between employer and
omploye wider and wider, Tho tendency
is TO mako the cmploye feel that ho In
wrongcd by the success Of tho capitalist,
aud TO make the capitalist feels "Now my
lnborois aro only bcnsis Of hurdon' | must
give 30 much money for no much drudgory,
Just no many pieces Of silver for no many
beads Of swent.' In other words, tho
bridge Of sympathy IN broken down NJ
both ends. That f0cling was woll described
by Thomas Carlyle whom ho snid' plug .
gon, of 81, Dolly Undorshot, luccnneor.
like, says 10 his mon Noble spinnors, this
~ the hundrcdth thousand We have gained,
wherein mean to dwell aud plant my vince
yards, Tho hundred thousand pound Is
mine, the daily wage was yours. Adieu,
noblo splnnors; drink my horlih with this
goOt each which I give you over and
nboye.'h
Now, what wo want Is to rebuild that
bridge OF sympathy, and ! put the trowcl
10 ono Of tho nbuiments To-day, and |
preach more especially this morning TO om-
ployors ~ such, although what | have 10
soy will be appropriate TO oil who are in
the house.
Tho outrageous behavior Of o multitude
OF laborers toward their employers during
the last three months behavior infamous
and worthy OF the most oondign punish-
mont, may have induced some employers
TO neglect some OF the real Christian duties
that they owe 10 those whom thoy employ.
Therefore want TO say 10 you whom
confront face 10 face, and those TO whom
these words may como, that oil ship owners,
all capitalists, oil commercial firms, nll
master builders, MI housewives, are bound
TO be Interested In the entire welfare Of
their subordinotos. Years ago someone
gave three prescriptions for becoming q
millionaire, First spend your life In got
ting and keeping the earnings Of other
people; secondly, have no anxiety about
the worriments, the lossos, the dig0ppoint-
ments OF othcrsi thirdly do not mind the
fact that your vast wealth implies the pow
erty OF great many people. Now, thoro
ie not man In my audience who would
consent TO 90 out into lfo with these
throe principles, to earn O fortune II "
your desire TO do your whole duty to tho
men and women IN your service.
First OF oll, thon, pay M largo wogos os
are reasonable, and rs your business will
afford. moi necessarily what olhors pay,
certainly not what your hrod holp say you
must pay, for that Ia tyranny on The pnri of
labor unbeorObo The right Of q oborer
TO tell his employer what he must pay i'm.
plies the right Of nm employer TO compel
man into q service, whether he will or not, !