The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-03-27
wE1sspoRr co RFsporprNcr.
Paul Shabo has embarked in Il
rrocery business,

Mrs. Geary, of Slating;on, and Miss
Lizzie Anthony, of Allentown, were
visitors nj Weissport over Sunday.
a. A. Hatch who has been on the
sick list for The past few days, we are
glad to report is out and about agar II.
-Wcssport's popular ieweer, 6. c..
Deats, has been placed on the sick list
b We lruSt he may soon convalesCe.
George Horn and c. II. MacDaniel
have made some very crcditable inn
| rrevements on their places of residence
and busiHess lately.
Joseph Stroll who has been resi-
dent here for the past five years, will
move TO Towamensing twp, sometime
/ next week.
Frank Reed has fitted up model
refrigerator at his butcher shop. 1t is
an ingenious construction. Francis
| Nundl is the constructor.
The new form ofaSseSSment is caus-
ing COOL deal of trouble The prin-
| ciila of The new law is correct, but II has
hardly been equalel hy curses. &c.
II. w. Sewell has rented the house
formerly occupied by j. II. Dimmick. in
East Weisspurt. Mr. Dimmick being
appointed Court Crier, will move to
Mauch Chunk on or about the first of
April.
Charles A Goth, of town. has
opened a painting and supply establish
mcnt at Lehightun where he Is prepared
| TO supply all such as are in need of
| anything in his line can be supplied.
We wish Charlie an abundance Of sue
| cess in his new venture, for he is worthy
| Of it.
Rev. j. Z. Freeman, of the German
| Reformed church. of this place. preached
o an aDpreciativr audience on Sunday
| evening on the question that the La
| borer is worthy of his reward" He
| selected as his text the part of the 18th
verse, 9TH chapter of the 1st Epistle to
| Timothy: Thou shalt not muzzle the
| OK that treadeth out the corn" Il
| have been very much astonished at times
! 1t SO many passages and texts i'm the
| book Of books relating to Canilal and
Lal CT, or to the rich and poor; and trac-
ng these passages through the bible |
! inl that they are explicit in their bear
ing. ani it seems that the Father of us
all has thought so much Of the poor that
| the gospel is principally preached unto
them. Capital and Labor in order to
| 'rnetit mankin rs whole must
wor hand in hanl-the one cannot
eX!s. without the other. 1t often seems
to M that capital is the husband while
| labor is. or represents the wife. In this
| case. as in domestic relations, it is the
iu;y OF the husband TO love the wife as
veil As :he wife TO obey the husband.
|v tremendously adjusting their rela-
ton thu arebenefactiOns IN onank n
90 euSiranged they become evils, ana
forces Of oppression, Injustice and wrong.
Unfortunately tie wife has been op-
pressed too much, and given over TO in
justice far too long time. This nm
flithfulncSs Of the husband (capiiaD is
responsible for much of the poverty and
c /. which like suectre stalks through
on The ayenu = CT life. Capital is too
iSh ana grasping, and On account OF
this evil tendency on the part of capital
II DehoOveS he good thinking men of
to-day to call halt. No one In this
VOrli has right 20 the wUrkingman's
lst earnings. He is entitled to his re-
" ,rd, not such as is mostly accorded to
lin in this day of cdpitaIistic produc-
| tion but as the All-Wise ordained when
e c ea'ed man in his own image. All
IN II nave Il right to liv", and it Is an in
'N'N''V ti'-'i'' no liSHO - "clcSdtcll
| .nlo mankind from on nigh: but all
| lGhtS nave corresponding duty: thi>
piy snouId not Oe violated or m!saQ-
| IcL' 'IRlS GUY requires harmon Gus
''lio'l ana Jl't regard ior what is tair
| I'M Just IL thls principle OF right Is
! 'orhs III NINA by pom capitalist and
| 'nHoNee thefe VIII be no necessity for
/ apprehension as TO the future because
| l,1 l.;
ne lNoortF VIII secure MS just reward
I ON capital, and IN consequence will be
ole TO lay up sullciency for rainy day
| Il Hess "l6slpallon ana disregard of duty
II e.NeA"s. The workingmIn is en-
i.ci to larger reward for his services
1aA what is generally accorded to him
b capital. lie Is the creator of capital,
~ IN creating this Plus he is exposed
- danger AMI vi3si uies inli:.iJoly
han what The beneliciaries of his SER
vices are. But capital will exist, and
| must be respected, IL must have support.
\S master IL has no right TO muzzle the
OK or its support AMI creator. Again
sbor has right to live and receive a
.lIst share of its production, since capi-
'al-lhe created-must be respected " hy
| shall not labor, the creator of capital,
tlNo be respected. One of the great fal-
IClen anu mistakes or lne rlcn is that
hey look with scorn and contempt up.
on the brawny hands of the sons Of toll
who are worthy Of respect above those
hat look down upon them; it is not the
money that makes the man, but the re-
verse of this that makes the man. Capi
tal it is true, has risks to run, but as
compared with the risks of the lahorer
i is nothing: capital has only an inani-
mate substance at stake, while the la.
boler risks his life, and is there a great
er risk than life? No! None! Capital
IS organized to sustain itself; against
his there is no objection. but if capital
claims This privilege, why not conccde
the same privilege to labor? Can labor
protect itself against the over-awinn
Seliishncss of capital unless it is organ.
lied or disciplined? In order TO main.
j tain itself against its common roe-that
foe which has no respects for lis rirhr,
it mus, of necessity, be or ranizeI.
Organized labor is giant trade awake.
In times past il was a sleeping giant
we are clad that lis mower is not rsnI n,