Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-13

erty, personal security and private prop
erty are sacred and invi0lable and, must
be fearlessly guarded against all attacks,
onthe other hand the rights of indus
try and labor, either physical or mental,
must be guaranteed a fair compensation
and a fair share of the profit which is
the joint product of capital and labor.
I have no hesitation in saying, and it
has been my view for many years, that
wealth has had an unequal and too great
4 share Of the profits. The many dis.
honest shifts and articles resorted to by
s~tock;jobbing, stock-watering, ETC., as
means to this end, should be declared by
law to be criminal. And "protection,''
so called, which compels the poor to con-
tribute to the princely fortunes of the
rich, should be abandoned as a political
:heresy, as should the granting Of subsi-
dies and bonuses of all kinds at the ex-
pense of one person or class for the ben.
eft of another. - "NE,1~ 81 -.
ANARCHY AND HONEST LABOR .:
are a. Numerically opposed as right and
wrong; the former must be denounced
and punished, the latter protected and
honestly and literally rewarded. The
greatest inducements must be held out to
honest, intelligent exertion. As each
man sows 30 shall he reap. I believe,
and always have, in the democratic doc
trine Of equal rights to all, special privi-
leges to none. But as wealth is power,
legislators should see to" it that such laws
are enacted as will surely protect the
poor and more helpless classes against
.erapacious avarice. Just how this shall
be done. is 3 question that no man seems
at present to have settled in his mind.
But undoubtedly some scheme will be
enacted by humane lawmakers who
honestly sympathize with their race and
are ready to labor for its elevation. The
suggestion of the president in his spe-
cial message of a department or COM
mission of labor, seems, as far as it goes,
to be wise. The democratic party in
congress, under the lead of the presi-
dent, has taken a stand on the question
from which there is no danger that it will
go back. The committee on labor APP.
pointed by the house did much to furnish
such data as will make beneficent legisla-
tion not only possible but probable. And
the democratic house presented and sue.
cessfully carried through the bill to
prohibit the importation of contract
labor. The language of .
OLIVER CROMWELL '
to the British. parliament is demo-
cratic doctrine. He said: eff there
be any law which tends to make a
few rich and many poor, that suits
not a commonwealth" But I would
not do Justice to myself if I init
mated. that this sentiment is not
heartily responded to by the masses
OF the republican party also. It mnst
be admitted that there are many
heartless men-that the accumulation
of wealth tends to dry up the; better
syinpathfes of many-"that mans
i~nhuinanity to mar makes countless
thousands mourn" But the man
would do injustice to his race who
Wonld intimate that among all classes
whether rich or poor, broad, gener-
GUS and hearty sympathy is not often
fOnnd for every class and degree of
his race. And he Is a bad man who,
without reason, attempts to prejudice
one class against another. But have
by no me%anslreferred to all the men,
aces OF accumulated capital In the
control Of the railroad property of this
country q few private individuals,
responsible to no one but their i'm.
mediate! constituency and subject to
no supervision and looking solely
to their own interest, yearly collect
from the people not less than $780,
100000. To no men or body of men
is i safe to cOmmitsuch q power. The
mere; statement of the proposition to
any thoughtful man shows the neces-
sity for government supervision and
control. It matters not whether they
are honest or dishonest. No man.
when his own interest is at stake
should be trusted with such power.
Not only do they levy and collect
this tribute, but q few men sitting
in their Offices in Chicago or some
other city may by even q slight dis
elimination in rates, affect most dis
astr0usly the interests Of every local
ity, business and business man in
this land. i.
A SLIGHT DISCRIMINATION
against any person, place or business is
destruction. It cannot be expected, it
should not be tolerated, that such fearful
power u~nrestrained and unguarded should
be committed to any private man or men.
The people of tho west have exceptional
interests in this question. On this ques-
ton, too, tho democratic party has taken
advanced ground. My limited time
compels me topass hastily over several
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