The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-13

apiece. After surveying one or two townships
he commenced buying and selling railroads.
After bordering over this important evidence,
and putting it with the committees report. Con-
gress decided that the subject too big, too
little, for them. and so did nothing. Yet the
grievances and hardships of toing men still re-
manned. But the end is approaching, or an
effort Is being made to settle the question of
rights and privileges among the people,
The aspect Of affairs appears serious, but ii
need not excite alarm, even surprise. It Is
but what might be looked for, in the light of
past history This condition was forced upon
as. 1t is the natural result of a long catalogue
of predisposing causes The hard struggle for
life of the laborng population, the accumulation ion
OF large amounts of unearnad wealth in the
hands of non-producers, the overbearng atti-
tude Of the wealthy class towards the poor and
the neglect of Congress to attempt to mitigate
the evils, have forced the workers to assert their
rights, and secure them at whatever cost
l think that we are now the verge of a
revolution, and the greatest revolution thai
the world has ever witnessed It will not be sec
tional nor even national, but all of Europe as
well as America, will be involved. The object
is the emancipation Of labor, and there will be
no permanent peace until that object is attained.
1t is possible that the present commotion may be
| repreesed for while, or some compromise made
that will defer the final struggle for short
time but the elements of strife are inherent in
our social system and collision can't long be
avoided The ruling force in the commercial
and the industrial world is antagonism. And
as money is power in all civilized countries, the
moneyless man is always the under man in the
struggle. Thousands, multiplied by thousands
of our working people have to toll early and late,
year in and year out and see their earnings slip
away to help increase the wealth of useless men,
while poverty dwells in their own huts People
in high life, with rich larders and heavy purses,
don't realize the deep anxiety of the poor They
appear to think that the poor are destitute
OF the finer feelings of humanity-love for
children, desire for their improvement and
solicitude as to their future. What
difference does it make whether poor mans
child has shoes its feet or fill supper before
going to bed? Suppose the mother of poor
mans children does grieve over their destitute
condition and weep scalding tears over their
future proapscts-what of it2 They belong to
the lower class and are not of much conse-
quence. The world is full of such cases, and,
to appearance the rich governed by such
feelings This condition Of society is one of the
prominent causes that have aided In producing
the present disturbance. The unequal distribu
tion of wealth and the meagre remuneration of
labor, in many cases. together with the large sal
aries paid 70 officials, and the enormous fees ex-
acted by professional men, all conspire to beget
discomfort and desire for better mode of life.
Is it strange that slaves rebel? The condition of
the wealth producing classes, in all parts of the
world, and during the whole period of authentic
history, together with the manner that their
earnings have been flcned from them to support
class OF self constituted rulers effete arlStoc-
racies or heartless SPECTATORS, thus keeping the
most useful portion of society in hopeless servi-
tude. is an indelible stigma upon the human
race thousand years roasting in Millions
birthstone lake would not obliterate the stain
Although / am in full sympathy with the general
object in view by the working men in
their effort tie emancipate labor from the grasp
of the capitalist, yet don't approve of some of
the methods made use of. No property should
be destroyed, and no business obstructed, where
innocent persons are made to suffer. With the
organizations now in use all needed reforms
conld be obtained lawfully and peaceably
But Probably this rugged manner of getting to
work is the only way TO arouse the government
and the people, and let them see on whom they
have been depending, and still depend, for the
business operations of the country. The pros
pect now is that the subject is to be discussed
and its merits decided upon before it is laid by.
Both sides are organizing, and both are deter
mined to win On one side is organized capital,
and autocratic power that is accustomed to-
and still determined to, control. On the other is
class of determined and resolute men who
think that they do not obtain the full value of
their labors; that their employers are becoming
rich while the workmen remain poor. They
have not much money, but they have muscle,
and they depend on that No one can tell what
the result will be, but every citizen must wish
for a speedy and Just settlement.
MARCH 10, 1886. TRUMAN BEEMAN.