Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-18
Money and Labor.
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In former article it was shown thai
in certain cases Labor is Capital.
In order to avoid confusion we shall
in future speak of Money aud Labor
instead of Capital and Labor.
In describing our times it is true that
whilst our opportunities for expansion
and our uniform naturalization law
joined to our free institutions generally
have given US heavy percentage ot
the progressive element of the world
and so have given us vast amount OF
bone, muscle and vitality, yet they
have not released us from the laws
that govern all nations. Sobriety, in
dustry, and economy produce wealth.
That brings Luxury, which begets Lii
centiousness. and the result is punish
ment by the Judgments of God. In ascer-
tanning where we are in this chain we
will not discuss Theology, although we
must run near the borders of it, and
! We cannot forget that in all such cases
three classes of judges are present.: the
Optimist, who refuses to see any evil;
the Pesimist, who refuses to see any
good, and the Trimmer, who sees in
passing events our part of the battle
between Ormuzd and Ahriman, be-
tween Light and Darkness, Good and
Evil, Right aud Wrong. between the
spirit of man that goeth upward, and
the spirit of the beast that goeth do wn-
ward to the earth and who watch with
unfiagging interest the varying for
tunes of the heady fight. Taking our
stand with the class last mentioned aud
raising its battle cry, The morning
cometh and also the night! and plac-
ing in order all the facts in sight, we
find ourselves as a people at that
point where Luxury produces Licen-
tiousness.
This point will be explained in con-
nection with Money and Labor. The
man of Money has contracted expen-
sive modes of living, and as he cannot
force up the price of his products In or
der to maintain his style of living, he
must force down the cost of production
by low wages. But the man of Labor
is not free from his share in the trOu-
BILE, for the natural tendency of men,
whether for good or evil, is to initiate
those who are above them in resources.
Accordingly the man of Labor buys
his whisky by the gallon, and his beer
by the keg, and INDUCES in many 9th
er things not necessary to either his
health or happiness. Unable to main
tain his style of living. or his wages,
he Is ready for strike. AS neither
party proposes to reform, lockouts fol-
low and the industries of the nation
are arrested.
This state of things is engrafted on
our legislation as it is the basis of our
High Protective Tariff. Here there is
a highway-a way in which the way
faring man, though fool. need not err
leading out of the muddle about
Money and Labor. Let the Man oi
Money and the Man of Labor each
abandon his superfuities and return to
the practice of the sobriety, industry,
and economy, which at first produced
wealth. and the puzzle will be solved.
The Man of Money and the Man OF
Labor are the original parties to the
difficulty, and third party cannot
settle it.
But are there no questions that third
parties can settle? Certainly, but they
are secondary in character. Let our
National Debt be paid, and our sys-
tenn of National Banking based OH it
will go down, and the Money Organi-
zation will become fragmentary. More
than this. Every dollar in Govern
menr Bonds is exempt from taxation
for State and Municipal purposes, al
though the coupons are taxable. The
money paid for the bonds being sub
iect to taxation their redemption will
90 to tighten the burden of taxes from
the Man of Labor and so take from one
cause of complaint, and go far toward
making monied aristocracy.
But we are not yet uOne with our
times. Judged by the Bible, the bal
ance-power of our time is Satanic, al
though strong minority is maintain
ing vigorous fight.
But il we make the Money Power
fragmentary we must make the Labor
Power so as well.
All the real fragmentary movements
of to-day tend to develop individual ef-
f,rt. The w"r:d has learned that un-