St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-07
THE QUESTION SOLVED.
Am Ora tor Gives Away the Solution
of the Labor Problem.


An exceedingly interesting lecture on s'The
Origin, Development aud Solution Of the La
Dor Question was delivered at Martins hall
last Sunday afternoon TO an audience of Ger
man and Scandinavian workingmen. Al
though the lecture was delivered in the Ger
man language, the following resume will
pretty well give back the maip features In
opening his lecture, Mr.. NymAAover said the
labor question, although, in fact, as old as
the genesis of human society itself, has new
ertheleSS, in our century, soen marked by an
entirely new departure The labor question
dropped its long-worn religious dress. Those
who perform all the hardShlpS and create all
the wealth finally took in hand themselves
the question, and the year 1S4S marked
the departure of the new era. As the labor
question is q question of property, and the
question OF property is the social question,
the solution of the labor problem can only be
accomplished through social revolution; and
again, the social revolution can only be real
lied through long and very laboriouS process
of social transformation. What the labOrerS
have to do is to organize and unite. The first
writer who fully realized the Importance of
unity and organization amongst the laborers,
was Louis Blanc, who, in 1888, wrote his
famous book Reorganization du Travail In
lS4S, Karl Marx published his labor mani
festo at London (Manifeste du Parti Commu-
niSte.) Mr.. Nymanover further said that
money is not the just measure of value De-
cause justice demands that service shall pay
service, that days labor shall balance
days labor, and that mutual duration of labor
is the just measure OF value. Speaking of
property and capital. he said there are two
definitions OF capital among modern
writers, depending upon whether
the writer belongs to the civili-
zation of labor or to the civilization of cap
ilal Mr.. NymanOver gave the following
definition: Capital is the power or privilege
,,ICiti no 1ahn If nfha
claiming the results OF labor without giving
an equivalent. 1t is also true, and Mr.
Nymanover here laid great stress upon his
words, that man does not live by bread alone
but by faith by admiration, by sympathy; but
no man has the right to exploit another man;
government of man by man is oppression and
can never be durable or benefcent. The
labor question IN our times has come before
the Judgment of Christ; that is, 1t stands at
the great bar OF modern civilization. The
question must be solved, and the only solu-
ton can see is in the specialization of prop
erty; that is, that every property-owner
especially real estate owners, must render
account of his property and the profit
thereof to the government of society-much
in the same way as a representative must
stand to account for his conduct to his con-
sttuentS. AS it now is the property owner
stands above human society; the whole man
kind must ask help and mercy of a Single
property owner instead of he asking the So
ciety! ''Friede und Liebe,'' Mr.. Nymanover
said, ''sind in elmer antagouistischen Gesell-
schaft materieI unmoglich. Die Versohnung
zwischen dem Arbeiter und dem Capitalisten
versuchen, hiesse die Agonic der modernen
Gesellschaft un noting verlangern wollen
Je Kurzer der Todeskampf desto meniger
TodeSgnalen.''
Mr.. Nymanover finished his lecture by cor
daily exhorting the laborers to organize and
unite, and to stand up as one man for their
social and political rights; not by using
bombs or rifles, as anarchists and capitalists
do, but by using common sense at the ballot
box. The lecture was warmly applauded.