The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-06
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
Through Combinations of Capital the
Gulf Between Employers and EN-
nloxea Ia Widening.

Through Combinations of Capital the
Gulf Between Employers and EN-
ployes Is Widening.
We discover that the fortunes realized by our
manufacturers are no longer solely by reward of
sturdy industry and enlightened foresight, but
that they result from the discriminating favor
Of the government and are largely built upon
undue exactions from the masses Of our people.
The gulf between the employers and the en-
ployed is constantly widening and classes are
rapidly forming, one comprising the very rich
and powerful, while in another are found the
toiling poor As we view the achievement of
aggregated capital we discover the existence Of
trusts, combinations and monopolies. while the
citizen is STRUGGLING far III the rear or Is tram
pied to-day beneath an iron heel. Corporations.
which should be the carefully restrained Great
ures Of the law and the servants of the people,
are fast becoming the peoples masters.
Stfll congratulattnR ourselves upon the
and compiacentiy contemplating every incident
Of change insepaYable from these conditions, 1t
is our duty patriotic citizens to inquire ut the
the government made with the people has been
kept and performed. Instead of limiting the
tribute drawn from our citizens TO the necessi-
ernment persists in exacting from the substance
Of the people millions which, unapplied and
useless. lie dormant in its treasury. This fla
R120C INJUSTICE anu CnlS DI6aCu OF 1o1Cn ana OD-
legation add to extortton the danger attending
the diversion Of the currency Of the country
from tho legitimate channels Of business I'm
der the same laws by which these results are
produced. the government permits many mill
Ions moro to be added to the cost of the living Of
our people and to be taken from our consumers,
which unreasonably swell the profits of small
bat powerful minority. The people must still
bs taxed for the support Of the government un-
der the operation Of tariff laws. But to the ex-
tent that the mass Of our citizens are inordf-
nately burdened beyond any useful public pur-
pose and for the
BENEFrT OF FAVORED FEW,
the government. under pretext OF an exercise
Of its taxing power, enters gratuttously into
partnership with these favorites to their advan-
taQe and 70 the injury OF vast majority of our
existing situation IL injurious to the health of
our entire body politic It stiles in those all
patriotic love OF country and substitutes in its
place seldsh greed and grasptng avaricc Deyo-
tion to American citizenship for its own sake
and for what II should accomplish as motive
TO our nations advancement and the happiness
Of al our people. Is displaced by the assumption
that the government, instead of bcnx the en-
bo6imeut Of equality. is but an instrumentality
through which especial and individual advan-
tages ere to be gained; The asrogance Of this as
did disregard of all but peri onal interests in the
refusal to abate, for the benefit Of others. one
iota Of selfish advantage. and In combinations
to perpetuate such advantages through efforts
to control legislation and improperly In
The grievances Of those not included within the
circle Of these benefcsaries when fully real
lsed, will surely arouse irritation and discon-
tent Our farmers, long suffering and patient.
stru6g11ng in the race Of life with the hardest
and most unremtttinG toll viii not fail to see IN