The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-31

ence, saying | want also TO touch upon
what is called the question OF capital and
labor ] want you, my friends, TO keep
this truth In mind, for II is truth, and
that Is, that not one single dollar can be
added 10 the wealth Of the world except
by labor. That may strike You as strange,
and you may ask: "Why. Mr.. Thurman,
are not tho wild pastures of the west
wealth TO the country?' ] answer, "No,
not until man has placed upon them the
cattle he grows, and fattens them, aud
those raised of them by his neighbor."
And he may say: care not the mines
Of the world. are not the diamonds,
and the gold, and the silver, and
the iron, and the coal In the hills
and the stones Of the world, are
they not wealth." | answer, not ill man
has come, not iill labor has come with iis
pick and shovel and dug them out and
brought them 10 the light. tApplausc.
II therefore Is literally true, and Il is admit.
ted and laid down as a fundamental truth
by every writer on political economy,
whose writings are worthy OF reading, that
the whole annual production Of wealth in
in any country the result OF labor. Now,
my friends. how is this wealth produccdi
by the agency Of every class Of man,
the capitalist lends his money, and II he
lends Il at a reasonable ratio Of interest,
no one begrudgcs him the profit that ho
makes. The next Is the employer Of labor,
the manufacturer, the man that carries on
the business Of manufacturing. lie b0r-
rows the money from the capitalist, and he
employs laboring men 10 do the work, but
he Is entitled 10 his fair profit for his skill,
for his labor aud the risk that no runs In
his business, and II he gets reasonable
profits and no more, no man complains
Of that. Then comes the labOrer who gets
his wages from the employer, and II he ~
ceivcs reasonable honest wages from the
employer lac " a contentcd man and gives
no trouble 10 anybody. [Chccrs and ap-
plausc.l II Is only when lao don't get
reasonable wages; II Is only when he IA
trodden down, W 10 speak, under the feet
Of monopolics, then and only then II Ia
that you hear Of strikes and complaints
on his part; Of lockouis and the like,
and then lac complains, aud lac Justly com-
plains, for we are told In the good book H.
self that the laborer is worthy Of his hire
| loud cheers and applause, and yOicC
THAT Is what tie Hooking Valley miners
Eay." Cheers and applauscl. The Al.
mighty pronounced these words on man
which some people thought was a hard
sentence, but Il was the greatest benefit 10
mankind that was; that In the sweat
Of thy face shalt thou earn thy
daily bread" fChccrs aud applause
When the Almighty pronounced that Scn-
tcncc Il made labor honorable throughout
tho length aud breadth Of this world.
fChccrs aud applause II was divine
command, and that divine command can
never In this world be attended with the
| least dshonOr or tho least fraud. A
voice. That's right"l 80 say 10 you,
my laboHng friends, that you have
right 10 obtain fair wages, and
II you don't got fair wages you
aro q dciranded set Of men aud have n
rilht 20 complain. tChccrs and applause. !
| I don't come here % create the least bit of
/ IN feeling or III will between the manuiact.
urcm and the laborlngmon Of this great
city Of Wheeling or anywhere else. God
/ knows feel nothing but admiration ior
their skill, their enterprise aud the benefit
| they derive from them, aud do say that
/ the men who make the wealth of this
country are entitled 10 fair reward for
/ their labor. Loud cheers and prolonged
applause. voice. That's straight
goodA"l Now, our Republican friends
proica 10 have real attach.
meni for the laboring man. laugh
teri They really want a high pro.
tcctiye land, and tax each Of you on
everything you wear, from the crown Of
the head 10 the soles Of the feet. and a tax
ON all your wives and childrcn's apparel
In the same way, aud all for the benefit Of
the laboring men. tIaugbterl They pro.
icss their love Tor the laboring man, and
cav that their policy Ia for the benefit
| Of the labOring man aud that
tho Democratic party arc enemies oi the
laborng mAn. Good heavens, my friends,
lusl think Of II. Laughter. The Demo.
cratic party the enemies Of the laboring