Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-07
GRADED SERVICES.
The worthy LeveIed to the Rank Of the
Unworthy.

The Worthy Leveled to the hank OF the
Unworthy.
Discussing strikes and combinations
whether of capital or labor, the Chicago
Inter Ocean says: In no newspaper
office, in no bank, in 10 store, in no trade
OF profession are all reporters, editorial
writer's, clerks, statesmen, or other agents
paid alike. There is no uniformity in the
fees of doctors or lawyers or in the sails
ries OF preachers or professors. Expert
ence has long taught that to secure the
best work there must be gradation In
payment. 1t Is tho sin ana shame, the
curse and cruelty Of too many labor organ
izations that they see K to level the worthy
to the rank OF the unworthy, to make the
pay of the real "scab," the shiftless, unam-
Ditious, constituencies, and worthless
fellow who wears the badge of the order,
aud who is often loudest in utterance Of
its shibboleth, equal to that Of the care
full, am bilious, and constantly improving
workman. The "scab" Of labor Is he
who takes no pride In the doing OF 1t.
And this, whether his labor be that of the
shoveler or the preacher, the workman or
the writer. II must be
clearly understood that the policy Of
intimidation is to be abandoned
The same freedom Of action
must be allowed In accepting
work as in refusing 1t. It will be
enforced by arms IL needful. There are
to be no slaves In this country. Neither
shall any man force another to work for
less pay than he desires to work for, nor
shall any man, or any body Of men, force
another to abstain from working for such
pay as he does desire to work for. If one
organic alton has s right to use violence
in compelling men to desist from work at
prices that are satisfactory to them, then
an equal right must exist on the part OF
another organization to compel men to
work at prices that are not satisfactory to
| them. The war put an end to the latter
guilty fallscy; the former will never be
allowed to make practical assertion OF
itself.
"The people perish for lack OF knowl-
edge" Two thousand years OF expert
ence has not educated the people up to
the kno Wedge of that great truth which
the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antontnus
expressed in homely phrase, "that which
is not good tor the swarm, neither is 1t
good for the bee" What Is not good for
the nation as whole is not good for any
part, nor for any member Of any part OF
it. The greed Of capital, as now eIem-
plih ID in "trusts," and once in combins-
tions of men who held property in man,
and now also In the greed OF combina-
tions OF labor that seek to destroy or
hinder the lawful operation Of capital,
are all and equally hostile to the general
welfare, snc therefore to the welfare OF
any sepsrs'e man.
What heritage of poverty and ignor-
ance slavery has left to the south. What
heritage of poverty and ignorance gov
eminent by q monopoly has left 10 East
ern Iodis, aud what legacy ct mlsf'r-
tune government for monopolies has left
to Spain. What dreadful bequest the
brief government by commune
has left to France. 1t Is not TO be
thought of that the United States will
submit to rule of faction. The courts
are making this clear enough. The
questions OF combinations Of labor OF
capita! are nc. to be considered as they
affect each other, but IS they affect the
people. Trade is not to be crippled BY
"trusts," nor is the right Of any man to
accept work on terms that are satisfac
tory to himself to be abridged or inter
fered with by any organization of any
kind whatsoever. Nor is any organiza
ton to be free to conspire sgainst tn
public welfare in any manner.