The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-12

~ no p~rio,. Of the goriE's history
nas th-1e been 40 general ard search
mE consideration 81 he relations be-
tween capital s~d labor, rEfh due re-
gard TO tbe Interests ~ each. - il OBJ
sefsab'e nj the present time No
subject attracts 50 large share Ut The
attention OF tie stDaerste 81 economic
science. To 80 suffice. = larger pace
devoted In carsesst magazine sud
newspaper literature. Z, sag nothing
OF the msititudinous volumes cor
hned to this particular subject 81 a
ruie. the argument ia thee dis9ai-
sifions IL based on sn assumption Of
bitter snsasonisn aud heFcs conflict
between capital ard labor ia The
United States. The defect in this ar
gurnsnt IL that thss, is n,sjpr prsFsiss.
- faiiacisus Brea.ly coustdessd.
there Is no suea conflict betaeen cap
itsI and labor in this country. The
demonstrations made on Labor day
septemt,er 2, throughout The United
States we're conclusive oa tbis point.
On that day there paFaded, in serted
Ranks, an army almost If not quite
DO b sides in the field at any one time
during the late civil war. and pgoba-
bly, superior In average physical
vigor and in capacity for service and
endurance. With such aa army sasid
and On the march, II there hai bssH
the inereSt Suspicion that IL was IN
spires BY hostile dispositions. capital
would have sought sale deposi-
tories or would have fied the
country. But capitalists viewed
the demonstration with pleasure
and approval. rather .han alarm
or distrtist, aud nowhere Ia all the
land was there the slightest demon
strstion in the laborers' ranks OF an
tsgonism to capital.
Intelligent capitalists realize that To
eontented labor they must look for
their greatest security and The most
profitable u.e OF their capital. With
this most intelligent, progressive and
far-seeing among them it j. becoming
= hst,it. in planning investments. To
consitier along with their own interests,
and In intimate connection With hose
Interests. what ibve tments siti most
largely aud proftebiy give employ
nens Ia labor. Under the educating
influence OF te.nperate and pea efai
labor organizations no less than the
spread Of humane and phiianlhropic
impulses. this class OF capitalists .s-
hibits large aud constant auementa-
ton.
Intelligent lsbnTing men realize that
their highest Interests arr dependent
upon that greatest security for capital
which alone leads to as most liberal
investment Because he Is more Ill
rectiy and vitality interested than any
other elias. the intelligent lahorer IL
the most inveteraie foe 81 anarchism
and simi,ar misunderstanding doc
tfines. whose direst and most in,me-
iiate effect are felt by labor
The capital aud labor OF the United
States require no governmental sys-
TEN of arbitration or soci liis,n - regu-
late The relations between them. II
the government wiii take stsonR and
adequate measures 81 exclude igno-
rant and undesirable Immigration.
aud snplest facilities for education
are provided, the tiuae is uot far d.
tant when good and wise men OF bath
classes will cooperate 20 adju the re-
lations between them siih due re-
gard to strict justice sad he best IN
tcrests OF each. The world Is pro-
gressivc. aud the United States Is tbs
most progressive of nation.