The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-30
THE GOLiDBlN ] I RULE
DR.. Talmage Says That That
Will Settle The Labor
Question.
He Gives Some Good Advice
To Both Labor And
Capital.

men should do 70 you. do Won even AZ 1T :,
them." Mott. vii; IL. Following In tb,
sermon In full: -.
Two hundred and fifty.thousand laborer
in Hyde Park. London, and the streets O
American and European cities filled with pro
the subject of labor aud capital to the from
Ihat NIL this work was done in pence ant
that az result In many places. srbitra atior
has taken plnce, is a hopeful aign,
Inc greatest war the world has ever seer
IS between capital and labor. The strife i.
not n, like that which in history Is called til,
ImrtN Years War, for it is q war Of cen
.ur.es, " ~ war OF the five continents, it il
war hemispheric. The middle closses IN
TINS country, upon whom the nation has de-
pended for holding the balance Of power, and
or acting as mediators between the two ax
tremes, are diminishing; und ii thinee 20 on
at the same ratio as they have for tho Last
~ years been going on, it will not be very
long before there will be no middle class in
snis country, but oil will be very rich or very
poor, princes or pauperx, and the country
Will be given up to palaces and novels.
The antagonistic forces have again and
again closed In upon each o.h-r You mny
pooi.pooh it. you may say that this tronbjs
like an angry child. will cry itself to sleep;
you l,ay belittls it by calling it Fourierism,
or socialism. or st. Sinonism. or nihillsm.
or communism, but that will not hinder
the fact that it is the mghti.st. tins
darkest, the most terrific threat Of this
century Mat OF the attempts at pacifica.
hon have been dead failures, and monopoly
Is more arrogant, and the trades unions ,nore
bitter. Give us more wages" cry the en-.
rloyes. You shall have less" say tho cup.
ltaiists. Compel Us to do fewer hours Of
toll IN day." You shall toll more hours. u
say ne Others. "Then, under certain condi.
mt ale.
Then you shall starse." sny those, and The
worimen gradually using up that which they
accumulated in better times, unless there he
some radical change, We shall have soon in
this co ntry 5000, 900 hungry men anti
women.u NoE, 5000 900 hungry people can.
not by keptquiet. All the ennetments Of
!rglsl99tHren t,s Snd all the sonstabnlaries OF
hungry people quiet. What thenP win
brow of the one becomes mofe f!a tile fiat
Of the other more clinchel.
But that which human wisdom cannot
achieve will ibe accomplished by Christianty il
1t he given full sway. You have heard OF
medicines so powerful that one drop wonld
stop d,seaee and restore n patient; and |
properly administered will st2p ali these
woes OF society and g..e conynltscence and
complete ilsal;n to oil clnsses. "Whatsoever
Is would TINT men should do to you, do ve
even 80 to them" q, = !,
shall first show yoy thts incoming how
tiis controversy hetween monopoly and har.,
wcr'; cannot be stopped, and then i will show
SGu now TINS esonnroverssy Will he settled.
wiz some no pncification to this trouhv
throngh an outcry against rich men merely
because they are rich, There In no lul,orinf,
man on earth that would not he rich il he
could l'e. Sometimes through fortunn.a
invention, or through some scci.ians OF prUs:
perity, mon who had not hing COMES to
laige s:t.ee and we See him arrogant nit,
sapsreiiIoIs, and taking peeRleby the throat
There IL Lumething very mean about human
nature when it comes TO the top. But it /.
no more IL Sin to be rich than It ii to le roer
There are those who have gathered q sreat
estate through fraud. aua then there aN
mlliion,:i;eG wno hnd'gatliered their fortune
taroush foresight in regard to changes in
the markets. aud through brilliant business
faculty, md every dollar Of their estate is as
honest as the dollar Which the ,lu,.,,.. get;
for mending q pipe. cy t.s n,nsdi, gets Tor
building TalL Ihere,' arathose who keep
An poverty because of.their own 'uult. They
might have beer we'll off. but THAI
smoke or chewed up their earnings, or they
lived beyond their means While otEers OH
the Same wages and on the same salaries
went on to competency. know man who
Is al the time complaining Of his poverty
himself keeps two dogs, aud chews and
smokes, and Is filed to the chin with whisky y
and beer.
Mirawber said to David ConnorAeld: coop.
ier,l,lela. I.';,,;l. my boy .ae pound income, 90
..-.ss and sixpence expenses, rIs:.lt. ti,s..
cry. But, Copperticld, ..y uor, Que. ;:::5ind
i..ooLe. azpsl,aes .19isliiiiints and aixpe,nce:
sesult; IluDpihesB." Andthere are yust mu,.
titn'lcs of people who are kepf noav i.r"a',se
they are the yiictima Of ,helr own improvl-
denca. J. Is nO sin to be rich. and it is no sin
to be poor. I protest against this outc:y
which | hear against those who. through
economy and sclfdonial anI nssiduity. have
come to large fortune. This bomharJment
of commercial success will never stop this
controversy between capital and labor.
Neither will the contest he setiied py Gym.
ical ind unsympnthetic treat ment OF the la
boring classes. There arc those who apeRk
of them as though they were only cattle OIL
draught-lorses. Their nerves are nothing
their domestic comfort is nothing, theil
happiness is nothing. They have no more
sympnthy Tor them than a hound has for n
hare, or o hawk for n hen, or tiger 70,
n cnls When Jean valcnn, tho greatest
hero Of Victor Hugo's writing af.er lit,
o. suffering and brave endurance. goes
into incarceration and death, they clap tho
hook shut and say. Good for him!" They
just the opposite of "Snve the working
classes" They have all their aympatlliei
with Shy!ock. and not with. Am onio 'an,l
Portia. They are aut drrats and their feel
inrs nrc informal. They are filed with ri
tation and irascibility om this suLiac:. IA
stop this awful imhrnglio between capital
and lnbnr they will lit not SO much us the til
end of he little finger.
The owner OF mn iron mill, having taken q
dose of my text before leaving home in the
morning, will go into his foundry. and pass
ing into what is called the pudding. room
he will zee n man there stripped to the waist
ind bcsweated and exhausted with tho IA6u,
and the toll, md he will say to him: why
it seems to be very hot iu. here. You iooI
very much 2xhaus:ed..' iilear your child i,
sick viii, stnrlet fever. If you want youl
wages little earlier this week, 30 ns to pa,
the nurse and get the medicines, just come
into my office any time"
Alter awhile crash goes the money market
and there is no more demand for tho articles
manufactured in that iron mill, and the own
er does not know what to do. He ssys
Shall stop the mill, sr shali run II :nn
half time, OF shall cut down the mems
huSVS. ho Wdthb tHe HOoT vi utb Counting
room all day. hardly knowing what to do
Toward evening he calls nli the lsborars to
gcther. They stand all around, some will
arms akimbo. some With folded arms. won
dering what the boss il going to do now
The manufacturer says: Men. buainess i.
bad; don't mako $40 where used 10 MAKE
s1OO. Somehow, thsre is no demand now
for what We manufacture. or but very little
demand. You SEQ, am ut vast expense
and lhve called you together this after
noon to see what you would advise. don't
want to shut up the mill. because that woult
force you ont of work, and You have Away
been very faithful, and ike you. md yot
seem to like me, and the BARNS must belook
cd after, and your wife will alter awhile
want new dress. don't know what. tt
Do"
There IL dead halt for minute or two
and then one Of the workmsn steps out from
the ranks Of his fellows. and says: BOSS
you have been very good to Us, and whei
you prospered we prospered. and now yo,
are in tight place. and 1 ON sorry. and "
have to sympat,ize with you. don't knos
how the Others feel. but I propose that "
take of 20 per cent from our wages. and tina
when the times get good you will remembe
US and raise them again" The workman
Boys, what do you say to this? All q
favor OF my proposition will say ay," "a
ay! ay!" shout 200 voices.
But tho mill owner, getting in some ne,
machinery, exposes himself very much, nm
takes cold. md it settles into pneumonia
and he dies. In the procession to the tom
nre all the workmen. tears rolling down thei
cheeks. and of upon the ground: but on hou
before the procession gets to the cemeter
the wives and the children OF thoEs workme
are at the grave waiting for the arrival q
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