Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-05-23

TO you, do ye even SO to them"
HOh, " says some man here, "that is all
Utopian, that Is apooryphol chat is impos-
sible" No, Lcut out Of a paper this: zone
of the plcasantcst incidents recorded in
long time is reported from Sheffield, Eng
land. The wages Of the Incn in the iron
works at Sheffield are regulated by board
of arbitration, by whose decision both mas
ters and men are bound. For some time
past the iron and steel trade has been ex-
tremely improbable, and the employer can
not, without much loss, pay the wages fixed
by the board, which neither employers nor
employed have the power to change. To
avoid this difficulty, the workmen in one
Of the largest steNl works in Sheffield hit
upon device as rare as it was generous.
They offered TO work for their employers
one week without any pay whatever How
much better that plan is than "a strike
would be-"
GOLDEN RULE CORPORATIONS.
But you 70 with ne and | will show you
not so far off as Sheffield EnEland-fac-
tories, banking houses, store houses, and
costly enterprises where this Chiistlikc
injunction OF my text is fully kept, and
you could no more get the employer to
practice an injustice upon his men, or the
men to Conspire apGiG~t the employer, than
you could get you right hand and your left
hand, your right eye and your left eye,
your right car and vour left ear into physi-
oloaical antagonism. Now, where is this
to begin? In our homes, in our stores, on
our farms-not waiting FOR other people to
do their duty Is there divergence now
between the parlor and The kitchen? Then
there is something wrong, either il the
parlor or the kitchen, PERHAPS in both.
/ Are the clerks in your store irate against
the firm? Then there is something wrong,
either behinc the counter or in the private
Office. or perhaps in both
| The greao want of the world today is the
| fuiillmcrt of this Chriotl%e injunction,
| THAI which he promulgated in his sermon
| Olivetic. All the political economists un-
der the archivolt OF thc heavens in conyen-
! ton for a thousand years cannot settle thi,
! controversy between monopoly and hard
work batwccn capital and labor. During
! tic Revolutionary war there WIS a heav,
/ piece of timber to he lifted. perhaps for
some fortress, end . corporal was oversee
ing the work, and be was Giving commands
10 some soldiers MS they lifted: "Hcavc
away, there 70 hcuvc' Wei, the timber
| was too heavy; they could not get it up.
There was a gentleman riding by on n
| horse, and he stopped and said 10 this cor
poral, "Whv don't yuu help them lift:
That timber is too heavy for them to lift.
No. he said, 81 won't; ! am 4 corporal
The gentleman got off his horse and came
up to the place. Now, he sind to the
soldiers, all togcther-yo heaye' and tn,
timber went to its place Now, said the
gcltle,nan 10 the corporal, 'when you h@y,
n piece OF timber too hcory for the mon to
lift. and you want help, you send to your
commandcrin-chief' II was Washington
Now, that is about all til" gospel I know
the gospel OF giving somebody a lift, Lift
ont Of darkness. a lift out OF earth into
heaven That is the gospel of helpiu.
somebody else to Lie.
"Oh, says some wiseacrc, talk as yor
will. the law of demand and supply vii
regulate these things until the end o
time No, it viii not, unless God die.
and lhe batteries Of the Judgment day ar,
spiked, and Pluto and ProserpinG, king
and queen Uf the infcnal regions, take ful
possession Of this world. DO you know
WHO supply and Demand are: They have
gone into pGrt ncrship, and they propose Il
,rirdle this earth and are sWindlinG ii
, / You are drowning. supply ana lJcmhn.
, ! stand on he slClc-onc On one side, t!A
other On the other SIDE OF the life boat, az
they cry out 90 YOU Now, you pay n
what We ask you ION getting you to shore
or 20 to the bottom!' If you can borroy
| 5000 you can keep from falling IN husl
ness. supply and Demand say: Now, YoI
pay as eIorbitant usury or you 60 int
b3nkruptcy' This lUhbcr nrn Of suppl
and Demand say to you: The crops ar
short. We bought w ali the wheat ana
, is in our lin. Now, you pay our price o
, stRrVe" That ir your magnificent law O
/ supply and demand.
' Supplyand DcIn2nd own the largest mil
I on earth, and all the rivers roll over thei
| wheel, and into their hopper they put al
the men, women Dad children they ca
shovel ont Of the centuries and the bloc
and the bones rcdden the valley while tn
mill grinds. That diob1lic law Of suppl
+ and demand viii yet have II stand aside
r and instead thereof VIII come the law
, love, the law of cooperation, the law {
!. kindness, the law Of sympat by, the law c
| Christ.
e REPRESENTATIONS Is PROMISED.
5 Have you no idea Of TIE coming of sue
z a timeg Then you do not believe the Bib,