The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-23
LABOR'S STRIFE.
Or. Taimago on tho Conflict DO.
tweon Labor and Capital.
Human W,si"m CWsb,e "a ssttis the Con.
tsoversy -t'h,ist,so,iy ts1-str,Lss No
solution The Real way q" Insure
i'sscs and Prosperity.

lHHt 10 e Ncttleu. from tHo IVAts
''Whatsoevcr yo would tha: men should
do to you, do YOU evon NJ " them"
Matthew. vii. ~. Following Is the
sermon.
Two hundred and fifty thousand Ia.
borers In Hyde Park. London. and tho
streets 81 American and European citics
hllod with professions of workmcn carry
ing banners, brings the subject " labor
and capital To the front. That all this
was done In peace and that as n result in
many places arbitration has taken place
Is a hopeful sign.
The greatest wal the world has eve
seen is between capital and labor. The
strife IN not like that which In history
Is called the Thirty Years War, for 1t Ia
q war of centuries. II isa war Of the
five continents, IL IL q war hemisphere.
Tho middle classes Of this country, upon
whom the Nation sd~cpcndcd for hold.
ing tho balance Of power and for acting
"a mcdiators between the two extremes.
are diminishing. and IL things go on AZ
tho same ratio ~ they have been for
tho last twenty yeats been going On. II
will not be- long before there will ho ~
middle class In this country. but all will
ho very rich or very poor. princes or
palaces or <aupcrs, and the whole coun.
try Will b" given up to palaces and
novels.
Tho a~ntagonistic forces have again
and again closed in upon each other.
fou may pooh. pooh IL. yon may say
that this trouble. like an angry child,
will cry Itself to sleep. you may hclittlc
u 10y calling 1t fodricrism. or Socialism.
or 81. Simonism. or Nihilisn. or Com.
munism, but that will not hinder the
fact that il ~ tho mightics,. the dark
cat. the most terrific threat OF this cen
fury. Most Of the attempts at pacilca-
ton have been dead failures. and
monopoly Is more arrogant, and the
trades unions more bitter. GIVE W.
more wages" cry the employees. You
shall have less" say tho capitalists.
"Compcl IN To do fewer hours of toll In
a day" 'You shall toll more hours"
SAY tn" others. Then under certain
conditions We viii not work at ALL" say
these. Then you shall s%tarvc,' SAY
those. and tho workmcn gradually using
up that which they accumulated in bet
ter times, unless there be omc radical
change. we shall have o In this
country 3.oOO,O 900 hungry men and
Now. 5000, 900 hungry people
can not hc kept quiet. All the enact
m"nts ~ Legislatures and all the con.
s'ahularics oi tho cities. and all the
army and navy of the United states car
not keep 5000. OOo hungry people quiet.
What then? Will this war be-
tween capital and labor 1"
settled by human wisdom? Never
Tho brow ~ the one become,
more rigid, tho Nst Of the other NOR,
clinchcd. Hut that which human wis
dom can not achieve will be- accom-
plishcd 10y Christianity. IL IL DO given
ful, sway. You have heard Of mrii
cincs So powerful that ~ drop would
stop a disease and restore u patient. ana
have ,o tell you that m drop 81 m,
toxt. properly administered viii stol
all these woes W society and give con
y~alcsccncc and complete health to nj
classes. Whatsoever yo would tha'
men should do To you, do yc even 80 I,
them"
shall frs, show YOU how this con
,rovcrsy between monopoly aud hart
work can mo-, De- stopped. and then ] vii
show you how this controversy will II
settled,
In the frs, place thcrc will como NJ
p~,ciG,a,ion Ia this trouble through ~
ou,cry against rich men merely lscaus,
they arc rich There is No laboripg maj
on earth that would not l." rich 10 b,
could be. Sometimes through = fortu
nate invention. or through some acct
dent ~ prosperity, aman who had moth
ing comes to large estate. and We So
him arrogant and supcrcilious, an,
taking people by the throat JUS
~ other people took him D.
the throat, There is something
very mean about human natur
when IL comes Ia tho top l!ut |, is II
more sin Ia lc rich than u u . Sin Ia y
poor. There are those who hav
gathered u great estate through fraud
aud the there are ~millionairrs VII
have gathered their fortunes ,hroug
foresight in regard Ia changes in IN
markets.. and through brilliant businc'
faculty. and every dollar Of their cs,a,
Is ~ honest as the dollar which a.
plumber gets Tor monding a pipe, NJ IL
mason gets for building n wall
There are those Who keep In poycrt
because ~ their own fault They migl
have been we'll ON hut they smoked
chcwcd up their earnings, ar they live
beyond their Deans while others On n
aMr wages and on the same salari'
went on To competency. know a ma
who Is all the time complaining ot b
poverty and crying on, against rich me-
while he himself keeps two dogs, AZ
elbows and smokes, and is fillrd 10 n
chin with whisky and lrcr, And the
= are vas, muliitudcs OF people who q
kept poor because they are the victim
OF their own improvidrucc. 1, Is NO $
~ M rich. and !. is M sin Ia I've poor
. profess, against this ou,cry which ! he
!, against those who, throuch cconon
> and sel!.dcnial and as>,dui,y. have con
"a largo fortunes This homhardmc
os commercial success vii never 81,
this controversy between capital Al
lAhpy.