Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23
ElT>L AND LABOR.
.eE pREAcHEsN On THEIR
PROPER, RELATION
am Eve There Seems a Great
Now, But the Eye of Faith
Remedy Near-Thcre Is a
road to decentralization

he,,,a vii, ~. Following is the SER
ilil. 1r,d thousand laborers in Hyde
hu'5" Nv and the streets of American
Io'l'o" ritics filled with professions
Topr, arriving banners, brings the
w Labor and Capital to the front.
hi. WAS done in peace. ana that as
il in many places. arbitration has
ki.ne. is u hopeful sign.
Pnn,,nst war the world has ever seen
E.e" capital and labor. The strife is
c ,h,t Which in history is called the
N.nr. War. for it is Il war OF cen
|. i n war OF the five continents. it is
misnheric. The middle classes in
,ntrv' upon whom the nation has de-
fnr holding the balance of power
zinc as mediators between the
]..emnes. are diminishing: and if
IN n nj, the same ratio as they have
Ft..t twenty years been going on. it
E ~, very long before there will be no
.E,.s in this country, but all Will be
H. or very poor. princes or paupGrS.
countrv will be given up to palaces
an.aaonistic forces have again and
(loscd in upon each other. You may
nob ii: You may say that this trouble.
angry child, will cry itself to sleep:
y bnlittlc it by calling it F~ourierism,
siism. on st. Simonism. Or Nihilism,
munism. but that will not hinder the
+ il i, the mightiest. the darkest. the
r,itic threat of this century,. Most
ttempts at paciiication have been
|,i,nes. and monopoly is nor arro-
4 the trades unions more bitter.
l more wages" cry the employees.
lall have less" say the capitalists.
Inns to do fewer hours of toll i'll II
FYou shall toll more hours" say the
Then, under certain conditions.
mol work at ALL" say these. Then
-tavve." say those. and the work.
Dduallv using up that which they
lated in better times, unless there
4 radical change, we shall have soon
rmuntrv three million hungry men
men. Now, three million hungry
rannot be kept quiet. All tue enact
legislatures and all the constable
the cities, and all the army and
the United States cannot keep three
hungry people quiet. What then?
{ war between capital and labor be
bv human wisdom? Never. The
one becomes nor rigid. the fist of
Prmore clinched.
han which human wisdom cannot
will be accomplished by Christians
be- given full sway. You have heard
ecincs so powerful that n drop
top i disease and restore Il patient,
Eyc 10 tell you that II drop of my
(cpcriy administered will stop all
oc, oi society and give GONZALES
bd complete health to all classes.
ocvcr We would that man should do
h. yecvcn SO to them" / shall first
kWthis morning how this contro-
Etwccn monopoly and hard work
be stopped. and then | will show
" lhis controversy will be settled.
remedies. In the first place there
e No p~aciiication to this trouble
an cutlery against rich men merely
they are rich. There is no labor
OIL earth that would not be rich if
BIZ, Sometimes through Il fortun-
Fntion, or through some accident
critr, aman who had nothing comes
estate. and we see him arrogant
errilious, and taking people by the
ust as other people took him by the
is something very mean about
Eaillrc when it comes to the top.
~ more a sin to be rich than it is
~" poor. There are these who
thnrcd Il large estate through fraud.
tlIerc are miliionairrs who have
d heir fortune through foresight
fdio changes in the markets. and
brilliant business faculty. and
olar OF their estate is as honest as
FAR which the plumber gets for mcnd-
r., on the mason gets for building a
mere are those who keep III poverty
OF their own fault. They might
en- We'll off. h'lt tac, smoked or
W AL their earnings, or they lived
'Aelr means, while others on the
ages and on the same salaries went
l~.Mpeiency. l know Il man who is
me complaining of his poverty and
Nt against rich men, while he him
cps two dogs, and chews and
ara is filled 10 the chin With
aNd beer,
[G per aid to David C%opperfeld:
ae!G: my boy. one pound income,
stilaligs and siXpencc expenses:
lisIfy, But Coppertield, my boy,
eaa income. expenses nineteen
ana s!Npence: result. happiness"
are vast maltiJudcs OF people
Az, poor because they are the vic
uleir own i.nprovidence. 1t is no
atil, ana ii is no sin to be poor. I
"'isl ms "utcry which hear
|iaI %iio' through economy and
ia, "'l', aasidmly. have come To
me pombardmcht OF COM
g'SS Wiii never stop this contro-
r With u';ii tiiipifal n labor.
nd N,' .ie contest be settled by
wv "iiSympalhetic treatment Of The
asses. There ARE those who
I",,i as though they We're only
%"1asl' horses. There nerves are
/. ,an ~n'ioestlc comfort is nothing,
Ho more sympathy for them than
&% 'of Il marc. or y hawk for Il hen,
Nv ~' Il can. When Jean Vatican.
t. ., fefv %l Victor H"go's writings.
I. vi suffering and, brave endur-
'n'o ihcas.cration and death.
va. oD"N shut and say. Good for
. slaMp their feet with indigna-
%% J"s' INC opposite+of save The
,i,T o. in"N have all their SYM
h. lhey ! riutoerats, and their
G, ,tt''fnilA': They are filed with
G'"' ,FiisrlbiIity on this subject. |