Sharp County record., 1890-05-29
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
.oouse by Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
,so 4 on the Labor Question.
ssmsdy for Strikes and Lock-out'
uust t,ome Through the Means
= Moro General Observance
Of the Golden Rule

l8 OF capltal anu laoOl
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage in the
oklyn Academy of Music from the
.=..aaver We would that men should dc
Nv. do you even so 70 them'-Mafh Vli''
70 hundred and ftty thousand Ia
RS in Hyde Park, London, and the
,ts Of american and European cities
/ with PROFESSIONS of workmen car
banners, brings the subject OF Ia
va capital to the front. That all
was done in peace, and that as a
i in many places, arbitration has
place, is hopeful sign.
Q greatest war the world has ever
is between capital and labor The
|, is not like that which in history
lied the Thirty Years War, for it
var of centuries, it is war of the
enturies, II is war hemisphere.
middle Glasses in this country, up
nom the Nation has depended for
pg the balance CT power and for
b as mediators between tho two
mes, are diminishing; and II
s 90 on at the same ratio as they
for the last twenty years been go
n, 1T will not be very long before
will be no middle class in this
ry, but all will be very rich or
poor, princes or paupers, and the
ny be given up to palaces and
0 antagonistic forces have again
again closed in upon each other.
nay pooh-pooh it; you may say that
trouble, like an angry child, will
self to Sleep; you may belittle il
,lling it Fourierism, or Socialism,
Simonism, or Nihilism, or Com.
I'M, but that will not binder the
bat 1T is the mightiest, the dark
be most terrific threat of the
~. Most of the attempts at
cation have been dead failures, and
)oly is more arrogant, and the
unions more bitter. "Give us
wages" cry the employees. You
have less" say the capitalists.
3el us to do fewer hours of toll in
"You shall toll more hours,
others, Then, under certain
ions, we will not work at
say these. Then you shall
say those, and the workmen
lily using up that which they ac-
tied insbetter times, unless there
9 radical change, we shall have
this country three million
men and women. Now, three
hungry people can not be kept
All the enactments of Legisla-
nd all the constabularies of the
md all the army and navy of
ted States can not keep three
hungry people quiet What
Will this war between capital
or be settled by human wisdom?
The brow of the one becomes
Igid, the fist of the other more
hat which human wisdom can
1ieve will be accomplished by
nifty II it be given full sway.
y heard of medicines so power
one Drop would stop disease
ore q patient; and | have to tell
one drop Of my text properly
tered will stop all these woes of
and give convalescence and
health to all classes. "What-
70 would that men should do to
ye even so to them"
first show you this morning
ccntroyersy between monopoly
work can not be stopped, and
ilshow you how this contro.
A be settled,
nrst place there will come nc
On 70 this trouble through an
Rainst rich men merely be.
ey are rich, There is no la.
Rn on earth that would not be
could be, Sometimes through
g Invention, Or through some
% prosperity, a man who had
comes 70 large estate and VIC
rrogant and suporcilious, and
eopie by the throat Just as
= oplo tool him by tho throat.
someshing very mean about
ture when 1t comes to the
"s no more sin to be rich
SIN to be poor. There arc
no have gathered a great
trough fraud, and then
0 re millionaircs who have
. .neir fortunes through
an regard to change,
srkots, and though brillian,
aoulty and every dollar Of
), @M m honest as the dolla,
Q plumber gets for mondinp
!. pe mason gets for building .
erc are those who kcop in
Fceuse M of their own fault
!. nave been we'll of, but tho,
: onewed up their earnings, Of
beyond their means, whil,
sne same wages and on th,
went on to competency,
uwhc rs all tho time com
ms poverty and crying ou
n men milo he himsel
eog and chows and smokes
= "sno chin with whisky an,
|, sag 70 David coppcraold
Y Y " ny boy ono pound in
sniilingS and sixpence OK
q VIZ misery. But Coppcr6c,d