The Forrest City times., 1890-05-24

what ts An Toward ovenlse hs calls all tho labosers together They stand all eceun4 como with arms akim5o some with folded armA wondering what the
 boes b goiug to do now. Ths manufac-
 turcr says, "Men, business Is bad; ldcn't
 make twenty dollars whcrs usod to mako
 one hundred. Somehow, thero Is
 no demand now for what we manufacture,
 or but little demanL You sec, am at
 vast expense. and have called you toxcth.
 CT this afternoon to sse what yol would
 advise don't want 10 shut up tho mill
 because that would force you out Of work,
 and you have always bssn very faithful,
 and like you, and you seem to llke me,
 and the bairns must be looked after and
 your wife will after uwailo want a new
 dress 1 don't know what [, do."
 Thore 10 dead halt for a mluuto or two,
 and then ons of tn, workms1 steps out
 from the ranks of his fellows, anl says.
 Boss, you have bean very good to us, and
 when you prospsred wa prospsrsl, and now
 you are in tight place, aul I am sorry.
 and VIC have gos to sympAthizs with yol
 don't know how the others feel, but 1
 propose that we take of twenty DIT cont
 from our wages, and that when tho times
 got good you will rememeber Us ami r.iiso
 them again." Tho workman looks around
 to his comrades, and says "Boys, what do
 you say to thisi All in favor of my propo-
 sition will say ay. "AyI ay! ayl'
 shout two hundred voices,
 But the mill-owner, getting in some new
 machinery, exposes hims sIf very m ich, and
 takes cold, an 1t settles into pneumonia,
 and he dies In tho procession to tae tomb
 are all the workmen, tears rolling down
 their cheeks, and of upon the ground; but
 m hour before the procession gsts to tho
 cemetery tho wives and the children of thos,
 workmen arc at the gravo waiting for the
 arrival of the funeral pageant Tho min.
 ister of religion may havo delivered an
 eloquent eulogium before the started from
 the house, but tho most impressive thInxs
 are said that day by tho working classes
 standing around the tomb
 That night in ail the cabins Of tn, work
 ing people where they have family prayers.
 the widowhood and ths orphanaye in tn,
 mansion arc remembered. No giarins
 populations look over tho iron feuce of the
 cemetery; but lowering over ths seems.
 the ben.diction of Gol and man is comin,
 for the fulnilment of tn, Christiisc inj ias-
 ton, "Whatsoever ye would that msn
 should do to you. do yc even so to them.n
 "Oh,n says somo man here, "that Is all
 Utopian, that Is apocryphal, thatis impos-
 sible." No, cut out or pap,r this:
 "One of tho plcasantest incidents recorded
 in a long time is reported from Shsffisld,
 England Tho wages of the man in ths
 iron works at Sheileld aro regilatol by
 board of arbitration. by wiose decision
 both masters an men are bouad For some
 timc past tho iron and steel trade has baen
 extremely unprofitab.c. aui tho employers
 cannot without much loss pay tho waycs
 fixed by the board, which neither employ
 ers nor cmployci have the power to changa.
 To avoid this difficulty. the workmen in one
 of tho largest stseiworks iu Sheffield hit
 upon device as rare as it wls generous
 They offered to work for their employers
 one week without any pay whatever How
 much better that ? an Ia than strike
 would be"
 Hut you go with mo nnd l will show you not so far of as Sh,ffield England = fac.
 tories. bsnkiny-hou store. houses, and
 costly enterprises where this Christ like injunction is kept and you could no moro get tho employer ,o practice an injustics upon his men, or the men to cons rire
 against tho employer. thin you could got your right hand and your left hand, your right eye and your left eye your right car
 and your left ear, into physiological antag. oaism. Now, where k this to bcgias In our homes, ia our stores, on our farms -~ not waiting for other people 10 do their duty. Is there divergence nov between the parlor and ho kitchonl Then there is .omethiny wrong, either in tue parior or the kitch ,n, psrhaps in both. Are the clerks Tn your store lrlts againss ths hrmi Then there Is som,etains wrong, eith 1T b.. hind tho counter. or la the prssa,a office, or perhaps in both
 Supply and Dom nd own tho largest mill on earth. ami all ihc rivers roli over tacir wheel, and into their hopper th v put all tho men. w3mcn, and chll lrcn they can shoval out Of tAa centuries and thu blood and the bones reddcn tho valley " He tho mill grinds. That diaboiic law uf supply and demand will yet have to stand as de. and in stead thereof will come tho law Of love, the law ot cooperation, the law os kindness tho law of sympathy tho law Q. Christ. Have yoa no siel Of tIe coming os su,h t!mai Then you do not believe tho B,blc. All tho Bitle is fu of pro uisas on this sub,e and as sGc ayes roll ou the time will come whoa mca oi fortune will bc giving larger sums to humaniiarian and evan4elisti- purposes, and thart will bc moro James Lenoxas and Petsr Coo acrs and William l.. Dodges and George Pea boiys As that tlmo comes thera wili bc moro parks, moro picture galleries more z sriens thrown open for tho holiday peo' p!e and tho working classes.
 And now have two worslA, ona to eapi- taltsts and the other to laboring mon. To capitalists Be your own executors Make investments for eternity Do not b, like some capitalists 1 know who walk around among their ernployes with sulser. cilsous air, or drive up 10 the factory ia a manner which seems to indicate they arc | the autocrat of the universe with the sun and the moon in their vest pockets. chiefly anxious when they go among laboring mon not to be touched by the greasy or sHlirched
 hand and have their broadcloth Injured. Be Christian employer. Remember, thosc who are under your chargc arc bone of your bono end flesh of your iiesh. that Jesus died for them and tnat they arc immortal. l Divide up your estates, CT portions 0! them, for the relief of ths wsrld, he. fore you leave 1t Do not go out or the
 world like that man who died eight or ten years ago, leaving in his will twenty mil. lion dollars, yet giving how much for the Church of Godi How much for the allevi- aton Of human sufYeringa iIe gave some 1 money little while before he died That was well; but in all this wilt of twenty l million dollars, how much. Ono miilsoni l No. Fivo hundred thousanit No. One ! hundred doiiarsi No. Two ccntst No. One ccntl No These great cltics groan.
 Ing h an yuish, natioas crying out for the | broad of everlasting life. A man in Will ! giving twenty millions of dollars and not ono cent 70 God It is . disgrace 10 our | civilization.
 1 To laboring men. congratulats you on 1 your prospects l congr- -tuiats you ca the
 fact that you arc getting your representa-. I tivcs at Albany. at iiarrisburgh. and as Washin 9ton. This will go on until you will have representatives at all the head l quartorA and you will havs full iustsce i Mark that l conyvatutats you also on tho opportunities for your chlldrsn Your I chlldrcu nrs going to have vast opportuni-
 ties. i congratulate you that you have to ! work and that when yol are dcai your 1 children will havo to work l congratulate
 you also on your approximations os infornl- | nlnkn v.n{N nx..s ft.<ua ussA ham