Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-23

empowers. and violence. reve,. ,o
n nai OF the Enucklc of foil nr go one
ha,;s,ns W wages INTO Il .nllous pHin1 nv
;sn1i VIII never cure the wronrs ~ ,sT a
laatlon. Mark that, AfS"Ss ~ OWL
na, ,e hir ,ie Grcat admired some 1,,d
neai ms palace III Pots,lam and h" " ,ne ,".ld
TO get r.. 1t was owned Inv ~ ~ nesolvGu
piicfcu the miller three tiuns M IL,
.le property. The miller would no, N ,ai.e o .
oSeanse 1t was the old homcsfrnd . "n,i H. ~,
,cr i" w1,n, IL as Naboth felt about his vine.
ufeat was a rough and terrible man mN nc
Nv T inc miller into his prcsercn. an,I
ny KING with a stick in his hnnd-n s, W,
~, ~ anici ne sometimes struck his ofTicnrs
+ s.aae.said4t to thi, miller: Now, have
nrSnau YOU tnree time the value of tha,
ANYHOW. The miller said Your ma i II
take IT. Then" said the miller Il, , mn,.
n,alesty does fake it L will sue Won in I'M ,ha
,h.n = court At that threat Frederick
And u tho Welded his infamous demand.
MorklnS classes will vet before thc
aM. violence and contrary to the law will
meVcr accomplish anything. but riohtrons-
ness ana according 10 law will ocrn,nnljsh
lile owner of.an iron mill. having taken !,
mnrni !, my .SN' before leaving home in the
pnsn,hE mo what is called the pudding
room. ne will sec a man there. strinnnd ~
the, waist, and ~bcswcated and exhansteG
W, WIN lhe labor and the toll. and he will saw
lie n.A': yon WY ny. it seems to be very hot in
hear Your child is Sick with scnr ,1'nS'f Tsro. L
III want Your wages Il little earlier this
Ncek' so as to pay the nurse and nrt 1hn
ti.1c." ~'Ni'e amy
After awhile. crash goes the money
az az ~ hat' allu iheic Is no more demand for
lLe irticies manufactured lin that iron min.
ana the owner does not know what TO do
ne says Shall | stop the mill. or shall I
iun ~ on nan ume. or shall l cut down the
mems wages?' He walks tho floor of his
nou ao room = lday, hardly knowing what
" loWard cncdning he calls all the
.lahorrrs together. They stand all around,
some with arms akimbo. some folded nrms
wondering what the boss is goin" ia do
now. Inc manufacturer SAYS: Men. husi-
ness Is bad: don't make twenty dollars
Whefc used tomake one hundred. some
loW, nlefe Is no demand now for what VIC
manufacture. or but very little demand.
You see, am at vast expense, and have
called you together this afternoon to 500
what you would advise. l don't want to shut
up the mill, because that would force Won
Guy o. work., and you have always been very
,nllilll'l' ana Ike You. and you seem to
IKE me, and the BARNS must be looked
utter, and yourwifc will after awhile want a
new dress. | don't know what 10 do"
mere is adead halt for Il minute or two.
ana thcn one OF the workmen steps out from
inc ranks OF his fellows and says: Boss,
YOU nave been very good to us, and when
you prospercd we p%rospercd, M now YOU
are IN u light place, and | am sorry, and we
have got to sympathizc with YOU. don't
know how the others feel, but l propose that
we take OFF twenty per cent. from our wages.
aha thiit when the times get good you will
lelirilpef us ana raise them again" The
Workman looks around TO his comrades.
ana says: Boys. what do you say to this?
an IN 1aVor OF my proposition will saw ay."
Ay! ay! ay!" shouts two hundred voices.
IIt the mlli owner, getting in some new
machinery, exposes himself very much. and
taEeS cOld and 1t settles into pneumonia and
ne dles. In the procession to the tomb are
ail the workman. tears rolling down their
cheeks and Off upon the ground; but an hour
before the procession gets to the cemetery
the wives and the children of those work
are ut the grave waiting for the arrival
of the funeral pageant. The ministcr Of r :.
ilglon may have delivered an eloquent
before they started from the
house, but the most impressive things are
said that day by the working classes stand
ing afOunu the tomb.
Ihat night in all the cabins of the working
people whore they have family PRAYERS, the
wldoWhood and ~orphanage in the mansion
are remembered. No glaring populations
look over the iron fence of the ccmctcry:
but. lowering over the scene, the benedic-
non OF God and man is coming for the full
1lllimcnt OF the Christlikc Injunction. What
Soevcr ye would that men should do to Won.
de We even so to Them"
But you go With me and / will show you-
not so far OFF as Sheffield. England-fac-
tories. banking houses. store houses. and
costly enterprises where the Ciristlike
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
conSplrc against tho employer. than YOU
could get your right hand and your left
hand. your right eye and your left eye your
cal ;.~ntagonisln. Now, where is this to be-
gin? In our homes, in our stores, on our
waiting for other people to do
their duty. Is there Il divergence now be-
tween the parlor and the kitchen? Then
lheIe is something wrong. either in the
the clerks in your store iratc against the
Then there is something wrong,
either chind the counter, or in private
office. Or perhaps in both.
The great want of the world to-day is the
fn!tiliment Of this Christlike Injunction. that
which he promulgated in his sermon Oil
veto. All the political economists under
the archivolt OF the heavens in convention
thousand years cannot settle this con-
troversy between monopoly and hard work,
between capital and labor. During the
Revolutionary war there WIS a heavy piece
OF timber 10 be lifted. perhaps for some
and Il corporal was overseeing the
work. and he was giving commands to some
as they lifted: "Heave away. there!
20 het.ve!!" Well. the timber was too heavy:
could no: get it up. There was a
riding by on 4 horse. and he
stopped and said to ihis corporal, Why
You help them lift? That timber is,
TOO heavy for them 10 lift" No" he said,
I WON'T: I'M IL corporal" Th. gentleman
got of his horse and came up to the place.
Now" he said to the soldiers, all together
-yo licuve!." and the timber went 10 its
place. "Now3," said the gentleman to the
corporal, "wlcn you have a piece Of timber
too heavy for the men TO lift. and you want
help. you send TO Your r~ommandcr-in-
chief" 1t was Washington. Now. that is
about al! the gospel ] tnow-thc gospel of
giving somebody Il lift. IL lift out OF dark
ness. ii lift out Of earth into heaven, That
is the gospel Of helping somebody else to
lift.
oh" suys.some wisearrc, talk us you
will. the Law Of demand and supply will
regulate these things until the end of time"
No. it will not, unless God dies and the bat
cries Of the.judgncnt day are spiked. and
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