Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-25

istic than that Of auy other cisii.'d
country, "a not on a paying hiss. IN
comc and outgp Tor the lahoror nave
botL Increased, leaving HIN IN shout
the safne situation, VITA rrssfI 10 ta'-
inc. a. his fellow worker 10 countries
where wages are regulated by freedom
of supply aud demand; bu; the whole
community IL poorer 10y reason OF mo
Limitation Of production through traue
uniou regulations, and " N kept va
working order only through stcauy
Increase Of public and corporate in-
,lebtedncss.
Tho system Of finapclefing In these
colonies ir both loose and reckless.
Nobody knows exactly what The in-
,icbtc,ines- h. For example, the state
railways OF Victoria report great sur
plus on hand: Investigation shows That
Il I. obtained by carrying forward tiiia
years expenses 10 tho nrxt yearH
accounts, and that a deficit really tx
lists. II was MT last hJmittsdi year
ago. that the net esrnings OF tue rys-
ton, for the twelvcmonth was over q
million dollars short OF the hccr'iing
interest ON bOnua. Extravagaut man
agcment and the prosecution OF need.
less public works, 80 give employment
N labor,v has increased the public IN.
Lebtednees TO such an extent thnt
Australian loans cannot be hoAted
without difficulty Ia England. Dur
ing the last seven years the expenses
OF the government Of Victoria have
Increased by II per cent whiie
tho population Increased 10 per cent.
only. Public aud corporate debts rose,
ia the same time, $4,000, OOD higher,
while the annual exports OF produce
md manufactures dropped from sl2,-
OO0, 900 to 81, 900, 90. Small capitalists
are scared away by the tyranny OF the
labor unions, aud large ones by the
increase Of debt and taxation with the
decline Of production and exports. II
a country can mud prosperity along
these lines, II will accomplish n feat
never hitherto performed In the known
world
Meanwhile tho condition Of the lndl.
vidual laborcr does not appear TO be
what one ought.to expect In working
mans paradise. When wages are spok-
en- as ''high," II II rather by way OF
comparison with English wages than
with those which prevail In other
countries like Australia, whore album
dant landand opportunity with scarcity
OF population, forter demand for labor.
Mr.. GriiIin's rcpoh gives exhaustive
tables Of wages In the different ocuupa-
lions. An examination Of these shows
about tho same general average NJ "
paid Ia the United States, n little be-
low rather than above. 80, that, while
the price Of all articles OF ordinary con-
sumption " greatly In excess Of that
charged In this country, and the cost
OF living II from 20 TO 40 per cent
greater, the workipgman's income In
substantially the same. All that he
has won by3state Interference andState
auboriination 10 trade unionlsm Il u
scale Of wages based on the prices
commonly paid In = now country, and
less rather than more than would have
been paid under free contract, as the
experience OF our own country proves.
This experience not only deserves,
II demands study from those who be-
liove that the condition OF labor can be
bcttcred by constant Interference on
tho part Of the State. IL remains only
10 notice, by = word, the absolute de-
NAL VI freedom Of action which this
system Involves for the labofer himself.
Here Is tho picture which Mr.. Grifin,
an impartial authority, draws Of the
method Of government by unions and
strikes In q recent Instance:
II may DO mentioned that patrols
and pickcts were appointed by tho
unions 10 interfere with md intimi.
date those who, because they did not
come under the orders Of tho unions,
ondeavored TO pursue their ordinary &C.
equations, and the most arbitrary and
unJustlilablc methods were resorted TO
for the avowed purpose OF infilcting
hindrance and loss upon certain en-
employers. No effective notice was
taken by the government Of these pro.
ceedings any further than 10 send
police or military forcs 10 preserve
order In thecve Of any violence be-
Ing committed by either side. Special
constables were also sworn In, and
their employment, together with the
additional expense entailcd through
the use Of the regular militia and police
force, involved the country In very
heavy expenditure, but this expendi-
ture was small In comparison with
that occasioned by the stoppage Of the
shipping, coal mines, gas works, flour
mills, irOn foundrics, shearing opera.
lions aud trade generally while the
strike lasted.
This In the net result 10 date Of the
nearest approach " State socialism,vcn.
tured upon by any Angio.Saxon PEG.
pie, with free field for action, aud
with high capacity for managing
new institutions. How does II seem 10
strike tho believers In incessant State
Interference, and tho esta blishment Of q
benevolent patsrnAllsm?--.N. Paul