St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-08

way about this man or Nazareth, of his toll,
would have done had he owned the
London docks. The men listened for
intently, and when he was done burly,
gri my fellow exclaimed, II don't know who
this man ofsNazareth was. except what you
have told us, but move that we give him
three cheers" Laughter.) Which reminds
me of that profoundest modern utterance on
the labor question, the words Of Hon. Carroll
d. Wright chief of the national bureau of
labor: 1.-THE solution of the social problems
that threaten the very destruction of society
lies in the application of the principles of
Jesus Christ to the conduct of labor and
business" That means
New Political Economy.
We have had Robin Hoods long enough,
You remember lis simple plan.
That they should take who have the power,
And they should keep who can"
That old rhyme reappears in prose in the
so-caled law of supply and demand, the up
not only manhood. but womanhood and
childhood is crushed by low wages, while the
grinders sing:
every man for HIMSELF
Look out for number one.'
Business is business Let us have a new
watchword: business and brotherhood"
(Applause.) Some say such selfishness is
impracticable, but selfishness is surely not
making a success of the relation of labor and
capital. A costly stallion and mighty Texas
car with an eXtemporized partition
between. This was in some way broken
down, and as the train stopped the passenger
found the patrician stallion and the plebian
OK In mortal conflict heels against horns.
Presently both sank down in death. Picture
of the conflict OF capital and labor where no
higher principle than selfishness Is recog
nized. | will not believe that selfsnness is
the only motive power that can run business.
Applause Rich men are. many of them,
giving money to art galleries, libraries.
hospitals partly because the public now ex-
poets such account of stewardship. Whe n
justice TO employees is as much expected as
generosity to the public men will be ashamed
of the old code of business life. An ounce
of justice will be seen 10 be better than
pound of charity. [Applause.1 In closing
let me express the conviction that one of the
most important reforms in which labor is
interested, one in which all TIE people, is
the government ownership of railroads.
[Applause. Few seriously question that
government has the right 20 buy at fair APP
praisement these public highways. In order
to avoid confusion and conflict between in
terstate and local roads, there would
need to be an amendment to
the national constitution, putting the
railroads as fully into the hands
of the nation as the mails. Such an amend
ment would necessarily provide for an i'm
proved civil service, for a wholly non-parti-
san. non-poltical, business-like manage
ment, wholly separated from the presidents
appointing power, and from all political
manipulation. This is the answer to those
who say that the pOstoffice has not been
managed as well as private business. 1t has
not; the spoils system, not government own
ership, is the cause. The civil service fea-
lure also answers the objection that railroad
ownership would corrupt government. Ger
tainly pirate ownership has corrupted gov
eminent. A United States senator has re-
Gently shown up the railroad that has ruled
and almost ruined New Hampshire polite
ally. A similar story might be told of other
Indeed government pAOtrO1
railroads by owning them, that il may IL OF
itself be controlled by them. Applause.
Several railroad men of emnence have re-
Gently shown that this is both practical and
desirable. The signs of the times show that
il is also necessary. There are in this coun-
try railroads enough to belt the world thir-
teen times, with one line of railroad iron.
An unlucky thirteen, because private greed
rather tn II the general welfare is in control:
a LAGOON coil crushing father ana children
together by the Sunday work. But the snake
is growing. At the close of this century, at
the present rate of growth, there will be rail-
roads enough in our land TO belt the world
twenty-five times, and they will be owned by
twenty-five men. each one a railroad king
in more than figurative sense, with an Iron
crown $4,000 miles around, compared with
which the famous iron crown of Europe is
as a Daby's toy. When these twenty-five
kings combine and elect railroad emperor
he will be the president, nay more, the king
of the United States whatever political
10y
ism of transportation, these men and a few
others will own the oil, the coal. the cotton,
the grain, the farming machinery, and will
dictate TO general trafnc as well-a hundred
men masters and a hundred millions their
servants, Government of the people, will
SO perish from the earth unless the backbone
of monopoly and plutoeracy be broken by
government ownership of railroads Let US
take the railroad sceptre from ailroad kings
and give it to King Everybody and his
WIFE"
The Sports.
After the address, the people gave
themselves up to enjoying the dancing
and athletic sports.
The 100 Yards dash was won by j. Bertram,
with G. H. Saults second.
The fat mans race was won by j. Ten
woorde, j. Brown second.
Neil Macdonald made the best running
broad jump, with j. Bertram second.
The running hop, skip and jump was won
by G.. II. Saults. Neil Macdonald being second.
j, Bertram made the best standing jump,
and Neil Macdonald was second.
In the three-legged race Neil Macdonald
and G.. II. Saults won first prize, and A.
Meyer and j. Bertram second.