The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1891-06-10

Bureau of Labor Statistics records
the fact. that in the fifteen States
where labor organizations exist tht
wages are from fifteen to twenty PEI
cent. higher. Why is this? It il
because the members of these organ,
izations pay taxes in the form q
dues and assessments in order that
they may command these wages
Therefore, it is neither just nor right
for another man to come and take
the benefit of this niger remunera,
Etion and not pay his share Of taxa
tion. It iss also said that their en-.
tire ACTIONS and efforts are in oppo-
sition to the natural principles Of
supply and demand But capital
holds IL its hands the food 6f Tbs
people and the means Of snstaininn
labor. The power Of capital carried
to an abuse, capital organized 50 as
to create = monopoly, controls both
supply and demand.
Hence, lit, is, when money seems
most plentiful wages are lowest;
when thelgranaries AND ware houses
are fullest Of provision, the number
of the hungry and destitute is great,
est; when clothing is the most plen-
tiful, thetproducersi Of it have the
least to wear; when the weather lis
coolest, fnel is highest in iprice-not
because it costs more to produce it,
or that the miner receives more for
his labor, nor is it that the supply
is low and the demand great; but
because monopolies and syndieates
have decreed that once more the
hour is at hand when a stupendous
robbery shall proceed. The whole
infamous transaction4is covered by
''lock out" and the RESULTS styled
by the. press a labor strike" but
the: truth u.s. that the monopolists
are on a strike against the welfare
Of the whole country. The intelli-
gent iaborer is fully aware Of the
losses and spferings Chat strikes
have caused him, and is now bitterly
opposed. to- them land believes the
day is not far distant when all labor
difficulties will be adjusted by arbi-
tration + .g.tE4H n z5#%4l3rU&s1s.s
The sentiment that animates these
labor unions is not a selfish desire,
but q sympathy with those who are
worse off, with those who. are lower
down; sympathy with those who
toll and suffer. Their purpose,
their aim, is by abolishing monopo-
lies, by giving to each his equal
right, and his equal opportunity, to
bring about, state OF things in which
nos huma ia being shall suffer want
unless it be through his own neglect;
in which there shall be no child that
shall 60 hungry; in which there
shall be. no woman, be she maid,
wife, or widow, who will be driven to
unsex herself by hard and unseemly
toll; to bring about state of things
in which there shall be work for all,
leisure for ALL opportunity for all;
in which not merely the necessities
of life, but even the luxuries and the
refnements of. an advanced ciyiHza-
ton shall berthe portion of ALL; in
which "old feuds and heart burnings'
will be forgotten, sectional animosi-
ties will cease, and a common plat
form Of human rights and equal JUS
tice tend to annfhilateall antagonism
and to mould the whole American
people into one homogeneous mass. "
When this has been accomplished
the great chasm, that now exists be-
tween the laborer and the capitalist,
will be filled up; "the last oppro-
brious stain will be wiped from the
brow of toll, and the toiler crowned
with tn dignity, the luster and the
honor Of full land perfect manhood
"fraternal concord and a christian
brotherhood will reign supreme"
We will then have, for the first time
in the history of civilization, land
joyous, bright and happy; land
where men and women may 60 sing
ing, not weeping, to- their work; a
land where the toiling millions may
be forever free; land where will be
realized the prophesy of the Hebrew
seer: Instead of the thorn shall
come up the fir tree, and instead of
the brier shall come up the myrtle
tree, "Men shall build houses and
inhabit them; they shall plant vine
yards and eat the fruit of them;
they shall not build and another in
habit; they shall not plant and an
other eat" = ~. + y .
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