, 1891-06-30
A SERIOUS SITUATION.
WHY TALK so MUCH OF PEACE
WHEN THERE IS NO PEAcEi

intensity in that never Ctasiug struggle
for mastery between the two great forces
which, combined with natural forces,
make up the grandeur Of civilization
capital and labor. In the immediate
future the lines viii be closer drawn. and
there will be no compromise until a more
harmonious and equitable adjustment Of
human relations shall be attained
The value Of physical energy applied
10 raw materials, by which all products
used by the race are created, has never
in any 8 been duly appreciated It is
a force dwelling in the same organism
with many vital wants, and through
these wants can be welded and guided
by stronger wills That these wants
might be ever so poorly supplied, men.
ignorant Of a better way, were from the
beginning subseryient to the direction
Of a few ~superiors, and gave them the
whole daily strength Of their lives in
producing wealth they never used
To gain ooutroHof this u-nconsumed
wealth there nave always been men
ready to take advantage of others neces-
sites The apparent benefit Of accumu-
lated wealth tcapitaD in the hands Of
Ehrewd, e~nterprising men has made
this easy of accomplishment, and per
haps has so far been necessary in the
development Of earth's But
this great, rough strength Of the masses,
in order 10 serve their purposes, must be
thoroughly mastered and skillfully han
died The labor force must be strong
IN production. but not in defense Of its
own rights; and his really wonderful
control Of so gigantic a power has been
accomplished by various ingenious meth
DDS Undeveloped minds. filled with
fears, emotions, needs, accompanied this
rude strength, and have ever been ably
played upon.
A belief in the divine right OF ruler
ship and ownership Of human beings was
evolved early in the history Of the race.
The earlier civilizations claimed "A neces-
sity for slavery, that superior persons
might be free to study and develop sci
ence and art Lacking experimental
knowledge Of the benefits which a uni
Fersal diffusion Of all the enlightenment
the world contains brings, perhaps prog
ress did depend on that unjust arrange
ment Of society. But there is no longer
any excuse for it. Tho ynpr,a ~~-eI.u9ut
prevails, though it no longer bears a
semblAnce Of truth, that the common
people should exert their rude strength
with very little return in order that a
few superior people may have leisure
and Injuries to promote art, beauty, re
inement and knowledge.
We claim 10 have dispensed with both
kings and slaves. Theoretically, all
men are or m equal footing Yet the
process by which the products OF past
generations Of workers is amused and
called capital" Is the same, and CAPT
talists still control the brains Of the
power they desire to use, and that with
out the justification Of the capitalists
nobility) of old For our rich soap
manufacturers, pants makers usurers
and spectators do not improve their vast
opportunities by becoming great artists,
poets, writers, musicians or scientists.
lnde61s fubu=eAHlL
compare well with the ordinary CAPT
talist in intellect The average million.
aire, who has benefited by the labor OF
a thousand lifelong t%oilers, is. after all,
such a poor and piuful product that one
wonders low he Excuses himself for ex-
isting at such a sacrifice.
But the incentive for capital to con
troll labor is as intense as ever, though
the Advancement of the age has com
PEELED that control to take on more mod
flied forms. Nothing has ever given this
control such a check as the organization
of labor, and this is to be feared and
hindered by capitalists by every means
in their power. For their interests the
great combined force Of skill and phys
zeal strength called labor must find ac-
ton only in obedient production; If ex-
erted in its own interests it becomes "a
dangerous element in society, - and estab-
lshed customs and the usual returns on
invested capital are in danger Of becom-
ing unreliable and disorderly
Individual capitalists are not TO be
blamed that they fear this disarrange-
ment and disorder. They cannot look
far enough ahead to see that a more
equitable adjustment Of human relations
would result III greater order and peace
throughout all society. So, while work.
ers are waking mp and organizing, they
look on appalled,. In their fear and des-
peration they arc growing %tyrannical,
cruel, merciless- They seem to under
stand more clearly than do working peo-
pie that the situation is becoming des-
perate. and, while in the abstract they
may not be blameable, il behooves work
ingmen~ everywhere to guard their liber-
hes with eternal vigilance, All their
power Of late seems to be hurled at or
CARNATIONS Unions must be destroyed
at all hazards and the right of workers
70 unite taken from them. In every re-
cent struggle the righteous demands Of
trade organizations nave been met with
arguments? Arbitration? Compromise
Not at all. But with arms-soldiers, po-
lice and Pinkerton men.
Where suprv1ne Indifference and ig-
norng OF claims, as In the case of the
Worlds fair directors to the respectful
demands Of the united trades, win not
conquer, physical force is resorted to
In every strike, lockout or dispute,
throngs of blue coats appear ON the
scene TO guard the interests Of the EN-
pioyers-never those of the employed.
No one ever heard of the militia being
called out to aid workingmen, and yet
the employing classes have not always
been law abiding and Orderly" They
have turned sick women from their
homes TO die in the streets. They have
shot into crowds and killed innocent
In The Name of the Prophet,
fgsl cry the vendors of the fruit in Con.
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