Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-11

docs not reject Every hair in the
plaster on the walls of thess hnildinsys
~aes something W the value of everv
animal raised. II IL could not
o used for this purpose II would in
deed be valueless. The sand h dpg
from some mans land. II takes labor
70. dig it, labor to trapsport il ana
labor to spread It upon the walls
The lime Is burned from the stons
which lies in the way of tho plow-
share OF tho farmer. The Stone il
quariied from sOmA mans farm. N
SAAes lapor TO quarry IL and cut IL
aud place It. The timber comes from
some mans forest The brick Is
moulded out OF the clay from the
,ar . 30 every particle Of these
pulialngs' from the top OF the chimney
70 the bottom Of the stone foundation.
represents labor and capital In healthy
circulation, and are monuments OF
eiFlllzdtlon heretofore never dreamed
oil. II the surplus earnings Of men
were buried in The ground or locked
Us their ffcrs then 1t would be
money wrnng from the blood OF the
aGtion. II these ideas nf the 2eoplo's
party were carried TO a logical con
clusion no man would have a right to
build upon his farm. 1t would carry
us back 70 the days when naked
man r0amed the forests and devoured
his fellow man. These surplus earnings,
while they adOrn our country
and furnish labor with the
means of livelihood, they are our
churches and our school houses
for our moral and intellectual benefit
and the poor as well as the rich may
receive like boneft, There Is also an
other class of buildings which repre-
sent our surplus earnings They are
the distillerios and brewing establish
ments with their concomitants, III. sa-
looms. These plant themselves In con-
venicnt places where labor congregates
and bids you come and drink. As re-
suit the poor houses and prisons are
near By but out OF sight OF tho masses,
TOO terrible 10 behold Had ! my way
| would place the prisons and poor
houses undar the immediate eye OF the
people and the saloon out Of sight. !
believe men are slaves TO passions and
appetites and not BY action Of capital In
control OF others, but by the disposition
OF their own. do not war with my
neighbor because he will not sue Things
as / do. could not correct the evils
which beset The human family were
TO try; but / do NOT believe In augment
ing an evil by overlooking the truth
which undurlies all action, The labor.
ing man who eeus no further than the
man who employs him and attributes
all his troubles to him is ignorant in
deed. The Journal which announces
itself as the representative OF labor and
fosters the belief that capital has no
storms 70 encounter aside from the de-
mands made upon 10 by labor, is either
dishonest or ignorant. II a limb falls
from a tree and crushes s0mr une iOOk
beyond the tree for the cause
Aud are not We in O
measure 10 blame for placing ourselves
in dangerous positions. Every man who
squanders hi surplus does the vorythiup
aud makes himself the dupe or easy
sictim Of designing mon. We cannot
cure the evils now existing by destroy
ing capital or killing millionaires,
Neither csn YOU change the rates Of in
terrst or price OF labor by arbitrary law
or force. They are the ultimate out
growth OF supply and demand. be
leve in organized labor, but it should
never leave the path Of reason. II the la
Dor Of Georgia and other iron producing
states is low the Homesteader OF Penn
sylvania cun only keep his wages NJ
but by raising the price ia Georgia. II
| this cannot be done then he must ac-
| cept the inevitable for no industry can
| succeed in PaDnsylvania against a
| cheaper one in Georgia. No laboring
man has right TO say that improved
machinery shall not be used, who uses
| q hoe in his garden or u sewing ma
| chine in his house. No man has Alright
tosuy that 1 shall not receive tire,
! tim, as much as the man who can aC
| complish only one third rs much. Capi
| tai is aggressive and dishonest many
| times. so Is labor How many Of you
! would attempt 10 start a business o
any kind where labor is employed with
| ont overseeing il personally. How Ions
| would the business last which lei
| the laborers to oversee them
selves. So men are dishonest whel
left to themselves only honest through
force. This Is the rule. ] am glat
there are exceptions to this rule. Whei
a journal stands upon the ground tina
! there is nothing honest but toll, au'
every man Is hoping TO see the dal
when he will not be Obliged to toll, III
position is peculiar believe 10 tellin'
mon the truth. That success is base'
upon individual action. That mel
should look 10 themselves, depond upoi
themselves, for the elements Of success
are from within, and not 70 some won
derinl visitation Of providence, or tn
government II You and / have eS
pended too much money, or entere
into foolish contracts or speculatiy
schemes, let's tell the truth about
and not charge it up TO others. BE
cause work for corporation should
have as much as the president? III
horse plows my farm and pulls th
machine which rcaps my wheat yet
accord him 'oniy what he can eat, an
discard him or shoot him when he BE-
comes unit for service. When me
do unto others as they would hay
others do unto them, then the probler
viii be solved Yours Truly
J. b, COPELAND.