New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
auttering nuisance, with nothing to cackle over
and no business to cackle.
UNREST.

UNREST
Unrest and discomfort arc by many regarded
~ the chief force which has caused the most
romarkabo political revolution in the history
of the country. Farmers feel that their crops
were selling at lower prices than they had OBJ
tanod the wear before, while their labor was
gradually becoming more costly. Working
men. while receiving larger wages than ever
were yet persuaded that they ought to receive
wages still larger. The working millions saw
everywhere around them evidences of vast ac-
cumulatcd wealth, lavish personal expenditure,
and could not comprehend why their ton
should win for them fewer luxurics and com
forts The strike of highly paid working
mon at Homestead attracted the attention
Of maTiv millions to the exceptional wages
there raid, and prompted many to feel that
they ought to receive at least AS much be-
cause millions were thus dissatisfied and look-
ing fer some sort Of change, small percentage
of them. and yet enough to turn the scale III
many STATES. concluded to see what transfer
Of power from one party to the other would
do for them.
T. is mover an easy matter to deal with this
sense of dissatisfaction respecting the dlstribu-
ton of wealth and the rewards OF toll. IN
every land under the sun, whether under one
form cf government or another, with Protec-
tion. semi Protcction or Free Trade those VINO
accumulate most Of the wealth are the 1eW'
vhlo those who labor all their lives with
scanty returns beyond more or less COM
Portable subsistence arc the many. Dreamers'
theorists. socialistic philosophers of all sorts,
arc constantly telling the millions that they
ought to obtain larger share OF the goou
things of life, and would if this or that theory
were cmbc died in laws. Political 1ugglefS ana
INSCRIPTIONS dcmaGogucs constantly foster inc
samo feeling in their strife to get place ana
power for themselves by ouStinS the men VINO
have public confidence. Night and day they
work upon the dissatisfaction Of many VINO
realize comparatively little, and their envy OF
tho few who accumulate much. seeds thus
sown bear more or less fruit according to the
intelligence of the millions, but at all times ana
in all lands are apt to bear some fruit.
This sort of discomfort j. MT directed only
TO those who have gained wealth by qu Stion-
able methods or without rendering adequate
benefits to society. The organizers OF great
cntcipriscS. whose rare abilities have for many
wear, provided comfortable employment Tor
increasing multtudcS, and BY their works have
chcapencd the necessities of life for all man
kind are as roundly hated As any men whose
wealth has como from accident or UNJUST cX-
tortion. Tho prevalent feeling with far too
many j, that the incalculablc services to the
world have been rendered by the miners who
take out tho ore or the roller who shapes the
.tec by the switchman who shifts car from
ono tract, T. another or the laboror who piles
the earth for m cmbankmcnt and not by the
men who have known how - command the
capital and the skill and the labor to accom-
rliSh result, never accomplished before.
Unrest is no, 4 peculiar product Of American
soil nor ought that soil to he fruitful Of such
growth. In thi, land the distribution Of
wealth and # the fruits Of labor Is moro just
and 70 the million, immcaSunbly more liberal
than in any ether. Here the power to deter
mine National policies and laws rests. never
with the fortunate few, but always with the
laborinr millions. II is a dark day for them
when they forget the responsibility which goes
with such power In their hands the Govern
mcnt is safe. SO long aS they Use their power
with intelligence, and with conscientious re-
card for the welfare 81 the millions around them
or who arc 10 come after them. But when
power i, blindly or potiShly used, regardless
Of the welfare Of others, and without intclli-
gent comprehension Of the risks to be run, the
ends t. be attained or the means . be en-
ploycd the millions have to bear the response
bility and the consequences. il Is the penalty
of their proud inheritance Of freedom that, If
they do not govern con>ccnt!ouSly, faithfully
and wisely, they must suffer The hope OF
,clf-govcynmcnt lies in the fact that with blum
dcis and suffering come education and 4 higher
sense of duty