West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-09-15

A'' '"V hIh VINO mus ne Cr ulSutli
to do an act 10 which by horor the,
arc tied, | have nothing but nd
miration and to "A society Of sucl
men who weld by example sucl
unDoundcd influence for good, hu
manity must accord very higl
place among IFS benefactors.
You have solved :hc question
which for years has agltated the
public mind. You have associated
together for the purpose of dignity
ing your calling, dignifying your.
selves, and by example so worthy
OF emulation, for the purpose of
dgnlfylng mankind. And so posi-
tive is youc right TO thus associate
together; so independent of the
State and its laws is your right to
exist Tor lawful purposes that the
very moment that human law places
hand upon your Brotherhood it dc.
MES the very principle upon which
the State itself exists, aud instead
OF acting in accordance with right
reason 1T becomes Il species of VIC.
icncc. You arc bound together by
the same natural impulse upon
which society itself is founded. Aud
added to this impulse is the sane
ton of Holy Writ, for 1t says ct
Is better that two should be to.
gcthcr than one, for they have The
advantage of their society. If one
fall, lie shall be supported by the
other. Woe to him that is alone.
for when he falleth he hath none to
lift him up. - Ecclesiastes iv, 90.
And again it is sand in the book of
Proverbs: \ brother that is help
ed by his brother, is like u strong
city."-Pro. xviii, 10.
In the spirit of truth You have
scoifed at those crafty agitators who
would poison your minds with the
false doctrine that class is ncces-
sarily opposed to class that be.
tween capital and labor there is an
irrecOhciluble conflict that between
fortune and poverty there is war
fare 10y nature. You have insisted.
as you must insist that just as the
symmetry of the human body de-
ponds upon the disposition of its
members, so it is also ordained that
IN society these two clasSes must
exist not in conflic', not in war
thre, but in that pleasant associa.
ton which would insure harmony
IN the body polite. There is such
inter dependence, that without the
one the other cannot possibly exist.
And those who would deliver You
from the hands Of callous EN- loyers
by promises Of alleviating or rid
ding Of the hIals and aunoyanccs
which are the common inh r.tancc
OF all OF MS, cheat you and deceive
sou, for ever since WAS issued the
Divine injunction "Thou shalt eat
thy bread in the sweat Of thy brow
mans lot has been to labor and to
wait.
In the spirit of justice You have
taught your employers that which
Is so true in principle. They have
been taught to look upon you, not
as chattels, not as mere instru-
mcnis, ont of which to increase
their wealth, but as human beings
confronted ut every step by the i'm
perious demand of nature, that YOU
have souls to save. and that by the
labor Of your hands can you and
yours subsist. Ard from the prin-
ciple we'll understood, or rather
necessity, many other considera-
tons must follow. That you have
souls to save reminds your employ
ers that your hours Of Labor should
not interfere with tho exercise Of
your religious duties that your
surroundings and influences be not
such as would corrupt your morals
or expose you to the temptation Of
sqnnndering your substance. That
in the sweat Of your brow you shall
work ont % subsistence reminds
them chat your energies should not
be oycrtaZed, apd that your charae.
ter your disposition, the nature OF
your employment. your health and
necessities, should all receive from
them wcghy consideration I'm de-
termiuiug your wages and the hours
Of your labor. They are also re-.
minded that DO every mans labor
there arc two elements or chirac-
teris..cs-the one personal which
consists OF the individual ouorgy