The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-21
STRIKE LESS YOfE MORE.

etS as pOSSlDio are lOlIONiiiS MI. IlOW-
chs Traveller from Altruria," now
running in the Cosnsopoiito's hogosine.
We extract the following from one of
the conversations in the July install
msnt of the story:
Tile lawyer broke the awkward pause
which followed: :.
81 have heard i asserted that there
ls',p Country III the world, where the
separation of the classes is 80 absolute
as in ours. In fact, once heard
Russian revOlutiOnist, who had lived
in exile all over Europe, say that he
had never seen. anywhere, such want
of kindness between rich anS poor, as
lie had DESERTED in America. doubt
Ell whether he was right. But he
believed that, if it ever came to the
industrial revolution with US, the fight
would be more tIIcOmprOInisiDS than
any such fght atthe ;wo,'Id had ever
seen. There was 10 respect from low
to high, he said, and ITO consideration
from high to low as there were in
countries with traditions and old asso-
ciati0ns," 4"
: SWELL" 1aid the banker, there
may be something III that. Certainly,
40 far rs the two forces have come INTO
conflict here, there has been no dispu-
sitiOn, on either side, TO make war
With the water Of roses.' Its aston
islling, in fact to see -hUw ruthless the
fellows who have just got up ara to-
wards the fellows who are still down.
And the best Of us have been up only
a generation or tw0-..Il the fellows
'.ho are still down know it. ~ q
And What do you think would he
the outcome of such a confict?" l
askea, with Ivy soul divided between
fear of it, and the perception of its
excellence as material. My fancy
viv.dly sketched tie cutting 'oi a'story
which, should fofecast the struggle and
its event, somewhat on the plan of the
Battle of Dorking. -
I'VE should beat" said the banker,
breaking his eigal-ash oft with his
little finger. and instantly cast him,
with his.ironical calm, for the part OF
Il great Is,trician leader, III my Fall OF
the Republic; OF course l disguised
him somewhat, and travestied his
worldly bonhOmie with the bluff sang
froid of the soldier; these things are
easily done.
What makes you think we should
beat?" asked the manufacturer, no,
anx;ously, but with Il certain curiosity
"Well, all the good lingo reasons
We haze got the materials for beating
Those fellows throw; aw,y theil
strength whenever they begin to fight
and they've been SO badly generate.
up to the present time. That they have
wanted to fight at the outset of every
quarrel They have been beaten il,
every quarrel. but still they alway.
want to begin by'ashtiiig. THAT is al
right. When they have learned enough
to begin by voting, then we shall have
to look out. But if they keep on fight
ing, and always uniting themselves il,
he wrong and getting the worst of it
perhaps We tan nix the voting so tina,
We needn't he any more afraid Of thai
than we are of the fighting. It's aston
isl,ing how shOrtsighted and i!logic,
they are. They have no conception Of
amy cure for their grievances, exsep
more wages and fewer hours.s' {"
But" asked, '',to you really thinl
they have amy just grieyances?''
''Of course not, as a bust less man,
| said the banker If l ws.e Il work
ingman should probably think differ
emily. But We will suppose, for tht
sake Of argument. that their day is tot
long and theiy pay is too s..ort. How
do they 80 about 10 tU l,efttr them
selvesY They strike. Well, u strike
is fight, and in light, now-;,-tay 8
il is always skill and money that win.
fiie workingmen can't stop till the,
have put themselves outsi,;e' Of the
public sympathy, which the newspaper.
say is so po' ent in their behalf; LIN. vel
SAW that it did them the least good
fkey begin by boycotting and break
ing che hessds of the men who want t.
wirk. They destroy property, and
they interfere with businiessi-ti.e two
absolutely sacred things in tie Ameri.
can religion. Tlen we CALI. oat' the
mi itia and shot a few or them, and
their leaders declare the sttike of
It is perfectly simple"
.But will it Ia quite rs simple,''
asked, reluctant mi behalf of my PFC.
jcctsd romance to have tlie mattel 81
som disposed Of. ''wiu its'be quite a.
| simple if their leaders should ever per.
saade tho workmgEeD TO 1e:ive tn.
militia, as.ti:sy :hrsa:en to dor"
mo, not quite rs simple." the
banker admitted, ..Still. the figh,
would be always comparatively simple
In the first place, ] doubt-though !
won't be certain about ,t-whethel
there are great mary ,yorkinemen il,