The record-union., 1894-07-18

want to understand it; they are not law
abiding people. They claim that by their
representatives trip TO Washington they
have succeeded in doing much for labor
by having pointed out TO the President OF
the United States this particular law.
1t will be remembered by those who
observed the recommendation of the
President during his first term of Office
that he called the attention of Congress TO
this subject OF arbitration between capital
and labor. He would have given the
same attention to this matter before the
strike as he has since had these pretended
friends of labor asked for the execution
OF the law before the strike was ordered.
If you Will read between the lines in all
their documents they are partly falr
upon the surface, but the leaders and
many followers of this organization do
not believe in trying to have the
laws enforced 1t is not their plan;
they are not working for the
rights OF the laboring man; they are
working to destroy labor and create
fight between it and capital III the hope
OF getting division for themselves with
out labor. 1t is most cOnSOllng 10 the
people that all the labor organizations
are not socialistic. The interviews with
the leaders of the Federated Trades in
Chicago very forcibly explain themselves
upon what they think OF Debs and Sow
ereign's principles. The Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, Firemen and
other organizations have stood Loyalty by
the decision of the United States Court
and have not undertaken TO sacrifice any
thing which they have gained by the
honorable way which they have pursued
and gained Tor labor everywhere by the
effect of Judge Caldwell's decision.
The action of the Federated Trades Of
this city goes to show that they are con-
servative and have an Intelligent element
in their organization, true to the princl-
pies of the laws OF the country and would
not be hoodwinked by the American
had requested them to order strike.
Whatever reforms they expect, they pro-
pose 10 have it by proper legislation.
Later on / shall furnish you an article
on the good results of this strike. on
what believe will be the results and how
it was necessary; and while it is unfortu-
nate that it should have occurred at this
time and at this place, still some one
must pay the penalty. But there is re-
lief coming alter this that will De greater
than the present cost.
l wish to call the attention of few of
the people of this city-those who have
let their prejudices run away with their
princi ple-to the fact that from the lst
day or January, 1893, to the 1st day of
January, 1884, the pay-rolls OF the South
ern Pacific Railroad Company tor their
car building in the shops here was -. 049.-
lS9 0S. They purchased material from
the merchants of Sacramento to the
amount of S33, 1850; paid into the city
treasury for taxes ,2ll 70; paid into
the county treasury for taxes 50, ,553 06-a
total of y, l03, 323 50. In that same period
there was consumed in manufacturing at
this point ., ,4o9 S3o pounds OF anthracite
and bitunIlnous coal, :, y6S, 733 pounds OF
coke, 7,945, 900 pounds of pig-iron and H.
"a, 800 pounds OF scrap-lron, all OF which
was brought from tide water; also 6.262, :
Ill feet OF lumber, most OF which was
brought from tide-water. 1t must be re-
membere that the money which was
paid QUITO labor, which was over S2 000,-
600, went largely into the hands of the
local merchants OF this place, and it
should also be remembered that all this
great amount Of material coming from
tide water was brought here al great eX-
pense, and a large proportion OF it, after
it has been manufactured into mer-
chandise for the company, has to return
over the same road by which it came and
is used in other parts Of the State, in the
center and south, where their principal
trackage is located.
This is matter worth careful consider
alton. 1t makes no difference what your
you owe to yourself, to your friends and
to these unfortunate men who have been
led astray by these unprincipled leaders,
to go to The employees of this company
and have them return to- their places, if
for no other reason than for the sake of
their wives and children, many of whom
will be objects of charity upon the city
unless they can get their old places.
have been through the shops consid-
bfu Gitlea I baVp hann hnro apd T
recognize very few of the men that are
around these headquarters as those who
worked in the shops. l think a large
proportion OF this element are men who
Hooked here the same as the Common
veal Army did.
In this connection / am reminded of a
lecture that l attended a few years ago on
| the WASTES and Burdens of Society,""
and l was SO impressed with the lecture
that | took the following:
Another waste of society is the mis-
application of forces. We are, in society,
plowing with greyhounds and attending
the chase with oxen. In society men are
put into the wrong places. Those who
are fast are put into slow places, and
those who are slow are put into fast places.
1 Those who are thick-skinned are put into
places where sensitive persons are needed
and vice versa. Men are showed into life
to find their own places and don't find
| them. Men are just as blindly ignorant
row as when this globe was first created,
and people won't be educated. They
take the wrong place in society, and put
their children into the wrong places. Do
we not see everywhere IN society the
greyhounds pulling and the oxen rum
ming? Do we not see many people stay
ing at home who ought to bo making
laws? And OH heavens, how many do
we see making laws who ought to be at
home. Many men are bound out for the
ministry. but they are not lit for it. They
would make good college presidents. or
lawyers, or merchants; they are good
men and mean well, but are in the wrong
place. The waste in too many places is
from the top of society, and the loss is of
the cream. The next Is the waste that
comes by lying. The black lies do least
harm. They are like the big BEETLES
which come into your room in summer.
Everybody hears and recognizes them:
thew tum BILE on the carpet and that is the
end OF them. But the white lies make
men suspicious of others, and lose by
watching over each other and their en-
pIoyes Men say it is wrong to lie from
the bottom OF the brain, but that lying
for right or for mercy is right; but l say
lie not at all.'"
a most unfortunate incident seems to
have occurred among the citizens. a
citizens committee was formed to try
and act as d mediator in the difficulties;
they worked faithfully and were honest
and right The City Council appointed a
committee for this same purpose, and
they worked honestly and no doubt did
great good. No one seemed to be able to
accomplish much other than to furnish
good counsel. The people had gone SO
long on their good behavior that they had
forgotten all about Uncle Sam. they
had forgotten that the same sentiments
exist to-day that existed 100 years ago;
that the Constitution adopted by our fore
fathers is the same Constitution, with
amendments in line with the progress of