The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-08
Is the logical outcome Of Democratic
timss. OF strikes and labor unions Mr..
p,5,n1rd. save.

"A strike. saId he. rs tie naiunl Snd proper
fnCsfa Of action Of any body Of WORKING men
VINO Brp dllsatiEfed With the nature 0i their en-
pjOyment or with Ihell pay They have tue
ans hight " quit work that any body Of men
has 70 70 70 work; but when II COMES 70 the
neXt aiep-theiF undertaking TO deny 10 other
men the same right and freedom 10 work thAt
they haTe not 20 work they are overlapping we
bounds Of individual rights aud personal Liberty
The principle Of trades unions has god Philo'0-
phy lack Ol Il and within Just and reasonable
iilnttI may be most useful not only 20 ths 'apSs
ing man. but the nation ~ well. They may Oe
heiDinl to Acommuglty just ~ combinations o.
c1piiGl arc absolutely Indispensable IN nseiul
public works. RSIt Fequirel extensive capital 70
conduct suocesSiully public enterprises which
beneAt larEH BsctiOnS Of country aud which eau
be anC0ui pllAhed only BY the corporate comDIhA'
tons VI accumulated wealth.
The whole body Of this American Railway
Union couldn't run tho railroads Of the Unitcd
states for QUE week without appealing 10 capital
for help" impns'IveIy said tho Statesman,
'ijust Is. continuing. lin the Saine sense tho
whole Of the capital Of tho country could not
conduct the AiiAlna Of commerce Tor one duv
without tho help and corporation Of great
bot1leS Of men
Neither eau prosper without the other. TheIr
relations should be nmiRbic, because they are
IntcFdepeudent. neither eau exist without tho
Othef."
Mr.. Edmunds holds that compulsory
arbitration would be absurd, and u vio-
lation OF personal rights, aud his views
differ from those OF tho majority OF pub
lie men who have expressed themselves
on the subject. He declares that tho
notion, for instance, Of coercing 100000
men to 70 to work for Pullman or the
railroads, rs the result and inconSo'
qucnco Of the opinion, judgment and
decision Of board OF arbitration that
it ought to be done, 10 absurd. 1t would
amount to slavery. "And II, on tho
other hand" continues Mr. Edmunds.
"the boards decision was In favor OF
tho 100000 men and the employer could
DO coerccd into taking them back to his
employ on terms forced upon him by
the board then there would be an I'M
heard OF accumulation Of bankruptcies,
then chaos. No ono Gun picture or do.
scribe the situation that tho commerce
aud trade aud society Of the country
would DO in"
Mr.. Elmunds further says on this
subject:
"a compulsory arbitration law could not hold.
Il w9Ps1 beelg&sy aud uumlslHkuhlY Mnconsti'
tutl0uH No court would uphold Il. The feel
Ing between capital and labor and tho relations
existing aud In the future 10 exist nrr not SlGh
aS Gun b. changed or much improved by lCGlsIh'
ton or legislative Interference. The lnwrilten
laws Of bTOthctly love- OF equity aud Justice
must govern them aud obtain III the end. Com
pnlSOry arbitration Is utterly inconsistent win
the meaning OF the constitution OF the unllcd
States aud OF the constitutions VI NIL oil tho
states
Lax immigration laws Mr.. Edmunda
believes TO DO one OF tho causes OF tho
industrial unrest lie believes that the
laws should DO so adjusted as to
diminish to tho greatest possible cxtent
consistent with the general prosperity.
the coming OF tho extremely ignorant
and vicious classes OF other countries to
our shores. Our country is so popu'
lous and ordinarily is 80 prosperous.
that is has no need for its own sake Of
stimulating the growth OF 1t by exccs.
sive immigration.
The period Of naturalization should
be extended and much higher degree
OF scrutiny in cases OF naturalization OK
erciscd.