Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-08
The LABogrns' MISTAKE

A Denver paper in an attempt to eX-
plain and, a. far as p0ssible, defend
the Coxey movement and Colorado
strikers makes Tho point that In times
OF buslntss depression the myrlnds
thrown out Of employment universally
move towards the national capitela'
why, they cannot tell. but they are
convinced that the source Of the evil -
TO be- found nj the scats " government
and they naturally 10 to the supposed
source TO find remedy. "ln Great
Britain" the paper argucpi "the unem-
ployed move on London; in France, on
Parl,; Ia Germany, on Berlin. The
area Of these countries comoiuoi is not
equal TO that Of some American s'a'ea'
anu therefore the drive Of humanity 10
their capitals is not ~ remarkable, This
may now be regarded as one Of tue
laws Of great business depression; and
the movement to Washington is 10 &C
oordanco with IT,"
This plea for the anomalous move
mtuh on Warrington ~ Nh' H'"aa''
may be Ingenious, but II IL based ON a
mltstatement Of facts and can serve no
good purpose. IL Is true enough that
Ia times OF depression unemployed
naturally congrega,c In the great cen
tiers Of population, where the chances
Of employment aro supposed to be
greater than elsewhere, but II IL not
true, as the argument evidently im'
plies, that Il IL a natural law that drives
unemployed to combine Ia u movt-
ment upon,tho seats Of government In
order 10 force legislation their way.
The scheme would be utterly imprao-
tieablo In any of the countries
mentioned, and were II attempted,
IL would be speedily be put down ~
insuTeotion. Just fancy handful Of
hoodlums from Hamburg, Lubbock and
other citles starting out for Berlin.
How far would they bc allowed to
proceed before they were all securely
locked up9 Aud In England, a SINH
lar crowd marching on London from
the slums OF Hull OF Liverpool would
fare no better. Some years ago the
laboTefs ia the timber yards near
sundswall, Sweden, suddenly struck,
assumed threatening attitude toward
tho local government and destroyed
some property. but before they
knew what had happened the whole
crowd, several thousand strong,
were surrounded by the troops com.
mandod by the governor OF the
province, aud n man.oi-war was on IL
way from the capital to back the gov
ernOr up n necessary. The rioters had
to surrender Internationally ana the
leaders were promptly sent 10 jail,
That Ia how they they do things oyei
Ia Europe. A Coxey movement
would not be tolerated In any Of thos,
souutriss, not even in republican
Switzerland. II Is "a possibility only
ina country like this, where the crest
est liberty Is enjoyed ant where men
may abuse their rights TO certain eX.
tent without molestation.
No right minded person can fall
to feel the greatest sympathy fol
the worthy laborcrs who are sut
ioriug the consequences OF depressed
trade. But II would bo false friend.
ship indeed to encourage In any way
these sufferers to adopt a course de-
structivO 10 their best interests; and
certainly laborers commit grave enron
when they rise In arms against capital
Tho plain reason why % many now
are unemployed IL that capitalists at,
tlmld and capital Is Idle. 10 IA,
remedy for this to create condition o
still greater insecurity and timidity
1t cannot be denied that Ia tho degree
that sirlkers anu CoXcyiles me
mace and doslrJy property an,
iunict losses ON capital, In tina
ALme degree the chances OF employ
mens and u return Of prosperity vii
be letaoued, The AbOrUrs OF this oouu
Try are intelligent enough 20 under
stand that without capital millions O
lhelr own class are doomed 10 idleneg
because the factories arc closed, IN
fields untitled. Good will anu goo
feelings between men Ia what Is need
I'd, anu any movement with a view d
promoting these IL o0mmondable Will
tbs opposite is Us destructive to On
laborers' interest - to the prosperity d
ths country,