New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-07-18

SfOr my own part, DelleVe Inc larger
number of men who join the strikers are
more to be pitied than to be blamed. They
are led ON by irresponsible and tyran-
nous chiefs. Labor unions have great
value, but one marked evil in them is
that they put the liberties of tens of
thousands in the keeping of one man or
of few, who become their absolute
masters.
'4These strikes read lesson to,capital.
Capital must for its own sake, as we'll as,
for humanity's sake, be mindful of. Its,
own duties and of the rights andinterest
of labor. The solution of the. differences
between capital and labor is, necessarily
complex, and no one precise formula has
been or can be found. A generous sense
of justice to all. deep love Of ones fell
lows, and attentive listenings to the
teachings of Christ will lead ON all sides
to better understanding and to happier
mutual relations. Certain it is that so
far as possible the laborer should not
lack the means of decent support Tor his
wife and family he should not be over
burdcned either IN weight or time of la
Dor; he should be treated as a rational
and moral being and with all respect
die his dignity. His remuneration, if
diminishing in periods of depression,
should increase in periods of business
prosperity. Industries which allow such
profit shaling, which secures the laborer
from want in sickness and old age, gain
strength to themselves while comforting
the workingman. And as some means
of prevention of strikes and dangerous
disputes between capital and labor, moth
ing better so far has been suggested
than arbitration, within all the lines of
wisdom and justice that national legisla-
ton can throw around it. Arbitration
will give at least moral conclusion,
against which neither capital nor labor
could we'll hold out.
| eyes, approve highly of President
| Cleveland's course in the strike. His
prompt action brought the state and city
officials, citizens and strikers to their
senses, and certainly, so far as he went,
he had legal right with him. Mr.Cleve-
land deserves we'll of the nation and peo-
pie of Chicago in particular. 1t were
we'll indeed for the principles OF the re,
public if city and state authorities were
always so prompt and firm in action as
to render needless all appeal to the ma
tional executive. But talking in a gen.
eral way, without reference to the city
of Chicago or the State of Illinois, of
the affairs Of which I am not fully in
structed, the difficulty is that state and
city officials are sometimes so soicitous
of political interests and patty consider
alton that they fear to offend. and allow
social troubles to grow until repression
seems impossible. The need of this
country is lofty ,disinterested patriotism,
which forgets all minor allegiances in
presence of the general welfare and has
leverage to make all sacrifices which may
be needed to uphold this welfare.
''The proposition of the Catholic
church is easily defined. She stands for
rights and duties; for labor
and for capital, so long as both follow
duties and the one allows the right Of
the other. But always AID everywhere
and above all other civil and social inter
ests or considerations, she stands fo1
public justice and social order. She alb
hors and forbids all approach to lawless-
ness and anarchy: she commands obed-
ience to law and stern loyalty to the
country and to its Institutions