The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-25
SAM P. JONES' LETTER.
HE DISCUSSES THE INDUSTRIAL
CONDITION.
The Golden Rule the only solution
OF the ycxipg Problems of the
Dns-win soon he Changc
for the Bcttcr.

ditions or our country.
The average writer can write something
about almost anything. This subject, In
volving, as II docs, capital and labor mind
and muscle, is ono over which philosophers
and statesmen have puzzled their brains.
and, as yet, failed to carry us TO wise
conclusions.
This question Involving our rairoads.our
varied manufactures, our agricultural and
mining interests and so on, is too broad to
compass. and too Intricate to-expain.
Partial paralysis seems TO have taken
possession OF all these industries The lack
OF trafnc with railroads. the lack Of orders
with manufactures. the lack OF dcmand
for the produce of farmers ana miners,
are on the one slide, and the lack OF money
on the other side has turned the great
flowing river into sluggish bayou, ana
from every quarter is heard the cry.
"stagnatloni stasnatlonl"
Some OF our wisest men attribute the
present conditions in the Industrial world
10 the money panic. started by the failure
OF Barring Bros, nearly two years ago.
Others attribute It to Wall street. and the
frnnciers OF New York city clamorlng Tor
bonds. and thereby preolpltatlng the panic.
Others say THAI the Rola buggery and sill
yer diggery discussions produced 1t. 9th
ers say the tinkering with the ilan has
done IT, Others say It's over produce
ton along all the lines VI Industrial
life.
Who is right in their dIagnosisgAt the
Tower OF Babel, with all its confusion ut
there is among the wise men as ehey seek
to eNpOund the causes Of our present IN
dustrial troubles,
The want of demand all along tho line,
both FOR labor ana for the products of la
Dor, ~ heartrending 10 him who has q
heart The deserted aud silent mnnutac-
tories, rusting and cankerlnE while Idle
labor Is talking aud agitating. the Stiffness
OF the one ana the commotion IN the ranks
81 the other. precipitates problem that
can only be solved by the surfing OF the
one. which VIII quiet the other.
That capital has suffered, every man
sees who has an eye TO look upon the uu-
paralle.cd shrinkage 81 STOCKS and bonds
in real estate, in goods and chattels--al-
most one-half. AS We so through tile list.
we find that the capital of the capitalist
mas melted away.
There was not q good understanding be-
tween capital and labor When both were
things have brought about no more kind
~ relations.
The golden rule conselentlously adopted
and prtcticed, slDo unto others ~ yon
would be done by" offers the only solu-
ton to tho problems of the day. There
nayer was a time in the history Of man
when every capitalist ought 20 be phil
anthropist and every laborer Il benefac-
tor, more than now
1t IS not true OF the leboring man, as
was With Pai svlne years ago when bis
neighbor proffored to gct him work.
| "Fhith.p he says III is not work want
its wages" Men want work and need
work Us bad as they want and need
wages.
The father and husband walks nut OF his
almost breadless home early IN the motu-
ling searches for work AL day. comes back
TO his nome at night having accomplished
nothing, sits down to hts supper table and
sees the scanty meal disappear 10 satisfy
the hunger Of his loved ones and knowa
that tomorrow win be but "A repetition Of
today's experience, until the wolf shall
finally take possession OF his home. The
stoutest heart, the steadiest nerve the
most resolute viii, viii sooner or later
euccumb to the situation and drive him 20
despair
Relief societies have done much and may
do more for the poor and suffering. but
nothing can minister 10 the mind.
ana SATISFY the 'puihveH NNNSpt 'iAtf''F
ment
on the other hand the capitalist Who
looks upon his idle mills ana mines. on HIS
raIroad trains empty; the farmer who
sees his fields and stock with no demand
for his products. unless Il be at ii price
less than The cost Of prodneiion-shfink
and paralysis on all sdes-is as mornse
and unhappy as the iahorer Without
work.
j have talked much with the capitalist
and much With the laborer. one = as
unhappy over The situation as the other,
and one Will do as much as me psnsr
10 bring about a revival IA the In
dustrial world and start the ball a rolf
Il IL true In every disaster that wonisn
and children. with their WANTS and woes,
march In the procession. Out Of The silent
shops. the deserted mines me empty
trains. there IL q noise louder than the rat
tie Of machinery, the roar Of HE train ana
tho rumbilng OF the mines, aaa Il VIII be
heard-the cry FOR bread, the demand for
sustenanoe
II seems 10 my mind that the only solu-
luton 70 thehe problems LEG, iifl, - the
wise and cariy settlement OF all monetary
and tariff questions BY congress-, second,
In conventions OF the boards OF trade o. al
The states with wise diJcusF.ons and jtsi
conclusions, for ne manufacture and ma
turing or plaug 10 which labor can be
employed. and he long heavy trains np@
stalled Oh The bridge. can BE- helped over
Inc hills until they r1il,wi. ~ mighty mo
mentnm on 10 prosperity nnd ~ victory
A hard pail and a tong pull ana pun ~
together viii solve any problem and con-
OUR any officially. IN The multitude ot
counsel there Is Wisdom. and here and
there fnailukact5fies have started, enierA
tsrlses aulesea. fhe voice Of nurmAr'ng
shall 81 husted aud words ~ cncouraEe-
fa.3f aud rnHp rtfle p'th orfilf l'trF