The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1894-07-14

TO answer thutquestion it ~ necessary
TO consider, first, under what conditions
il can and does naturally exist, and
secondly, how TO produce and maintain
those conditions. Under what condi-
tinns can everybody expect TO find en-
ploymcnt and get good wages? Obvious
~ when there is "A large amount Of work
TO be done. But all work generally
speaking is for the purpose Of producing
something that can be disposed Of at
profit Hence the necessary conditions
Of plenty OF work are that there must be
good demand for the products oflabor.
The first and foremost thing, then, TO
be kept in mind is a good market. When
there is "A good market for the things
that labor can produce there will always
be good demand for labor and at such
wages as it may be necessary to pay to
get IT, II the market is still not supplied,
so that there is an inducements TO pro-
duce still more Of the articleeyen though
higher wages have TO be paid TO get more
laborers, such wages win be freely paid.
But no market for any article can be
produced artiiicially, or without the
presence Of certain necessary conditions
There must be u natural desire for the
article and, equally important. there
must be ability TO buy. hundred
hungry people would make no market
for baker il none OF them had any
money 90 buy bread. But there is still
third condition TO bc consdcred these
people might all be hungry and an have
money, but they would still furnish no
market for this baker II some other
baker stood ready To supply them with
the same bread al a much less price than
he could afford TO sell his for.
Keeping in mind the fact that there
can bc no wages for the laborcr unless
there is a market for his products, it
can be readily seen that there il no other
thing SO important ms Go keep up the
conditions that produce market II is
exactly for this purpose that protec-
tive tariff is adoptcd. II keeps our mar
kets from being flooded with the cheaper
products OF other countries, and by TINS
furnishing work 10 our own people ON
the American basis OF wages il provides
them with the money TO buy any and all
kinds Of commodities they may need or
desire. Tint is what makes good times,
while with those conditions absent IL is
Impossible Co have good times No
amount Of labor organization, striking,
boycotting, riotiag or Tussing or Tuning
can 10y any possibility make matters
any better, bat only worse. Men who
have capital viii put il into productive
enterprises and give employment to-
labor when the market conditions auc
favorable or there are prospects ths
they are 70 bo 50. Otherwise they \
not-they would not be sensible me
they did.
The people mndc grave mista 70 tw
years ago when they allowed q smselv,
TO be misled into turning over the on,
ernmcnt into the hands o. ac ~. - 80
who either have rot ntcI[F onoo ,nono
TO comprehend Che simple .nnait;ons
general prosperity or wlr caro less :,
those conditions than 4 nov I'D for mo-
narrow and 81 fish car .siderotions INT
tue's Term of oilics' e spires and n mo
,u'e'l'sc' and pfpiti otto policy can aga
= reP stated thant is no escape from Il
COZ .ditions whieiht heir policy must co
' tlnuo 20 prodGef. I.aboring peoplcmu
seek work whuuc vor they may bc ,ble
find il and ats mcb wnccs ns tue tim
J will warrant. and all classes must sil
, ilarly make Z nc beat OF the situation
It's tough lint there X canse I
+ thanlsinlues that November is comi
e on apncc,s nd with IL the chance
! another % ,ction.-pick x Axe.