New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-08-08

ais in the United States would have no
market for his goods. for the foreign
competitor would supplant him, thus
leaving him consumer with no means
for purchasing necessities, and his en-
ploves without means for buying, with
out even means Of earning livelihood
The doctrnaires should not forget"
declared the Vermont Statesman. "that
the ppnpl" Is. III" i'nit"'i Safes are by
farthe large ! '%tr' :.
raw materials and products. a.. that
anything that di,tur!,s the operations Of
the producers and consumers in this
country is among the greatest business
evils that can possibly happen. They
should not forget that every producing
and consuming interest in the United
States is dependent in a large degree on
the success of every other interest. This
is truth universal in its operation. Any
disturbance of 1t affects every country,
and more particularly the few which
like the United States, have every varie-
ty of resource for self support"
Mr.. Edmunds has watched with great
interest and some concern the great strike
which recently ended, and its effect upon
industry and labor. He deplores the
the demagogic u1terances Of the agita-
tors in and out of congress a.-d the bad
effect they have had upon the mind of
the workingman. I had told him of an
incident that came under my own observ-
alton on the day followi- g the day upon
which Senator Voorhees, made his speech
in favor ef the income tax. On that day I
happened along Nassau street in New
York, and near the sub treasury saw sew
eral men at work repairing the pave
ment. They were discussing the income tax
anl the speech. At the end of u warm
discussion one of them turned and fac
ing the treasury building, shook his fist
at it and at the nearby banks, and ex-
claimed: These are the damned build
ings that hold money that shouldp pay he
taxes Of the workingmen. We ought to
be down here with guns and cannon in
stead Of picks and shovels."
In commenting upon this incident,
Mr.. Edmunds thought that the demago-
gic talk in congress aggravated disturb
ance that he believed was the logical
outcome Of Democratic times.
"a strike,' said he, sis the natural
and proper mode of action of any body
Of workingmien who are dissatisfied with
the nature of their employment or with
their pay. They have the same right to
quit work that any body of men las to
work; but when it comes to the next
step-their undertaking to deny to other
men the same right and freedom to work
that they have not to work, they are
overstepping the bound of individual
rights and personal liberty. They are
then as wrong as it is possible for any
one to be. In the employing of men
every man has as much right to work
when and where he will and at what
wage he will as he has not to work. The
employer has no more right to compel
the striker to work than the striker has
to compel the employer to give work to
certain wages. Every man has obvious
ly the right to work or not, just as he
pleases. The employer has the same
right to employ whom he chooses, and
the sooner both employer and employed
take that to heart the better. The princi-
pie of trades unions has good philosophy
back of it and within just and reasonable
limits may be most useful. not only to
the laboring man, but the nation as well,
They may be helpful to community
just as combinations of capital are abso.