The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-05-31
CAPITAL AND LABOR

tAflThI AND LADOI-
Tho loss of daily wages has been fol-.
lowed by great privation and suffering.
While charity has been appealed to-,
and municipal aid in giving employ
mont has been invoked, yet go inad-
equate has been tho relief that dissa,is.
faction has spread TO other depart
lncnts OF employment, till We arc
threatened with complete prostrstion
OF ail industries, mining, manufacturing
and transportation, and commerce and
finance, 80 dependent upon tho others,
nro involved in the common calamity.
Whom go great evils confront us. involv.
ing the whole body polite, the duty be-
comes imperative to address ourselves
rcsoluseiy to the task of removing them.
Ordinary means have Jailed. Courts OF
arbitration should be tried. Employees
and employees should DO represented in
their make up. Powor to fully investi.
gate the facts. to send for persons and
papers, and to enforce their finding or
judgment should DO conferred. O.gan-
lied labor should not be suppressed. In
union only it is strong. Trades unions
should be recognized and protected by
law, and in turn should be mado amen.
nble to tho law. As the right Of capital
to combine in corporate or partnership
enterprises under tho protection OF tho
law is granted, it necessarily implies
tho legal right to regulate and contro!
such combinations. Capital and labor,
go Indispensable TO each other. nave no
inherent antason!sm. 1t is selfish and
senscless competition carried to eX-
trcmes that makes itappear otherwise.
SOLUTION OF THE LABOR QUESTION.
The truo solution OF tho labor quea.
tion lies in its profitable employment,
profitable alike to employer and om-
ployc, with sufficient hours for rest,
recreation and soli improvement, and q
reasonable margin for aavings and suit.
able provision for old ago, na we'll as for
the growing family and its education,
without resorting to child labor. Tho
duty OF the state will not bc discharged
till all tho conditions are mado most
favorable to accomplish this end. Ar
bltration will only bo needed when
differences arise. Differences will dis
appear when capital and labor. twin
factors OF success and prosperity. arc
probably employed. Some things arc
universally recognized Gs essential to
this condition. Among them arc a
stable and sound currency. Without
this all trado lanSuishes.
EXCESSIVE IMMIGRATIoN.
Excessive Immigration is now every.
whore recognized ns o growing evil.
One haa said that tho Gates OF Castle
Carbon open inward only. a half mill
Ion or more ofimmigran,a swarm annu-
ally upon our shores, Many arc with.
out means, trades or trained occupa-
tions, and 90 to swell the already over
crowded ranks OF unskilcd labor. Most
arc wanting In all knowledge OF our lan-
guaGo and tho genius and spirit OF our
laws aud institutions. : few como for
4 short stay, intending to return to
their native land when they shall havo
accumulated tritiing sum. Most have
5oen accustomed to go low plano OF
lirinC,of food, clothing and shelter, that
no solI.rospecting workman accustomed
to the better wages, better surround.
tngs, and higher aspirations hegotten
by our civilization and the opportuni-
ties of our government and social life,
can compete with them. Clearly unre-
stric,cd immigration is an evil thu,
should bo guarded against.
GOVERNMENT AID.
Another method in which employ.
mcnt Tor both capital and labor can be
proGtably had, wlthou. introducing the
dcmoralizing element OF charity, Ia the
imitation. by tho government OF the
wise landowner who gives employment
to his sons aud helpers, by clearing his
iorosts, manufacturing its products into
lumber. opening his mineral deposits
and putting them into tho markets,
utilizing his water COURSES for power
and transportation, aud making produc-
tive all his hillsides and vallays. Lot
thegovcrnment extend needed'improve.
meh.s to our harbers. connect our In.
land seaa, tho grcat lakes OF tho north,
by canals. with tho waters OF tho Mis-.
sissipi, increase our navy, extend and
strengthen our coast defences, irr!gatc
our rainless districts Of, the west, open
oil the public lands for eottlement, and
mako accessible the minerals.now.under