New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-03

Agitators claim the right to stop COM
merce, saying that in so doing they will
observe the law, and prevent violence
and destruction of property. These
same aggitators know perfectly we'll that
laboring men commanded to strike and
to boycott railroad properties will not
stand idly by and see others take their
places. As result the torch is applied,
riot ensues, and blood is shed. The la
Dor agitator in his initial step counsels
moderation in all things, yet he knows
full we'll that the inevitable result viii
be one of disaster and bloodshed. Every
man has the unquestoned right to re-
fuse to work if he sees fit. The right
of one man to run locomotive is quite
as lnviolate as the right OF another not
to run it. In the advancement of our
civilization we have many enterprises,
some perhaps insignif can't in themselves,
but taken in the aggregate forming one
vast vehicle Of trade, industry and com
merce. Among the important parts
forming the whole we find an intricate
system OF railways, the ownership vested
III individuals by reason of money invest
ed and shares of stock and bonds held.
These railways are not operated for the
Individual convenience of the stock and
bondholders. On they contrary they are
operated for the accommodation and direct
benefit of the public at large, in the de-
velopment of trade, in the moving of
the products of one community to that of
another that each may share in the pro-
ducts of all, that the resources of differ
ent Localities may be fully developed and
brought to our doors for consumption
Thus We see that what is commonly
looked upon as private enterprise is in
every sense public institution, public
convenience, and at once an agency we'll
calculated to advance our most vital in
terests. Our condition makes them nec-
essary, just as much so as if they were an
arm OF our Federal machinery. They
are so merged as part of our social and
commercial conditions that their violent
stoppage results in an injury to all.
The legally authorized corporation is
held to strict accountability for all its
acts, and penalties are severe for a mis-
use of power. In like manner labor or
ganizations must be treated with. The
public is, as rule, in sympathy with the
under dog in the fight, but the public is
not in sympathy when the said dog takes
mean advantage. The labor leader
plays an important part in these troubles.
AS rule he is man of mediocre abil.
ity' glib of tongue, and possessing pc
culiar fitness in being able to advise men
who are getting good wages and provid-
ing good homes for their families. Be-
cause man in California is unable to
get along with his employer, another man
in Pennsylvania who is known as swell
to-do'. must quit work until the matter
is adjusted; such is the advice of the la
Dor leader and for this advice he is paid
a good salary. Thus we see the juggler
taking the bread which belongs to one
man and g1vingit to another, or, literally
speaking, taking it away from both. Our
laws governing such men and the organ
lzations they represent are woefully lax
as in the case of Debs and his following
in Chicago.
Napoleon before the battle of Borodi-
no, on ascertaining the cause of con-
siderable disturbance in Rouen, wrote to
his minister in Paris to send those fellows
to the Twenty-fifth Regiment in Italy.
"lt is In need Of recruits. Pack them off
where their fighting propensities will do
some good and not be menace to law
and order" This would be the Emper-
or's ways of ridd1ng the country of such
| discordant elements as the United States
has been recently afflicted with. Russia
would bring Debs up with round
turn. He WOULD be given free transpor-
tation to life jcb in the mines at the
utmost confines of the empire. Germany
Austria, England, France and every ma
ton In Europe would handle Debs in
an exceedingly expeditions manner for
half the provocat1on he has given here.
Compare the recent gathering of the mob
in Chicago with the gathering of mob
in France. La the first instance it was
not until millions of dollars worth of
property had been destroyed and many
lives lost that the authorities bethought
themselves that any thing was wrong. In
the latter case, at the first indication Of
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