Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-01-19
CAPITAL AND LABOR. ! :

IS deplorable, and from reports we
! can see no prospects for change
very soon. After the labor unions
forced the Annie creek workmen
["scabs" as they term them] to
quit work the Deadwood business
men held meeting and adopted
resolutions concerning the affair;
the unions Immediately then de.
cided to boycott the city of Dead.
wood entirely, and to do all in their
power to injure Deadwood enter
prises, and to make every effort to
have the county seat removed,
either by state authority or dyna-
mite. 1t is expected that the
Homestake will shut down next,
unless miners accept 50 day.
1t is a pity that such a state of
affairs should have been brought
about just as outside capital was
being invested in their mines, and
some of the many idle men set to
work. Owners of the mines seem
to know what they can afford to
pay for work, while on the other
hand unions have set price for
labor and insist on their price being
sustained or putting a stop to any
thing being done. The STAR be-
lieves that labor has often been
imposed upon. and has rights that
it must assert to be respected.
Both capital and labor are arbi
trary in numerous instances; peo-
pie are arbitrary naturally; capital
can afford to remain idle. labor
can't; labor makes capital, and
capital can make labor; compro.
mise is the only remedy where
conflict is once begun. The north
ern Hills trouble is catastrophe,
and in this instance, from all we
can learn, the miners unions have
gone out of their way in bringing
about this conflict, and put stop
to work that was entirely out OF
their line. and forced men to quit
who preferred to work rather than
Big.
These questions between labor
and capital are of such serious i'm
port, especially at this time, that
we reproduce the following excel
lent article from the American
Economist:
Every effort is nov being male. as 1t
has alwa. been made III tile past, to
create conflict between bur and
capital. This is rs fOOlislI ;s it is u,.-
just. Those " lO agitate such ideas can
g nerally t,r fund ~, oilg men who do
not care tlleml>eives tn work, but prefer
to go around and create dis>e,si0ns and
troub e where none had previously ex-
i<t.'d. Such men are mischief makers
and malrfactUrs.
Labor AMI capital are. and must he.
one. They are necessary tO each other
without tll us.. of Labor capital would
be idlt. Witll0u. tl.e use of capital
la""r would br idle. Labor cannot lind
work unless there. are factor rs, mines
or farms where its work is needed.
Capital would be uselessl> employed in
building factories. opening up mines or
laying out f.rMs unless it could SECURE
the labor with which to do the needed
work.
Any antagonism of lanor toward
capital that is employed in honest en-
terprise. winch affords an ppoltunity
fOl men to earn an honest living, is alb
solut' ly wrong. Any antago,ism ot
capital toward the labor it EMPLOYS,
and which it needs. is abso utelv wrong.
These two units. labor aud cap,ta', are
SD wrapped together. and SD involved
with one anot' er. that they must work
together and in harmony. in order tn
acquire mutual success.
1t is well to consider for moment
who are the men that employ the capl-
tai and own the mil 8, the mines or the
farms. They ar. men who have c"me
here and worked hard at their calling~,
and " h" have t'y their energy aud per-
severance pushed ahead of others. They
have acquired position that Il ousauds
Of other hard workers are to-day hoping
to secure for tn. m>elvps in the future.
If it be wrong that these men have
succeeded, then it will be equally wrong
for Others to follow in their foutsteps of
sucress.
The Press Association Of the
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