The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-21
MORE 70 "a sCARn

ga Scab" comes to the front again in
the last issue of the Dark Horse and
seems to feel bad about the position
The REPUBLIC takes on union labor. If
there is any one class of humans who
deserve the detestation, adherence,
censure of the whole world it is a scab
and his supporters. They are the para
sites, the traitors, of the laboring world
They are, as a rule, ignorant and in
competent, and take the place of an
honest working man at lower wages, be-
cause it is the only way they could
hope to secure employment And by
taking this employment at a reduced
wage, they harm, not only the man he
has rated out of the means of living,
but the whole laboring world as well,
himself included.
'A Scab" thinks that strikes tends
towards barbarism, but he is very much
mistaken. Revolutions never retro
grade, they know only one motion and
that is advancement. Labor unions
are the brakes that hold arrogant CAPT
tai in check, that keeps the laboring
class from total wreckage This gov
eminent, for the last 80 years, has been
a deadly foe to labor, steadfast friend
to capital.
Where you see vast fortunes amassed
almost in day, there has been robbing
done, and the amusement bears prima
facie evidence. Scabs have played an
important part in this, as they have of
fered to toll for a pittance and thereby
set the standard of wages, as the mini
mum, and not the maximum fixes that
standard. By so doing they conferred
a great favor on capital and have been
repaid by longer hours of toll, less
wages, and an advanced price for nee
essities. This has not only affected the
wage-workers, but all classes, except
the capitalists.
Previous to the war 80 per cent of the
house holders of the United States
owned their homes, millionaires were
unknown. How is it today? Million
aires as common as sunshine in June
and only % per cent of house holders
owning their homes And yet this gov
eminent, in 'Scab's'' opinion, could not
be improved upon. Persia, Babylon
Egypt, Rome and France furnish fitting
of the dangers towards
which the United States is rapidly ap-
The home makes the citi-
zen, the lack of home the revolution
list.
The several great strikes in the past
few years, can rightly be called failures
in some respects. In others, and the
more important, they have been mag
niticent victories. These struggles,
though seemingly lost, have caused the
laboring man to look for the cause of
his poverty and his employers pros
perity. They have found it. It is Iegis-
lation. They have reviewed the past
and saw that while they have neglected
capital has courted legislation. It is
SO written on every page of the statute
book. 1t shows on every decision from
the bench, even the bullets in the car
bine of the soldier, bear the trade
mark of capital.
mere IS going to be one of the great
est strikes in the history of the world
in the next few years, it is going to
bankrupt capital. it is going to anihi-
late the scab, it is going to make relic
of this government, it is going to change
every law on the statute book, 1t is GO
ing to annul the decisions of servient
courts, it is going to change and make
new government, whereby the man
and not the dollar viii receive the most
consideration. This great strike is go
ing to be at the ballot box. and when it
IS fairly on two great political parties
are going to go ont of power and viii be
remembered only as a blot upon the es-
cuteheon of American history.
Now ''Scab, whether you work, beg
or steal for a living, be enough of q
man to cease your unjust warfare upon
union labor be enough of man to
look at things as they really are, and