Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-20

IaDorer is always creditor for at least one
days work. When any man can show me
labOrer who has been paid In advance for o
days work, will show him laborer who is q
debtor. The laborer, by the very law OF his be-
ing, is u creditor for at least one days work,
and is generally creditor for weeks work or
two weeks work Every great industrial en-
terprise has for its chief creditors its own Ia
borers The heaviest account In every depart
ment OF industry, whatever 1t may be, is al
ways the wages account.
| The preten so that the farmer Of Nebraska Is
suffering under the weight Of mortgage con-
tracted under metal which has steadily In
creased in value Is but q populistlc metaphor.
| TwO-thlrds OF the farmers have no mortgage
debts whatever do not believe there is 5
per cent. OF them that owe a mortgage over
, three years old, during which time
there has been no change in the
value Of the metal This proposal OF
the populists Is an intent to enlist the farmer
I in a conspiracy to reduce the wages paid this
labor that he may have u larger proportion OF
his own products, and they are willing to cut
! down the wages Of every man who works In
cities, who tolls ut the bench, who digs In the
mines who manages the train in the hope that
they can ride into power on a wave Of cupidity
and greed awakened in the breast Of the voter
Men Of New York toilers OF America, guard
ians OF your own homes, will you allow your
rate OF wages to be affected by any man who
never has paid wages at all II he could get out
OF II: VIII you submit to this conspl racy be-
tween the professional farmers, the farmers
who cultivate the quarrels OF their nelghbors,
farmers who labor with their jaws. popullst
agitators OF the west and the unrecOnCiled
shareholders Of the south? This Is a con-
splracy between professional farmers who
want TO pay low wages and the unrec0nclled
shareholders who would like to pay no wages
at all Here is the real rootof this conspiracy.
have said that the laborer is the object OF
this conspiracy, md he is. But let no man
Imagine that II they are unsuccessful the In
jury would all be borne by the man who works
with his hands He would be the last to suffer
and the last to recover from its effects. But
the shock to civilization which would ensue
from such breach Of public and private faith
would be irreparable. Its effect no man could
measure from any experiment Of the human
race. We cannot tell to what degree It would
paralyze industry.
Wherever You ind popullsts assembled you
will find discussions proceeding upon the the
DRY that we are hostile to each others inter-
ests; that the condition OF life is one OF con-
test
We believe that the very essence Of clviliza-
tion is mutual interest mutual forbearance,
mutual cooperation. We believe the world
has got past the time when mems hands are at
each others throats We believe to-day that
men stand shoulder to shoulder, working to-
gether for common purpose, beneficial to all,
and we believe that this attempt to assail
wages, which means an attempt to attack the
prosperity Of all viii be resisted. not by q
class, but by the whole nation What labor
has gained that shall II keep. The rate OF
wages that is paid to II to-day Is the lowest
rate we will ever willingly accept We look
forward to farther and farther increase in
the prosperity OF workingmen, not merely by
an Increase in the daily wage, but by further
increasing in the purchasing power Of wages.