Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-13

ject being to pay the expenses and
share the profits among all the persons
belonging to the society. For the most
part these have failed.
Others have advocated arbitration,
and while it may BE that the employers
could be bound by the decision OF the
arbitrator there has besn no way DIS
covered by which the employers could
be held by such decision. In other
words, the question
HAS NOT BEEN SOLVED.
For my own part, l see no final ana
satisfactory solution except through
the civilization Of employers and EN-
| ployed. The question is so comphcat-
ed, the ramifications are so countless
that a solution by law or by force seems
| at least improbable Employers are
| supposed to pay according to their
profits. They may or may not. Fronts
may be destroyed by competition me
! employer is at the mercy of other en-
( ployes and as much so as his employees
| are at his mercy. The employers can
| not govern prices, they cannot hX de-
mand they cannot control supply, ana
! at present. in the world of trade, the
laws of supply and demand, except
when interfered with by conspiracy
are
IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL.
Will the time arrive, and can II ar
rive, except by developing the brain
| except by the aid of intellectual light
when the purchaser will wish TO give
what a thing is worth, when the en-
! ployer will be satisfied with a reNon-
! able profit. when the employer Will be
| anxious to give the real value for raw
material when he will be really anX-
ious to pan the laborer the full value OF
his labor? Will the employer ever be
come civilized enough to know that the
law O. suply and demand should MOI
absolutely apply in the labor market OF
( the world? viii he ever become civil
| lied enough not to take advantage OF
the necessities of the poor, OF the nun
ger the rags and want of poverty VIII
he ever become civilized enough 10 say
81 will pay the man who labors for me
| enough TO give him a reasonable sup
| port, enough for him to assist IN TAX
ing care of wife and children, enough
for him TO do this and lay aside some
thing to feed ard clothe him when old
/ age comes. to lay aside something
enough to give him house and hearth
| during thu December OF his lie, so thaC
! he can warm his
WORN AND SHRIVELED HANDS
! at the fire of hOme?'
OF course capital can do nothing
/ without the assistance of labor. All
| there is of value in the world Is the pro-
! duct of labor The labOring man pays
all the expenses No matter whether
taxes are laid on luxuries or on the
nec5ssaries OF life labor pays every
cent
60 We must remember that, day 10y, day
/ labor is becoming intelligent. 80 nv
| lieve the employer IS gradually ps tohllI5
/ civilized gradually becoming Kinder anu
| many men who have made large fortunes
/ from the labor of their fellows nave f. CL
| Of their millions 20 what tneN IosAIutu -
objects of charity or fer the lhitIesl' Ui
! education. This Is kind of penance. ne
| cause the men that have made TINS money
! from the brain ar1 muscle OF tHtiI ltt-
! low men have ever feit lnat Ill Was no.,
| quite their own Many Of these employers
! have sought to balance their accounts oy
/ leaving something for universities or the
! establishment Of Libraries. drinking iouh7
| falnE or 10 nNllQ fuOiuiufltr ~ Ntifit *
| greatness. 10 would have been, / THINK,
far better had they used this money 20
| better the condition OF the men who really
Iii our sympathies should be with the
| men who work. who toll, for the women
| who labor for themselves and children, be
| cause we know that labor rs the foundation
! of all and that those who labor are the
! carvatiJies that support the structure and
| g,itrering dome of civilization aEd prog
| reSs.
EDUCATE THE CHILDREN.
Every child should DE taught TO be self
1 supporting and every one Should be taught
I to avoid being burden ON others as il
/ would shun death
Every child should be taught that the use
| ful are The honorable and mat ineN VINO
live on The labor of others are the enemies
! OF society. Every child should he tauS2i
| that useful work is worship and that intel
/ ligent labor is the highest form Of prayer.
! Children Should be taught TO think, 10
| Investigate. TO rely upon the light OF rea-
| son. Of observation and experience; should
| be taught to use all their senses, and they
| should be taught only that which in som
/ sense is really useful. They Should be
| 10 employ their IL oo1h.s IN The C0nstruC-
! ton Of things Theft lives should not be
/ wasted IN the acquisition Of useless or Of
the almost less Years should not be
| devoted 10 the acquisition Of dead Ian
/ guages or 10 the study of history. which,
1 FOR the most part. is detailed account of
1 things that never occurred. 10 IS USE less
20 fin the mind with dates OF great battles,
| with the births and deaths Of kings They
! should be taught
THE PHILOSOPHY or HISTORY.
| the growth of nations of PHILOSOPHERS, the
/ Dries and, above ali. Of the sciences.
! 50 they should be taught the Importance
| not only of financial but or mental hon
| esty. TO be absolutely sincere; 10 utter
| their real thoughts. and TO give their ac-
/ tual opinions and. If parents want honest
-. f1t..far 1--we
/ II may be that. hyp0crtes transmit that
failing 10 their offspring. Men and women
! who pretend 10 agree with the majority.
| who think oneway and talk another. can
| hardly expect their children 10 be abso-
! luteiy sincere.
Nothing should be taught in any school
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