The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-27

that there is a natural antagonism between
those who employ labor ana those VINO VINO
ever they discover that the employer of
labor and labor itself are on good terms,
crying coercion. 1t is not coercion; it is
cooperation, the one working with the
9shsF aa Fer Re pHS do 5hfr in this
country antagonism between capital and
labor; they ought TO be close together all
the time. The one cannot get on without
the other and, instead of their being
enemies, they ought always to be friends.
thsread thsn OF encouraging az sSmpa1ny between
vance, there are those who would create
antipathy between them; for example. be-
tween railroad managers and those who
are employed by the railroads.
Now, l don't believe in any such doc
trine myself. / believe in the common
brotherhood of man / believe that labor
gets on best when capital gets on best. and
that capital gets on best when labor is
paid the most. Instead of there being a
natural antagonism there is a natural alli-
ance between them and the people who are
forever seeking to create antagonism be-
tween those who employ labor and those
who are employed. are the people who
never give any employment to labor at all.
Am / not right? Great shouts of You are,
Now. what we want in this country-and
| now addressing the sound-money club
of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern rail-
road alOne-is, first. conf1dence-confidenc
the country confidence in the future con-
fdence in our money, confidence that if we
invest our monev to-day we will get some
thlng out of 1T at the end of the year. If
have not any confidence of that kind
no will feel like investing money and
If money is not invested there is no employ
ment for labor. Then. too, as your spokes-
man has well said. We want a tariff that
%l rafe @ eno@gh f deb now 70 % Keep this GOV
more debts and deficiencies either in the
treasury among the people. We must
enable to pay all our bills, and we want
that tariff so adjusted as to encourage
American production and uphold and SuS-
tain the dignity and independence of Amer
The labor of this country was never so
independent or prosperous as during the
thirty-three years when we were under a
protective policy and on a sound monetary
basis. Labor never had SO many comforts
much cheer, hope and contentment as
during those thirty-three years. Four years
many men who voted to abandon it would
have been glad to have voted at any time
within the last three years to restore it.
and they are all awaiting a chance
to vote it back. They believe in a policy
that not only provides revenues for the
government but gives chance to the
workingnan to earn money FOR himself and
family.
1T is the business of the American peo-
pie to look after their own interests, their
own shops their own factories. their own
railroads. They used to tell railroad men
that protective tariff did not help them.
Well it may not help them directly, but it
helps them just effectively it bene-
fits those who work in mines or in the fac
tories, and why? Because without a pro-
tective tariff the shops, the factories and
the mines will close, and when they are
closed the railroads have nothing to do,
and when the railroads have nothing to do
their men have nothing to do. AS 1 said
asst Saturday in address to large
railroad delegation, when the trains are
put off the employees are put off the pay
roll, and when trains are stopped the men
are dropped.
Now what we want to do not as par
icot, h,It tot iS tn cta aa6 hnf
policy that is best for ourselves, our homes,
our wives and our children, as well as our
to teach a reverence for public law and to
stand firmly for tranquility as against vio
ence. We want to stand by the great in
corruptible judiciary of the country. which
is our bulwark of safety in every hour of
trouble and peril. We do not want any
dishonest dollars
Money" We do not want anything un-
sound in this government. We want a dol
lar that is as good as & gold as your your spokes- R t
hands OF the poor as in the hands of the
rich The first mission that a poor, de-
preciated debaseas dollar performs is to
lind its way into the hands of some poor
man who cannot afford to lose. it. This
has been the errand of poor dollars even
since the government began. The poorest
dollars always eventually land in the pock-
cts of the poorest people, for when the
break or crash comes the poor man loses
it. The man of capital keeps his finger
on the financial pulse; he knows when
money is going down. and when II is golAS
down he parts with it,
Now, my fellow-citizens. I thank you
for this call. / glad the railroad people
of the country are IN favor OF malntalnlna
the public honor and financial honesty and
to know that railroad officials and railroad
employees are no longer, anywhere, in an
tagonism, but in hearty cooperation Iol
the good of their roads and the good of
the country / will be glad to meet you
all personally"
Three enthusiastic cheers were given ana
a song by the glee club