The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1896-10-23


and every dollar paid to labor must frs
pe thought out and planned by SOM
business mind. Before labor can begin
IN any industry there must be som,
'houSht force and some business j,dg
ment which passes upon the plans O
that industry and believes that it vii
succeed. There must be financiers
nank'"s and capitalists TO consent ant
.helr consent must be based uDon thu
falth that the industry will succeed II
Mr: Donnelly and Mr. Bryan were capi
talsts and business men. then they
themselves might promise employment
~ iaDor. Or. II the plans proposed nv
MT. Donnelly and Mr.. BRYAN were re
celvlng the endorsement of the business
!uosnent OF others who have CAPITAL
tneh IL might seem reasonable that free
S Lo,4a"e might revive industry and brine
MI. Bryan and his corps of free silver
orators constantly denounce idle canitaI
MI bryan Knows that idle capitaI is al
Mays Inc result of lack of confidence
; iit also knows that idle capital makes
luie men. Ii one set of men have the
are workers stand ready to be emnlove6
ny tn!s capital. then there must he n
CONDITION OF harmony between the peOnle
VINO own the capital and the men who
stand ready to go to work or there will
oe no work If plan is proposed which
ntakes capital afraid. and if the workers
stand ready by their votes and their m,-
lorltles to carry out this plan. then if IS
put natural that the men who control
the capital, being afraid of his new Man
VIII hoard their capital and keep it idle
ratner than risk it under conditions
which they believe will be disastrous
Does 1t then avail anything to the labor
hnf
as the enemy of the country? Edison was
once Iaborlng man. but is now a cap
ltallst. When he was labOring man his
opinions and his plans were in a certain
degree dependent upon the plans and the
opinions OF some one else. When Edi-
son was laborer. employed in con-
structlng machines, whether he was em-
pioyed or not depended upon his en-.
ployer; II the employer found by expert
ence that the work in which he was en-
gagged was improbable to him. then Mr.
Edison lost his job. Now. Mr.. Edison.
having evolved by his own exertions out
or a. condition where he was a worker
win his hands only. into condition
where he has become a great mind force
which controls industry, is vastly more
Important to labor than he was before
linen he could consent to the employment
OF only one man. himself. Now he can
consent to the employment of thousands
or men. and whether they are EMPLOYED
or not depends more upon his judgment
than upon their own. The industries of
the world. no matter who is EMPLOYED in
them, have always been and always will
De under the control and direction of
m!nd. MaJOrities have nothing to do
WIN IL except as the ma jOrities are in
harmony with this mind force and have
the approval of its judgment.
Whathor SnO m 5OOO .-
at the burlington machines shops at Lin
coin. Nebraska, during the next four
years. depends not upon the political
Judgment OF the men who are employed
IN these machine shops. but upon the
business Judgment of those who must fur
nlsh money to pay for this labor. And
ms business Judgment. looking always to
s sHu ihaaclai poiicy of the government for
signs OF business safety or of business
Danger. is inspired with confidence or is
inspired with fear as it nternrets tho |,
business prosperity of the future nv tho /
pohtical conditions of the future. If this !
BUSINESS mind sees in the election of
Dlyan ana cheap money signs of future
stagnatlon and depression. then II ;S hit !
natural that it should keen the numhar va" az
men employed to the very least nossibla
unit. People who ride in the Rurl;nyton
trains along by the town of H.vnIoni. !
near Lincoln where these machine sbonS /
are located. can see the signs of business
u. and can interpret the donht |
Ia is ~ the mind of the directors of the !
Ioa1' Wnen they see the side tracks I;nad |
Win Win broken engines which the small
norce Oh men employed are not able 70 /
repar. II the laboring people of the East
were al work today there would hn
~ rhet IN tneSe great centers of industry
III ,he East for Nebraska's food prodnct
Would 1n e., !nese great railroad systems /
,,.b;~.h ,IIquire every engine and every car |
" nich they own to be in repair and ali
s ane wheels would be kept rolling nioht
ana DAY carrying the great crops Of Kan'
sas, Nebraska and Iowa to the food. >oa
sqming East This condition womld I an,
ploy laD0r and give value to farm n,oI.
Us Inc whole theory of Western snc-
;n5,,s uepenos upon the activity of Eastern
11ustry depends upon the faith and ' ~ ,t;-
Aence OF the Eastern business mind
e nIred man cannot be employed unon
Iarm without the consent of tha pon
r. of the farm. '"e own
ii carpenter cannot get emnlovmor+
" sitnout rhe consent of the bnilder wha
,u;Idasn aseu IN building houses, and the
1!Iiuer cannot get the hOuse 70 h,' 'n
Nltnout the consent of tho mo-, "ui h
AVE IA e. the money to build houses VI" T."
III nneS OF industry the man u.hn IN
Sltn ms hands is dependent mon tho
I ~ VINO works with his mind and 'i ;n
III countries the mind workers o %nu IN IN
ontrollers of industry. When tho 90. ,; ;nS
workers. and those who have the mai ,;,u
I the plans for industry have c '.nnfi
h emce tnat industry will be profitable
men EN-, there is employment
William Jennings Bryan and b;s n,,.
orm Is menace to industry and H.
'ryan knows it. The conviction ;s fol,
ned deep upon him and the leaders sc .
is cause, that the thing which tbar ~. vi
lsne 10 accomplish is against the hms- :
ess Judgment of the American ro omnr
hey are condemned by the mind wnrls
RS of the nation. and becansa WIT" th /!
aalize this. they constantly annoi ,ney
ass AS prejudice. hoping that there are !
lnorers and farmers who hate tha bns;.
ess men and the employers of 10 hor :,
lat when all these haters are oroan;roj
no one great army there will he ennmch
tnem TO carry this election for NJ
ryan and for the mine owners of Coia' u
ldo, IN whose interest his cand;daor -,
is. S"nuiuacy en- b
silver Dollars Are Legal Tender d
Many of the plain people" of a.. =
nlted States have wondered who+ ne ~
cant. when it is said that Con~ross =; IS h
SD struck down one-half tha n,n g
the country. The figure is fnro;his
1T somewhat obscure. The Rau :,
ews comes to the rescue. II saws. n e.D - -
q legislation Of 1879 -. Dv %