Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-08-27

from its effects. But the shock to civili-
zation which would ensuc from such
breach of public and private faith would
be irreparable. Its effect no man could
measure from any experience Of the human
race. We cannot tell to what degree it
would paralyze industry.
If l were asked to define civilization, l
should say it was industrial cooperation.
Everything that q man does for his own
benefit acts directly upon the interests of
his neighbors No man can stand alone
in a civilized community. His interests
his prospects, his misfortunes are to some
extent shared by all his follows. There is
not an ear of corn ripening in a western
field that does not affect the price of bread
to you and me- The farmer who scattcrs;
seed upon the ground by that act starts
in motion the wheels of the factory, he
sharpens the tools of the carpenter, he
stimulates the construction of railroads,
he causes the engineers to plan new bridges
crossing currents, new tunnels under riV-
ers, new canals joining oceans and sepa-
rating continents
If the farmer did not work. if the miner
did not dig in the subterranean gallery,
every other department. of industry would
languish, for men would not produce and
create if they did not see in the industry
and activity of others prospect OF de-
Tnand for the commodity which they pro-
duce and so evory man in the world is
bound closely to tho destiny and interests
of his fellow man.
Underlying Trouble With Populigts.
Underlying the whole scheme of civiliza-
tion is the confidence men have in each
Observation-Disclosures in their honesty, conf
denco in their integrity, confidence in their
we went to silver coinage tomorrow, if
wo even debased our standard of value,
men say that still you would have tho
same property you have today, yon would
still have the same SOIL you would still
have the same continent And it is true
Now the underllGlg trouble with all
Populists is that they have Fundamental
misconception of the principles on which.
civilized society is constructed. All
through Mr.. Bryan's speech, all through
Mr.. Tillman's utteranccs III tho conven-
tion, wherever you find Populists assem-
bled, you will find discussions proceeding
upon the theory that men arc hostile to
each other, In their interests; that the con-
dition of life is one of contest.
l merely desire to call the attention of
this gathering to the character of that
speech, to the underlying spirit that per
of this country to ask the citizens of this
nation If the government should ta- trust
ed to tho hands of men whose conception
of civilized society is one of warfare and
of strife.
The Whole Nation Will Resist.
We believe that the very essence of civil
lization is mutual interest, mutual for
bearance, mutual corporation. We believe
the world has got past tho time when
mems hands are at each others throats.
We believe today that men stand shoulder
to shoulder working together for a COM
mon purpose beneficial to all, and we be-
lievo that this attempt to assail wages,
which means an attempt to attack the pros
perity of ali, will be resisted, not by u
class, but by the whole nation.
What labor has gained, that it shall
keep. The rate of wages that is paid to itn
today is the lowest rate we will ever will,
ingly accept. We look forward to further
and further increase III the prosperity of
workingmen, not merely by an increase in
the daily wage, but by further increase in
the purchasing power of wages Men who
tell us that the prices of farm products
have fallen and that tho farmer for that
reason is a sufferer fo get that while tho
price of wages has risen on tho farm the
efficiency of labor has increased; that the
cost of production has been reduced
through the aid of machinery, while tho
wages Of the individual laborcr may havo
risen
While wages remain at their present rate
l hope there will bo a further and further
decrease in the cost of living. There is no
way IN which can be admitted to share
OF Gods bounty except through a fall in
the prices Of the neccssaries of life. While,
We have in existence y society of mutual
cooperation which is but another namo
for civilized society, all men are admitted
to share IN every bounty which Provi
dence showers upon the earth.
Tho dwelior in the tenement house,
|stooping over his bench, who never sees q
fold OF waving corn, who has never in
hailed the perfume of grasses and of flow
ers, is yet lnado the participator in all the
bounteS Of Providence in the fructifying
influence of the atmosphere, in the ripen-
ing rays of the sun, when the product of
tho soil is made cheaper to him every ~
by the abundance of the harvest 1t is
from his share in this bounty that the
Popuists wants to exclude the American
workingnan.
Labor Must Not Be scourset.
To him we say, in the name of human
ity, in the name of progress: You shall
neither press crown of thorDs upon the
brow of labor nor place scourge upon his
back. You shall not rob him of any one
advantage which he has gained by long
years of So dy, of progress in the skill of
his craft, i.ad by the careful organization
of tho members who work with him at the
same bench. You shall not obscure the
goldon prospect Of further improvement
In his condition by q further cheapening
of the cost of living as well as by a further
appreciation of the dollar which is paid to
him.
There can be no distress, there can be
no hard times while labor is well paid
The man who raises his hand against the
progress of the workingman raises his
hand against prosperity. Ho seeks to re-
| strict the volume of production Ho seeks
to degrade the condition of the man who
| Is steadily improving himself and in his
own improvement is accomplishing tho
improvement of all mankind. But this
attempt will fail.
lido not regret this campaign. lam glad
this issue has arisen. The time has come
when the people of this country will show