Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-09-12

,yavs to be rendered; that capital Is
but the fruit of labor, and you can
not destroy labor without destroying
the possibility of future capital. ZAP
plause)
II have quoted from two American
authorities. | want, in ascending the
scale to reach higher authority
still. Let me quote to you what that
man whose words have entitled him to
he called the wisest of men, Solomon,
said on this subject: Give me neither
poverty nor riches, feed me with food
convenient for me lest l be evil and
deny thee and say who is the Lord
| or lest l be poor and steal and take
! the name of my God in vain
The Golden and Silver Mean.
Il want you to remember that SOLO
mon regards not extremes, butt was
about to say a golden mean l VIII
say golden and silver mean, rather.
| daughter and applause.) He regards
| that condition best which is not at
either extreme, but lies in between the
extremes. Neither grear riches nor
abject poverty furnishes the soil in
which grows the best civilization.
Those who are oppressed by poverty
lose the ambition, the aspiration, The
lofty purpose that is necessary to LEAD
one on to the greatest achievements,
and those who possess too great wealth
lose the necessity for labor, that labor
which is absolutely essential to the de-
yelopment of that which is best in hu-
man nature. Solomon was right, there
fore when he prayed for this interme-
date condition. The great middle
classes are the bulwark Of society, and
from the middle classes has come al
most all of the good that has come TO
bless the human race. (Applause.)
Let me recall another compliment
paid to the common people. You know
when we use that term there are some
who say that we are appealing to pas
sions of the masses, there are some
who apply the name demagogue 10
everybody who speaks Of the common
people. My friends, let me call TO
your attention the fact that when the
meek and loWly Nazarene came among
men, preaching peace on earth, good
will toward men, he was not welcomed
by those who were described as peO-
pie. Who devoured widows houses
and for a pretense made long prayers.
Applause) But when he gave thai
great commandment, Thou shalt love
thy neighbOr as myself who listened
to him? The scriptures tell us, and
in so doing pays the highest compli-
ment ever paid to the masses The
scriptures tell us that the common peo-
pie heard him gladly. (Applause) The
common people are the only people who
have ever heard gladly any person who
preached humanity and equal rights"
| (Applause)
Labor Organization First.
| THE Iaboring men of today enjoy
! the advantage Of an Australian ballot
| because the laboring men Of this cOun-
try compelled the adoption Of the Aus
tralian ballot laws. Now, my friends,
among all the agencies which for the
last few years have been. at work bet
tering the condition and protecting the
rights of the laboring men Of this coun
| try, 1 believe that the labor Organiza-
ton stands first among them all Gap
plause. 1t has brought them together
where they could consult with each
other, where they could compare their
views, where they could unite their
strength, where they could make their
influence effective, and the laboring
man has his organization and his own
efforts to thank for such blessings as
| he has secured.
Now, my friends, some have criti-
cized labor organizations. Voice, Han
ma Applause) There are some who
believe banking associations are joint
| associations, that railroads are joint
associations, that everybody was enti-
tied to join an association except the
laboring man. The laboring mans as
ISOLATION has been the means by which