The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-11

SUNDAY VIEW OF 1T.
The secretary % the Chamber OF Com
rnsrce OF New York has gone quite out
OF the routine IN his annual review for the
fiscal year ending il June. he gives
general resume of the state OF the national
finances and OF general business for the
year: and then ne goes on 10 say: Such
is the record Of the past. What can be
said OF the futuree For upon the future
rests the hopes and the expectations OF
every branch OF commerce throughout the
entire breadth OF the land" After run
ming ever many OF tire features or the
situation. SO far as they relate 20 the fu-
ture. he goes or 20 express the opinion
that the words that viii set every wheel
in motion and put every iahoring man at
work are: Sound currency, ample reve-
nue., a stable tariff. to be followed by
equitable law and justice alike TO the
laborer and the capitalist
The stable tariff promises an ample
revenue. but IL that be not assured, the
remedy can be quickly found. The cur
rency is sound enough. but what is need
ed is system. perhaps. which will tend
10 make ii more elastic. as it IS called.
Now. money Is most difficult 10 get when
II is most needed; IL Is most needed when il
is most difficult TO get Money is very
much like those hens which refuse TO lay
when the price OF eggs is high. The
scheme has not been devised yet and We
are not left even the hope that the free
coinage OF silver at a ratio of IS 10 will
accomplish 1t since Horace Boies. OF Iowa
came to the conclusion that this idea was
a delusion
The most important suggestion OF the
secretary is that these other advantages
shall be followed by equitable law and
justice alike to the laborer ard the capt.
talist." Yes. there is money enough, and
that money is sound enough: all that is
needed is that 1t shall reach the hands 10
which 1t belongs. When the capitalist is
content with a fair percentage Of profit
and aecords to labor a fair recompense-
something more than the merest pittance
that the necessities OF man can exact
when the laborer always gives honestly
the time and the service that IS expected
OF him, or that he has contracted to give.
then will come that happy time looked
forward TO by the secretary of the New
York Chamber OF Commerce
1t is true that the people are honest and
quick to learn. and as he says in this lies
promise and safety for the future: but too
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and the laborer regard each other as enc
mics to be "bested'' whenever the oppor-
tunity arises
The leniency should be for the laborer
however; the first step toward that justice
which is so desirable should be taken by
the capitalist. Capital is more powerful
because ii is an aggregation; labor is help
less except in aggregation. when pitted
against the forces of capital. There are
strikers of work In the ranks OF labor
who make a boast OF soldering bat there
are also men among the employing classes
who think 1t no wrong 10 cheat an en-
ploye.
1t may he too much to expect that human
nature Will entirely change and these
specuiations may only be warranted upon
the Sabbath. when men sometimes take a
higher view of their duties: but there is
practical phase of the question which
| should appeal at once 10 capital and
would appeal in response also. to the man
who makes his living by toll
The conditions are such that II is a mat
| ter Of wisdom for the intelligent in all
| ranks TO join in an effort TO avert the
evils with which society is threatened.
! The American people Will never be con-
! tent 20 patiently sink into the drudgery
| and despair OF some foreign nations. They
! have not served the long centuries Of APP
| premiership TO oppression which the
! working classes of England and France
| and Germany bear; but even the patient
| English rebelled with the bread riots and
| tho ChartIst riots even the French de-
| stroyed the Bastie The Chicago riots
| were warning of what might happen.
| The great aggregations Of wealth. the
| powerful combinations OF capital. the
enormous concentration of force IN labor
| unions. the wave Of diSaTection and dis
| content which passed over the country
! and for a time carried Bryan on its crest.
are not to ~ measured by the conditions
| which have prevailed in this country prior
| 70 tae lsst generation.
| Il s the duty OF the Republican rartv "a
| the party OF progress To take the lead IN
! providing remedy for existing evils and
! - restore contentnent 20 the nation We