The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1897-09-10

Ne Nsgvs liked b. the board, which
hcithcr employers nor employed have
the power to change To avoid this
difficulty the worhmen In one OF the
largest steel works In Sheffield hit up
on device as rare as il was generous.
They offered to work for their employ
ers one week without any pay what
eVr.
Bat YOU 90 with me and will show
you-not 50 far of as Sheffield, Eng
land factories, banking houses, store
houses and costly enterprises where
this Christ-like injunction Of my text
is fully kept, and you could no more
get the employer 10 practice an injus-
tice upon his men, or the men TO con-
spire against the employer, than you
could get your right hand and your left
hand, your right eye and your left eye,
your right ear and your left ear, into
physiological antagonisin Now where
is this TO begin? Ia our homes, in our
stores. on our farms not waiting fIr
other people 10 do their duty Is there
divergence now between the parlor
and the Kitchen Then there is some
thing wrong, either in the parlor or in
the kitchen, perhaps in both Are the
clerks is your store irate against tho
! firm? Then there is something wrong,
either behind the counter, or in the
private office, OF perhaps in both.
The greatrwant Of the world to-day
is the fulfillment of this Christ-likc in
junction, that which lie promulgated
in His sermon Olivetic All the polit-
ical economists under the archivault Of
the heavens in convention for l,00)
years can not settle this controversy
between monopolists and hard work,
between capital and labor During the
| revolutionary war there was heavy
piece OF timber to be lifted, perhaps for
a fortress, and corporal was oversee
ing the work, and he was giving com
mands TO some soldiers as they lifted:
"IIeave away there 20 heavel" Well,
the timber was too heavy; they could
not get II up There was gentle
man riding by on horse, and he
stopped and said TO this corporal:
why don't you help them lift2
| That timber is too heavy for them to
lift. NO he said, II won't; l
am corporal The gentleman got
off his horse and came up 10 the place.
Now" he said 10 the soldiers, AL
! together-yo heave!7 and the timber
went 10 It's place Now said the
gentleman to the corporal, when you
have piece OF timber too heavy for
the men to lift, and you want help. you
send 10 your cOmmandcr-in-chief II
was Washington Now, that is about
all the Gospel know-the Gospel of
giving somebody a lift, lift out of
darkness. lift out of earth into
Heaven That is all the Gospel know
the Gospel OF helping somebody else
10 lift.
oh says some wiseacre, talk as
you viii, the law of demand and sup
ply will regulate these things until tho
end OF time" No, they will not, un.
less God dies that the batteries Of the
Judgment day are spiked, and Pluto
and Proserpine, king and queen OF the
internal regions, take full possession
Of this world Do you know who sup
ply and demand are? They have gone
into partnership and they propose TO
Swindle the earth, and are swindling
II. You are drowning Supply and
demand stand on the shore, one ON
one side. the other on this
other side of the lifeboat, and they cry
out TO you, NOW you pay us what wa
ask you for getting you TO shore, or 20
TO the bottom If you can borrow
5000 You can keep from failing in
business Supply and demand say,
Now you pay US exorbitant usury, OF
you go into bankruptcy" This robber
firm OF supply and demand say TO youi
The crops are short. We bought up
all the wheat, andit is in our hin. Now,
you pay our price or starve" That is
your magnificent law Of supply and
| demand