The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-09
DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
Other Measures Than Tariff Needed
for the WOrkinEmen

AOr tne WOrk1nBmens
To the Editor Of the Globe
Your eminently fair editorial of today whila
demonstrating satisfactorily the opposite
schools of thought to which you and belong,
fails to advance any argument as to why the
you should policy is destined to ACCOM-
plish the desired results unless the fact of
holding their sentiment in check subordi-
mating 1t to the realities of existence and the
WISDOM gained from experience, would reach
the same end by the persuasive you should I"
policy.
l was brought up to believe in the ten
commandments. which will admit of no other
construction than the policy of you must"
The commandments say Thou shalt not"
not. Thou shouldst not" The ''you should"
policy, l maintain, is responsible for existing
conditions as 1t Is the policy under which
these conditions have been generated. While
the school of thought to which I am proud to
claim allegiance is characterized as the "sen-
t1mentaI school. it inculcates the very senti-
ments that should dominate our very exist
ence. The humanitarian school, would be a
more nttlng and appropriate title for It seeks
to uplift humanity in spite of the protesta-
lions OF those Of whom Christ said 1t would
be easier for camel to pass through the eye
OF needle" than it will be for them to enter
the kingdom of heaven.
These are not the expressions of a senti-
mentallst; Christ was practitioner and the
crank Cd who placed a measure before the
Kansas state legislature making violation OF
tne ten commandments penal offense was
simply following the dictates Of his own con-
science.
Christianity is either a fact or fiction;
II II Is a fact, the you must policy is the
correct one; If it is fiction, I submit to tina
policy as outlined in you editorial. But what
code OF ethics the you should policy
You should not steal
You should not bear false witness.
You should" not commit adultery, ETC.,
affirm, without fear of contradiction that
II Christ were earth today He would
lay down code Of ethics founded on the poll
ICY OF shall and not should"
A rev more years of such oppression and
injustice as at present obtains in these United
states viii engender such a universal protest
as VIII 1eopardEse the very perpetuity of this
republic.
Free education and industrial pauperism
cannot De expected to exist side by side In
peaceful resignation much longer
The power which is holding down the safety
valve against an industrial revolution (the
power or the press), will find the tension
getung too severe in the near future. There
VIII De read1ustment Of the policy and
must will reign supreme. The editor of
the u b knows as well as / do that
nelther sound money nor the Dingley tar
IN Dill can eradicate any of the existing con-
oltlons OF widespread poverty and distress
II the Dingley measure closes the European
factories which have been supplying American
markets, the Workmen of those factories will
Hook to our shores and compete direct for
positions OF our fellow citizens keeping
wages down to the present or a lower level
as the condition of the labor market deter
mines the wage rate, and the problem of the
unemployed will remain unsoIved for while
there may be more work, there will be more
Workmen, and the ratio of unemployed will
remain about the same as now.
Furthermore, the tariff bill carries with It
no guarantee that the excess profit accruing
to the manufacturers through it's workings
VIII be distributed among the employees The
employer is allowed to, and will, confscate it
all Again. if the bill proves to be pro-
hloltlve by Its provisions the increased rev.
enue which it claims it aims to create will
prove to be a myth. Mr.. Mckinley will be
! compelled to issue bonds, thereby increasing
the burdens of taxation. and at the same time
decreasing the means of payment.
Mr.. Editor. the people are beginning to
realize what a blind the progress and pros
perity' cry was
The country was simply sold out to the
! hlghest bidder, the people voting their lib
ertles away under the impression that they
were patriotic citizens, defending the honor
led. ~ i--i'
The time is opportune for the daily press
70 start an open forum, and l would suggest
Tor its title, In Darkest America and the
way Out" Let the thought of the country
md expression through the columns of the
press, parallel the contributions Of your CON
trIDutorS in your editorial columns make
the daily papers the mouthpiece OF public
sentiment, through the public itself and not
alone by the opinions of it's editorial staff :
start campaign Of education" unon edu,
cational, and not political lines; mold public
OPINION by the public opinion not through
the individual editors ideas, and there will
"ASo IoPe VI SoIVlHS the menactng prob
lem OF increasing want with increasing
wealth."
Let the consideration of plans for the re-
moval Of causes which prevent the Just dis
trlbuton OF wealth, be made paramount to
the consideration Of means for the mere miti-
CATION of the evils arising from the present
anarchfstic conditions"
such departure would popularze the pa
pers, extend their circulation, Undue the pub
lie with confidence in their purposes and aims
and make them in fact. what they are in
name, the public press" Respectfully,
Louis Nash.