The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-21
Military Trip. 10 Europe.
second Paper.

When man first appeared upon the scene
of action he found that nature had pre-
pared for him all ne needed 10 supply all
OF his wants and needs. but she laid upon
him one command. labor
Bounteous az was her provision and
pienteous as was her supply, she gave
man as his nrst lesson. Labor and thou
shalt eat" by the sweat Of thy face
shalt thou eat Bread and she has never
taught otherwise.
Man has tried for centuries TO discover
some plan by which he might prove ma
ture mistaken. or set her Law al naught
and at various times in the history of the
world he has seemed TO succeed but even
In his seeming success he has necessarily
"labored' to live without labor.
The only capital furnished by nature
10 enable man TO obey her was the desire
TO live and the powers of Drawn and
brain
Necessity is the mother Of invention. and
the natural needs of mans physical being
and the promptings of his mind soon made
him the master Of the situation.
AT first he lived from hand 10 mouth
partaking OF such fruits. etc. as could be
plucked and eaten. seeking shelter In
some natural bower or cave contending
for his right TO live and doing hattie with
savage animals and beasts. using clubs
and stones as his weapons. Gradually
man began to fire. Of this sipshod. preca-
rious kind Of life. and he began TO accu-
mulate food and means of defense. and
later he built safer and more comfortable
habitations, In other words. he became
a capitalist.
Every advance In civilization. since the
primitive time have outlined above has
been brought about by the union of labor
and capital, and as long as the laborer
owned the capital and combined 1t with
his labor to produce desirable results no
man could make him believe that capt
tar was the enemy of labor.
AS time progressed and the application
Of labor and capital TO the natural oppor-
tunities OF earth produced more and more
of those things desirable and needfui 10
mans comfort and weli-heing conditions
arose In which II became impracticable il
not impossible fer the laborer to always
command the capital with which to COM
hine his labor 10 produce the best results;
or he who could command the capital
could not for some reason use 1t In con-
junction with his own labor. and at this
point In mans history began the division
OF capital and labor But you will notice
that the division of capital and labor
have outlined above was perfectly natu-
raj and far the natural benefit OF the in
terested parties, each being able to IN
crease his product.
This result would always obtain under
floEilidt FGHNliipHs, but as eaFn party IN
tcrested took account Of the advantages
enjoyed by him. and noted results as to
his partner In the transaction he became
DESTROYS OF obtaining still greater adj
vantage. and. rs n natural consequence
each demanded larger share of the prod
net. and the WAR Between CAPITAL and
Labor was heEtin. This strife was not
a war of determination" and without
the introduction OF another factor could
never produce much harm. Labor had In
past times produced from the storehouse
Of nature all the commodities necessary
to sustain life in comparative comfort
He could do IL again. Capital must CO.
operate with labor or rust away and be-
come worthless. Clearly labor" was
king" and ''capitat' only his servant ~
be used by him 10 his advantage or to
the mutual advantage Of both. So Il
might have continued 70 the end Of time
had not the natural selfishness OF mans
nature entered into the case with schemes
"a gain unjust advantage and TO reap
where he had not sown.'
At first and Indeed through all Of the
ages past the scheme was To so control
the individual III horer as 10 take from
him with lmpunity the result Of his Ia
hor without giving Kim an equivalent
value IN return.
] need not recount tho horrors Of the
human slave system which prevailed from
remote time 10 almost the present dav.
suffice 10 say that as the human mind