The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-14

ground has been so thoroughly covered that
nothing really new could be brought forward
Some strikes nave t peen ,d successful, good
principles / do not believe a strike the best
way to settle difficulties between EMPLOYERS
and their men. But we must take things as
we find them. and work towards better con-
ditions as fast as possible, or as fast as may
be and still respect the rights of other men
Now strike is always a war; 1t is and
being equal, victory always comes to the
stronger party.
Whatever God may have done in the past,
by means of natural lawf Hs did die NOV Wof nl
terfere to help the Greek In the present s'un
pleasantness' with the ''Unspeakable Turk"
Many were the prayers Of honest Christians
that the cause of humanity as represented nv
the little Greek army might prevail hut the
result of the conflict showed that the credit
and numbers of the Turk combined with as
good fighting qualities as the Greek de-
cided the contest in favor of what we call
the wrong side.
Thrice is he armed who, hath his quarrel
just Is true, but we must remember that
even just cause cannot override natural
Law.
The first thing to consider before going on
strike is, Have We Justice ON our side?
The next most important, point. and in a
business" sense the first thing of ali tn
think of is, Have we the strength to bring
is pleasant thing to have but generaiIy
the public is not sympathetic enough to
furnish much cash to carry on the fight.
Since other men will not feed rs while VIC
lay off, it seems to me the first thing to nro1
vide for is plenty of the "sineWs of war,
for ourselves, You may say that it is impos-
sible in nearly every case. The men have
all they can do to live, without LAYING m
SIX months or a years supplies ahead
This is usually true, but in spite of the destI
t tt condition of the laboring men, most of
them md way to get a stock Ct tobacco
beer, and some kinds of soft drinks,
throughout the year, whether times are good
or bad. Enough people could be found to
NIL big circus tent not long ago right
mere In our own community, where 50 MANY
banks have lately failed and confiscafed tho
+ poor W %ofk k gn money Doubtless the
tents OF the show now on the boards will he
nlled. and mostly by poor people.
Whether the poor man or the "Sbv,ocl"
needs such "recreations" is not nv nurnose
to discuss now. We will admit for the nres
ent that it is necessary for us all tn drinI
a "leetle" whisky, beer, ale lemonade soda
water or slop of some such kind: we will
ADMIT az MT, that we ought all to attend a circus
or some such show of high moral tone. hut
we Will not forget that in case of a strike
we are engaged in war; we must he WILLING
10 iorego few of the luxuries of life. and
perhaps curtail our comforts and the maanS
10 get even necessities, to the extent of denv
ing ourselves even tobacco, beer and wbisly
inc I'm IN. money spent by the really poor man
TOT liquors and tobacco would if saved in
a short time make him able to tire OUT even
the money power" The only possihIe wsv
to make fight permanently successful is tn
not oni have your quarrel just, but
also to be able to convince the ENEMY that
you nave sufficient power to indefinitely hold
the advantages you have gained by war. II
Is Is sometimes necessary for men to sacrifice
Worklngman, do not feel it my duty to hepin
a hopeless fight after l have reduced mvseIf
10 state bordering on starvation mainly
Is not bread" all through the good ttmes';
which were always somewhere in the past,
g.. now DO not sneeringly say that i am a
ci prohiP en fanatic and can see only one
cause Tor all our troubles. In spite Of the
little faith | had in free silver I voted
for Bryan; I voted for "anarchy:" 7 voted
Tor what our Republican friends were pleased
to call dishonest money" | Committed all
the above crimes because thought what has
been included under the head of Republican
Pl spp was worse than anything that
or had ever favored. These last remarks
nave nothing to do with the subject If
strikes. make them only to prove that 7
an Sohiethlng besides prohibition crank
nave Deen a Democrat for more than thirty
years. and l have never ceased to work for
what thought were true Democratic prin
If 1 have not already taken too much =,
your time will add that while l have given
some advice as to how to prepare for war
t oeneve there are better ways to settle diff
ferences between civilized men than nv "feht
ing it out" 1--WE are all brethren ,, Roth
bad and good; both the employer and the
employs. War is a relic of barbarism, and
Is Is never to be resorted to until all other
means have failed. Have faith in the instica
or or, your cause when you fight; have faith In
1he e, God of battles" if you can, but above
an al tnings provide yourselves with the "sin-
Natura! law always helps your side when it
is the stronger. 1t is most always better in
country like ours to settle all questions
py battle OF the ballots when a chance
comes 1.-The free silver scare and the
money power" too are only hobgobins pa
raded by designing and selfish demogogues
10 trlghten the weakened and trembling
There is no tyrant 50 unmerc!ful as your
own unbridled passions. You despise cow
ard, every one OF you does, yet there is no
dares not resist the demands of his own de-
PRAYED appetites. o. O. w
st. Paul, July II, 1897.