The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-08-21

order maintained, but II should be done
by legal methods. lie isnot necessarily IN
doing so TO violate freedom oil speech or
of the press. | consider government by
injunction, unless stopped, the beginning
OF the end OF liberty.
"ryranny on the bench ia IA objection
able IA tyranny on the throne. Ii Ia even
more dangerous, because judges claim lm-
munity from criticism and foolish people
acouiesce 10 their claim. True, brit the
criIlcism should be done IN "A proper ana
becoming manner--ED To eploin peo'
pie from assembling peaceaOly TO uiscues
their wrongs is a violation oil hrst prlh'
eiples.
sites 10 work for less than living ages
society becomes interested. Such man
must become "A criminal or a pauper' or
die in want christian people living IN
a land OF plenty should not allow any oil
these things 70 happen. there may
however, be- times when tue employer
cannot really afford 10 pay what mlght
be called living wages. There was case
in point not many miles from this place,
wheu "A well known liberal employer oi
men had large quantity oil standing
wood. for which, at the time, there was
no market. a mine which mostly used it
having suddenly closed down aud lett
large number of people without employ
meat. Tue contractor. rather than see
the folks starye. called the men together
and telling them he could not afford TO
tas all the risk by having the wood cut
and then chance its being destroyed by
bush fire. offered. so as to keep them ar
work, { share the risk with them oy
paving them less than the usual price Tor
chopping and 80 divide the risk. The
offer was accepted and the men kept EN-
Moved instead of being forced into state
of idleness, and in the winter at that. The
NEWS is glad 70 be able to say that the
did not lose by his offer, as he
afterward found a market for the wood.
This il only mentioned to show that cir
may alter cases, but surely
the coal market ia not at the present
time in the same condition as the wood
market was here at the time above allud-
ed to.--ED
owe stop the usurer from exacting too
high an interest for money, which his lei
ow-men must have. Have we not right
70 prevent oyereXactions OF laborP Our
health officers abate certain dangers TO
luman life. Can we not, on the same
save the starving miner or his
starvation is of all diseases the most
shocking. do not accept the doctrine
hat a man at WORK has no right TO
naintain his Job. He has a moral right
which ought TO be made a legal right.
l.. l.. -. ,Ix nd - ie,f hnr
% do-not to be displaced by another
Who for the time being may be willing TO
accept less than living wages.
in our greed for great wealth we are
becoming not only inhumau but foolish.
We are sowlpg the wind TO reap the whirl-
Wind. HAZEN ). PINGREE,
Governor of Michigan
The News does not believe that the mil
enium is az near at hand as the COVER
or appears to think, and that happy
ime must, we are afraid, arrive before
Employers will refuse to accept the ser
ices OF cheap lahor-9hen that kind OF
abor can do the work required. The
oot of the evil is in having this cheap
abor in abundance and lying idle around
y. The only way to stop it. as the
Jews sees it, If to greatly restrict emf
ration so that there will not be two or
more people waiting to accept work on
Ilmost any terms should the person hav-
ng it feel Dissatisfied with his job and
Iare TO give utterance to his thoughts.
The tariff is all very fine for the man
sho manufactures protected article,
,ut how much OF this will fall to the lot
II the man who works for the manufac-
urer unless the latter has big heart;
While this manufacturer can import, OF
curse unbes nown to the emigration
any amount OF men 30 as
20 glut the labor market in his particu-
ar line. The bone and sinew through
,ut this broad land should study this
question and send no man to congress
who would not work and vote for bill
greatly restricting emigration.