Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-11-23
A Case in Point.

tons of the country makes a report to
it's stockholders of the earnings and ex-
| penses for a stated time, should that
| report show a balance on the right side
| of the ledger, some wild-eyed labor agi-
| tator comes to the front with a howl
concerning the enormous Profits made
by capital and the small share that is
allotted to the men who do the work. A
case in point is the last report of the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
According to the figures given out by
the acting president the earnings of
| that company for the past year We're
$40, 1863, 600. and the wages paid to en-
ployes, averaging 11,S74 persons for the
year, amounted to 1892, 1896. One of the
so-called labor papers, in commenting
on the earnings of the company and the
proportion thereof which was paid to
employees, says:
Here we have a case of 11,S47 people
producing $40, 1868, 900, but only receiving
IS, 1872, S96 of it. These 11,S47 people had
to give up about "a, 900, 900 for the
chance to have the access to the source
of food and shelter"
That labor organ IA very careful
not to mention the fact that out of the
| remaining $4,000, 900 the company was
| compelled to pay for material used, for
repairs to rolling stock, insurance,
taxes and the thousand and one Incl
dental connected with the
conduct of an enormous business,
left of the earnings after paying for
labor, would not leave sue an enor-
nous sum as the uninitiated' might
think. The Pullman report is used here
and misleading methods used by labor
organs and professional agitatOrs to
cause discomfort with existing condi-
tons.
The truth of the matter is, that in
capital were not willing to combine in
the conduct of great enterprises, to take
the risk of large losses when industrial
conditions are unfavorable, the poor
people of the country would stand
mighty little show of making a decent
living. The really large corporations,
as a rule, pay better wages and accord
| their employees more privileges thai in
| dividuals when employing help, and
while they have no souls, they are
| generally just in their treatment to
those who work for them. The man
Who is capable, honest, and e~ndeavors
to give a fair return for the money re-
ceived by him, never has to complain
of his treatment. OF course, there are
exceptions to this rule, but they are
few and far between.
The one great curse of the country to-
day is the trouble made between capi-
| tai and labor by men who make their
living in misrepresenting the returns
from the investment of capital, as in
the instance here given. Strikes result
in which men are deprived of daily
wages, families are starved, and in the
end, nine times out of ten, result in a
total failure, without causing capital
any more inconvenience than cutting
down the receipts a few weeks or
months. On such troubles the Labor
leaders thrive and prosper. Should the
strike ordered prove a failure they
complain that they were not to blame,
as conditions We're not right for uccess
and in a few cases where they succeed
they plume themselves upon their
power over the 'monopolies,' and at
once increase their w salaries as Of
ficers of some union, and the men who
starve and freeze while the strike is or
pay the bills. .
Some day the working men of the
country will realize that success in this
life depends upon the individual efforts
and worth, not on the pull of somd
labor organization, and when that time
arrives there will be a number of dem
agogues looking for work at anything
they can find to do and the industrial
world will be well rid of them and their
ilk.