Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-19

Dor unions not extend their dincult-
les beyond n limit from which stu more
bitterness and distress may come
"'rhe signature shows that bishops
and village preachers alike have united
In their Efforts. 10 that the lockout
may become "a feature OF the past
During the last few days an inter-
national aspect has been given to the
lockout that In likely 10 Work It's In
nuenCc ON the Danish people whom
peace u once more fact. u Do cuH-
t0mary In America during "a strike,
when the worker finds himself out uf
employment he not infrcQuCntly seeks
some other city. OF course, the lock-
out being general. II would be OF no
purpose for the Danish mechanic TO CN-
change his own city Tor another whore
similar conditions prevail but there
uro other countries near at hand. Nor
way and Sweden and Germany are not
far away. Here the Danish worker
may seek Tor employment
"'rhe peculiarly " the situation u
shown In Germany Here anomalies
have virtually presented themselves.
For while the political hatred which eN-
ists between Denmark and Germany Is
largely fostcrrd by the capltallHtlc
class which belongs TO the ltiHhtiHts
or Monnrchlai party. this very class
now asks FOR the brothorly hand from
the German employer. that no Dane
may got work while the lockout Is ON.
The press OF the M1nnrChiM party
therefore has the double mission 20
perform of preaching political and ma
liUuul antuEOulsm towards the IeutouH
and at the same time pnttlng ON the
back the German employer who lent a
willing ear TO his coufcrgch IN thcNorth.
IL IA this. among other things which
makes the trouble Of such "a pefplvN.
ing kind. The employer says he w a
patriot. yet he asks fayorH VI the ma
tutal enemy. on the other hand the
Leftlsts OF the liberal party ~ not 30
out and out patriotic that II considers Il
possible Tor Denmark 10 gain once more
sghlUHwlg iolBtalu, and the Danish
labor unions may therefore seem "a trl.
iic more justified Ia asking labor organ
lzHtlUus In Germany to come TO their
aid, for nearly all workingmcn IN Dem
mark nru uoW enrolled under the buu-
nor Oh liberalism, whether II concerns
speech or action.
1t may not be without interest 90
English-aponking people that the tcrma
lockout strike, boycott have been In.
corporatcd bodily into the language u
the Danes. Ever since the one or the
other expression was heard on English
soil. the Danes have sought IN vain for
words that might nttinFly convey the
meaning In tho Danish tongue. A
glance over the daily papers here shows
that lockout and strike" and boy
cott' uru In constant use. There is no
sign that the scandinavian speech iH
capable Of replacing those expressive
words with others Of the vcrnnCulur.
As the dignity OF labor nrst came 20 itB
own on AnRlo-saNon soil. 20 the Eng
llsh language n assigned the privilege
Of forcing upon the scandinavian In
habitnnts these terms which mean Hu
much to those who either give them
reality. or TO the opposing party. which
u made TO Huhcr In consequence.
AT the present hour the hyphuncl
word lockout" appear Co the Danes
the most omlnous expression ln tha
| language OF the Engliah-spuuyInE ma,
lions n IL safe 10 say that % viii Dol
many days before this colltaty linguiH.
| tie teaching win pass out Of the mem,
DRY u the thousands who arc made t0
feel itH grip. Such IL the effect OF Of
word coined Ia haste. The Danes ar
wish NIX that the cause which made u
sprng into use had never been. "BUy
colt" "rtrlkr." lockout" each on,
stAn1s oontributarily 10 tho Engllsl
| Language aa now coinage, itampcd dur
/ ing the century drawing to "a close
| That the new cycle viii make thcs'
/ words obsolete Is the ardent wish o
/ the inhabitants Of Denmark. Unquc1
/ tiunably Engllsh-spoukinE races wuult
/ be willing 90 have the term eNpunEct
from their dictionaries II no longer anl
use could be found for them. For thcf
| tho Industrial millennium would have cs
| tabliahcd itself And the lamb and tn
| lion would dwell together In the enjoy
| mcnt of the perennial calm"