The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-18
THE FLAG OF TRUCE.
DR.. TAIMAGE SUGGESTS A REMEDY
FOR STRIKE CPlosMlcS.
Intercsts of Capital md Labor Arc
lAcnticnl. md When They cSns" Ia
AntaxOnIHc Each O:icr strife VIII
Ceanc-DcncCts Of Co-opcrution.
ICosvri-h,. Louis K,op.ca. l:9.l

AntaxOnixc Each O:.cr strife VIII
Cessc-Dcnccts Of Co-opcrntion.
iCoryri.ht. Louis k,opsc., l>.9.l
WASHINGTON, Aug. l3.-ln this dis
course DIR. TalmnSc suggests Eow tho
everlasting war between capital aml
labor may be brought to Il l:"9py end.
The text Is I Corinthians xii. p. The
eye cannot say unto the hand. lave
no need Of thee"
Fifty thousand workmen in Chicago
censing work In one day: BrooHlyn
stunned by the attempt to halt its rail
road cars; Cleveland in the throcs of
labor agitation, and rcstlcsSErSS
among toilcrs Ill over the land
have caused an epidemic OF strikes,
and. somewhat to better things, | apply
the Pauline thought of my text.
You have seen an elaborate piece Of
machinery, with a thousand wheels
and n thousand bands and 4 thousand
pullcys all controlled 10y one great
watcrwhccl, the machinery so adj
justcd that when YOU jar one part of it
you jar all parts Of it. We'll, human
society Is n great piece of mechanism
controlled by one great and ever re-
rOlving fOrce-thc wheel OF Gods prov
idcnce. You harm one part of the ma
cblnery OF society. and YOU harm all
parts. All professions intrrdcp"ndcnt.
All trades intcr,lcpcndcnt. All classes
Of people intcrdcpcndcnt. Capital anl
labor intcrtcpcndcnt. No such thing rs
l-;.
rus without hurting his own foot. They
who threw Shadrach into the furnace
got their own bodies scorchcd. Or. to
come back to the figure Of the text,
what n strange thing it would be if the
eye should say: | oversee the entire
physical mechanism. | dcSpiSc the
ether members of the body; if there Is
anything ! am diSguStcd with. it is
with those miserable. low lived hands.
the boss workman of the whole phySic-
nj economy: have no respect for the
other members OF the body. II there
ia anything | dcspisc. it is the eye
seated under the dome of the forehead
doing nothing but look.
! come In. and | wave the flag OF
truce between these two contestants,
and I say. The eye cannot say to the
hand. Il have no need of thee"
Labor nnd Capital.
That brings me to the first su-gcs-
tion, and that IL, that labor and capital
are to be brought to a better under
standing by complete canvass of the
whole subject. They will he brought
to peace when they find that they are
Identical In their interests. When one
goes down, they both 20 down. When
one rises. they both rise. There will be
an equilibrium after awhile. There
never has been an exception to the
rule. That which is good for one class
Of society eventually will hv good for
all classes of society, and HAT which IS
bad for one class Of society will even
tually and in time be bad for all. Every
speech that labor makes against capi-
tai postponcs the day OF permanent adj
1ustmcpt. Every speech that capital
makes against labor postronrS the day
OF permanent adjustment. When capt
tai malignS labor. ii IS the exc curSrS
the hand. When labor malcns capital.
as I have observed, the vast majority
OF capitalists are successful labor"rS.
II the capitalists would draw their
glove. you would see the broken finger
nail. the scar Of an old Lister, the
stifTencd finger joint. Tie great pub
lishers Of the country for the most
part were bOokbndcrs. or typcScttcrs,
on small pay. The great carriage man
ufacturcrs Tor the most part sand
papcrcd wagon bodies in whcclwriGht
shops. While. on the other hand, in al
our large manufacturing establish
mcnts you Will find men OH wages who
once employed n hundred or five hum
drcd hands. The distance between
capital and labor is not Il great gulf
over which is swung n Niagara sus-
pen sion bridge; 1t Is only n step, and
the capitalists are crossing over To be-
come labOrrrS, and the labOrcrS are
crossing over to become capitalists
Would God they might shake hands
labor"rS are the highest style of CAPT
talis.S. Where are their investments?
In banks? No! In the railroads? No.
Their nerve, their muscle. their bone.
their mccha nical skill. their physical
health are magnificent capital. He who
has two eyes, two ears, two feet, two
hands. ten fingers. has machinery that
puts into nctlingncSS carpet and screw
and cotton factory. and all the other
imp III cntS on the planet. The capital
lists were laborcrs, the laborcrs were
capitalists. The sooner we understand
thnt the better.
CO-operntive Associations.
Again. there is 10 come relief to the
laborng classes of this country
through cooperative Associations. /
an not az this moment speaking OF
trades unions. but OF that plan by
which labOrcrS nut their surplus to-