Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-08-31
DR.. |ALAAGE'S SERMON.
PREPARED ESPECIALLY f0a iCtNi
AND GID.
Subject: Tho Flag Of c-ln:erests Of
Capital and Labor Arc Identical. and
When They Cease to Autagonize Each
Other strife VIII Cease.
Copyright. Louis Elopsch rE

rCoplrirht. Louis El51sch y
WAsurSsro4. y. C.-In this discourse Dr..
dalmsyc sucxe-ts how tho everlasting war
betEecn capita, and labor may be brought
10 happy "ni. Tho text is Corlnthtans
Kit, II. Tho eye cannot s.y onto The
aun! / have o reed OF thee"
Tiftv tt0u4aui WOrknea IN Chicago
rca.ing E3rs IN one Gav: BROOKLYN stuune.
~ tho uttsnpt e bait its railros1 ears;
Cisye!aai - The tIr1es Z. t.O)r aglta-
too, AMI res.l~s7hess AMONG toilers all
over tho Hand haze cao.ti au epidemic y!
STRIFE. ana 20 newhat 70 better thing. {.
aptiy tee Paniica thought Of my text.
Yon have seen an e!lborat. ritte OF ma
ctin"ry. with Il thousand wheels and A
~thog4ana binds and = thcnsand pulleys al
CONTROLLED ~ one great WaterThe-i, the
tnachinery - a~ijustci that wteu yon jar
one part .! IL you iar al pa-- Of It. We'll,
human society u p great piece ot mechtn-
A.m controlled ty onr grra, and ever re-
vol.iny Iur.--thr wheel ~ God provi-
dsnr-. You harm IN: part u the nachiu-
cry 81 society, and Won harm all parts. All
profession" tntarlepen,iept Atltrales in
rerdclehIent. All classes 81 people Int:r-
.iepen,Iout. tapitai and labor !rterde-
irnlent. 10 such thing As undergraduates.
Dives cannot Kick Ia2arua without hurt.
ing his ogn foot. Iley -no threw aEad-
scOr .hei. Or, - cone back - the figure
OF the text, what 4 strange thug it would
be Il tho eye shorLij .nv: | oversee the "a
tire physical ,n.rhanism. l desplse tho
other msHh<rs u the body: II there Is any
thin; | am nusgdstrl with. Il il VITA those
intserai,e, low lived hands. Or, what II
the harl should say: l am the boss work
inan Otthe whole physical! economy; have
no r,3lI-rt Tor tho other membtr. OF tho
body. Ethcre is anything | despise, It Is
the eye seated under the dome OF the fore
heal doing nothing but look.
r,rnn ia uy,t n "A ~ Tho 4oy 8 100 a., 4,
between Ties. Two contestants, aud l say,
The eye cannot say te tho hand, L have
NJ need OF thee.
kat tr1nS- mo 70 the first suggestion.
ami hat is. that labor and capital arc 10
b~ brought to "A better Understanding by q
complete canvass OF the whole subject.
They will be bIoNsht to peace when they
IND that they are Identical in theit inter
"st3. WhsN one goes down, they both 90
down. When one rises, they both rise.
Fh'Ta will be an equilibrium after awhile.
ihero never has been an exception to the
Iule. That Whic., IS good for one class OF
society eventually Will be good for all
classes OF society. and that which is bad
tor one GLASS 81 society will eventually and
II timo be bad for all. Evety speech that
iabor makes against capital postpones tho
daY Of permanent adjustment. Every
speech that capital makes against labor
rostponea the day OF permanent adjust
mcnt. When capital maiigns labor, il is
tho cNe curs'nG tho hand. When labor
mnllens capital, it Is hand cursing the eye.
AZ fur AS | have observed, the vast major
ity OF capitalists are successful laborers.
II the capitalists would draw their
gicvc, you would see the broIon fnger
nail. tho scac Of an Old blister, the
stliten.i finger Joint. Tho grent puo-
i!shrrH OF the country for the mOst parI
were tookbinders, or typesctters, ON small
pay. The great carriage manufacturers
Tor hA ~ ~ = "a 1 ~ ..r rnrvl,
bodice In wheelwrlght shops. While, on
rhe other hand, In all our larga mGnufac.
turing establishments you will find men on
wages who once employed q hundred or
I'VE hundred hands. The distance between
capital and labor is not a great gulf over
Which Is swung Il Niagara suspension
bridge, 1t Is only a step, and the capitalists
are crossing over to become laborers. anl
the laborers are crossing over to become
capitalists. Would God they might shake
hands. while they nross. Or the other
hand. laborers are the highest style OF capt
~ta!tsts. Where are their investments? In
b0uks? No, In tho railroads? No! Their
yerve, their muscle, their bone, their me
chanical 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 nothingnes-
carpet and screw aud cotton factory, and
ali tao other implements on the planet.
VI IN tdOplS J.
were capitalists. The sooner we under
btaud that tho better.
Again, there Is to come relief to tho In.
boring classes OF this country through co.
operative associations. l am not at thi:
moment speaking Of trades unions, bat o
that pan by which laborers put their sur
plus together and become their own cap
%ttallsts. lnststd Of being dependent upon
tho beck or this capitalist or that capital
1T, they mauaIo their own affairs. j.
England and Wales there are sl3 co-opera
tive associations. They have $40, 900 mem
oers; they have Il capital Of S18, 900 600. O
what corresponds to our dollars and the
DO u business annually OF s63 900 900
Thomas Brassev. one OF the foremost inel
IN the british Parliament, on the subjec
saws: "Co-operation is the one and the onl,
retief for the l~ahorlnS populations. Thl
= tho path he saws. "by which they az,
I" come ~ from the hand to this m1utt
style OF living, I sreap the rewards aud tt
hohors of our Hat nncel riviliZation.' Lor
Derby and Jolr,t,tuart Mill. who rave hal
their lives to t., study OF the labor ques
ton. believed : "a-oprrativa institutions
but. says me one. haven't these in
ttitntion- som> ines bten a failure:" Ye,
Every rreat r>>vemeut has been u inilur
~ sonc TINS Appiisltion OF the stean
lowe. u .ailu, :, elcct.H telecrapuy . fai.
IRE. rnt!roadihE Il failure, but uoU Il
cisef successes OF the world.
bVt. SAYS some { he. why talk { Su
Plus icing put by laporers into co-cp.rs
tive associations when tia vast mu.i,ud
ottu!lcls OF this country are struggling (,
fheir daily bread and have no surplYs 50
reply. Iut into my hand the money sper
~ IN" ittoring classes OF America fcr run
1tii tobacco. ana | Will establish co.oper,
1--WE associations in al parts # thin Ian,
some Ct them michtier than any tlnarci.
institutions Of the country. We spend
this cQuEtry over 800, 600 900 every yef
for tobacco. We spend over Il, $40. 600 Oh
Directly or Indirectly for rum. Tae lahq
inc riasstt speul their share Of this none,
Now SUPPOSE the lG5oriuv man who h;
been exIenitnS his money in those dire
ti3hs should Just adj up how much he n,
expended Jurl5c these past few Years, an
then SUPPOSE tla. that money was putint
Il cooperative association. and then ~
pos he shoulI have all his friends ii 10
who had made TIE same kind q eXpeni
ture, do the same thing. anu that sbou
Il added NJ auI lut into u cooperate
association. And then taKa allthat mon.
expended for oVer3ress hni 0verstvie Al
oNrrltvinS "a the part OF tolliuc people
ordertha: th"y may appear as wei as pc
sous VINO have more incOne--Cather tn
hIup alI YOU could have c5-Oppra.fva a