The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-15

| the losses. all the annOyauces. Thay f,,.
| al him and they think. WHY he 49, =
easy, and we have II hard They 5a ~.
know that at that very moment the I'M.
| ployer Is at the last point Of desperate
TO meet his engagements
| Il know a gentleman very well WIN -,
| over a thousand hands IN his er-UI,y
| said 10 him some years ago. when fss..
was great trouble in the labor ns-s..
| How are you getting on wi;;. yorr -7.--
Or he said. I have no trouble WIZ,
| | said have not YOU hzd any st-ikass
| oh. nor he said: I never had arv r.
| Bile. What plan do you pursue "a.
said: I win tell you. All my men k,os
every year just how matters stand. Evs-,
4 little while | call them together and 81.
| Now. BOYS, last year I made 50 mus.
this year | made less. SO you see can,
/ pay you as much as did last year N5r
1 i want 10 Know what YOU think I ar---.
/ 10 have as percentage out Of this s--gI
| iEhment and what wages / ought 20 -
| you. You know ] put ell my energy H.
/ this business put all my fortune In {. ara
| riSkeG everything. What DO v0r, -.gr
| think | ought to have and you 0ugh, ~
| haveT' BY the time we come out 0f ~.
/ consultation We are unanimous. there h4s
| never been an exception. When We u-rs-
| per, We all prosper together: vh.1 -.
suffer we all suffer together ami nv
| ren would die for me- Now. lef ar a.
| ployers be frank with their eml.'1rs.
| Take them into your confidence. Lei tba1
| know just how matters stand There i
an Immense amount Of common sense H.
| the world. Ii is always safe % apraai
| to il.
Religious Ratification of Labor.
Il remark again: Great relief win coma
10 the labOring classes Of this country
| through the religious rectifcarion az
| IL. Labor is honored and rewarded in
| proportion as a community is Chrisrn-.
lied Why is Il that our smallest r.,7
in this country IS a penny, while IN China
| Ii takes a half dozen pieces OF coin. 1r d
dozen. TO make one o. our pennies m
value. so the Chinese carry the cash D..
! they call L. like a string OF beads around
| the neck; We never want to pay I...
! than a penny for anything in this conn
| try. They must pay that which Is worth
only the sixth part OF the twel.tl part ag
| a penny. Heathenism and iui1ut-y and
| intidelity depress everything. The sasrtr
| OF Jesus Christ eIevates everything Hls
| do / account for this? | account frr 81
with the plainest philosophy. rhe rs-
| ligion of Jesus Christ Is democratic r.
/ ligion. II tells the employer that ha is a
I
| tabliShment-made by the same God tD
| lie in the same dust, and TO b. saved lv
| the same supreme mercy II dos not
| make the slightest difference how muea
/ money you have. you cannot buy raI-
/ way into the kingdom OF heaven II yaI
! have the grace Of God IN your heart yul
! will enter heaven. SO you see o. T. a
| democratic religion. Saturate our pop
ulatiOns with this gospel. and labor vii
| be respectful. labor Will be reWaT ird. De
| Dor will be hOnOred. capital will be- 'hTis-
| tian in ali its behavior and there will 70
| higher tides of thrift set in.
Represents CAPITAL and Labor
81 affirm IL In all earnestnoss and
| solemnity that there is only one Ea.ng in
! the universe who can end this strife be-
| tween labor and capital, and that Is
| Christ. because in His own person He
! represents both capital and labor. tie
| a capitalist, owning this world 1ni aI
! worlds, and yet was the son of ear
/ penter and worked in a carpenters sfgp
/ For those reasons He will see that CAPT
! tai gets its rights and labor gets is
rights How will He do il? He has al
| ready told US how |. may be done. and
| will be done-by the application Of he
| tTanspicuOus rule. AS ye would that men
| should do unto you, do ye even so 10
/ them
Let me say a word 20 all capitalists
| Be your own executors. Make inv'st-
ments for eternity. Do not be like some
| of those capitalists | know who walk
around among their employees with a su-
! perciiOus air. or drive up to the factory
| In a manner which seems 10 indicate they
are the aUtOCrat Of the universe, wiki the
! sun and moon in their vest pockets. chief
| ly anxious when they go among 'aDOring
/ b
smirched hand and have theiS broadcIoth
injured. BE a Christian employee. Re-
member those who are under your charge
are bone OF your bone and flesh of your
flesh. that Jesus Christ died fer them
and that they are immortal
Divid. with the World.
divide up your estates, or portions Of
them. for the relief Of the world before
you leave it, Do not go out Of the world
| like that man who died ir New York
leaving in his will slO,g100. yet giving
how much for the church OF Godg how
much for the allcyiatiOn of human suffer
| ing? He gave some money a little while
before he died. That was well. bui IN all
this will of S4O,O6OOJO how much? one
million? No Five hundred thousaHd2
No one hundred dollars? No. Two
cents? No. One cent? No. These great
cities groaning In anguish, nations crying
out for The bread Of everlasting life A
man in a will bequeathing forty millions
OF dollars, but not one farthing for the
alienation OF human misery. II IS cis-
grace to our civilization. Or, as Illus
| tTated in a letter which / have concerning
a man who departed this life, leaving be-
tween five and eight millions Of dollars.
Not one dollar was left, this writer says,
to comfort the aged workm"n ard work
women, not one dollar to elevate and In
stTuct the hundreds Of pale children who
stited their childish growth In the heat
and clamOr Of his factory. is Il stT1nEe
that the curse of the children OF toll fol-
low such ingratitude2 How well could
one Of his many millions nave been dis
bursed for the present ami the future
benefit of those whose hands had woven
literally the fabric Of tna dead man 7
princely fortune. o! capitalists Of the
United States. De your own executors. BE
George Peabody IL need be, on a small
scale. God has made you a steward dis
charge your responsibility.
Laboriug Mems Representatives.
MY word Is 10 all laboring men in this
country: 1 congratulate you at your
Frightening prospects. / congratulate you
on the fact that you are getting your rep
resentatives. AT Albany. at Harrisburg.
and at Washington. / have only 10 meu.
ton such man OF the past as Henry
Wilson. the shoemaker. as Andrew John
son, The tailor; as abraham Lincoln. tEs
bOatman. The living Illustrations eas.y
occur 10 you. This Will 90 on until y0I
will have representatives. al all the head
quarters. and you will have full Justice.
Mark that. ] congratulate you also at
| the opportunities for your children. |
congratulate you that you have 20 Uork
and that when you are dead your children
Will have 10 work.
Il congratulate you also on your 0r-
portunities Of information. Plato paid one
thousand three hundred dollars Tor lAJ
books. Jerome ruined himself financially
by buying one volume Of Origeu. What
vast opportunities for intelligence for sou
and your children. A working man goes
along by the show window Of some great
publishing house and sees a book THAR
costs i've dollars. RE says. i wish /
could have that Information. / wl-n !
could raise FIVE dollars for that costly aH1
beautiful book few months pasa HH
and he gets the value OF that book 'Hr
twenty-five cents in a pamphlet there
never Was such day for the NOrkiusin
OF America az this day and the DAY iHaL
| Is coming.
work IL Only PREDATORY.