The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
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over q thousand hands ip his employ. /
said to him some years ago when there
was great trouble III the labor market,
How are you getting on with your
msnT "Oh," he said, IT have no trou-
bls." "Why," I said, have not you had
any strikesr "Oh, no." be said. II
never had any trouble" what plan do
you pursue" He said: II will tell you.
All my men know every year just how
matters stand. Every little while l call
them together and say: Now. boys, last
year made so much; this year I made
less; 70 you see l cannot pay you as
much as did last year. Now, l want
to know what you think ought to have
as o percentage out Of this establishment
and what wages l ought to give you.
You know l put all my energy In this
business, put all my fortune In 1t and
risked everything. What do you really
think I ought to have and you ought to
haveY BY the time we come out Of that
consultation we are unanimous. There
never has been an exception. When we
prosper. we all prosper together; when
we suffer, we all suffer together. and my
men would die for me-" Now, let all
employers be frank with their employees.
Adhc tucuA iAtO yOuI SvluucuCcs ALet
them know Just how matters stand.
There Is an immense amount Of common
sense in the world 1t IL always safe to
appeal to it.
l remark, again, great relief will come
to the laboring classes Of this country
through the religious rectifcation Of it.
Labor Ia honored and rewarded In pro-
portion as community Is Christianised.
Why Is 1t that our smallest coin In this
country is a penny, while In China 1t
takes half dozen pieces Of coin or doz-
en- to make one of our pennies In value,
SO the Chinese carry the cash, as they
call it, like string of beads around the
neck? We never want to pay less than
penny for anything In this country.
They must pay that which Is worth only
the sixth part or the twelfth part Of
penny. Heathenism and iuiquity and
infdelity depress everything. The gos-
pei Of Jesus Christ elevates everything
How do account for this7 account
for 1t with the plainest philosophy. The
religion of Jesus Christ Is democratic
religion. 1t tells the employer that he Is a
brother to all the operatives in the estab-
lishment-made by the same God. to lie
10 the same dust and to be saved by the
same supreme mercy. 1t does not make
the slightest difference how much money
you have, you cannot buy your way into
the kingdom Of heaven. II you have the
grace Of God in your heart, you will enter
heaven. So you see 1t Is democratic
religion. Saturate our populations with
this gospel, and labor will be respectful,
labor will be rewarded, labor will be hon
ored, capital will be Christian in all its
behavior, and there will be higher tides
Of thrift set in.
Make Investments For Eternity.
Let me say word to all capitalists:
Be your own executors. Make invest
ments for eternity. Do not be like some
Of those capitalists know who walk
around among their employees with
supercilious air or drive up to the factory
in manner which seems to indicate they
are the autocrat Of the universe with the
sun and moon in their vest pockets, chief
ly anxious when they go among laboring
men not to be touched by the greasy or
smirched hand and have their broadcloth
injured. Be a Christian employer Re
member those who are under your charge
are bone of your bone and flesh of
your flesh, that Jesus Christ died for !
them and that they are immortal. Di-
vide 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 in New York leaving
in his will $40,000,000, yet giving how
much for the church of God, how much
for the alienation Of human suffe~ y? |
He gave some money.a little while before
he died. That was well, but in all this
will Of $40,000,O00 how much? One mil
lionp No. Five hundred thousand3 No.
One hundred dollars? No. Two cents?
No. One cent? No. These great cities
groaniMg in anguish, nations crying out
for the bread Of everlasting life. A man
in a will giving $40,000,O00 and not
cent to God! 1t is disgrace to our civ
ilization. Or, as illustrated in letter
which have concerning man who de-
parted this life leaving between $5,0O0,-
900 and $S,O0O,OO0 Not one dollar was
left, this writer says to comfort the aged
workmen and workwomen, not 81 to ell
evate and instruct the hundreds Of pale
children who stifled their childish growth
In the heat and clamor of his factory. Is
it strange that the curse Of the children
of toll follows such ingratitude? How
well could one of his many millions have
been DISTURBED for the present and the
future benefit Of those whose hands had
woven literally the fabric Of the dead
mans prncely fortune. o capitalists Of
the United States, be your own eXecu-
tors BE a George Peabody, if need be,
on a small scale. God has made you Il
steward. Discharge your responsibility.
My word Is to all laboring men in this
country: congratulate you Mt your
Frightening prospects. congratulate you
On the fact that you are getting your
representatives ut Albany, ut Harrisburg
and at Washington. | have only to nell
ton such u man of the past US Henry
Wilson, the shoemaker; as Andrew John
son, the tailor; as Abraham Lincoln, the
boatman. The living illustrations easily
occur to you. This will go on until you
will have representatives at all the head
quarters, and you will have full justice.
Mark that. ! congratulate you also at
the opportunities for your children. l
congratulate you that you have to work
and that when you are dead your chill
dren will have to work.
Opportunities For Information.
l congratulate you also on your oppor.
tunities of information Plato paid ST.
800 for two books. Jerome ruined him
self financially by buying one volume of
"Origcn." What vast opportunities for
for you and your children!
A workingman goes along by the show
window of some great publishing house,
and he sees book that costs SIS. He
says: II wish could have that informa-
ton. wish l could raise IS for that
costly and beautiful book" A few months
pass on, and he gets the value Of that |
book for rs cents in pamphlet. There
never was such a day for the working
men Of America MS this day and the day
that Is coming.
l also congratulate you because your
work is only predatory and Introductory.
You want the grace Of Jesus Christ, the
Carpenter Of Nazareth. He toiled HIM
self, and he knows how to symputhize
with all who toll. Get his grace In your
heart, and you can sing on the scaffold-
ing amid the storm, in the shop showing
the plane, in the mine plunging the
erowbar, on shipboard climbing the rat
lines He will make the drops Of sweat
on your brow glittering pearls for the
eternal coronet. Are you tired? He will
rest you. Are you sick? He will give
you help. Are you cold? He will wrap
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