The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-03
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MI Louis Nash was due to attend the
lecture Of Rev S. G. Smith, Friday night,
when he discussed The Production of
Wealth" President Donaldson, of the
Trades and Labor assembly, had asked
him to attend Mr.. Nash was unable to
be there, but after reading the report in
yesterdays G o b e, he wrote the fol-
lowing:
Man IS as much better than "a dollar, as
the truth is better than q lie, and in spite
OF this fact the whole trend of legislation
is to elevate the dollar and debase the
man. Vested rights are paramount to
human rights.
Trade follows the flag. Men are not
free who are compelled TO pay tribute to
a trust. We have enthrOned Mammon as
our king and he is enslaving US as he has
enslaved all the people who have bowed
down before him. We have put gold
above God and conquest above conscience.
We have been lulled into fancied security
and the robbers of mankind have bound
US hand and foot. The output of coal is
reduced to enhance its price to the con.
sumers, the Lords own children, who
must pay tribute or freeze. DaZzled by
the glitter of empire our country has for
gotten the rights of man. In God we
trust, has been changed to suit the times
by the addition of L to the word God.
We have the shell Of liberty without the
substance.
BY the force of unhoIy combinations of
capital the price of every ton of COAL
suit of clothes, pair Of shoes and burial
casket is enhanced to the consumer one
third more than its legitimate price, aft
eF allowing for living profits and interest
on the capital actually invested. The
emlSSaries OF capital thrOng our halls of
legislation to corrupt our representatives
noticed where an association volunteered
10 inform the manufacturers of the cOun-
try of the results of the secret sessions of
the convention of the American Fedora
ton at SIS per manufacturer They have
selves by their unscrupulous disregard Of
human rights. @o 80 90
Ironclad contracts, denying to men the
right to Join the Organization Of their
craft, are still eXacted by many of our
giant corporations before a. man can Sc
cure employment at their hands Men
are not free whose livelihood depends
upon the prostitution of their manhood
The Bible tells US the laborer is worthy
OF MS hire. Experience teaches us that
ne Is worth just as much as he can COM
pei the other fellow to pay, or in other
words, as little as the Involuntary idler
IS Wiling TO work for. The Golden Rule,
90 unto others as We would they should
DO unto YOU" has been substituted nv the
Commercial Rule, do others as they would
IKE to do you, and do it first David
Love they neighbor as myself has given
way to the idea that competition is the
HE OF trade, which means, get the better
OF your neighbor, honestly if you can, if
not. get the better of him ANYWAY
We are asked to compare the wages
paid today with those Of a decade 400
by the professors of social and political
economy IN their efforts to sustain their
theory that the laborer of TODAY is nmch
better off than his forefathers I admit
wages are higher than they were forty
years ago, but / venture the assertion
tnat they have not increased in propor-
Ion to the increased requirements and
needs OF the Wage-earner. The wage ra r.
OF our fathers was more compatible with
thelr necessities and responsibilities than
~ the present wage with ours. Every
udy we live our requirements become
greater. neceSSitating more money for
IIheir tulhllment, and we must not over
tOGn ms Iacl Inc same ratio Of wages
touay mat was paid ten years ago is
not an equality of conditions for the
workers, because of the increase in the
needs beyond those of ten years back,
and the same rule will hold GOOD 90
years hence Remember that the wa oes
OF present years will not be more com
Paqble with the requirements Of vour
SGi lLl zen IMAM are those of your fathers
Free education and industrial manner
ISM Will not go hand in hand for very
nIucn longer, and it behooves the trust
,.o 5iCes ana corporation kings to heed
me voice or warning that is evidenced on
az SldeS by the general interest taken
IN the antitrust demOnstra lions 40
nave peen held Of late. am no pessi-
mist, but bespeak for these commercial
cormorants such surprise in the near
future as will shake the very FONDA
!sols OF our present industrial structure
II d matt In the direction of trust con-
IIoI Is not soon called. We are sleeping
upon a social volcano that Is liahIe t0
nuFSt into an eruption at any moment
me tension gets too severe
b no one mas higher regard for the
II1g!eSI employer of labor who is in touch
win MS help and recognizes the mutuaIi
" OF interest that should exist hetwean
the epi fSEdag and eemploye than have l. but
VTidHnS the gulf betUeay1 +I1o 49, ~ 0foL