The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Ing oay- 1ney are the White slaves
OF America. Their condition is the Tro-
duct of our present Industrial sS,s ~
ana OF our present financial s.1stay,,
winch pOurs champaign into the 60, 80
wealth and hands out black bread y o5
water for the workingman The mon
proposed 70 arDltrdte. but the opera tors
OF the mines declined. They refuSad
TO recognize in any way the organiza-
lions or unions to which the men he
!onged. Fortunately for the men =
campaign is on The ReDubIican
leaders were anxious to hide from sight
fhe wan and haif-starved features of
tre miners and g.f their little cbiI6ren-
They were afraid that the peolIe would
learn the true conditions eSistihe~ he
meath the Veneerirs z ~ alleged prosper-
lty' and SO, when the men ceased work.
Mark H1nua fastened to New yo1--
and, seeking out John Pierpont Nor
gan. the banker and railroad magnate
told him that the strike was cOsfjnp
the Republicans 1000 votes per dav
and that he must Intervene and adjusr
me dlnerences- As a result, the men
win a temporary victory. But IL was
not won before the coal trust had
shown its teeth and had demonstrated
IT'S control over the state government
1t was not won until human lives had
been sacrificed 1t was not won before
the troops were brought out, in order
TO terf1ty the men into subsection 1t
is strange that capital may combine
and form unlawful consDiracfes 1t NAV
violate the law with impunity and not
even the courts will be appealed to nv
our eubservient officials to enforce the
law. But, let labor strike for higher
wages; let It cry out that it's children
are starving for bread, and that il de-
mandS an increase of it's pittance and
at once the long roll is sounded and
the lines of drilled men, with their bav-
onets glistening in the sunlight, and
\. a
belt, go marching down the streets
The recent strike in Pennsylvania *
listed thirty days. There was a loss TO
the men in wages of nearly SO, SOC, OOO
There was a loss to the railroad en-
ployees, 70 bushes men and clerks. and
10 the railroad companies of IS, OOO, 05O
There was q loss to the mine operators
of $1,000. 600. There was an EXPENSE to
the state for troops of $3.50. 900, and
worst Of all, there were six lives lost
and forty-nine people injured. Is there
any stronger argument needed for the
cause of arbitration? The principle is
right and should be enacted into law
and the right of labor to organize
should be recognized. Upon this point
Mr.. Bryan, in his spec h on labor day
at Chicago. in 1896, said:
among all agencies, which, during the
last Few years, have been at work i'm
proving the condition and protecting the
rights of the V-sge earners l believe that
labor organizations stand first. They have
brought the laboring men together, where
they could compare views, unite their
and we have these organizations TO thank
for many of the blessings which have
I peen secureo lot Ihose VINO toll some
CARNATIONS. Some believe that banks
should join associations, that railroad
managers should join associations, but
that labOring men should not organize.
CT labor organizations have been the
means by which working men have pro-
ToprRn ThRnsolNrRcs in their <
A SECRETARY OF LABOR.
The labor organizations were a great
factor in securing the secret ballot.
They demanded it for the protection of
their members. They have struggled
TO lessen the evils Of child labor. They
have aSitated for shorter hours of
work. They have insisted upon proper
ventilation in mines and factories They
have persistentIy advocated reforms in
our industrial system, and they have
been a great help in uplifting the work
ingmen and worlIingwomen.
There is one plank in the Democratic
platform. which, if there were no other
reason, ought to induce every sincere
workingman who is interested in the
elevation of his calling and is DESTROYS
that labor may have it's voice in the
affairs of government, and the power
To counsel with the president, to vote
the Democratic ticket and that is the
one which declares in favor of a mem
Der of the cabinet. who shall be known
as the secretary of labor. The plank
reads as follows:
In the interests of American labor in
the up-building of the workinSman
the cornerstone of the prosperity of our
country. recommend that congress
Of a secretary, with a seat in the cab
Let, believing that the elevation of the
American laborer will bring with it in
creased production and Increased pros
rity to our country at home and to
our commerce abroad.
Mark tie difference between this just
and comprehensive IDEA in the interest
OF the wOrkingman and the working
woman and the proposal of the Repub-
lican party. A senator of that party
has introduced Il bill in the senate for
the creation of a department of indus
tries and commerce. That measure is
ChampiOned by the adversaries of the
cause of labor and is being urged by
the Abusiness organizations" of the
country. Mr.. GOmperS says that the
proposed Republican department of in
dustries will absorb the department of
labor and that since the waEe-earners
OF our country are so essential to its
well-being, and since they form SO large
and overwhelming a number of the
manhood and citizenship of the United
States the interests and needs of labor
require a direct representative in the
councils of the United States" The
Democratic party takes the same view
and in the success of that party lies
the golden opportunity of labor TO do
more for its advancement than has been
accomplished in twenty-five years.
With a. secretary of labor there would
be less of blacklisting, fewer efforts at
coercion and less objection to eight
hours as a measure of a days work.
GOV. WELLS AND LABOR.
The Democratic leaders in congress
have champioDed the principle of eight
hours as a legal days work upon pub
lie work. Here in Utah the labor union
procured sucn law to be passed, but
IL was vetoed by the governor. He de-
clcTed that its constitutiCnality was
doubtful and if he so believed he was
entitled to interpose his veto. But If
he had been in sympathy with the spirit
of the measure he could have suggested
that if the features which to him were
objectionable were eliminated. he would
sign the bill. He failed to make any
such suggestions and the work of the
labor unions came to naught. RE held
his veto until the legislature had adj
journed and thus prevented further
action. 1t is fair TO presume
that he stands in opposition TO
an eiEht-hour law. The remedy for
workingmen lies in his defeat and the
election of James II. Moyle as governor