The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-04
bryan TO TH WORKERS
continued From Ftrnt Pace.


to secure an education; for education
widens the individuals horizon, increases
his capacity for usefulness, multipHeS his
entoyments and makes him in every way
more servtceabIe to society. Victor Hugo
mas described the mob as the human race
IN misery. Those who are well-to-do have
a selfish interest, and should feel moral
concern IN removing despair from every
human breast. AS misery is lessened the
security OF property is increased; human
HE Is protected in proportion as happf-
ness Is promoted
Why Should the man who eats at a well
supplied table forget the man whose toll
furnishes the food? Why should the
man who warns himself by the fire for
get the man whose labor in the forest
OF IN the mine brings forth the fuel?
way shodid the man clad In the best
products Of the loom forget the man
whose calloused hands make fine cloth
ing possible? Both the consumer and
tue pToducer are necessary, but of the
Two the producer comes first in point of
time and In point of Importance. Shall
the rosebud, blooming in beauty and
shedding It's fragrance on the air, de-
spise the roots Of the bush because thew
come into actual contact with the soiIp
Destroy the bud and leave the roots, and
a second bud will appear as heautifuI
ard as fragrant as the first; but de-
stroy the roots and bud and bush will
perish.
How can the wage Garner secure that
share of the earth's bounties and the
governments protection which he de-
serves? The associations formed by work
lngmen have been productive of much
coed.
;. The labor organization, as we now find
~. Is the product of Industrial cendi-
tons. The individual found himself at
q disadvantage in dealing with the cor
PoIate employer, and the organization
. not only enables him to contend for his
ittsnts upon terms more nearly equal but
1T stimulates him to study and undar-
stand the conditions which surround htnn
4ne LABOR organization has been fore
most IN adVocating the benefits which
nave already been secured. Several years
ago the secret ballot was demanded bV
the wage earners for their own protec-
ton. That ballot has been obtained. and
!t a. sS,fs IT'S operations those who toll for
inoiVlauais or corporations are able to
project their political rights and to use
the ballot according to their own iude-
merits. This is a long step in advance
Re iaoor organization has done much
70 lessen the evils CT child labor No
one can visit the factories where children
are employed without cGntenanIa tinpr tha
C t,II winch. is being perpetrated upon
posterIty. If there is any TEMPORARY
economic advantage in the emrIovuan+
OF children of tender age, it is fnsignffi
,. When measured against the perma-
LEY INJURY done tG present and future
55s!leFat4ons. 70 rob a child Of its school
Gays is bad enough. but to bend its back
oy q load for which only the adult f.
nttea, Is even worse.
The EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Inc labor organization has also con-
b hlrnuted q toward the shortening of the
E0urs OF toll, and it should not cease its
CIorts until the eight hour day is secur
ca. approximately one-third eff thA
s s1meiitys1our hours must be given to
voted to manual labor, only eight bours
are left for eating, for going te and
from the place Of work, for the reading
m current rent, news, for mental improve
tnent, recreation, social intercourse and
domestic life. Since the hours occunieG
IN eaGng and travel cannot be encroaebed
Upon every hour added to the davis 1abor
"a "a Us, pe taken from the time devoted tn
the family e'AoH ana
line, Inc labor organ IMITATION has been q con-
'S tSee.i. ana persistent advocate of the
diG tfne OF arbitration, although 1t is
u1teIcoIC 10 see why the burden of this
tetorm should be thrown upon fhe Ia
Dorlng man Surely the employer, If ba
NO Mou IL take comprehensive view Of
ms own interests would be "a y,,,,cb ~ u
emitted by arbitration as the emnIoVa III III
1pJCddSe every prolonged contest betwea11
LABOR LABOR and capital brings interruption tn
aus rsii -, ana pecuniary loss to those who
gfeement, society in general is 60
more interested. than employers mr. CIV ~
proves. The desire for Justice is 50 mi
1I TISdi - tn aa the public can be depended
- staI BOARD OF arbitration as eertainIv as
II can to support the successful cor,{ost '
aiot IN law suit. The court of arbitra
future, and when it is secured ana ny
Iected, we will wonder WHY its cor1t,lr-
was delayed SO long 40 cunning
,,, Inc Dlaek list, by means of which en-
Ply eLs ceh1plne to deprive the DISCHARGED
workman of e-employment, is one Of az La
n nI, scent menaces to the laborine man
a ane Inoel,endenee of the wage Garner de-.
cTeases as the difficulty of obtafnino eo13
ploynent Increases, and the skilled 49, I'll
man, whose life has been snenf IN o. %
curing efficiency at a certain trade ar
teI ~ 40 becomes practically the chat
tei OF lhe employer, IL every opportI1nftv
10 10 make use Of his experience is closed
oy agreement between employers
CHINESE LABOR.
me Inc iapor1ne man is also interested IN
I9sdslation prohibiting Oriental imnaigra a.
noar LIS 10 UNFAIR to the American work
man. man, VINO Is the foundation of tbe na-
Llon 8 wealth in time of neace ana a.
4SLeilS &c IN t1me OF war, to subject him TO
e sile oatger OF having his occupation
SNeh 70 an Oriental Iaborer. often
brought In by contract. who has no ,' ~I Ien
anent interest in our government Ts
Tue Inc Aslaucs come here, work for few
S Serrs' I'VE on lower scale, and then
t 81 nome The net proceeds of their toll
the drain upon our money supDIv viii
pc similar to that caused by IandI0rdis1o
IN m otner countries. The political obiec-
WelShty than the economic ones Booo
preJuolce cannot be disregarded, and we
nave seen how, in every Industrial de-
Pre pre- race anlmosities result in riot
and bloodshed. We cannot afford to
Drlng into this country those who cannot
afnalgamate with our people
Inc attempt to use the Injunction of a
by jury should alarm ali Our naonie IA "a.
Whlle the wage Garner is the first to feel
It's effects, the principle which underIies
government by injunction is so far-reach-
NJ han
mately. The thing forbidden by an in
junction would without the if1iunc+inn
be either legal or Illegal. If it would BE-
!egaI; me judge usurps the function Of
the Ieglslature when he forbids it. IF
II would be Illegal the injunction of tbe
court Is unnecessary, for any one who
Elolates the law can, upon conviction,
for such violation The nearest t ipe%
and the most brutal murderer are entitled
TO TRIAL by jury; why should this right he
oen1ed to the laboring man? Those who
oppose government by Injunction are nof
In favor Of lawlessness; they are. on tbe
contrary. the best friends of law and
order. They deny the right Of any man
his own interests, but they insist that If
is inconsistent with our ideas of govern
ment, and dangerous to all classes to in
vest any judge with the three-foId power
nrSt, TO make the laws; second, to bring
accusation against those charged with
the violation OF the laws, and third to
sit in Judgment upon the case Govern
menf by Injunction is so indefensibIe
that the antf-inJunction bill, endorsed by
the Chicago platform, passed the senate
without yea and nay vote being de-
manded, and since that time no partv
platform has specifically indorsed gov
eminent by Injunction, and no prominent
member of any party has entered upon
a defense Of the system; and yet corpor-
ate influence is SO strong that it has thus
far been impossible to secure any RENE
dial legislation. The fact that the United
States senators are elected by Iegisla lures
rather than by the people directly, les
sens the laboring mans influence in Sc
curing favorable federal legislation. When