The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-06-21


IFS e Sagging, and producers feel
.ap-~ity of cheapening production
.u a demands OF a falling mar
ring wages to meet the de-
I-.I falling market is only jump
.- the frying pan into the fire,
Nttlng wages only increase the
.. WHO are forced to restrict their
I-, organized labor may tenn
old up wages in the teeth of
market. but in the end wages
us prices fail. as sure as water
I-lel The fail in prices and of
.r t values resulting from the pres
troubles will make the road of
.uH overalls harder to travel and
Us IN the pathway of produc-
ulra labor
~r III wages and in property val
Hg HE past two years. which
.ua rom gold imitation. is in dan
ing lost by conflicts between
WI labor. Labor strikes that
ojrtiVe property values mse-
..- lo the value of mon-productlve
...l. such as bonds Already bonds
.a4 IN the market and industrial
Sagging. The strikes are
tlAy capital from active indus
.."W'r investments. and the dan
.nur troubles keeps capital out
..uriiyc industry. Manufacturers
.- Themselves by inserting clause
contracts that removes their
III Ease of strikes. If the pres
.Huied relations between labor and
-utinue until an era of cheap
a.paaS over the land. there will
tu men and cheap women. and
4bor will he the cheapest thing
IN The market.
and Of plenty who is to blame
rs rUndition OF things that threat
prosperity:
'a SIDES are to blame. On one side
. the greed for large dividends,
Inc other side the Jealous watch
,- ~ the rights OF labor-perhaps
tlAecs oYer2ealous. All are agreed
-Ir interests nf labor and produc-
.ptal are the same, Ii one gets
vantage of the other. both suffer.
annot take away dividends from
tV" capital without cutting its
oat. Capital cannot grind labor
.1 the earth without killing the
. nat lays the golden egg. The
4I'lY of the country depends, i'll a
f easure ON the wages of labor.
HJe opportunity for employment
Y' higher wages paid for labor.
money there is in circulation
more wealth is added to the
iong years of falling prices,
gllues turned upward, wages
-' rrsponded and "riZ'' With rising
utiI labor was fairly rewarded
0. employer getting fair returns
r. Investment. AS the market i'm
'. many employers raised wages
OWN accord.
conditions a good deal better
wear ago, and improving, was it
fr organized labor to run the
Ht Il general strike?
r|rye iii organized labor, but COM
use is just as good III labor or
t.nnS as anywhere. Quite likely
He strikers demand III many cases
H come willingly in due course of
md quite likely the strikers have
Inrd business 50 that the improved
ufons hoped for will be delayed.
atration is better way to settle
troubles than strikes, but there is
.Her way than arbitration-that is
d' agreement, SO there will be
ng to arbitrate.
Hg continued labor strikes are so
motive to both sides and to out
is That organized laborers should not
mStily. Organized labor cannot
'a to saw off the limb it is standing
is the Dutchman did who was trim
Z au apple tree.
u That is needed to prevent labor
s", is for the men in overalls and
5Ptains of industry to meet on the
& platform of fraternity and hui
HIS country we know no master.
1lr all sovereigns. But. after all,
Hlll is often hard master. The
1lug man can make himself so val
F 10 his employer that he cannot be
~I not by longer hours of toll, but
care of his employers
nest Put himself in his employers
and do as he would have work
mann do if he was the employer.
lrnnployer should do for the man
itraIls the same as he would want
rlone by if he had on the overalls.
he employer and the employe
m put themselves in each others
and each do as he would have the
] do If he was i'll the others place,
y strikes would become obsolete
"ut arbitration.
.c remedy for labor strikes is for
qoyer and the employe each to cast
hlS own devil. When either one
IS out his own devil the other will
IB suit.
nceS are high enough now, unless
hess is disturbed by labor troubles,
aN fair wages for a fair days work
pay fair returns to the capital in
ed The hired man and the man
nred help now hold the prosperity
he country in their hands. The only
litlon needed is that organized labor
organized capital live in peace. 1t
DIV in the power of the man in over
to extend the olive branch, and
eby benefit himself and everybody
1t is not all sunshine for the man