The labor world., 1900-09-08
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Injunction of the court is unnecessary,
for any one who violates the law can,
upon conviction, be made to suffer the
penalties prescribed for such violation
brutal murderer are entitled to trial
by jury; why should this right be de-
MED the laboring man?
Mr.. Gompers, the chief executive Of
the Federation of Labor, has, in his
correspondence with the secretary of
the treasury, so ably presented the
labOring mans reasons for opposing a
gold standard and a national bank
cuss those questions at this time.
Cause to Fear Trusts. 4
The laboring man has abundant
reason to fear the trusts. ass as.-sy q
Charles r. Flint, in a speech deliv
cred in Boston more than year ago
in defense of the trusts, frankly as
these combinations is that .in case case Of Of
local strikes or fires the work goes
Ion elsewhere, thus preventing serious
loss. IS it possible that any wage
Garner can fail to see how. completely
mercy of the employer?
The resolutions adopted by various
labor: organizations in condemnation
FOR militarism and Imperialism justify
questions. No class contributes more
than the laboring class, in proportion
! to It's numbers, to the rank and file Of
| the; army; no class contributes more
in proportion to Its numbers to the ex-
|pense Of the army, and no class is more
! menaced by the existence of a large
army. Most of the countries in Europe
which maintain large military estab-
lishments collect an income tax which
ad54fts ISIS theo the burden Of the government
our federal taxes are largely collected
upon consumption, and while they are
income taxes in the sense that they
must be paid out of the incomes of the
portionate to the income. The taxes
upon consumption bear heaviest upon
the poor and lightest upon the rich
ana are, In fact, graded income taxes,
| the per cent collected decreasing as
the income decreases.
| II TINS nation adheres to the doc
trine@ that governments derive their
just powers from the consent Of the
and ready means of correcting all
abuses, the government will not need
Ito be supported by a large permanent
army, for every citizen will be ready
| to defend such a government from at
tack.
Only Use of Standing Army.
The only domestic use for a large
standing army is to suppress by force
that disconent which should be cured
I by legislation.
10 support a permanent army of 1O0,-
700 men requires approximate one
half as much money as is annually ex-
pended for education in the United
States. How much cheaper it is to
uplift people by the gentle and peace
full process of intellectual development
than to blow them up with powder and
| dynamite.
imperialism involves a departure
from principles which were universally
accepted in this country until within
two years ago. To know that all men
are created equal one needs not the
wisdom of sage or the learning of
the schools. 1t was declared to be a
self-evident truth; it was evident to
those who pledged their lives to the
maintenance of the Declaration of In
dependence. and it is evident still to
! those who are not, blinded by the