The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-15
NEW NOBILITY.

time that he afArms the Suns natural
dennltion Of democrat and republican
ana partially cOrroborates Crosbys utter
ance from which | shall try 70 draw the
lesson OF the wisdom of these three sages.
OF the strike Clews says:
The strike against the steel corporation
Is the boldest challenge with which lao99r
pas ever confronted capital, and lt woulu
hford Is to show any timidlty or evlnce any
disposition toward concession to the pres,
ent arbitrary demand, beyond the fair an u,i
liberal spirit already shown. Amy spirit
OF conclfInfion shown by capital under
present conditions can, from the very ma
ture of things, have no other effect thah 70
recent large voluntary advances In wages
have undoubtedly had that result Ccm-
promise between the two sides IS impos-
sfbie; either the one party or the OtheI
must hold distinct nscendancy OF power,
and 1t would seem that we are verglng
upon the crisis which will determine where
the victory shall rest"
AS to ''where the victory shall rest,
Brother Clews, let not your heart be
troubled. There Is God above and we
have ultimately to obey. When | hear
man OF your sense talk this way. II recurs
to me, ''IIow thin Is the boundary line he
pleased to call sanity" for you do remind
me of the hosts of madmen who. oil their
ives have combated gravity in their ei-
forts for perpetual motion do not think
n sane man can write this way sincerely.
~
What though your little combination Of
steel plutocrats do triumph over the labor
which is producing all their wealth ana
power, do you seriously believe this VIII
affect the eternal principles of justlGet
Do You think all the little battles of the
human. race, all the petty murders and es-
capes from justice. affect the eternal laws
of the lmmutable God-those laws which
He has so plainly written In the nature of
human living and In -: heart Of each Of
us that 1t Is impossible for us to pen such
an Infamous proposition as your utterance
without feeling In us the degrading self
conviction Of being bully, tyrant an
WHY must one or the other "wln?"
Is II necessary that there be master and
Shall those who toll and produce he the
inevitable serfs of those who do not, but
are privileged by fortune to measure this
toll and reap usury from 1t? Does the
richest baron of the steel trust owe his
millions entirely to himself2 Put aside
any theoretical obligation God manifeStly
places upon man in proportion TO the
genius or fortune with which he is favored.
who created their fortunes except just
such toll as. you assert they must now
triumph overl
The trouble with your republican" side
Of the household my dear fellow is that
YOU have ceased to regard labor In the light
of the supreme llfegver and comforter
of man, the generous hand from which all
good gifts flow the item without which
the affairs of the great world absolutely
supp tne central IaCl oil humanity. GU
have ceased to regard essential man. From
him you lift your eyes to his mllions--thc
world does-nnd say, He Is the natural
ruler He has the millions" Or you
look down upon his unit Of producing Ia
bor-the world does-Hnd say He Is the
natural serf. He is hut a dog who works
French barons when they had prc-rmp' d
the soil so that 1t was by their permits
sion that their fcllow-men toiled and pro-
duced for their luxury while the toilers
lived on starvations edge did the same
thing. Above the few, the republicans"
then lowered the halo of titles and lust
such ilnsory dam fooery as had To
rule Doubtless they would have given
their oaths that God himself had so or
dained.
Today the economic equation has worked
OUT to the same result under new guS;'
You, sir, and those of your kidney. would
set up ruling class.
The day Is too late AS sure as you live
II Is too late.
The American will not retrace his stems
He will maintain democracy" that de.
mocracy admirably defined by the sun
He will insist on the recognition of the
fact set forth In Crossings axiom
And he Will bring about the condition
wherein CEws proposition will he literally
true and dollars will be his menia not
his master