The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1901-09-26

BAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
For sale by ell Druggists. Price b0o. per bottla
margin, the rrofit and loss on the score
OF transactions that must he
accounted for between the cost
OF the labor and the final delivery of the
shoes to the man who wears them. He
makes il appear that capital gets the
whole difference between Ia cts. and
81 80 TO $500, and then says, isn't it a
shame the way capital 'robs labor and
robs the people who buys brogars,
when he must know that the difference
between ii cts. and the retail price Of the
brogans was absorbed by perhaps fifty
different additional charges, and that
those charges also represented service
or labor furnished by human beings.
But he wants to produce an effect against
capital and cannot afford to be fair to
make his case. The same with his
illustration Of cotton cloth. He could
bave gone back still farther and taken
the little bit of raw hide that the bro
gans were made Of, or the bit Of cotton
in the field before il was picked, and the
cost of the shoes or cloth after II was in
the hands OF the consumer, and have
made still more desperate showing
against capital. But that would have
exposed the iallacy of his statement,
and would have revealed that 1t is not
the cotton or the leather you are paying
for but multitude of human services
that have gone into the finished product.
There has been emash-up sale OF shoes
at Salem the past two weeks where
thousands OF pair OF shoes have been
sold of at half the retail price and
some at third and even a fourth. That
il another of the features that enters
into the problem OF the cost OF brogans,
and all things, overstocking, under
consumption, over-productlon, that
long -Sinded professors and political
economists can write, talk about by the
week and not change the facts an iota.
We want Mr.. I. y. Nj. TO ask himself
il it is right to leave these factors out OF
he problem and then indict capital and
iucite prejudice unjustly on false con-
clusion reached by false reasoning from
false premise? He is fair enough to
say IL ia not, and he and other writers
like Robertson should take time to think
out their thoughts and reason out their
statements before throwing them ont
broadcast to influence those who have
had still less opportunity to study great
problems like labor and capital. We
have not the space to do this subject
IL 10, IL
Nj. unless he convince himself.
In the wider field opened by this
question, lest Mr. I. Y. NJ. misunder.
stand us or mitquote us as fayoring cap
ital against labor, we wish 10 90 on rec
ord as saying that we believe there is
an irrepreGsible conflict on between or
ganized capital and organized labor.
We believe that organizations Of capital,
or trusts rs they are called, are forcing
labor TO organize, are stimulating labor
organizations and that there will be
brought about great conflict between
the two. There will be conflict that
will try the soul of the nation, struggle
that will test the power OF the govern
ment t1 the uttermost, that will take
government almost as strong as an
unlimited monarchy TO protect the
people who are not in the trusts or the
labor organizations from the violence OF
the struggle between the two contend
ing powers About one-halt of the peo.
pie may new er become directly involved
in the contention between organized la
hor and organized capital, and their
interests and rights will have to be
protected against violence and suspen-
sion Of the great industries and services
that minister TO the necessities of man
kind. This is almost the condition of
things in California today. We believe
that in the end labor will triumph
aud that organized capital will be sub
ordinated to the interests Of humanity
That II will not be by force and de-
struction, by argument OF torch aud
bloodshed, let US hope and pray, Labor
has won great progress by organization. !
The eight and nine hour day are almost
universal, Labor organ cations win ten
battles that we hear little OF but the
one un' uccessiul strike or prolonged
struggle tlls the air with tumult. In
the great impending struggle the press
must hold an even hand for good order
aud Ood government and the rights of
every human being whether il be can
italist large or small, a lab0rer organized /
or nuorganiYed, lt must not deal in .
hall truths or lalsehoods on ell her side
OF the subject. The Shareholders OF 1860
were the greatest cap ialisls OF their
time, They had tho most mghly can,
italized uust of their time. They ha 4
the government, the banks, tho social
Influences OF the world on their side.
When the interests 0i humanity were
agniust them the bubble burst
aud disappeared Ii will be so with the
capitalistie bubbles OF this age The
God who gave Rockefeller light 10 roll
ap his millions out OF product that
has become an universal necessity will
give the rest OF Us light TO deal with the
standard oil unst nagnates lie may
0o little slow about il but HIS work
Nlll be an the more just aud thorough.
We can afford TO await the advance of
,eneral intelligence that will enable the
A me lean people TO solve all these great
lroblems with less violence and with
greater justice than any other country