The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-24

before. So we see where a single organiza-
ton has ships on the sea and railroad
lines stretching across the continent, and
how out of the iron ore and the coal of the
continent they are forging iron and steel
In such proportions that the nations Of the
earth combined cannot compete with the
But envy and jealousy and individual am
bition have kept pace with the worlds ac-
cumulatiOns, and as q result we see that
whenever man or a combination of men
has been able to build up mighty indus
trial plant. which to carry on requires a
greater army than was ever set In the n,
IN war. those who have not the money
have the envy. and their voices are ring
ing out against this combination Of wealth.
They are warning the people that their
liberties are In danger. and 1t does not
take much dfscernment to see through
their intention. which is If possible to
make such a combination of voters as
will rule this country under the name Of
some party, and the real purpose of these
men In denouncfng the trusts and COM
bines Is to make such a trust and combin-
alton of the people that through their
votes they can gravitate to power.
Now. the part of craftsmanship is tc SO
adjust the laws that these great combines
the combine Of labor on the one hand and
OF capital on the other, cannot in their
| clashings disturb and demoralize the gem
eral business of the country. In the east a
strike is on which. II carried to it's full
extent. will turn one-f1fteenth of the men
able to work in this country to idleness
and stop the revenue which is paid to la
Dor in even greater proportion. 1t amounts
now to 100000 per day, q million dollars
that naturally would be taken from the
treasury of the great trust and paid to
the men who. by labor. are supporting
wives and feeding and clothing little chill
dren. To an outsider. the differences be-
| tween the employers and employees in this
| case. so far as either side has been able to
explain. them. seem puerile compared with
the suffering which would follow the per-
manent closing down of the great plants,
| and in such case. II the statesmen of the
country are not great enough to frame
| laws which shall settle these differences
and settle them on the side OF justice alike
| to the capitalist and the laborer. why then
! our so-called statesmen are not statesmen.
| and 1t is a false claim that we make of be-
| ing the freest and brightest people of the
earth. The trouble Is that when 1t comes
to a settlement. it has to be submitted to
men who are OF three classes. One. the
able lawyer. who looks at nothing except
from legal point Of view. Another. the
politician who would rather not see Just
law passed II 1t would interfere with his
private ambitions. and the third class. the
! impracticals, who know nothing OF the re-
lations that ought to exist between labor
and capital, but who. dwelling in dream
land. start simply on the theory that all
| men are equal, and that whatever is done.
their equality must be maintained, when
| in point of fact all men are not created
equal except in this. that opportunities are
given alike to all. while as~to men them
selves, they are like the birds of the air;
when they are turned out together. the
| eagle and the hawk have the talons and
| the beak and the bloodthirsty natures,
while the robins and the lark have nothing
for their defense except their songs.
In a little country away down under the
Southern Cross. in a nation just created.
| there has been wisdom enough to frame
legislation which has stopped all strikes
since the laws became effective. and it has
stopped them in a way to make cordially
between employer and employee. and with
| that example before us. If our own states
men cannot rise to this emergency and
dictate what shall be just between the
millionaire and the worker. batween the
| combination that Is able to employ mill
| ion laborers and the laborers themselves.
then we are a failure as a great people,
| Salt Lake Tribune.