Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1902-01-03


sweat OF their faces far outnumber all ot1ard an
classes, and yet, of all the classes repres s indus
In our legislatures other departments of @ "a
ernment, labor has few, or no, representative ths
men. This will have to be changed, or labe as bet
in the future, as in the past, will play losin omen
game. uine
Ever an honest board of arbitration cannot
rectify the wrongs of laboring classes At best
1t can only stave off the inevitable of distinctly
laboring mans party, and procrastination does
not promise to strengthen the cause of fair
treatment for the toiing millions
Wit and backbone are sadly lacking The
need OF the hour is laboring mans party,
with laboring men for candidates. For the
present, at least, that party should have but
one plank in IFS platform, and that should be 1
fair treatment for him who produces wealth
We could determine, later on, as to whether we
wanted single or double standard of money.
we could line up on the tariff question by 6ud-
Ing what system afforded majority of laboting
men the best means of comfortable existence
Possibly, laboring mans party might find
the best solution of the muddle to be in the
government owning and operating all the great I,
concerns that enable the capitalist to exercise wv
the functions of ownership of not only the con ian an
Germs, but the men who operate the concerns theme
Labor might both set itself free, and at t. Where
same time, take the PROFIT of its own good ri and the
hand ,umer VIII
This looks like fair treatment, rv u,hch tnrns ou
never get down to the root of thisanulated article
use the same kind of club the indeed. the advan
is using. nestle consumptio,
If government is such power in have no doubt tina
of the capitalist, good reasosay that sugar ca
ernment would not be power in theaper than it cal
aboring mans party. It is pc i'''0H' '0' 'n'
an engine that only be operatistry is after all
engineer 1t is almighty poor ral IN one "o We cal
ernment that gives all the fat thineption. 0 ''D
wealth-absorber and starves the wcaly as the max
ducer. : Than Turona wa.
Perhaps the laboring man is afraid to produce nou
party, lest he be "aid off" but he cam lotto, >, no
himself Rivers Of tears have flowed frtonng to prove
eyes of his wife and children because Of ST. at prom
and, after thirty years of continuous struggle tariff
he is no nearer the goal than when he nade his duty
first protest-beaten the field of his choos ton
ing. ories
The etr;Lere, ,o,na g. 1o; - M, iting
~ S - =" 'o'inS SaNiS' LIZ of
arbitration game will prove to be another losing this
game. Capitalists hold all the trumps If the 'lute ute
money trump fails, government is left, and is and
the highest card in any game that men play ores
and is mean enough to slip cards up its sleeve ,ine
in standing armies and gatling guns. 1t all ause
depends on who runs the governmeut-who sas ms
holds the trumps. in
Who says capitalists too good to use Cat he he
ling guns? Not l. Wrong doers never stop at
methods. Capitalists believe in the divine
right of capitalists to own labor. Capitalists
aatter labor when they have to; always deceive
it; but the capitalist is never fair When cap
talists become fair, like kings and emperots, it O
will be when it lays down its sceptre and sub
nits to the decree of earths rightful monarcls,
and that time will be when labor controls gov 'e