New-York tribune., 1902-12-11
NEW. YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.

| That doth sustain my house; you take my life,
! When you do take the means whereby nve
| The dtscontents and complaints of individual Is
in this country to their lot in lie spring III
most cases from a mistaken notion as 10 NE
/ most desira bic aims and ends. No matter what
the condition may be, there is more or less ufl-
| easy longing for something different. ana W@hen @
/ that something is reached or obtained the long
ing is not satisfied and there is still something
| a little ahead almost within reach. Like the
| child who hastens toward the place Where a .ne
| rainbow seems to touch the earth, no MAJ ,
/ how near he approaches the apparent spot lhe
| distance still remains the same.
Most of a mans discontents in life. WhateVer
| NAV be his pursuit are either from impatlence
| or from a longing for something which, IL at,
| tanned would add little or nothing to MS real
| happiness:
| we scorn to wait for the thing worth having,
| We want high noon at the days dim dawn,
| We find no pleasure in toiling and saving :.
AS our forefathers did in the good tunes gone.
THE ESSENTIALS OF HAPPINESS.
The man of immense wealth is no happier
| than the man with moderate means, proVloeu
each is comfortab BILE and equally contented WIN
his lot. Comfort and contentment are tte tm
essentials for happiness in this world pilgrim
age and whoever possesses them has no oc-
cason envy any other condltloh III NJ
Riches are not necessary to man s enJoyLleh.
hut the means to prevent starvation are. Nor IS
splendid palace essential to his real happIllesss
but shelter against the storm and the wlnteI >
blast is These Indispensable requisites TO man .
comfort can be secured only by labor. Divine
wisdom in the economy of creation, mace laool
a necessity for human existence, and also iil5ue
health and happiness dependent upon IT. LABOR
therefore is not an evil to be stunned, put Is
the means for the attainment OF the Lnosl ,,,a. oe
sirable ends and aims in ire IN the S"eas
of thv face shalt thou eat bread was not
malediction against the race, put was sIa.H tsII
ment of the condition on which man couiu sei ei
be happy in his fallen state. All LABOR ussiui ~
to man is equally honora BILE, and is entitled 10
public consideration, and in all cases Is ehulieo
to something more than mere living wages.
IF the foregoing views as to the rights OF labor
and the relation of American LABOR 70 CAPITA pa
are correct then 1t is important that sonhe
tiSf
employe should be adopted Tor pront sIiai lug
labor 1t Is obvious that a business PROPOSE
ton Il would be wholly impracticaole 10 h l1sah0
the laborers employed in any business st1Sn On.
holders of the association or corpoL@ @ atIIll J,,t
It could be part of the contract Oh ehiplo! ~ -. ~
that al persons employed by the ASSOCIATION oi
CORPORATION should be paid out or net pIohts q.
stipulated periods on the amount % ,T1s 1eU- "
salary received for such period, the sdine Pc
centage as would be paid for such peIlod 70 any
stockholder on a like amount or STOCK. SUI -. q
plan or something like 1t, would Ieillose IHooea ~ .
complaint made that lab Dor does not reGe4'S
fair share in the accumulations OF wealtI- La
Dor contributes part OF the money Cap4cal -,5 ia
vested and takes no risk or losses YET yetotoaa AZ
he Maid out of net profits the same percentage
on every dollar of wages received as WouIu ue
paid to any stockholder on douar III stoCn. s,h
Some such plan would seem 70 give ~ 10 hnsi
its fuIl proportion OF the net pronts OF lie ouSi
ness In which 1t might have been enployeu. a.,
Such a method. or any other 1nutualty ,o,,1d
factory to employer and empoye' lnat "C Si
avoid Ia bor strikes, would save for general ulf
trfh1tjon q vast amount now invested IN suCh
strikes saying nothing Of the enorihous iuSs 80
of the whole community In all oranchss VI I 80.
moss or of the sacrifice Of human NE oy ia"i.
,-io1ance IN such strikes It has been estina tSu
that the losses in the late anthracite codi sonH
in the State of Pennsylvania were over 60, 60.
100000 The following statement py ioe'i'
shows S197 100000:
Nnere and others thrown Of work lS'''OO
DETAILS OF THE TOTAL LOSSES By REASON OF