New-York tribune., 1902-12-11

drance or intimidation of any kind The rlghes ho
| of one man end where the rights OF another
begin. -. ;. ,,
citizen TO combine for the injury OF the Senerai
| welfare whether capitalist or day Iaporer IN
| this respect law applies alike 70 both Ihe prl-
| mary object in the establishment and malIlteL-
! ance of free government is the general wei
fare and in its administration that IS para
mount to all else While all nave the s rlsnt 70 70
work or not no one has the right TO prevent, OF
attempt TO prevent by word, act or deed, the
prosecution by others of any lawful pursuit or
the development of any Industry useIui IN dLu
beneficial to mankind. Nor has any one rlsnt,
by word or deed, to aid or abet IN any way per
sons engaged in obstructing or in hinderlhG lhe
prosecution or development OF enterprises ano
industries calculated TO promote the senei"l
welfare. ,
Boycotting. as IT is called, IN any business
rests on the assumption that nobody mas any
rights except the boycotter, and that ne Is
privileged TO fix the terms which labor may
earn its daily bread by its daily toll, and the
munity must be conducted. The fundamental
principle upon which free governments rest
and without which they cannot exist, is the
protection of the inalienable right Of every per-
son to life liberty and the pursuit or happiness
The !nalenable right of life and liberty is or
little consequence without the inallenaple rlght
Of the pursuit Of happiness. The pursuit OF
happiness includes the right in the lndlVldua!
tn r,rIrsl;e auv legal employment in lawful
way without hindrance mOlestation or intlrn1-
dation in anv form. Laws in just governments
are made for the protection or these 1unua-
mental rights. and whoever NlOlaleS IneIl OF dI-
teInpts 70 is suhverting the spirit and genius OF
free institutions Whoever prevents or attempts
to prevent the development OF an industry bene-
fetal to mankind, or prevents or attempts 10
preyeDt the prosecution of such industry by
others. becomes a conspirator against the gen.
er9l welfare lust the same as a combination Of
capitalists might become injurious 10 the gen
eral welfare in their combinations.
NO WAR BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR.
A disagreement between the employer and the
enploye as the wages Of labor is no more
war between capital and labor than IS a DIS
agreement between the merchant and his Gus
toner as to the price Of articles offered for
sale war between the producer and the con-
sumer.
There can be no war, even conflict be-
tween capital and labor when their real inter
ests are rightly understood and fully appre-
ciated. They are mutually dependent on edch
other, and neither can accomplish any great
results without the other. OF what use is labor
beyond the supplying of mere physical wants
BY the cultivation Of the soil without capital
to furnish transportation to market for the
products Of labor, well as for the develop
capital be without labor? In the worlds com
n1erce the locomotive is of use without cars
filed with the products Of labor, and such cars
would be Of without capital TO bulid Lne
railroad and buy the locomotive.
In the old system of mining in Mexico the
peon dug me ore deep down in the earth. filled
threw the sack over his shoulder with ID
leather strap across his forehead TO hold the
sack while he used his hands in climbing
single upright pole, with notches cut into II Ike
stairs for his feet On reaching the top he
emptied the sack Of ore into larger ones sus-
pended on either side Of a donkey And the
donkey transported them along a Zigzag path
down the mountain side TO q smelling furnace
erected on the bank of the nearest stream Of
mountain, lays iron steel track, and puts
upon it a locomotive and cars. into which the
peon loads the he digs IL. and in as many
minutes it took hours before the ore is trans
Ported to the furnace; and the peon is trans
formed from drudge. doing the work Of
beast Of burden. into man, with wages sufh-
cient TO make home comfortable. Instead OF
the hove1 Of the peon side by side with the
stable of the donkey, there spring up com
hood So in all the pursuits Of life, in order TO
accomplish the best results for the individual
happiness OF all, capital and labor must go
hand in hand. mutually dependent each
other, and each respecting the rights Of the
other
All manual laborers cannot be equally sue
cessful any more than all professional or
business men. There is no possible way by
which incapacity irnprovidence can be made
equally successful with capacity prudence and
economy in the struggles Of life. If this in
born inequality Of ca pacity in individuals be an
evil. 1t must be charged a fault in the wis
dom OF creation.
Whoever is contented with sufficient means
for making himself and those dependent upon
him comfortable has attained all there is of
real happiness in the accumulation of wealth
and has therefore no reason to complain Of his
lot All cannot be poets, painters sculptors
merchants. or tradesmen Of any kind. Yet in
this country every business pursuit or calling
is within the reach Of all The highways to
honora bic distinction lead from the lowly cot
Of honest industry the same as from the gilded
Palaces Of wealth the halls Of learning and
they are all open alike 10 the hunblest child of
the sons of toll, from whom have sprung most
of the historic characters of our country and
In which the passing generation has not been
deficient
RISE FROM THE RANKS OF TOLL
The great soldier who sleeps or the banks of
tie Hudson, and who will through all time hold
a foremost rank with the great captairs who
have led mighty armies over victorious battle
fields, began life a day laborer in a lanyard
Our first martyr President was born in abject
poverty, and to his mature manhood earned his
daily bread by his daily toll. Yet of all the
worlds civic rulers In peace and war he will
forever hold inferior niche in the pantheon
OF human greatness. His two martyred sue
eessors' each without wealth or family fnfu-
enees, achieved honorable distinction In all the
pathways OF life and won the highest honors
IN the gift OF a free people. In all the great
enterprises OF this generation, as well as of pre-
cecing ones, the individuals who have achieved
the greatest success in the worlds estimation
have, IN most cases, begun active life with the
smallest OF pecuniary means.
The grievances of labor in free elective gov
srnnents like ours are TO be removed In the
same way as other grievances are removed-by
an appeal to the intelligent judgment of public
opiuion- In free elective governments, with free
speech, free press and universal ballot there
can be no excuse for a resort 10 lawless vio-
lence for the correction of any grievance. In
such governments obedience to the commands
of law and to the mandates of duly organized
courts is paramount to all else No matter what
the grievance complained of may be- resort to
laWleSs violence is an attack on the rights of
every law abiding citizen and upon organized
society itself, and If successful it would be the
first step in the road that leads to anarchy and
national ruin. An enlightened public opinion
In a free government will in the end correct all
real grievances, If Bile means only en-
ployed. II may require time and patience But
that is the case with all attempts to remove long
standing abuses or to establish improved condi-
tons
No aver her,ahtsd