The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-06-25

Inc WOHndS were D0unQ with Toying
hands; the tears we're wiped away, the
orphans and widows we're cared for; the
soldiers dotted the habiliments of war
and donned the garments OF peace.
Once more united they put their should
ers to the wheels of progress and today
the nation is the wonder of the world
aud the pride Of every citizen. Some of
the mistakes Of the founders of the re-
public were rectified. The interpreta-
ton Of the constitution as to the doc
trine Of states rights and constitutional
supremacy was settle forever. The
shackles that bound the slaves we're
severed in twain. The people of the
north and south came to know and re
spect each other and after forty two
years the gulf is bridged. We have no
north, no south, but oae grand united
country.
I believe that if the people of this
country had realized in time to what
these issues were leading; had they ever
dreamed Of the awful sacrifice that
awaited them; of the horror and misery
that those four years of war entailed up
on them; the wanton waste of life and
treasure; their better reason would
have prevailed and the war would have
been averted. IT'S said that a wise man
profits by his neighbors mistakes. Let ue
see to it that We do this. Because we
settled the questions which led to the
civil war and settled them right; be-
cause we escaped the calamity that was
freely predicted of disaster and disunion
let US not be wrapped up in our own
conceit and blind to the grave questions
that confront us today. I am one of the
many that believe that there are ques.
tions before the American people today
as vital and far reaching as any they
have ever been called upon to solve.
Questions that will require the united
and best judgement of our people to
settle peacefully, and thereby avoid dis
aster in the future. And I do not think
| am departing from the propriety of
this platform in calling your attention
to some of them. One is the relations
between labor and capital. This is a
question that is pressing for solution
Strikes. tieups and lockouts are becom-
ing more and frequent. The re-
lations between labor and capital are
becoming more strained every year.
Instead of getting nearer together and
adjusting their differences they are
drifting farther apart. Violence and
bloodshed are becoming a necessary ad-
junct to a strike and this breeds anarchy
and disregard for the law. Now my
friends there must be. and is, a reason
for this state of affairs. The laboring
men OF the country claim that they do
not get a just compensation for tbeir
labor, while the capitalists and corpora
tions that employ labor claim that the
profits Of their business will not permit
them to pay more. Which is right ?
We have an object lesson in the post
office department Of this government
that helps to answer that question.
There are employed in the anthracite
coal folds of this country in round
numbers one hundred thousand men.
The government in the postal depart
ment alone employs more than three
hundred and fifty thousand. Did you
ever hear OF a strike in the post office
department of the government or in any
other department The cause for the
differences between labor and capital
is not hard to End. and if we wish to
avoid serious trouble in the future we
must find a remedy.
The trusts is another question which
is occupying the attention OF the pso-
pie. Twenty five or thirty years ago we
never heard anything about ~trusts; but
they have slowly but surely been ex
tending their tentacles, sitting competi-
ton and encroaching upon the rights Of
the people until today there is not with
in the sounl of my voice a man or
woman with hardihood enough to de-
fend them. All political parties have
declared against them in their platforms
and promised to give US relief. The
masses of the people are thoroughly
aroused and 50 are the trusts. That is
as far as we have got. In the meantime
the II usts are still with US and doing
business and a solution of the question
is rapidly forcing itself upon the Amer
lean people. The evils of trusts are the
facts that they eliminate competition.
force prices above their natural level
and concentrate the wealth of the coun-
try into the hands of the few. How are
we g ,ing to control them
Another problem is the Immigration
question. The question is, ''How long
can Europe and Asia pour their count
less millions into this country and we
etill retain our American institutions?
1t it possible for US to assimilate and
mould into American citizens all the
rest of the world if they will only come
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