The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-07-23
THE LABOR QUESTION
SEES A PRACTICAL SOLUTION FOR SANE
Cites Other Instances to Prove Points SO.
oiasm the Remedy Suggested.

'OnuOt see things rOinr to the dogs
without SAYING something. This labor
rouhle prcNs upon my mind to the eX-
cent that it i, my first waking thought,
As well as my last. How many of YOU
have read the following. II i, part
an important ParthOwever - of the
first private circular sent to the bank
ers Of the United states in 1852. Now
notice ana see why the "mastcr, want
10 degrade labor.
";o!avcry is likely to be abolished 10y
the war power and chattol slavery de-
otrONed This. ! and my European
friends are in favor of, for slavery is
but the owning of labor. and carries
with ii the care OF the IabOrers. While
the European plan led on by England
Is capital cOntrO! of labor, 10y control
ling Of Wa4e, This can he done by
controlling money. Thus we can COM
pei the whole people without being e.
,ponsible for their bodies, to pay tilb-
ute to the money power
You who are old enough to look BACK
forty years or So. and see the graduai
oppression brought to bear on an
classes of labor. How well our be-
loved Lincoln saw this period Of our
nations history. OF course you have
all read it. time and again, but did you
ever apply it to the conditions that
confront us today? He said: "There is
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tention. 1t is the effort to place capital
on an equal footing with. if not above,
labor. In the structure OF this, our
government, let them, the people, be-
ware Of ourrendering political power
which, ii surrendered, will surely be
used to close the door af advancement
to such rs they, and fix new disabilities
and burdens upon them, till ali of lib
erty shall be lost. Corporations have
been enthroned an an era of corruption
in high places will follow, and tie
money power of the country will en-
dcavOr 10 prolong its reign, 10y work.
ing upon the prriudices of the people
until all wealth l.; aggregated in the
hands of Il few aud the republic is de-
stroNed. .
Sow then. Lincoln cells the people
that they have the "pJ'itical power"
Then why don't they use it to better
their own condition instead of giving
more power to the capitalist 30 he may
oppre,, them the more. Mark Hanna
! l.. 81 f,,,I
ist king. Of the country. and predicts
the greatest panic the world has ever
known. He SAYS in part: "\Vorhing
men of the country are discontinued
with their wares. and hold that in pro-
portion to the great increase in the
cost Of food. wages have not kept pace.
That is Il statement that can be readily
proven, by consulting any of the tables
published by either }lad,treet or Dunn
and the quicker we recognize this phase
of the political question the better it
will he for us and the business men,
whose duty it is to help conserve" lie
say that socialists are scattering liter
allure which the working men are eag-
crly absorbing and advises his fellow
capitalists not to close their eyes to
this pregnant fact, but ON the other
hand meet them, and if possible divert
their fire, now listen, into our polit-
zeal PARTIES" so he acknowledges
/ the ownership Of both the democratic
and republican and possibly the prohi-
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