The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-05-18

brass. Beloved, it is simply, Isay,
the throwing ont Of brain into an
other form. Yet, there are labor
ing men in this world who will
talk about belonging to a class: to
what classi The word class might
refer to a set Of people in q cOuD-
try where preferment was impossi-
BILE, but you stand today with the
world before you, yOur children
with the world before them; with
all the possibilities of any man
open unto you and unto your chill
dren. We might mention a num-
ber Of the inventions of this land
and trace them back to the striped
apron: the world, as it is now held
together by cords Of copper wire,
is q whispering gallery--we can
talk and laugh and weep for thous-
ands and thousands ofmiles under
meath the bosom of the mighty
deep-this IS the conception of
mechanic. Indeed, look at the
phOnograph--why, we can keep
the voice Of the dead, we can keep
the music of the dead, the records
OF the court, and the record will
reproduce as it was the voice and
utterances OF loved ones, because
a laboring man transferred his
brain-he gave himself for it, and
be succeeded These things have
cost lives-beneath them are the
bones OF men. The phonGgraph
comes directly from Edison, but
Indirectly from that line Of me-
chanics who have studied, and
have developed the habit of think
ing. Beloved, l am before you as
a..citizen, to talk to you as citizens;
not as class OF men, because you
are not a class-we are all, in a
measure laboFers. But, says one,
that is ell right believe all that;
butt want to hear what you have
to say about labor unions, for they
are the thugs we are thinking
about now. In the first place, be-
loved, / am IN favor of labor un-
ions, in favor Of fraternal unions,
in favor Of financial unions, yes,
and in favor Of matrimonial un-
ions. All those boys down there
IN their hearts say amen TO that,
and the girls say ah-men. 1t is a
mistake to suppose that a financial
combination is a sin; l do not be-
| lieve that, brethren. Financial
combination Is not q SIN: but for
combination of capital, there would
not be 8 railroad in all this fair
land worth the name; but for the
combination Of capital, the steel
ships would be as little old barqnes
with their rags dying in the air.
but for the combination Of capital,
rivers like the Mississippi would
never have been bridged; but fol
the combination Of capital, the
great factories Of the land would
never have been in operation
but for the combination Of
Of capital, the millions of rail
road men, who IaTe today " ork-
ing and making an honest living
would have been plOwing, or do
ing something else, or nothing
So, I am not opposed to the com
binatiOn OF capital. The labOrlnf
men OF this country are not op
posed 70 the combination OF CAPT
tai. They are not sending up F,
wall seoOt that; they do not say
'It is q sin and you must not d.
it," but will tell you what they
do say; they say, SAII right, breth
rem, you unite your capital, com
bne with each other all you wish
but 1 win tell you what we are
going to do: We are going to com
bine our capital, too. Your capi
tai is money: our capital IS brain
and muscle. Organize your capi
tai, and We will organize our cspi
tai" That's all there is in it
brethren. That is the whole thing
in q nutshell; labor is capital
brain is capital-ceFtainly It is