The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-12-26
coopERATIoM PREDICTED.

than that given lHtO ING haNN'
the captains of industry, for they
deal with human beings in close
and vital relations-not through
the medium of speech or of exhoEt-
alton, but of positive association
and by this they can make or mar
This was said several years ago by
Carroll D. Wright, who has recent
" declared that the true solution OF
the labor question will be found IN
cooperation and to that end civlll-
cation is moving. There is prob
ably no better authority in the
world than Mr.. Wright, and as his
opinion is based on thorough knowl-
edge, derived from impartial inves'
tigation, his declaration should
awaken keen public interest in all
movements tending to verify it.
For great many years, the busy
minimizing public has been lulled
to sleep by the cry that in America
there are no class distinctions, Gre
ated by birth or royal favor. 1t is
true that here men are neither born
with stamp of nobility on their
brows, nor endowed with rank and
title by law, but what is the diff
ference if aristocracy must be,
whether it is the spore of money or
ancestry? If some men are to be
noble while others are to be ignoble,
it were just as well to have them
born to their respective classes and
have done with it. We might as
well have hereditary nobility as a
plutocratic aristocracy. 1t is only
generation or two between them
anyhow.
We think it was Tocqueville who
said that the industrial aristocracy
which is growing up under our
eyes is one of the harshest which
ever existed in the world, and if
ever a permanent inequality of con-
ditions again penetrate the world,
it may be predicted that this is the
gate by which they will enter.
That prediction has been verified.
Through the gate of industrial sue
cess mighty army is marching on
to the establishment of permanent
aristocracy. The gulf between the
four hundred and the commonality
has for years been widening and
deepening. The captains of indus
try have been systematically vio-
lating their sacred trust. The
human equipment of their vast in
dustrial institutions have come to
be held in less esteem than the iron
machines set in motion by steam
and electricity. No price is toe
high to pay tor good machinery and
) none too low to pay for human
flesh and blood. A machine de-
mands the most careful attention
l and profoundest solicitude. L
! must be polished till its sheen rivals
) a French mirror; its joints must bt
fabricated until friction is annihi
lated-everything that goes t
l make an iron machine healthy ant
5 effective is attended to with thu
} most scrupulous care; but a human
= machine, Oh, damn him! H
: doesn't cost anything. He repre-
E sents no investment. His Joint
e may rasp and crack with rheuma
: tism; he may not have fuel enough
: in his system to develop suficien
S energy for locomotion. What i
e that to the captain of industry.
t the human machine cannot do tn
d specified amount of work for tn
i compensation offered, throw hin
Il out in the scrap pile and let lin
t die. He represents no investment
q Sure it is that Tocqueville wa
> right when he described the indus
/ trial aristocracy as the harshest tina
ever existed. 1t is as cruel am
5 unfeeling as a pile driver, and tn
j. sooner it is destroyed by the san
!, and humane cooperation predicte
Il by Carroll D. Wright, the bette
{ for humanity.
: SUGAR BOUNTY.