The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1903-08-20
Al abor Union Candidate and Platform.

The National Building Trades coun-
Gil, forgetting or disrcgarding the dis.
astcrs that have oycrtakcn the Knights
OF Labor aud every other labor orgnni.
1a,ion which has ever gone into politics
In this country, named it, candidate Tor
president and announced It's platform,
al IT. recent convention In Denver.
Candidate and principles are about
equally opposed TO everything that Ia
boring men ought 10 favor,
The candidate indorscd IL William
H. Hearst, Of New York. llcarsts only
claim 10 distinction IL that he publishes
three Of the mUst unreliable and dcmor.
nliling yellow journals in America. He
was born with II gold spoon in his
mouth, had big fortune lief, him, and
never did days manual labor. BY
means Of his newspapers, which he
bought with inherited money, he In,
done much 10 fOmcnt class jcalousics
and animo-itics, SOW the seed, Of dis.
cord between employees and employers,
and array the poor and rich against
each other: hut he has never donc amy.
thing 10 promote the true interests Of
his country or society, and there l. no
evidence that he possesses talcn, for
staicsmnnship \ fine laboring man,
candidate. truly The fact that work.
ingmcn can sometimes bc induced Ia
give their admiration ana supper, 10
such men Is one of the things that make
many wise. good ana patriotic people
doubt II popular government can bc
purpctua,cd.
The platform adopted il, in the main,
Of II piece with the candidate liz most
important plank j, II declaration in "a.
ycr oi the public ownership ana opera.
tiOn OF public utilities. Public owner.
ship and operation Of public utilities"
!, but another name FOR socialism. The
building trades refuse tu he instructed
by experience regarding the evils Of
thi, principle when practically applied.
They see the pO>toilicc department,
which i Il public utility under public
control, hOncycOmbcd with cXtraya.
gancc and corruption. They see the
same thing in almost every public utili-
ty that j. operated by the municipali.
ties Of America.
They hut recently saw the govern.
mcni OF an Australian province force
the workmcn on the public railways Ia
return Ia work by threatening 10 resort
To the -tcrncst rcprcssiyc measures II
they did not do ~, thus putting these
cmploycs on practically the same foot.
Ing of dependency ~ sailors and sold.
icr,-a natural effect Of applied social.
Ism. They see on every hund-or they
could see II they would but open their
eyes and look about-cvidcnccs oi the
utter ialsity and folly Of the theory that
the government, is the proper rcposi,o.
ry OF every kind Of authority and pow
cr, and proof that workingmcn would
practically bc rendered slaves and
would he worse injured than any other
class by the practical and consistent
application OF that theory; and yet they
raise their voices To swell the cry in
favor Of further adoption Of socialisiic
principles,
Fortunately, however, not all, nor
even u large part, Of the laboring men
of America are ~ short.sighlcd as those
OF the building Trades council. The
knights Of labor, which advocated sim.
liar principles, caused great alarm To
the siinu aud conservative GLASSES. That |
organization : swift decay and downfall !
showed that the bulk Of the workers
OF America cannot long be- mislcd re-
their true interests, and that |
their good sense and patriotism are II |
sure defense against appeals Ia class
prejudice. class sclGshncss and elias, !
hate.
a gang of swindlcrs is NJ work in |
Northwest Arkansas. They offer the |
farmers largo amount of counterfeit, |
unuar gnp "a small .r,,, ,,I