The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-09-08
The Unions Turned Out IN Parade and Are
Supported by Merchants.
PICNIC, i: .'v'CINC AND ORA1oRY
Combined to Make the De- One Of Pleasure and Profi-A
Thousand People, at Tivo1i Park Participate in the
Exercises-Labor Day Addresses.

worlds affairs, and slowly his rights
same degree that he demonstrates
his ability to enjoy those rights with
out abuse will his success be measur-
ed in the future. The handspring Of
human ac,l. lty is selfishness, but
there is a vast distinction between
the salfishness u he trade unionist
who seeks to better his own ccndi-
ton by the elevation of his entire
craft and the selfshness Of the man
who seeks to enrich himself by
grinding down the wages of the men
who toll. The history of the world
has been one of progress. Mankind
must live by labor and his constant
effort has been to reduce the amount
of labor that is necessary to accom-
plish given result. To this end new
forces are constantly being harnessed
to perform the labor that was former
ly done by man. Mechanical inven-
lions and other combinations are be-
ing constantly developed to increase
the productivity of labor with the re-
suit that the labor now necessary to
i. once was. and the labor problem
is occasioned by the efforts of the
laboring man to secure for himself
his just proportion of the wealth
which he produces.
In this struggle the laboring man
is at disadvantage because he has
only his hands for weapons while the
capitalist has the power which goes
| with accumulated wealth. The strug-
! gle is one of principle rather than of
change the forces of capital and la
Dor are being constantly inter-
/ changed The laborer of today may
be the CAPITALIST of tomorrow, while
his place in the ranks Of @abor may
he filed by the man who has lost his
fortune. Furthermore. capital is
merely labor stored away. and every
man should become a capitalist to the
extent of his ability. I do not mean
that the vast fortunes which have
been piled up by some men represent
The surplus labor of their lives. for
Nathusela himself did not live long
enough to earn million dollars by
his own labor. and while a few men
have amassed fortunes without how
ing resOrted to eXtOrtion. such cases
are the exception and not the rule
The stores of coal and oil and Other
riches of nature were put in the earth
by the Creator for the use of all
mankind and not for the exclusive
benefit Of few individuals, and
where such supplies have been mon
opolized by individuals or corpora
tons, I believe it to be the duty OF
the government TO protect its cltl
zens from eXtortion. Labor is bled
not SO much by small pay and long
hours as by the more subtle methoc
of eytortionate prices for the neces
saries Of life. The natural oil sup
) plies of this country are monopolizet
by single corporation and the OF
which you use to light your fireside
! after your days work, costs you 81
or 40 cents per gallon, when the orig
, inal cost of that oil was less thar
three cents per gallon. more than ont
: thousand per cent profit for the cor
) poration, for the profit is not made
/ by the merchant. Suppose a single
: corporation should buy all of tht
! standing timber in the United States
t and should at once advance the pric'
: of lumber to five times it's presen
: price, would not the government b.
: justified in saying to that corpora
: ton, you are entitled to fair return
+ upon your investment and no more
and the price OF lumber must be re
r duced to a reasonable figure. Blu
!, some one says. "such action woul
be in violation of the constitution.
e ThensI say. amend the constitution
= SO that it shall not be refuge TO
d robber corporations.
t Corporations should be protectet
e in their rights the same as individr
n ais. but they are entitled to no bette
b protection than the humblest either
r Labor unions are constantly az
i vised to keep out OF politics. but
= organized labor is ever to find relic
/. from the conditions which hav
e mentioned, such relief must com