Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-06-15

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men give way to the passion OF hatred
toward their fellbwmen who have not
seen NJ To become members Of SOME
union, they are simply sowing to the
wind and IN the end VIII reap the whlrl-
wind The third principle is one that
has been brought nto prominence ana
one hat Is likely 20 play an important
part IN the future. Il Is the light OF the
public 10 rely upon the Integrity OF
labor as wei as upon The integrity Of
capital
Whenever an organization unneccs-
sarIN lnflcIs great wrong upon the
public by stoppins the wheels Of COM
msgce. ana by bringing suffering TO
mu.uudes OF ther tellowmen the
.oandes, principles Of humanity are
outraged Il s wrong for men to as
sume that employers are at heart un.
mir ana interruptions and that they
aro therefore justified ia saymg 60 che
public al large we shall visit upon you
the e,A Consequences of our auspicions
capital Is naturally shy and it 70 is
forced TO hide itself boy d wild and irra-
lonal agitation. the asita,ors VIII hnd
IN the end that they have been the We
Tins 81 one OF the most horrible social
malalics that ever afflicted any age
Labor unions win and that the same
eternal law OF Justice applies 20 unions
that applies 60 individuals that foir
dealing and mtioual conduct must be
maintained q financial mlformnes art
aveucd Where there aw latter-duy
SAINTS Iu unions they should assume a
conservative attitude ami never arouse
mems r.eiadces by nnamiug their pas
s.ons There can De- no objections 10
arm aus persistent contention for the
rights Of labor % the contention is
maintained Ga the suirit % reason and
fairness above ail things The Latter
DAY Saints should hold sacred the noe
and liberty OF sheil fellow.men as also
their rights o. property and maintain
invlolate every right to which human
ny Is entitled
The unions are forcing our people IN
to on Inconsistent and dangerous atti'
tude when they compel Latter-day
Saints within The union TO make war
upon their brethren who are without
the linton. and thereby denying the
most sacred and God-gIcn rights Of
one class Of Saints that another class
may gain some advantage over a third
person. their employer such conduct
is destructive Of the liberty which ev-
ery man is entitled 20 enjoy and win
lead in the end to the spirit Of conten-
ton and apostasy
Il il not easy TO see how the Latter
day SAINTS can endorse the methods of
modern labor unions As a people We
have suffered too much arom irrational
class pre- JUDGE and class hatred to par
ticpate in violent and unjust agltatlons.
No one denies The right OF laborers TO
unite in deinandns a Just share Of the
prosperity Of our country provided the
union is governed by the same spirit
that should aotuste men Who profess
The guidance ~ Christian conscience.
There is one method OF warfare eN
hibited In some OF the unions that is re-
pugnant to everything that is honorable
in the conduct OF men ltis that sort
Of guerrilla warfare by which both cap
ital and public convenience are sub-
jected. without warning and without
right. to the attack Of r.. In ambush
who hope to gain victory over capital
whether just or unjunst by forcing
employers into surrender and losses or
into humiliation brought about by tenn
porary surrender to convenience rather
than to right and justice In the end. a
sound public sentiment VIII surely con-
denim those methods. which set IN mo-
ton forces that carry destruction and
human suffering In their train without
regard or consideration for those upon
whom ,Se unhappy consequences too
frequently fall the heaviest
In the present status o. capital and
labor there SHOULD BE- mutual interests;
and az the same time workmeu should
realize that there Is limit 20 the pris-
sure Which capital can endure by the
demands made upon H. Competition
has always given some measure Of re-
lief 60 the aborer by the demands o.
capital Tor human service and men
should not therefore abandon them
selves to the supposed power Of arbi-
uary demands which labor unions are
now making Ga many cases upon their
employers. The contention Tor the rec
ognitIon Of unions IS often a very in
definite factor Tor no one seems 70
knoW just what that recognition means
now. or what % is 10 mean To- the fu-
mre. II recognition means the exclu-
s.ve right 81 any class % men 10 gain
O. livelihood by their work. then recog-
nitou should be- persistsnly ana force
fully resisted
The Lauot-day SAINTS whether In
the unions or Dat Of them know very
ven whether lnd.yldual OF united Be-
msnds are arbitrary and unjust and
ihey unl lose nothing BY manly re-
ussj 90 ylolate their sense o. justice.
Joseph. +. SMITH.
4 LINCHING.