The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-10-29
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..@ ~ Before Labor and CAPITAL

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slave to it's Command, when it profess
;es to be, organized for the purpose of
preventing capital from aking the
man a slave. 1T iss just as bad to. sbe
a slave of "a, union as. a. slave Of an
Now. MY church may fixH:forszitself
certain creed and it, might. Erequire
those whom it could persuade to assent
to this creed. But I~~have no right
and no member. has. a. right to brow
beat every man wIoo, refuses to join,
to threa ten his wife, to dynamite his
house, to dog his steps to and from
some other church. I have no right
to take his life. When a workman
does that he commits murder, and It
is no less unjtistifiabIe here than any
where else When union men shate
their brothers On, earth, they have little
hope of heaven y d .:'
DO l ignore. the. causes of such a
fierce and bitter. struggle? + tell you
nay. But I affirm, under authority. Of
heaven, that two wrongs do not make
right. Greed does not Justify dis:
order. It Is wrong for the capitalist
to Cypress. Corporations which pay
only 42h cents per day to men with
families, and other corporations which
take better care of their horses than
they do of their men, because men
can be replaced when: they die, and
there are no funeraI expenses-these
concrete abuses stir every heart in
which justice dwells: God pity. in the
day of Judgment, those who permit or
impose such conditions. If, drunk
with sight of power" wet loose wild
tongues that have not Thee in ave."
then swift shall be the judgment from
on high.
There is moral aspect of the labor
problem often overlooked, and that is
the fidelity of the unions in keeping
their word. When the anthracite min
ers were in such straits in Pennsyl-
Vanla they appealed to the bituminous
miners of the West to help them. The
latter were under time. agreement
with their employers, And these men
| in the unions stood by their contract
under most aggravating circumstances.
They kept faith. It was great moral
| victory. Another overlooked benefit
of the union is Americanization of our
immigrants. It has taken the raw, ig-
norant, sometimes repulsive men and
taught them self-government and
obedience to law the primary LESSONS
in democracy. DR.. Lyman Abbott said
! recently: 1T is not a question wheth-
er labor was organized, but what kind
of an organization 1t shall be-" I'm
principled leaders, the domination OF
men of low moral. character, are the
danger and disgrace of labor and capt
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Let US record the noble and self sac
rificing endeavor made by unnamed
and unnumbered employees all over the
country to better the condition, to in:
crease the wage and to enlarge thu
vision Of the laboring man. We are IL
the midst of great constructive
humanitarian, cooperative moveln ent
The smoke of the battle sometime:
hides from our view notable instances
where capital has voluntarily sough
to give. larger@retur Of time and mo
II ney9 slab ory and as here IA bor has4gen
l8erousl #tz &c quiesce ns eriaerg enfois
ssened n Is incol ne::sT ne Saint
: are not all laboring men and the sin
+. ners are not all capitalists. f fund
amental moral principles control tn
|
:. that an account :1nast. ultimately b
rendered to Higher Power, we sha
draw steadily nearer to the era 9
righteousness.
! Furthermore, men need the exercis
' of good ordinary sense to meet" the sit
, uation. Capital and labor are partner
just as much as husband and wifi
. What God has Joined together no ma
can successfully put asunder. Any al
tempt at divorce will necessaril
+ cause trouble. Each party intereste
- must give a square DEAL There NIL:
q be an honest. attempt to make a ia
= | division Of the: dollar which both earl
a What Is to be done must be- done
q spirit of orderly liberty" Lawles,
y ness is crime in capital or labor, whetl
= er disguised by shrewdly Devised leg
n opinions or OVERLY by death and d.
struction. Force is misr1le.
= In the outlook there Is much to jus
ify our hopes The message of htsto1
y, Is reassuring. The onward and III
: ward movement will prevail. We shs
= be more patient If we take account
y the final outcome. Whatever contr
button can be made by the sacrifi
~ and service, the patience and fideli
"a Of Workingnen, whether at the for
or at the: desk, will be worth viii
- and receive divine approval.-Re
II Ernest Bourner Allen in American +
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