The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-18

Declaration Of Independence from this
industrial tyranny might well read
after the fashion of that historic dOcu-
ment. We hold these truths to be
self-evident, that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inaiienabIe rights.
that among these are life, liberty and
pursuit Of happiness That TO secure
these rights governments are insti-
tuted among men, deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the gov
eTDed. When long train of abuses
and uSuTpatiOns eVinceS a design to
reduce them under absolute despOtiSm;
it is their right, IL is their duty. to
throw off such government, and 10
provide new guards for their future
security.
These facts could also be submitted
to a candid world:
This system has refused its assent
to laws the most wholesome and neees-
sary for the public good"
IT has made judges dependent on
its WILL
&c 1t has altered, fundamentally, the
powers Of our government"
1t has declared itself vested with
power to iegislate for US in all cases
whatsoever
Says Emancipation is the Issue.
The issue at stake is simple. 1t
should be guarded from all completely
The issue is in one word: Emancipa-
ton. Since tiie days of Abraham Lin
coin the word emancipation in
America stands contrasted to the dark
word slavery And that is just what
we mean it to stand cOntrasted with in
this issue
The service Of capital has been to or
Eanize and direct Ia Dor But tho reward
: out OF al proportion to the service. IT
mas developed industry. put IL mas en-
shaved the wealth producers
mis- statement viii be objected to by
canning that service Is voluntary. That
the rich has TO power to make anyone
work In fact. that they only had mercy
on those who begged to be employed
4et- the rich could well afford to sit
back ana De begged. Tor they knew that
want compelled the poor to come to them
lAeV knew the iron hand would force
them 10 their knees. There was no real
rad hooked his fish can contentedly let
nIm play OF sUlk; ne has him anyway.
tie must come his way at last.
Calls Tt Form of Slavery.
Slavery is the compulsion of the body
-. one TO another The comDuiSion of
MUNGER Is as strong rs the cOmpuIsiou of
the lash The difference between chatteI
case the master had 10 go to trouble and
expense to keep the slave from escauine.
while IN this latter case il is more con-
veuieut to the slave-owner because the
save IS grateful Tor the opportunity 10 be
a slave.
But. it viii be said. the yyaue-earner
receives wages. the slave received moth
ing Difference only of words and in
appearance. Slaves received SUBSISTENCE
the great class Of wage-earners receive
only the same.
The essence Of slavery is the being de
priVed Of a fair proportion Of production
created But the CTOWnin- argument for
the present system has always been that
q man can rise out of it to a higher sta
ton This is the pitiabe hope held out
TO a wage-earner. If ne be exception
ally able and Industrious he may rise
10 De nimsen lord ana a taskmaSter
over his less fortunate brethren Thus Is
1 treason to humanity dignified.
Thinks Effort is Needed.
Thus in boidest outline only e-see the
political aspect OF labor problems me
matter may well engage the most earnest
. enthusiastic. persevcring. honest and
noble effort Of all men, May the day
soon come when the nobility and serious
ness of the political aspect OF labor's
problems shall be recognized
"A story Is told of three men who met
III an unconventional way in the smoking
room of "A steamer in rnid-Ocean. Steamer
manners are unconventional one of the
useU asked another Where are YOU from.
sir@ The man replied L am from Eir-
glnia- sab, the mother state of the Union.
George Washington native state to be
of the first families Of Virginia is to be
Of the first Families Of the wcTld--aud
( Wnere may you be from T.. sab. m
! from Kentucky. sab, tho blue glass
state. Sah-Of beautiful women. sab Of
fine horses. san, of good whisky, sab
/ Then they both looked at the third man
He had q slouch hat pulled half way over
his ewes. was long and lean and some
what disreputa5ie looking. and engaged in
splitting tobacco juice across the room to
a spittoon in A corner The first speaker
looked over to him and asked: And
where may you be from. sah2 F'mptyiug
his mouth again he said: From Mis-
souri,. Now laugh,
so It is regarding politics Many laud
their particular party. but when q man
ConfcsSeS TO belong to any party whose
ehief aim is industrial beJterment he is
laughed at. or though he were 2 fool. or
q crook: II indeed he nc not regarded as
knave and NOuld-be criminal II is
time that the nobility and seriousness Of
the political aspect Of labor's problems
be recognized.
History sometimes seeais u8progres-
sive- and the direction of the affairs OF
the world seem left 20 chance ana with
seems to care for the oppressed But we
believe il is not so. over the CITY OF
Nfneveh Of old. there hung a dreadful
fate: there was a man whv could not re-
ioice in the clemency later extended TO
it. but God rebuking him said. Should
city wherein are more than six score
thousand persons that cannot discern be-
tween their right hand and their left
hand. and also much cattle2
ITO realize Gods character individually
ana collectively, is the goal Of existence