Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-02-10


vancement and blessings to the walk
ing delegate. The policy Of labor t
associate It's members into societies
and 50 give concrete and authorita
i've expression to it's wants through
a representative body has no doubt
materially assisted labor In securing
fair treatment; but the man who be
lieves or pretends that all or any OF
this advancement could have been ac
compllshed without the full endorse
ment and active support of public
opinion. Is deludlng himself. The
man OF toll who believes that success
must follow any demand that a strong
labor union may make-public opln.
ion or no public opinion endorsing its
demands--is sadly out of touch with
the true situation.
The "AlLlt-can-oet" Doctrine.
When labor declares for the call It
can get" doctrine. It dscards fairness
and forces the Issue down to one Of
attack and resistance. Il is q pitched
battle. The bludgeon Of might is then
the arblter OF wages. The hot pur.
suit OF labor's greed would under
this most admirable arrangement stop
only when the employer fell across
the threshold Of the Bankrupt's court.
Victories that overturn justice. and
do violence to right, are dearly
bought and are ever short lived. The
intoxlcatlon OF power has led to count
less wrongs. but invariably they have
been the forerunners of ultimate lie
feat the heralds that announced the
closing scene,
Oyerconhdent capital has before
now made this mistake; It Is TO be
hoped that labor will not err in the
same direction.
Every liberty we enjoy was born OF
IA struggle The advance OF civillza-
tion, the development of trade, the
growth OF civil and religious liberty.
all rest upon struggle. Extremists
ny at each others throats and out OF
the battle there is evolved a rule that
rings true. Tho fight is abandoned
and the world Is bothered without
war there Is no peace, An indignant
Parry smartlng under some real or
fancied wrong may give utterance to
words that mean war and so arouse
resentment In the ranks Of labor and
encourage the radicals TO acts OF re.
prisal that threaten our industrial
peace, but In the scheme OF things
these extremists are merely empha.
sizing the necessity for conservatism
to lay down some just rule for the
guidance OF each, some rule that will
ring true.
While the thoughtful citizen may
become irrItated. annoyed and lose
patience with the exhorbitant and un.
reasonable demands at times put forth
by labor and while labor may be-
come lncenscd at the attitude Of some
Il must be remembered
that out OF tho unreasonable and ir.
rational have grown many Of our M. |
ertes
a strong Plea for Fair Play
In Kindness to the man OF toll let |
as sei 20 one side the labor extrem. !
'sL the man dominated by the traits
that sometimes accompany Ignorance |
hoisted into power. eliminate human
ielhshness, eliminate the subtle spec, |
ous reasoning Of insincerlty that for
personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT demdos Ia.
Dor with its sophistry and would lead
4 TO lts own destruction: and then
ot us gather every honest aud equit,
'hle demand that labor may make and
Justify them, as being but the natural /
md logical expressions OF human
'ope, the hope that springs eternal /
a lhe human breast" Without hone
He's Journey would traverse a cheer /,
ess. reeless, wa,erless waste. II rs ],
he 6eckouipg nnger that cheers us
inward TO the next turning OF the
Dad
The plough boy turning the rich
arrows OF the soil, dreams Of the day
hen he too may be a landed proprl. [,
tor while the master gares aaeld
nd indulges the hopeful dreams OF
F'her achievements.
once reach the root OF labor's an.
'st then there win grow up about
some simply stated rule. some sys.
M by which 20 fairly measure on
10 rewards OF toll, loosen the purse
rlnss OF creed, ana hush the swag.
'r'ng shroals Of insolenoe.
ln0ers From Unreasonable Dc. y
manda
The sreatess danger to labor lives