The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-06-08

DfES lne law or me unions 10 pIOuuGes not as much as a man can, but as little as will hold the job. the claim seems to fade into thin air.
 We might have an eight hour day with ten-hour pay on articles for sale in America where the people could be mada to pay the increased bost, but continue a ten-hour day with ten-hour pay on foreign goods, for neither work man or employer wants t. lose that business.
 While the obstacles in the way of an eight-hour day seem great, we must not forget that process of evolution has been going on for generations, and as result we see workmen of vast ly different type than those of years ago, when twelve or fourteen hours la bor might very much better fit the sto- lid animal-like man of that period than ten hours the modern, highly organized man of to-day. As we progress nature demands more cultivation Of the mind and less physical work. Mark you, the reduction of the hours from fourteen to twelve and twelve to eleven. and elev- en to ten hours, come about naturally, and not by the coercion of law. The people and courts have wisely and 1ifmly set aside the insane efforts of the labor unions to enact laws that would enslaVe every citizen by taking from him his liberty and the right to work, how, when, where and as long as he pleases. As well enact law to pre- vent farmer Droducng more than eight bushels of wheat as to try by law to prevent a man from producing more than eight hours of labor.
 If the eight-hour day on ten-hour pay could be simultaneously launched and universal increase of say 25 Der cent. added to the price of all maunfac-
 tured articles of domestic production sold in America, it would seem that She
 rational step could be taken without harm to employers and great benefit to workmen. How to bring about simul-
 taneous action is problem. No, na-
 tion can permit a law that would take from man his personal liberty as he chooses. But I am strongly of the opinion we are on the eve of one of those historic steps of progress which, from time to time, place humanity a notch further from the animal towards
 the spiritual. Never does mankind
 take a step to the front but the devil is on hand to force him back into chaos
 now in the efforts of the labor unions
 to enslava American citiens.
 The time is here when long-suffering people will rise in might and make moo on no ot-a ca ii- iiiitb co ii impossible for the labor unions to stop industries and enact their tyran- nies over the rest of mankind. We
 should have laws and have them rigid ly enforced that will prevent these aliens and enemies of humanity from the stopping of industries, and opera tions upon which people depend for 1 thsir daily necessities. refer here to the continuous operation of steam and electric cars, production of flour and meat and whatever the public have nance of life and comfort. No labor union or any other organization has the slightest right to interfere with the
 daily production and supply of such things. While anticipating the enact-
 ment of new laws for the better protec-
 tion of the people, we must not relax
 vigilance in preventing the anarchists in the unions from destroying the sav- ing laws now existing. They have brought all their power to bear to force i congress to pass an anti-injunction law to tie the hands of the courts and pre- vent the commission of crime. It sen- tirely plain the union leaders want the courts hands tied so they can riot at pleasure. That one act brands the law destroyers and anarchists as enemies of the government and of their fellow citizens Thsrefore they must be
 watched carefully and compelled by the
 strong arm of the people to obey the
 law and preserve peace.
 AS proof positive and beyond ques- tion that labor leaders are in favor of riot and violence, note the strenuous
 efforts made before the President at Chicago to prevent sending Federal
 troops to preserve peace. Would ten
 thousand soldiers in Chicago trouble IHe COInI1OH pebplS, LHe lIESCuhHicS,
 clerks, doctors or merchants? Do any of these protest against the presence of
 preservers of the peace? There is but one reason why strikers howl against
 the presence of troops. They want to
 riot, assault and destroy property
 without interference. That is a per-
 fectly plain proposition and clearly
 shows the falsity of the statements of
 the strike leaders that they are in fla vor of peace and law. They are law breakers and anarchists. And when
 they ask the President to refrain from
 sending help to the American citizens who were being beaten and murdered, did he cover and fawn, or tell them he
 would shut his eyes and let them riot at pleasure? AS quick and true as a
 bullet from his own rifle came the an-
 swer that this country should not be
 tyrannzed by any mob. The police were to be used to their limit and after
 them the sheriffs' forces, then the state troops, and if these were not sufficient
 the regular army of Uncle Sam would complete the work and sustain law at any cost. Thank God we have one pub lie official who rings as true as bar of steel, an executive for all the people, rich and poor. The best President in | many respects that ever occupied that chair is Theodore Roosevelt.