Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-20
Rev Haggerty's Suggestion as to
Solution Of the Labor
Problem.
CAPITALISTS ARE STRIKERS.
0pIncs That Few of Them Are Pro-
ducers, Hence This Uawortby
Designation

Federation hall was crowded last
night on the occasion OF the address Of
Rev Thomas j. Haggerty Of Chicago
who spoke on "The Industrial Union
Movement Of America" The speaker
said IN part:
There must be one industrial union
movement before we can ever hope to
cope with capital" and as an lllustra-
ton Of this, he cited how IN case Of
strikes men Of one trade would take
the positions vacated by strikers Of
another trade. lie called capitalists
shirkers because the general run Of
them are not producers. TT is a fight
between the shirker and the worker.
and at present the shirker has the up
per hand. All through the ages labor
ers have been taught TO believe that
they We're beneath and not quite as
good as the men who hire them, They
have been given to understand that
there Is gulf between them that cam
not be bridged Should you ask a capl-
talist to explain why this Is, he would
probably answer that II seems 20 be
fixed by providence. When man has
left a swell cafe after partaklng OF
tempting porterhouse steaks and other
good things, followed, perhaps, by sew
eral bottles Of champagne, It seems 10
be an easy matter TO say that provi-
dence fixes these things. or course, the
capitalist has nothing to do with It. |
say that man who digs the ditch to
carry off filth, thus avoiding conditions
that would cause typhoid fever, Is
worth more TO society than the learned
physician who stands ready TO treat the
typhoid fever patient To be physi-
clan seems to be an honor--it seems to
be elevating and greatly to be de-
sired profession To be a ditch-digger
Is to be a nobody, a common scum-of-
the-earth plodder However, give the
ditch-digger anywhere from $40 TO 500
a day for his labor and TO the physician
give the ditch-digger's wages and the
fashions will soon change"
OWE ALL TO LABOR
IL pity the man, no matter who he
may be- when he says! 4 owe nothing
to labor. The fact is we all owe ey-
erything TO labor, to the men who pro-
duce the hundreds OF things that so to
make our life more comfortable, The
shoes on our feet and every article that
is used I'm their manufacture are the
result OF labor Even the alphabet
from which we select letters to form
words with was the result Of great
deal of labor and had Il not been per-
fected and handed down from one age
to another we would still be without
language, without the power Of
making each other understand.
"When II comes to strikes, no matter
rasl.s b.. Ln fH NNH NNl
done the answer OF the shirker to the
worker has always been the soldiers
bayonet and the prison Take the rec
ords and look this matter up. See II
what l tell 80 Is not true. Every time
that body of men have stood out for
their rights. capitalists, at every OPP
portunity, have compelled them to sub
nit to their terms, Men of brains, or
men who are supposed 10 be possessed
OF brains have gone ON record as say
ing that $l25 should prove ample
wages for hard working laborers.
THE WAGE QUESTION.
Think of it. Think OF a man work.
Ing for sl.25 a day and trying to sup
port "A family on It. Figure II out
Suppose he wants decent house to
live I'm, with q bathroom and a few
comforts. That alone would cost from
| 500 TO $50 a month. Then there would
be the necessities Of life, and fuel and
medicine. and doctors bills--Where IN
| tho world would Sl.25 or even $2,25 a
| day be at the end of the month?
This is why thousands Of poor girls
under paid, half starved, knowing not
! which way to turn, are tempted into
selling their virtue for the necessities
| OF life Possibly they are department
store girls, working for SO, 81 or So a
| week, compelled 70 lead the lives that
SO many have led while the prorpe-
| tors OF that store, thriving and grow
| Ing fat, are looked up to, petted, court
ed honored and crowned with glory
all because they have given literally
| to some church with pretty colored
| windows, and occupy o. pew In It's au-
| dltonum, AZ every pink tea given by
| the wives ana daughters OF capitalists
| the servant girl problem was n live
| topic II workingnen would train up
| their daughters 20 be good, obcdeut
domestic slobs they would materially
aid IN solving this burning servant
| girl problem II is the fault Of the
| worlkingmcn and their wives that 1t re-
| mains a problem to VeX the women of
! the capltalistic class They teach their
| daughters 10 aspire to something high
en- than tho Kitchen,
|