Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-09-03

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Inx of sAs strike fund. thea. all eftse.
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terrier 40 Ea&S amA despair, and aaaA"
IN EassxIAle tar tie frkwndig cooperation
~ iahss and capital 10 a T~sasossl 81
tort - saaEe tae psoAlsns thai rome
aR coaFsS haEe declared th* bog.
e0sas clearly illegal ard they should
therefore h. DISCOURAGED lts enapl0y.
m.rHs By she anson i hoana 10 &eskea
In claim upon public fasmE.
In II h desired 10 FaIss ana advance
che gsassri oondlisoa u the soTking
people The whole ssrarsuEe mus, be-
rainssa frsan tn, bottom Their. should
ha n@ trad" aE rare oF w4sx distinction
In ahs laaos Hnion All who labor
shOala BE- eligible "a memleEsAip ana
entitled 10 eanal participation IL che
hsm*faas u the organization and more
nser their m~mhsrsaip should ts Up
Iisnml with them.
The real and msast serious trouble
that soaafE0nts working people H. tho
steadily decreasing value ~ u days
sork in nearly every department Of
tndnss1 al activity, Many employers
af tabor will receive this statement
vith surprise and it, truth will no
dnubt b. challenged by those who will
b. able. no doubt. To cite by thci:
own experience ~ proof that a contra.
~ wage condition exists. but the fact
remains that the drift and tendency
sos wage conditions h downward. n
Is admitted that In sorne localities
and In SOME ~ayocstians wages have
hen advanced through the operation
of nm artificial demand brongnt about
by arbitrary action NJ the union. but
this does not reflect the general con
di.ion. While Il IL true that iron
workers.. brick masons. plumbers and
the members uf several other crafts
are just now enjoying unprecedented
prosperity IN their wages II n equally
true that clerks In nearly an the de
partments Of business have suffered a
considerable cut I'm their ssIxrtea To
less something 10 done TO mold In
cheek the m%ischieyous forces that
conspire 10 bear down the price ~ Ia.
bor. there In reason 10 be apprehens-
live " dangerous economic dfsturbanc.
es--amounting 10 q national calamity
for no me would dare estimate the
Consequences 10 society and the IA.
ton that must attend nm unstable AMI
depreciatiug wage standard.
Capital employs the best brains--lt
proceeds cautiously and WITH deiibsra-
ton and carefully gnagcd tread. Il
rewards its friends with loyalty: n
appeals ia c~upidity: It flattsrs the
vanity aud assists the private or po.
litical ambition of those whose favor
n seeks. and iu this manrser~-dis.
claiming bribrry~~n tempers radical
ism In political parties.
Labor should be prevailed upon Ia
conserve its strength and not 20
waste it's resources In unpropit ious
strikes. tinted labor has not only AN
immensely prepondcrating vote with
which TO control the administration OF
government hut II has anp'" mean
at it, command. If not dissipated In
useless warfare. to meet capital upon
an equality. For no combination OF
lcapitai ran withstand the ASSAULT that
united labor can make II 10 will. L.ahsiE
can contribute millions a monta T.
promote its interests without serious
ly impairing It's or disturb
ing for one hour the business af the
country. Used AZ the necessary med
ium n eau bring to it's %counsels the
wisest aud best tainet ot the nation
he reason that 50 many corporation
lawyers of force and ability are en-
listed In the service vt corporations
10 because the corporations pay wei
for brains, Labor must follow this ex
ample II Il hopes for the ucces OF its
cause. II must learn to take ITS in
SEPARATION from the men acquainted
with large responsibilities. and il must
paw for their saving advice, In suct
a contest as would Inevitably follow
no bitterness would be- e~ngendered as
the attack would BE- directed against
the co.dition and never against indi
,ianai or local Interests.