The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-03-27

IN - G~,3 AGAINST the Arrogant
Ian,arIg ar the men who have been
Ioirirr coal for you. and that you
";ti 70, so.in hermit your sEmpa-
,hl l nstnTr Ia be swayad by poru-
-. cI,rrc,1r
'"f ,n1,st realize the weight Of he
eihfIftv which rests on you. and
I. erra thai Won will sink YOU
80" tn1oti-atfany to LET the work.
b.i3'iI1. - ng-I - and consider
mon M. rr,i' are tho civ trustee
@+'.' r ,.r.rad interests Of or be-
~ nnrvea 1t il 10 -
',, dear Brother Baar. and l do
5.,,y that Won viii stand pat.
il. unfortunate hat YOU are de-
~ ,hl raIInd advice ana srs-
' - .,,,c nr Tho hest trustee. of
an,r. ,,1.i,,,aI wealth ut this critical
,ad,,nut Mr. picr3out Iorsan
49, -, pu,uo co., le,r, from Tho m
,in,,icu,trg thc pnno dfa.
~, 70 Lctc0qaa o., that
n,,,,.lh hat horn =, X ali right and
,hat P@icrmont j. ~naILinc mo- mistake.
go ecc,3e ~ know insi .ylcrr
la"at ha rn,,,d VIM ~.
' d" hi,,, +hc ,,o.t Pnrhars y ucr-
n't" 'i,' nar -, como gnol fainiiy
,,,'l t ,iiihII rciab him ma cain n:uI
i,rnt =, hon. ana dufv n mr.
.,i.in,. ,ctiZitv Of irrrsunnsiblc
,,.rfta,.-. .rI pa, fttll1pI-- has cn disturb
Oh .,ietirr rnndifionc that thr load
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DO ,,,.Gn ,r nor-nte rrn.trt-in,
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n,- c,n thoen coal minors >. so
uugraicfuI? II seems only = short
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,h 49, Trar h nr f,,n, fnrci~, ,n,I,-
,n'i' 'ErI ntiI 9h|1t
th.i,. .,,~'s mon shouId say nor.
,'hc,. ,.G77n nIa1 Of = chance tG liz,
mi work in nIr oIorious rcnub,1c.
nod ,hci,. p3Tnoe nerc 60 hard to nrn-
49, ur ,hat - u.,. nonnstar, to Ia moi
Ihrn, ,,ith - hcr.
W. Lrn,,aht thnn ove, nv tens Of
thnue1nde ana what is our reward
Thcv vant moro their
.,, .. for moro roonnv
Talk abnut oliver twist, The mod
rrn American workman has that
greedy character beaten = miIe-f1
use an expression coined bv Young
Mr. Rockofcucr i'm addreSsin~ his
Bible class. They should oreanizc q
uoIiticaI nartv and call themselves
Tho "Oliver iTwierers" with = plat
form declaring for "More, Nor,
More"
They must be made to undcrstan /
thai capital cannot adjust itself 10
conditions of permanent prosperity
so long as they continually demand
more wages
Two years ago YOUR miners made q
lot of OUTRAGEOUS demands ana yOu
were forced to arbitrato with them.
An award was made granting some
Of their claims. and YOU stated at the
time that your COMPANIES were
threatened with great loss
and possible ruin. Luckily this cal
&mity las aVertCd by your Spleu-
did business ability, and by an an
sOlute control of the anthracite coal
industry. In fact, Reading stock has
one up forty or fifty points, and /
ann ~clighted to know that the prop
optics undes your control have q mar
kct value of tens and tens of millions
of dollars more than at the time when
You were compelled to raise the wages
of your men.
And now these very coal miners have
the to assert that thew have
= right to share in this nrOsperity This
makes me almost angry. In the name
of common sense. what have they done
to cntitlc them to share in these OK
ira millions earned bv your mines and
your railroads.? They did the work.
Of course, but anyone can work if he
can find someone to paw him wages.
You ana your assoriatec had Tho
Judgment. the fore boupht ana The
money with which 10 acquire control
OF the anthracite ,oal business of the
United States. ana no reward is too
great for such q combination When
forced yGc 10 nav more Wages
what dc You do. Brother Baer? You
put up the price Of coal to the on
sumner. All. that was Il stroke of
genius
You did not sulk in your office. Not
q bit of it. With an intuition worthy
OF Napoleon you perceived the road to
victory, ana You took it. With one
stroke of your pen you tilted the price
OF coal. y commonplace man would
nave raised the price just enough to
nave met the increased wage fund. but
You are not an ordinary a Brother
I'acr. It is this capacity to take adj
vantage of an opportunity which dis
ttnGuiShcs the American business ma
above all others in the world, and you
have been gifted in Il most remarkable
o'IlcT.
49, ,p'h!''N 'NtF YOU nloSt lItGrcSi-
'iN ''''.'uNH "HHE IN VINO VINO III
'''' '''' l ''''c 'htS S'Sllh'dIlt para
~'d!'i- Fof Years cpliiuciltHil :
I!'N 'S'F IN I'hiNNI wanna TO j. ll"fl"ht
w iil'i tclIS TN" story. Nh!'c