Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-12-04
CAPITAL And LABOR.
Infinite Harm Done by preachers Of
, s. Mere Discomfort.

MIanlTe HafW UONS ny @"RTeaCnefS VI
Mere Discomfort.
In dealing with both labor and cap
J ital, with the questions affecting both
corporations and trades unions, there
is one matter more important to re-
member than aught else and that is
the infinite harm done by preachers of
mere discomfort. These are the men
who seek to excite a violent class
hatred against all men of wealth, They
seek to turn wise and proper move
ments for the better control of cor
porations and for doing away with the
abuses connected with wealth into a
campaign of hysterical excitement and
falsehood in which the aim. is to in
flame to madness the brutal passions
of mankind. The sinister demagogues
and foolish Missionaries who are always
eager to undertake such a campaign
of destruction sometimes seek to as
sociate themselves with those working
for genuine reform in governmental
and social methods and sometimes
masquerade as such reformers. In
reality they are the worst enemies of
the cause they profess to advocate,
just as the purveyors Of sensational
SANDER in newspaper or magazine are
the worst enemies Of all men who are
engaged in an honest effort to better
what Is bad In our social and govern
mental conditions. .-r7
To preach hatred Of the rich man as
such, to carry on a campaign of Sian.
der and invective against him. to seek
to mislead and inflame to madness
/ honest men whose lives are hard and
| who have not the kind of mental train.
ing which will permit them to appre
ciate the danger In the doctrines
| preached-all this is to commit crime
| against the body polite and to be false
| to every worthy principle and tradi
! ton of American national life. More.
over, while such preaching and such
| agitation may give, livelihood and a
certain notoriety to some of those who
| take part in it and may result in the
temporary political success OF others
In the long run every such movement,
will either fail or else will provoke a
violent reaction. which will itself re.
! suit not merely in 1:ndoing the mis-.
chief wrought by the deniagogue and
{ the agitator, but also in undoing the
! good that the honest reformer. the
! true upholder of popular rights. has
painfully and laboriously achieved
! Corruption is neve.. so rife as in com
munities where the demagogue and
: the agitator bear full sway, because in
such communities all moral bands be-
come loosened, and hysteria and sen
isatiOnalism replace the spirit of sound
I judgment and fail. dealing as between
man and man. In sheer revolt against
the squalid anarchy thus produced
men are sure in the end to turn toward
any hader who can restore order, and
then their relief at being free from
! the intolerable burdens of class hatred,
violence and demagogy is such that
+ they cannot for some time be aroused
to indignation against misdeeds by
men Of wealth. SO that they permit a
new growth Of the very abuses which
We're in part responsible for the orig
inal outbreak. The one hope for sue
cess for our people lies in a resolute
and fearless but sane and cool headed
! advance along the path marked out
last year by this very congress. There
must be stern refusal to be misied
into following either that base creature
who appeals and panders to the low
est instincts and passions In order to
arouse one set of Americans against
their fellows or that other creature,
| equally base, but no baser. who In a
| spirit Of greed or to accumulate or
add to an already huge fortune seeks
to exploit his fellow Americans with
callous disregard to their welfare Of
| soul and body. The man who de-
bauches others in order to obtain a
high Office stands on an evil equality
of corruption with the man who de-
bauches others for financial profit, ana
when hatred is sown the crop which
springs up can only be evil. Sss*
Demasosue and corruptionist.
The plain people who think--tIle me-
~Aesht+ot AstAhiSh A1CISHdlllS, .WUEhSTS
! with head Or hand, the men to whom
| American traditions are dear. who lore
their country and try to act decentIy
| by their neighbors- 1t to them
selves to remember that the most
damaging blow that can be given popu-
! lar government Is to elect IN unworthy
/ and sinister agitator on platform OF
| violence and hypocrisy. Whenever
/ such an Issue is raised In this country
! nothing can be gained by fiincliing
! from It, for In such case democracy lis
itself on trial, popular self government
under repubi ican forms Is itself on
trial. The triumph OF the mob is Just
! as evil a thing as the triumph Of the
4 piutOcracy. and to have escaped one
danger avails nothing whatever il we
y succumb to the. other. In the end the
honest man, whether rich or poor. who
earns his own living and tries to deal
4 justly by his fellows. has ais much I'd
1 fear from the insincere and unworthy
demag que, promising much and per.
forming nothing Of else performina
nothing but evil. who wouId aet On