The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1906-01-20

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plause would not have been quite unan-
imous. There would have been traces of
the spirit of noblesse oblige. Here and
there a man or woman of wealth would
have given some sympathetic thought to
the needs as well as to the annoying
presumption, of the poor devils of the
chorus.
We near a great deal about the tyranny
and insolence of trades unions. But ty-
ranny is tryanny no matter who is guilty
of it, and so is insolence. Yet in practice
the world to the victim. Let the walk
ing delegate of a union enter theestab-
m of a Front street merchant and
inform him that he must increase his ex-
penses by employing two porters instead
of one, and that naturally incensed mer-
chant will grow red in the face and
choke in his vain efforts adequately to
express his sense of the outrage. But
the same business man remains placid
while the Southern Pacific is doing its
lawful and lawless utmost to prevent the
Western Pacific from coming in and re-
ducing his expenses and increasing his
and profits by giving him w
ate orders him not to %patronize an
lir" dealer on pain of being HIM
ooycotted, but he calmly opeys the
of the STANDARD Oil Trust to cease
.asing from rivals of the monopoly
ce destructive competition in other
Even the Federal government
perfect control of its temper when
outhern Pacific, through it's marine
ct, the Pacific Mail. SO crowds the
IS at Colon that canal supplies
be got in there, but must be sent
o the Freight Handler Union of
lthmus, if there is one, should it ask
lgher wages and attemptto enforce
equest by piling obstacles on the
ad track? A hot verbal lombard
from the White House, of course,
re insulted majesty of the nation,
light of the government to a square
and troops with ball cartridges on
round. But since the insolence pro-
from the Southern Pacific, a pow
corporation, it does not seem even
I've occurred to the Canal Commits
to order a few hundred longshore-
men to put in a single day at the task
OF removing the impending freight from
tnewharves. And Congress is appalled, al
the proposal to punish the Pacific Mail
W taking away it's mail contract.
The New York Post. to show how fair
and placable Mr.. Conried was and how
senseless and headstrong the underpaid
singers in his employ were, explains that
beforethe chorus had taken its indie
feasible step he had signified his willing
ness to meet ii half way on the salary
question and other points in dispute"
But not before the chorus had informed
rights of man and managers, Herr Con
ried, refused to recognize, and SO earne
the plaudits of the rich and fashionab
audience who. had a ballot been take
nave voted to a man and woma
no doubt, that class prejudice should
e~xtirpated, though the police had to
called in and the military called out
do it.
The trade union is a very human ms
tuition. 1t is not likely to be more gift
with Sweetness and light and an |
selfish regard for the rights of 9th
than a corporations board of direct
is Its walking delegate in his purpo
and methods is apt to bear astrong
ms delegate of the Southern Pacific
the Pacific Mail. The union enrages
siness man upon whom it turns its co.
i've power because it ha sadopted the
siness principles which he himself
oitually puts in practice. Individually
Conried's chorus singers could not
x another dollar a week out of him.
when they banded together he be-
te willing to ''meetthem hal fway on
d with one another for his favor
were at his mercy; when they grew
,e sufficiently businesslike to join
IS, he was at theirs. They discov-
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