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

lagly axpioat Itself. MOI Thousands.
aas HnlIlsoss, ~ men wAo do aAsnws
are garadang the Strs.as ~ Gh@ sap.a.
laaaon centsFs. great M snail 10 aAa
music Of countless hands IN feature
paEsaes. They hear III. appeals Of
"faaoEs ana the applause N the multi
tmdem. IN l. iahaE'1 holiday and labor
h out sn masse. And xeil In shout
he, FOR the union has come IN &C.
sponse 10 nstnral causes. and IL will
Femaln - long ~ ~lflshness and
greed ard ~lsditfsrenc~ III Nh. rights
~ Oh~rs hnfd 4 nlare In the affairs
and relations ~ men. The union IL
the legitimate child a m are In which
money getting II the cAIef pursuit %
men: n period of combination n
against individual effort. and sssocia.
ton and Organization have become I'm.
peEaiiye. In the commercial world
the tendency IN toward smalgama.loa
-anion-~and GENERALIZATION and the
application of brains 10 business meth.
DDS 10 necessary 90 large success.
The principle NJ uninnism IL good.
N In thoroughly consistent with the
spirit Of republican institutions. for
II any class Of citizens Is denied the
right 10 organize for mutual advance.
meni or defense. then We must bring
Into the controversy the fundamental
principal Of free government.
without regard TO individual or par.
ticnlar eases. In the abstract. In the
controversy between labor aud capf.
tsl there must he met q deep seated
prejudice on the hand and m ar.
rogant Indifference ON the other. In.
bor has been led In believe. until II
mas almost become a conviction, that
eapital Ia its greatest enemy: and cap.
ttal. while more cautious. and polite.
reveals by liz acts u methodical oppo.
sttion 10 the aus III labor.
This unfortunate condition 81 af.
fairs cannot be disregarded. And the
fight goes on because too much Ii cx.
pected On one side. nnih sides must
make concessions. Rivalry should give
way To mutual interest: heart and
conscience should enter into the nego.
tiatinns and this fact should be borne
In mind: Labor's struggle IL for life.
while the struggle of capital is for pro.
fits. However. the great industrial dis
t%arbances win continue to menac the
peace Of the country 80 long as capital
and labor attempt to deal separately
with the auses behind them aud IL In
only too evident that the condition Of
the man In the oyeralis win never be
improved substantially nntil capital
honestly and magnamimnnsly cooper,
ates with labor In the effort to solve
the economic problems involved In
the d~lssensions. For capital aud labor
are int~erdependent aud each is neees.
sary 10 the success nj the other. The
contest between them. then. In both
unnatural and indefensibie. Instead
OF assailing each other. a purer pur'
pose and better motive would direct
n united attack upon the condition
which binds equally the employer and
the empioye. Indeed, the public hope
Is that labor and capital each In its
own best interest. will ultimately real
lac the expediency and the wisdom
OF %cultivatiug a closer relationship ia
the end that these now opposing fore
es NAV be harnessed In a movement
for their mutual profit and the public
well being.
The union will do well and wisely
TO abandon its attempt to best brains
with Drawn. In the very nature o'
things II Ia an agency for harm. Il IL
not a remedy but an irritant. It Ii
not consistent with good morals an
t,s philosophy Ii short sighted. u
.awakrns all that ~ wicked and visci
ous In men. II %engenders hate atid
malice where good will should pre-
vail. II widens and deepens the chasm
letwen employer and employe which
~ Is the duty Of civilization to close
The strike Is retroactive IN its re5lt:
and the cost finally falls upon ths
sriker. The hsrdships suffered b,
the working classes today are the ron
seauences. the cost and the product
Of the strikes Of the past. Unless th'
striker has the power tn enforce his
demands The whole plan fails and new
weigh, Is added TO the already heav,
harden.
The strike IL to be condemned a!
its II Is to be depiored. After ear
nest and painstaking inquiry into thu
causes for the continuing strife be
tween employers and employees. th'
unwelcome conclusion must be arriv
ed at that much of the dissatisfaction
and contention thar disquiets and In
flames Is Systematically promoted an
encouraged b. Sgents Of the union
The strife fund Is 10 often 2 menac'
= to the peace and contentment q work