Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-05
BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL

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TO the white people among whom these
colored pupils live after they graduate.
BETWEEN LABOR AND CAPITAL
/ Sinister DemagORues and Foolish
VisionRries Mt Work.
In dealing with both labor and capital,
with the questions affecting both corpora
tons and trades unions, there Is one mat
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
movements for the better control OF cor
porations and for doing away with. the
abuses connected with wealth, into cam
paign Of hysteriCal excitement and false
hood In which the aim is to infialne 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 associate themselves with those working
for a genuine reform in governmental and
social methods, and sometimes masquerade
the worst enemies OF the cause they pro-
TESS TO advocate, just as the purveyors Of
sensational SANDER In newspaper or maya
zine are the worst enemies Of all men who
are engaged in an honest effort TO better
what is bad In our social and governmental
conditions, To preach hatred OF the rich
l man as such, to carry on a campaign OF
SANDER and invective against him. to seek
TO mislead and inhame to madness honest
men whose lives are hard and who have
not the kind OF mental training which VIII
permit them to appreciate the danger in
the doctrines pTeached-all this Is TO com
NIT crime against the body polite and
tradition OF American national life. More
over. while such preaching and such agita-
tion may give a livelihood and a certain
notoriety to some OF those who take part
In II, and may result In the temporary po-
litlcal success of others, in the long run
every such movement wal either fan or
else will provoke violent reaction, which
will itself result not merely In undolng the
mischief wrought BY the demagegue and the
agitator, but also in Undolng the good that
the honest refornler the true npholder OF
popular rights, has painfully and labor
lqusly achieved, Corruption Is never 50
rife as in communities where the detna-
gogue and the Rgitator bear fun sway be-
cause In such communities all moral bands
become loosened and hystcria and sensa-
tionalism replace the spirit of sound judy
ment and fair dealing as between man and
man. In sheer revolt against the squaltd
anarchy thus produced men are sure In the
end TO turn toward any leader 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 sometime be aroused
to indignation against misdeeds by men OF
wealth so that they permit new growth
OF the very abuses which were in part re-
sponslble for the original outbreak. IRE
one hope for success tor our people lies In
n resolute and fearless, but sane and cool
headed advance along the path marked out
last year by this very congress. There
must be a stern refusal to be misled into
following either that base creature who
appeals and panders to the lowest 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 spirit OF greed or to accumulate
or add 20 an already huge fortune, seeks
to exploit his fellow Americans with cal.
/ lous disregard to their welfare OF soul and
body, The man who debauches Others In
order to obtain a high ONCE stands on an
evil equality OF corruption with the man
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and when hatred is sown the crop which
springs up can only be evil
Duty of Plain People. .,.
/ The plain people who think--the me
| chanics farmers, merchants, workers with
| head or hand, the men to whom American
| traditions are dear who love their coun-
! try and try to act decentlyhby their
member that the most damaging blow that
| can be given popular government Is to
/ elect an unworthy and sinister agitator
| on a platform of violence and hypocrisy.
/ Whenever such an issue s. raised in this
| COUNT nothing can be gained by finch
| ing from II, for In such case democracy
/ is itself on trial, popular selt-sovern-
.ment under republican forms Is itself
| on trial. The triumph OF the mob Is just
as evil thing as the triumph OF the
/ plutocracy, and to have escaped one dan
/ ger awaits nothing whatever II we sue
/ cumb to the other In the end the honest
man. whether rich or poor. who earns
! his own living and tries to deal justly
\ by his fellows, has as much to fear from
J the insncere and unworthy demagogue,
r9miSiPg much hand and performing Tot moth
plumber the rich, as from the crafty cor
| ruptionist who. for his own ends, would
I permit the common Ieople TO be ex-
I exploited by the very wealthy. II We
| ever let this government fall into the
/ hands OF men OF either OF these two
classes, we shall show ourselves false TO
l. Americas past Moreover, the defnagogue
I and the corruptiouist often work hand
In hand. There are at this moment
morality that they regard the public ser
/ want who prosecutes them when they
/ violate the law or who seeks 20 make
them hear their proper share Of the pub
i lie burdens, as being even more objection
! able than the violent Ogitator who
/ hounds on the mob TO plumber the rich.
. reacuonary and such an agitator; fUuda-
Z mentally they are alike in their selfish
/ disregard OF the rights OF others; and Il
r. natural that they should Join ip 1ppo.
! sition 10 any movement OF which the aim
Is fearlessly to do exact and even justice
to SILL
EiEht-HOur Day for All.
! cali your attention to the need of
: passing the bill limiting the number OF
/ hours Of employment OF railroad EN-
1 ployes. The measure Is a very moderate
one and l can Sogeeiye of no SERIOUS OBJ
cur lower, Il should be our aim steadily
10 reduce the number OF hours OF labor,
with as a goal the general introduction
I tries IN which Il is not possible. thai Ithe
hours OF labor should be reduced. Just
as there are communities not fsr enough
advanced FOR such a movement 40 be Tor
| their good, or, II In the tropics So situ-
atcd that there Is no aaalogy Between
] their needs and ours in this marter on
the lsthmus OF Panama, FOR instance, the
/ conditions are in every way so different
I from what they are here that an eight
\ hour day would be absurd; Just as Ii Is
/ absurd, so far as the lsthmus is con-
cerned, whore white labor can not be EN-
ploycd, TO bother as TO whether the nee
essary work is done by alien black men
or Ry alien yell&w men. But the wage.
WORKERS. or the United states are uf, SO
hish a grade that alike from the merely
Industrial standpoint and from the civic
4standpotnt q should be aaF object q, a.
what We can In the direction OF securing
the general observance OF an eieht hour
day, Until recently the eiEht- hour law
on our Federal statute books has been
very scantily observed. Now however
I largcly through the tnstrumentaiitN ot
the bureau Of labor. II Is being rightly
enforced. and / shall speedily be able ~
say whether or not there Is need OF far-
Their legislation IN reference Thereto. I'm
our purpose Is to see Il obeyed in spirit
no less than In letter. Half HOLIDAYS dpr,
ing the summer should be established for
/ government employees; "a Is as desirable
I Tor WaReworkers who toll with Incl,
I hands as, for Ealarted officials v,-bNss
labor ~ mental, that there should he !