The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-09-05

| struck in the face and ran from his
a~ssailants. They followed htm to the
corner OF Suter and Montgomery
streets, where they overlook him. He
union q who carried bricks In his
hands. The inspector opened fire and
shot the man through the groin. Six
shots were fired.
A riot call was sent into the police
and fire departments, n a force of
police and firemen were soon on the
scene. The men who did the shooting
were arrested. but several rioters who
were seized by h police were released.
HEARST scoREg TRUSTS
THAT TEMPT OFFICIALS
jamestown, Va. Sept. 4.-William
Randolph Hearst, in his Labor day adj
dress at the fair, said in part:
Labor day should rank nex to the
Fourth OF July as. q characteristic
American holiday. The Fourth of July
commentaries the means by which we
obtained u Independence as a nation
and Labor day commemorate the
means by which we have made our ma
ton h most powerful, the most pro-
gressive, the most prosperous Of any
in the world.
Some nations have grown great by
c~onquering their weaker neighbors.
Others have grown rich by despoiling
II AGEGAiACAN SOAOiklCSp Jul III 10 hSS
grown to be the greatest and the rich
est of all through the peaceful Develop
ment OF its w by the honest
labor of its citizens.
In this country labor is universal
and Is universally honored and appre-
ciated. In this country there is no
working class, but every man worthy
Of the name Is o workingman.
Tn this country there Is no class of
men that work with their hands while
another class work with their brains. In
America all men work with their brains
and when we a that American labor
ers are h most efficient on earth we
do no mean that their hands are diff
ferent than those OF other men, but
that their minds are clearer, quicker
and more effective than those of other
men.
I'm this country the mechanics work,
the farmers work, the clerks work, the
men work and eve the ~millionaires
work. We have no aristocracy save
that of intellect and industry, and the
~proudest title of our most successful
millionaire Is captain of industry
I'm a country where all men are
working men there should be greater
community OF interest, better mutual
understanding and sympathy. It is In
behalf ofNthis better understanding that
I speak today. / have nc patience with
the prejudice which exists between al
legged classes when the classes them
selves do not really exist.
There Is no reason for hostility be-
tween employer and employee, between
capitalist and wage arner
Capital is but the accumulation of
wealth which employer N employee
create together.
Wages are but the division of profits.
Both employer and employee are en-
lfffIah IN fhoirH ra NJ the rTnAfo oNA
as long as the division is just and
equable there is no occasion for con-
hlct. If the division is not just 1t can
always be made so by arbitration, and
there is still no occasion for conflict.
Let us regard n another as fellow
w~orkingmen and treat one another with
consideration and tolerance. Let us all
labor tremendously to create wealth in
order that there may be the ~greatest
possible amoun to be justly divided.
"A condition Of class hatred such as
has developed in Colorado is a curse to
this country, and is valuable only as q
hideous example of a mistaken course,
to be hereafter forever avoided.
T.. Il hope that such a condition has
been averted in San F~rancisco-from
which city I lave just come-but much
has been said in the east to misrepre-
sent the union workingmen of San
Francisco. To set them right, to do
them justice, 1t Is only necessary to
state the exact facts with Kindergarten
simplicity.
"You hear much today of how a NAV
or of San Francisco has fallen, but YOU
hear little OF how powerful public SER
vice corporations tempted a wretched
human being with great wealth and
brought a once respected man 20 ruin
and disgrace.
you hear much of how a mayor
elected on q union labor ticket is in
jail, but little OF the fact that II was
an honest district attorney, elected "a
the same union labor ticket, who puti
him there, an honest district attorney
who Ia doing his best to put aside the
mayor, the maj really responsible for
all this debauchery and dishonor.
While 1t is the fashion to criticise
San Francisco just now, I venture toL
assert that the only difference between
san FranciscG and some other cities
Is that San Francisco is Furnishing her
c~orruptionists.
There. Is many an Official elsewhere
who has stolen office or dealt In public,
property who would fare like Schmitz
district attorneys like Union Labor
Langdon."
H - ~
WAGES NEVER so HIGH
AS THEY ARE NOW
New York, Sept. 4-More than 5,000,-
goo men and women, members of the.
labor unions, spent the day celebrating
the n day OF the year set apart I'M
most states and territories Of the unionI
as a tribute to those who earn their,
daily bread by Drawn and brain. From
all parts OF the country comes the in
formation that the laboring men and
women Jared well In the last twelve
months, and that the day is celebrated
with enthusiasm. There have been
fewer labor -ontroyersies than uaIiaI
ana only four serious strikes.
The general situation throughout the
country is good from a labor stand-I
point. Wages, according to reports mi
the hands of the federal bureau OF.
labor, were never so high In this coun-l
try as now, nor were there ever before
so many men at work. Hours have
shortened rather than heightened and
the remuneration, according to the
government experts, generally kept
pace with the increased cost of livine.t