The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-09-06

to him, for, no matter how wei we
work, the success of the enterprise and
| the profit of it depends very largely
On the ability of his management
To achieve the greatest success for
all there should be the greatest har-
mony between promoter and wage-earn
er and an ungrudging appreciation OF
each others value.
To win the fullest victory
there should be confidence and
concerted action between the command
er and the men behind the guns.
| And now, my friends, in the crea-
tinn of wealth and IN the equable dis
| tribution of wealth, not only is Co
Is0peration necessary but organization
Is necessary. Organization in unions,
Organization of capital, all organiza-
| tions which tend TO make human effort
more effective to increase the produc-
ton of wealth are of advantage to
mankind
| Labor unions are valuable not only
to their own members but to the wi16s4
community. :
| Prosperity means, first the creation
of wealth, and then the distribution of
wealth
We all realize the advantage of put
| ting money into circulation, but how
are we going to put money into "e fcl-
lation on any large scale except in
| good wages to workers and goodssrices
| to farmers?
The legitimate object of honest COM
binations OF capitai Is to unite the
wealth of many individuals in tire one
great enterprise and to distrirnte the
profits of the enterprise among the
| many investors.
BY means of such combinations o.
erations are conducted an scale that
would be beyond the lower Of any sir
gle indiviG 1al.
Most of the great works of the coun-
try have been constructed by the COM
bined capital of thousands of men,
and many of these works would never
have been completed in such magni-
upon the limited resources of a few
men.
The effectiveness Of combinations
of capital is seen in their enormou 5
power for good, and their menace lie S
in the misuse of that enormous .powt II
for evil
There is no greater danger to UT
form of government, to our pOpu, ar
rights and our public morals than / he
corrupt use of the great power OF c OF =
porate wealth.
LIE US recognize and reward the 6 Ood
which honest corporations accompl ish
but let us, with equal justice, cond emn
and punish the evil which corrupt cor
pOratiOns spread.
Let us govern our corporation IS as
We do our individual citizens L ct us
make laws impartially for all, and then
make all l-simpartially 0bedient o the
laws
Let us give every oppGrtani ty to
legitimate enterprise, but. let lis en-
force the prison penalty against ower-
full criminals as We do agains; It the
weak andlhelpless.
Of Late, certain high officials of our
government have declared lin favor of
prison penalty for the, chime of
rebate, but for four years 7 have had
bill in congress to that effect, and
never once have I received the help
from those. high officials to make that
bill law
For twenty years Ehe Sherman act
has carried prison E,enF,lty for trust
lawbreakers, but by the courts con-
struction only union lsEbolers have gone
to Jail.
I plead for equal laws for all, for
equal rights for all, tDr equal justice
for all
[ plead for opportunity for al hon
est men, and for harmony and for CO.
operation between all honest man.
l plead fer unjf ajudiced Geeognition
of the advantage of organization and
combination, and for intelligent dis
elimination between what IS gscd. in
them and what is pad.
[ assert the multiplied vafGe of unit
ed action and declare for the principle
Of union.
Let us oombat orgs nization Ihatssep-
crates for evil with the organization
that operates TcT gooe.
Let us fight the trusts and oppfes
s1ve monopolies, not with the shngs
and arrows of an age that is past but
a modern armament-with twelve inch
batteries and disciplined batal1ions of
an age of organization.
citizens to preserve our government
as patriots founded it, to conduct ID