Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-24
BEWARE or STRIFE.

We are In receipt Of copy Of a paper
called scldaritect printed in the Ger
man language. 1t claims TO be the OIL
cIal organ Of the sick and health benefit
fund of the working men OF the United
states. and to speak officially for Il
| number OF laborers
on the first page 1t presents a set %
resolutions relating to the Haywood
/ trial, adopted at recent convention %
laborers, These resolutions not only
acauit the accused miners In advance.
but they dtnounce the Governors OF
Idaho and Colorado as conspirators ard
law-defers they characterize President
Roosevelt as hypocrite who holds his
office by the grace Of Railroad king
and through ;he corruptins campaign
fund OF Wall street. and they urge
members to use tho ballot as the most
formidable weapon in the class war now
raging All through the paper this
tone is Dercepuble. Everybody who
holds an Office in this country seems to
he regarded IS scOuudrel, and every
one who has been successful in business
is branded is an opprcssor. tyrant.
We submit that that kind OF talk is
entirely out Of order IN this country.
The evident intention Of It is to divide
the citizens into hostile camps. ana to
tight the fires Of class hatred Tor
revolutionary purposes. This is par
ticularly evident in she article on the
trial IN which IL is alleged that JUS
tice cannot be expected 10 prevail be-
cause the jury consists OF farmers and
business men. Is not that an assault
upon American citizens as vicious as it
Is uncalled for?
We can hardly believe that the work
insmen OF this country generally WIZ
permit such incendisry talk to influence
them Were it possible to accomplish
the division and kindls the flames OF
strife between the classes that depend
on one another, the result would be
financial ruin in which tho laborers
would be the FIRST to suffer Agita-
tors who are making money out of ag-
tation are not safe counselors in any
crisis.
The attacks OH President Roosevelt
are very strange, since. under The poll
cy for which his administration stands
numerous measures have been taken
the ultimate object OF which is the
establishment OF square deal all
around. President Roosevelt has don.
great deal for labor. The following
questions by Senator Beveridse tell
a story which should not be forgotten:
Who was 1t that compelled the crea-
non of new department OF govern
irent, devoted to commerce and labor.
upon which the progress of the Ameri-
can people deptndsf 1t was Theodore
'child?'
Who was it, when the gerican peo-
pie were freezing for want of fuel,
brought together warning capital and
labor whose conflict had created the
coal famine of 1902? II was a mighty
task to compel the most forceful men
In the world of capital and the ablest
men IN the world of labor TO cease hos
tlllties that the common people might
not suffer. Yet Theodore Roosevelt dld
that. Was that the work of a 'child?'
VINO was IL that brought to their
knees the kings of the railway world
Kings IN reality far more than the tin
sci monarchs OF Europe that wear their
foolish croWns-aud In the name OF the
aNt'li INtRAN IbIEtl lltRutu railway
legislation over their tremendous resist
ance? II was Theodore Roosevelt. Was
that the work of a child?
Who was II that, again, in the name
OF the peoples health and happiness.
triumphed over the greatest combina-
ton of uprighieous wealth the world
has ever seen, and in the name OF the
people, caused the passage Of the his
toric law for pure food and healthfnl
meats? IT was Theodore Roosevelt.
Was that the work Of 'childT"
Anyone who VIII consider the policy
of the present occupant OF the Presi-
dental chair in Washington win admit
that II is one friendly to the interests
of labor, as wen as to tho country
generally, whatever fault may other
wise be found with It, strife between
classes cannot be tolerated