The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-16

Protection for every man who wants
TO work, and a guarantee of his right
TO enjoy the fruit of his labor; just
| laws which hold each and every man
accountable to the law and to do his
share towards the support of public
works and charities.
The Labor Socialists are opposed and
| their measures ARE RIGHT NOW
BEING PRESSED WITH GREAT
STRENGTH to make them into laws.
The intent underlying each one of
Them is to directly, or in a roundabout
way, TAKE MONEY AND PROPER
TY FROM THE HOME OWNERS"
Now let's have a look, and in consid-
ering each bill or act, keep I'm mind
the underlying plan.
EXTRACT FROM THE THRIFTY
AND HOMECOMING PEOPLE at
least part of their earnings. to be di-
vijed among the Labor Socialists.
You may have TO search step by step
through the apparently harmless part
Of these proposed laws, but carefully
follow the steps and it will be seen
that the final end and aim is to take
money away from the HOMECOMING,
thrifty class and give it to the I'M
thrifty class"
Let's first consider the employers
Liability movement. They have
adroitly sought TO have it apply first to
railways, for it is now popular to at
tack them. Any employee hurt, even
by his own negligence, is to be paid a
sum TO be extracted from the stock
holders. There are over II 1000 stock
holders in one American railway. Many
are widows and i'm some cases their
hard learned money and savings invest
ed thus, is the main source OF their
is to be taken from them to be given
to the unfortunate "Unthrifty."
That would be benevolence if il was
not a legal robbery of some to make
gifts to others.
Then it is the plan to extend this
forced benevolenCe TO the Individual
employer. just as the Labor-Socialists
have succeeded in doing in England.
1t is an active working law there now
in operation under which if, for in
stance, a house servant has an acct
dent, no matter whether about the
house or elsewhere, and becomes dis
abled, the employers property is held
to pay one pound (about 5000 a week
for the balance of the life of the SER
want.
Thus in q few years. with a bad run
Of luck" the home-owner might have
SduutEu Oh ilittt q nan uOLcil SuCii DCll-
sioners and his property held to pay
perhaps $25 to $50 a week.
Do you see how adroitly this ex-
tracts money from the thrifty?
We will all admit that the injured
should have help; that is human be-
nevolence. Every permanently in
jured poor man should have a pubic
home to live in free, all the balance Of
his days; he has. we will say. done his
share of the work of the world and is
entitled to it's care. The law should
provide that he had. during his well
days. contributed his share, small or
great, towards the support of such
homes. That is the German law. In
other words, every man, Labor-Social- !
SITS and hOme-owner should contrib |
Ute for this pension.
But the Labor Socialist plans to take |
Dnly the money of one class. the |
thrifty, and give it to the unthrifty
That would be a fine levied on the |
nan for being thrifty and offer a re- |
ward of immunity to the man who |
would drink up" his extra money 1t /
lays don't own home or you will be-
,ome member of class which we /
propose to milk"
Later on we are to have "old age |
pensions" for every man when he
caches say so years
That law is under consideration in
England The plan is noble one.
or 1t would remove that awful ghost
# fear which haunts most people.
Every man should pay a small tax
owards this desirable benevolence.
But notice, when the Labor Socialist
eaders in England were asked if the
members of their class would contrib
tie, the answer was, Not one far
hing"
They propose TO secure the entire
um from the home-owner class"
Back again to their principle, you
ZEE.
1t seems benevolent to vote large
ums of public money for the "unem-
loyed-' That class is made up large
Y of Labor-Sociaiists and incapable
otch workmen. The worthy workmen
re seldom unemployed" Many of
hese unemployed" are the noisy
haps who called strikes during the
rosperous years. They wouldn't
'ork themselves and kept thousands
( good men from work. Il