The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-16

Protection for every man VINO wants
10 work, aud n guarantee of his right
to enjoy ten fruit OF his labor: Just
laws which hold each and every man
accountable to teh law aud to do his
share towards the support OF public
works and charities
The Labor-Socialists are opposed
and their measures are right now be-
ing pressed with great strength to
make them into laws.
The intent underlying each one of
them IS TO directly, or ia a round
about way, take money and property
from the "Home Owners"
Now let's have Il look and in consid-
ering each bill or act, Keep IN mind
hte underlying plan
Extract from the thrifty and home
owning people, az least part OF their
savings 60 b. divided among the an
thrifty Labor soclalistc
You may have TO search step by
step through the apparently harmless
part OF these proposed laws, but care
fully follow the steps and it will he
seen that he final end aud aim is to
take money away from the House
/ owning, thrifty class. and give IL
to the untrifty class
] Let's first consider the Employ
ers Liability movement They have
adrOitly sought TO have 1t apply first
70 railways for It Is now popular 10
attack them. Any employee hurt,
leven by his own negligence. is to be
paid q sum TO be extracted from the
stockholders. There are over a 900
stockholders ia Que American Ry
Many are widows and in some cases
their hard earned money and savings
invested thus, Is the main source Of
their bread and butter But part at
least is to be taken from them to be
given TO the unfortunate "Untr:fty,"
That woald be benevolance II it was
not q legal robbery of some to make
gifts to others.
Then IL is the plan to extend this
forced benevolence to the individual
lemployer, Just as the Lahor-Socialists
have succeeded i'm doing In England.
lt is an active working law there now
In operation under which. If, for In
stance a house servant has an acci-
dent no matter whether about the
house or elsewhere and becomes dis
abled, the employers property is held
to pay one pound (about $5.00) a week
Tor the balance of life ofthe ser
ant,
Thus in few years with bad run
of luck" the home-owner might have
saddled on him half dozen sucn pen
sioners and his property held to pay
perhaps S25.0O to $1,000 a week
DO you see how adroitly this ex-
tracts money from the trlfty?
We viii admit that the injured
should have help; that is human ben.
levolcncs Every permanently injured
poor man should have a public home
to live ln free all the balance of his
days he has. we will say. done his
share OF teh work of the world aud is
lentiied TO its care, The law should
provide that he had, during his Well
days. contributed his share small or
lgreat. towards the support of such
homes. That is the German law. In
other words, every man, i.aborSocial-
lists and Home-Owner should contrib
ute for this pension
But the i.abor-Sooialist plans TO take
only the money OF one class, the Thrift
~ and give il 10 the unthriftv
That would be a fine levied on the
man for being thrifty and offer a re-
ward of immunity to the man who
would drink up hisextra money Il
says, don't own a home or you viii
becoma a member OF a class which We
propose to milk
Later ON We are 10 have cold Age
Pensions" FOR every man when he
reaches so wears
4. That law Is under consideration in
England now. The plan ia a noble
one. for il would remove that awful
ghost OF fear which hannts most peo
PIE Every man should pay small
tax towards this desirable benevo
! lence But notice when the Labor
Socialist leaders in England wer,
/ asked If the members of their class
would contribute the answer was
Not one larthing"
They propose 90 seCare the entire
sum from the Home Owner Class"
Back again to their principle. yot
see
IL seems benevolent TO vote large
sums for public work for the unem
: ployed That class is made up large
: ~ of Labor Socialists and incalable
hotch wOrkmen. The worthy work
, linen are seldom "unemployed' Maul
of these unemployed are tho nolsl
, chaps who called strikes dnrine th,
: lproHpcrous years. They wouldn't worl
B lthemeelves aud kept thousands o
good nen from work.
They boYcotfed factories and de
B stloyei business compelling othel