The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-02-18
Gbouobts on Ginelv Copies.


the North going to say at the polls?
It is not right to say the workers are
ignorant, or that they keep idle dema-
pogues at the head of their unions.
True, such men have crept in where
they have had the downtrodden ideas
of Europe to play on, but they have
been found out. Things would be very
different if the workers had the ability
to stop the demagogues who ask for
their votes as they have to stop dema-
gogues who try to lead their unions.
1t is idle to blame unions for the loss
of life on railroads. The unions pro-
vide for the gre ater number of victims,
and in many cases lose their lives thru
the fault of the companies who are very
lax in oyerhauling cir rolling stock.
and we must remember that American
roads, to a great extent, still rely on
man to avoid accidents. 1t Is natural
for man to make mist axes. In MANY
instances science could be brought TO
his aid, but it is not lie cause it costs
money. The roads are often laid with
light steel and bridges of poor con.
struction, and speed is called for. No,
I think the blame for killing men lies
as much if not more at the door of the
management of the railroad companies
as it does at the door of the unions.
Mill, who was real expert on politi-
cal economy, held that strike was
justified if the men had a, grievance.
He said it was case of right and
wrong. If masters refused to discuss
question it was plain they dared not,
and so think we ought to have COM
pulsory arbitration, which would be
backed by the power of the law to con.
fiscate the masters property or punish
the worker according to the finding
It will be asked, who is going to arbi
trate, seeing that the judges and law
yers combine with capital against la
Dor? 1t is in the hands of the people t.
purge the tench. / believe that a biz
majority of the people of the Unitet
q States have no sympathy with high
+ handed tactics of labor unions, or tn
Juggling of the high courts in cases lik
y that of the Standard Oil. 1.-THE peopl
q will only take little interest in polite
q capita al and labor would soon find it
n level. If things go On as they are
n present we shall soon have law and OF
n der lower in the minds of the native
>. than even it was in the Balkans, an
!. who can blame labor? Brainy men al
q irving to le I'd labor into the paths
n. socialism, but labor wants none of
# The landslide that took place in En-!
ir land at the last election when laboril
10 men stood for the principles of Brigh
I'd Golden, and Bamfoul AMI got i'll wi
TO taken as a sign that socialism had g
IN hold. Since they got in they ha'
an pledged themselves to socialism. III
er first election that is held Will sma
an them, We do not want new cree
he We have not tried the one, we have
liz real Christianity. have let it go
ID the board-so has the world. We
* not believe in it because it does n
av suit us. There are millions of books
ire the world, still we cannot find a
DC, philosophy to equal that of the low
Nazarene, ado unto others as ye wot
an they should do unto you" That wa
adj creed laid down for the guidance
all man, and it is the only one that I
,ut avail to bring about equality. !
J a world knows it, still it would rather
lad in the dark or be deeply interested
ay- the writings of Marx and Tom Pal
IAN I have never read any work on soc
hat ism that has taken man into accor
nit They all st EN- to bag the most imI
.rty tant question, the frailty of hun
ave nature.
hat Years ago the idea got abroad
one republicanism would end all corr
the ton. Where is that ideA today? \
j ia it is socialism, and there is no rea
to to suppose it will do any better t
one republicaniem has done. There n
the be heads and those heads must be r
man and men love power, but dollars be-
pity Men say the world is growing be
,use How can it when men get moro In
ner- sistent every day2 They. build
lion, churches and call themselves =
s of tlans, but declare that Christ's teac