Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1922-08-10
Vardanaan and Wilson
(By DR.. L. E. HALO

Iemployed, successfully. Since Meth
er can live without the other, and they
Twill not live together, pray, in Gods
name that some one will tell me what
lis to become of us and our children,
if some way is found by which the
strife NV in evidence can be abated.
| 1t looks to me as though the war
between the two has gotten to where
lit is a fight to the finish. The entire
Ilaboring population of America, is in
sentiment, behind that portion which
is now on strike. No amount of legis-
lation or guns or soldiers will change
the conscience of mankind, here, or
any where else. One side represents
the arbitrary power Of money. The
other represents a grim determine
ton not to be enslaved by it. AS a
result, the organized methods of
transportation are paralyzed. The
business of the country will soon be
ruined. Our large cities, and many
oof the smaller ones, are face to face
with starvation, and winters storms
will find millions without the fuel
necessary to keep them from perish
ing from cold. "Why sit we here un-
til we die?
Every day increases the bitterness
felt by those who are to suffer from
lack of employment and the means of
living. Those who represent the
capital involved, seem to have an
idea that money can hold out longer
than an empty stomach. That may
be true, but it is also true that it can
not hit as hard as dynamite. | am
sure that it is not the wish of those
who represent labor that lawless
means should be employed in order to
accomplish the end desired by them,
but every body who is familiar with
the history of the past, knows that
when human passion reaches a certain
limit, all sense of prudence and all
respect for law, are thrown to the
wind. R
The managers of the railroads have
not treated either the public or their
employees fairly. All transportation,
of both freights and fares, went up
during the war. There has been but
little reduction in freight charges and
none in passenger rates, but every
pressure possible has been brought to
bear to reduce the amount paid to
those who do the work necessary to
keep the roads in operation. Those
who work know it and realize the in
justice of it. They have determined
to resist and resent any further whit
Ting off of the wages paid them. 1t
is useless to discuss or argue the mat
ter with them. If told that they owe
a duty to the public they will admit
it, but they will insist that the duty,
lis not all on one side. They believe,
and justly, that the public owes a
duty to those who keep the machinery
of civilization in motion, by their toll.
Most of them are disposed to do all
that can be reasonably expected OF
them, and feel that they have done
so. They are not willing to go any
farther, and now look to the public to
stand b ythem in the effort to secure
what they feel is justly theirs. A
very large per cent of the public are
prepared to do that thing. Many Of
the people believe that it is fight
between men and money. That capital
has determined to win or let the con-
Ii
troversy end in revolution and the
overthrow of the government. In its
last analysis, it is fight between
God and mammon. Believing that
good men and women, whether veal
thy or poor, are going to be on the
side of God and humanity. those who
toll have determined to put the cues
ton to a final test.
! If two good men, one on each side