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THE RALEIGH POSTi SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1900 28 THE RIGHTS AND ' ' - DUTIES OP LABOR n MwJ IN f 4 A 1 3 ! i i I 1 - t ; :f',' ' i ' . : A. . : i u: Cardinal GIMxms In New "iork Journal. I uy labor contributes to the pros perity of the country, and whatever ruuducv to a nation welfare is most worthy of commendation. It is not the otScc or occupation that dignities the man, but it is the man that digni ties the office. "... 'Honor and shame from no condition rise; Act well your part there all the honor lie." . , Cincir.natus lent dignity to agriculture by working at the plow! Caligula, by an iufanious lire, degraded his crown ajid imperial purple. le Tocqueville could not pay a instcr and more beautiful tribute of praise to the jttiiiiw ot our country than when he wrote in that every honest occu pation in the United States was hon orable. The honest, industrious man Is hon ored among us. whether he work with his bauds or with his brains lecause he is an indispensable factor in the na tIous progress. He is the lee in the social hire: he is the benefactor of his race. Wcause he is always producing iuething for the commonwealth. Our sympathies for those in our em plor, whether in the household, the mines or the factory, are wonderfully quickened by putting ourselves in their place and askius ourselves how we wetrfd wih to be treated under similar cirrumstancs. We should reniemfier that they are our fellow-beincs, that they have feel ing like oursehvs. that they are stun? by a sense of injustice. repelled by an overlearinr spirit and softrnrd by kind lies, and that it largely rests with us whether their hearts and homes are to be clouded with sorrow or radiant with joy. iurelr men do not amass wealth for the sole pleasure of counting their londs and of contemplating their cold in se cret. Xo. they acquire it in the hope that it will contribute Mo the rational comfort and happiness. Now, there is no enjoyment in life so pure and so substantial as that which springs from the rejection that others are made con tent and happy by our lienevolenee. And I am speaking here not of the? benevo lence of gratuitous lwunty. b.it of fair dealing tefpere! with benignity. Con Mercy B(w--cstiesceteaer vbgkqj xzfifl siderate Kindness is like her sister Mercy. It dropped as the gentle' rain from heaven Upon th place beneath; it is twice Mess'd : It blesseth him that give, and him that takes: Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. While applauding the tender feelings and magnanimity of many capitalists. I am constrained to the interests of truth, humanity and re'i ':..n to protest against the heartless contact of others whose nnmber. for the honor of our country, is. I hope, eomparitively small. No friend of his race can contemplate without painful enmrions those heart-1 less monopolists exhibiting a graping avarice which has dried up every sen-1 t intent of symptthy ind a sordM self--ihness which is dear to the cries of distress. Their sole aim is to realize large divid-nd without regard to the ptramomtt claims of justice and Chris tina t h.trity. These trusts am! monop olies, like the car of .Jnrrgernant. crush every oltacle tint viand in their way. They endeavor, not always, it is alleged, without success, to corrupt our national and Slate Legislatures- .ind municipal councils. They are so intolerant of hon est rivalry as to use unlawful means in driving from the market all competing industries. They compel their opera tive to work for starving wages, espe cially in mining districts and factories, where protests have but a feeble echo, and are easily stilled by intimidation. In many places the corporations are said to have the monopoly of stores of supply, where ' exorbitant prices are charged for the necessaries of life: bills are contracted which the workmen are unable to pay from their scanty wages, and their forced insolvency places them Entirely at the mercy of their task mat?t-s. 1o such ShyWks may well Ire applied the words o? apostle: "(in to. now. y rich men: weep and howl for your mis erics which shall come, upon you. Yon have stored up to yourselves wrath agait the last days. Ilchnld the bin i of the laborer. which by fraud hath been ken? back hv ron. rrlith. nr.i' the cry of them hath entered into the 'ars of the Iod of Sabbaoth." How forcibly this language appll now to our own country, and how earn ttly the warning should b? heeled b. J the constitutional authorities. The sti I preme law of the land should be vindi cated and enforced and ample protec tion should Ik afforded to leritimat competing corporations aj well as tr the laboring classes against unscrupu Ions monopolies. Hat if lalor organizations have right tt, "be vindicated and grievance to ! redressed it is manifest that they ha v. uhn sacred obligations to be fulti'e iuhI ian?rers to guard ag.tinvt. Tli'-y should exercise nnvaing vir lance in securing their ImmIv from t! control of designing demagagnes wh nronld make it subservient to their ow selfish ends, or convert it into a polI& cal engine. They should also be jeal ous of the reputation and good nam of the rank and file of the society a well as of its chosen leaders. Fo w-hile the organization is ennobled nn commands the respect of the public If the moral and civic virtues of its mem lers, the scandalous and unworthy con duct or even a few of them Is apt t bring reproach on tlte whole body, an" to excite the distrust of the coraniu nitr. Activity i the law of all intellectur and animal life. The more you live i conformity to that law. the happier vo will b. An active life, like the purlin rivulet is an unfalin? source of glad ness. health and contentment, while r indolent life, like the stagnant poo hreeds discontent, disease and deatl No man enjoys with a keener relish tb night's repose and the Sundav and ho! day rest than the son of toil. A life, of patient industry is sure t ! blessed with a competence, if it i not crowned with an abundant emui era tion. Tire great majority of ou leading men of wealth are indebted fa their .fortnnes to their own untirin industry. Take an active, personal, con scientioas interest in the business o your employer. Be ns much concente about its prosperity as If it were voir own. Foster habits of economy and self denial. No matter how modest vom income may Ik, always live under it on will thus protect your liberty am busing integrity, and guard yourso! nsainst the slavery. and humiliation o debt, which is too often the precurse nn-J incentive to commercial hono , m honestly irtririncr to better yop eondltlon. b contewt with your statio tnlife and do not yield t an inordinaf uesire of abandonlnjr your present oeen pauon for what It popularly regarded as a more attractive nrocatfon. Kemom ,ber that while the learueil professions : are overcrowded there is always a de mand for skilled and unskilled labor, and that it is far better to succeed in manual work -than to fail in profession al life. . . lie uot over, easrer to amass weaitn, for thev who are anxious "to become . ;.k foil into timnt.-if i.ms and into the snares of the deril, and into many tin pi-olitable and hurtful desires jyhicl drown men in destruction and perdition A feveri-h ambition to accumulate i h-.li 'tn-i v bp called our na tioiial di temper, is im.ompat.hle with peace of mind. Moderate means with a contented spirit are preferable to minions wnu out it. , Sobrietv will be an angel or tranqml itv and comfort to yourself and family w'IiJIa loa virtu should he cultivate bv all men, it ought to bo especially chcrishetl by the laboring class, who are so much exposed to the opposite i-i rn Tt''ftiinnpniifn has broiiJrht nitre desolation to homes than famine or the sword, and is a more unrelenting Tyran than the grasping monopolist. Ho v Labor Ha Been ITlUlaA In a recent issue the Congregational ist tells an interesting story pertaining to an alleged chapter in the history of a great strike: "A case of a labor leader has just come to our attention which illustrate one of the difficulties of workingmen in finding representatives who will be true to their interests. With his constitu ents at home this alleged friend of la lxr is jealous of the rights of the wage earner and is ever his zealous cnain- pion against oppression of the capital istsr So he secures the votes of the workingmen and is elected to office. "But when he takes his seat as the representative of labor he Is a different man from what his constituents expect ed. He still talks for the laboring masses, he denounces capitalists. But privately he contrives to be the tool of the corporations. He is mainly intent upon getting such returns for his votes as will enable bam to continue in pul lie life, without the necessity of visible employment of the risks of business. "Another case in point Is that of a great strike, whose secret history has not yet been wittcn. but in which it seems to no this fact that one of the hisbest leaders of the workingmen was hived by capitalists to lead the strike for the sake of forcing down the stock of the corpora tien in order that these foreign speculators might buy It up at a great profit. This leader engineered the strike, which was of exceptional se verity, and secured the depression of the stock. The strike caused the dis charge from employment or many or themselves for the supposed benefit of their entire i class. As a consequence of his part in th. transaction, he has locu able to live for several years sime the event without work, dabbling in politics and ficurin? as a lobbyist In the employ of persons unknown. "Cases of other labor leaders might be mentioned who are in the movement for their personal lenefif, whether it i for the sake of the notoriety or because the prominence will make them of sc rurh more cah value for the corpora tions to buy off, or because they may find an entrance thereby into polities, with the sordid and criminal ways of accumulating money which inhere in the diadv walks of this occupation. I'snally they an uneducated men. no familiar with either money or power. The possession of a little of either or both of tltest.. turns their heads and they Itccome falsp to the friends who c! vated the in to their responsible positions.' S ij J J5 I Q S J fia rB V A 3 rfv-i "J LA: H il l 1 If Ito2fn Friends of Labor (From the Kansas City Times.) Another instance of the warm regard entertained for American labor by th: Republican party is illustrated in the case of he Chairman of the Commute;- on Military Affairs in the presen' House of Representatives, a Kepuhlica" Congressman and the man who lr barge of the bill raising the arrnv of the Cuittd States to luo.fino men. U Is th. iresidnt of the Philippines Lumber r"i I rvc'ojnient Company, a cotjooratior. that h is acquired valuable Ian Is in th Philippine Islands, "ibis eoui anr s-y "n its j rospecttis that "the lab r question there is casil'- solved, because there i heap labor there that can be had a "0 to 75 cents a day in Mexican money." AWAY jGSKS, R ill 111 Ililfliil, ill IS. Gffil Efiftli, f EllllfflS H i. lie 0 i 11 Allil li: lis. HI ft I w m m r m f r f S f r S f ' r RALEIGH S Newest and up-to-datcst graded sch icl, furnished throughout with our Double Automatic Desks, This building was completed October 1, 1900, at a cost of about $13,000.00. It is a model of convenience an J couj- ic;M7bie. Y fort. CHARLES J. PARKER, General Agent, Raleigh, N. C. a ii I cannot say, and I will not say That he is dead. He is just away! VVith a cheery smile and a wave of tin hand le has wandered into an unknown land. nd left us dreaming how very fair t uetds must be, since he lingers there nd you O you! who the wildest year: "or the old-time step and the glad n turn. Think of him as faring on, as dear n the love of There . as the lore of llere; nd loyal still, as he gave the blows f his warrior strength to his country'. foes. 'Tild and gentle as he was brave. A'hen the sweetest love of his life lu gave i simple things: Where the violet grew ure as the eyes they were likened tc """he touch of his hand have strayed s reverently as his lips have prayed; Vhen the 1'ttle brown thrush tha harshly chirred Vaswdear to him as the mocking bird; ' nd he nitied as much as a man in par 1 writhing honey-bee wet with rain. "hink of hint still as the same, I say: To is not dead he is inst away! James Whitcomb' Riley.- It is donbtful if anything can be done n Tennessee to awaken the vo?e?3 an" et them interested in the coming elec ion. Interest appears to be at" a re narkably low ebb in thi county, an ve see few signs of life, in other coun es. The Central Democratic Club in th! ounty is an example of the Ictharg hat is prevanine. Several meetin-7.-ave been held, and with only a corpor 1 s guard present. The most strenuor fforts fail to get the Democrats on Tie ward and district elubs are doinr o bettir. A few lealoua snirits attend ho meetinrs. but the crowds come not Nashville American. . . V ' v t- f- . New G raded School Buildiriy . Flonroe, N. C " One of the handsomest and best ni pointed buildings' in the Stale. This building is furnished throughrnt wHh our SINGLE AUTOMATIC DESKS AND HYLOPLATE BLACK BOARDS. . CHARLES J. PARKER, General Agent, Baleigli, IT. G F uring the present year our bus:ness has more than doubled that p any pre cein one snJ we have reason to believe that during h s j ear we i-ave sold more desks in North Carolina than all other factories o bined. 1. We furnish best goo Is at owest prices possible. 2. We are prepa ed to fiill orders prompt y , - ?. We are not owned by the School Furniture Tr st Nearly all th- s:ho: h and colleges in he State are amon our patrons, We will take p easure in quoting pr.cs on whatever you may n eed. Cata'o-zues and circulars frae. - WHY? -1 CHARL Office, No. 401 Tucker Building. kue?.- S J. PARI Manufacturer's Agent, RALEIGH, N. C. The IlrforinatorF 1 return to the world outside and engage Association selected a committee of their .successfully in some productive industry, body to argue the. matter before the. The indirect returns to the State through next Legislature. The Legislature of these laborers and skilled workmen thi3 State had the matter up once be more than compensate the State(for its fore and it only lost by one vote, original outlay even in dollars and We trust that the press , of tha State cents. and the friends of' an enlightened and 2. But the primary and fundamental Christian citizenship in ihe State and the question for a State never is and never friends of young offenders of tne law can be, "Does it pav?" Deeper than th's, 'ho need to. be helped to stronger man and more far-reaching than this, is the hood and not condemned to a life of question, "Does it make better citizens?" crime, win Drmg sucn pressure to Dear This last is the question with which aP r next .general assembly that rizht State is most deenlv concerned.f something -practical and definite will be 1 North Carolina, as weil as many others f the Southern States, should have a State reformatory for youtniui criminals. I )ur present system of taking the youth-I t:l offenders of the law and puttius ?aim 1 prison side by s-ide with the haTdeiK'd .'imiual is but a schooling in crime, and sin against the youta who has trans-v pressed. : There are two methods of punishment, he reformatory and the -tinitive. The :st method looks to the punishment of he crime and the reformation, of the rimmal, while tbelatter looks to the unishment of the crime and the deg.-a-lation of the criminak It is not difficult o decide as to which method should be ursned bv a civilized, much more by a Christian State. : The one plea of those who argue against a reformatory is the poverty of tne State that a reformatory will cost nore than the State can afford to ex end in that direction just now. Iii reply to this two points mav be irgped: l.The immediate cost to the State may bo more than the immediate eturns, but the ultimate ost will not. 1 f memory serves correctly, (I haven't lata at hand) the superintendent of the Massaehtisetts' reformatorv at Concord old me a few years since that 75 per cnt. of the youths in that reformatorv eft there when their terms expir"4' .ever to return, but wita a knowledge 1 Dusmess ana a n$?erul trade . It may. be estimated with eafetv that me-half of fearing a reformatory This is a mechanical marvel of tola? i which is no doubt duplicated in ou'" I branches of industry. It is very striKi. in the newspaper industry, which ttuun. j in the very front rank of niecbaiiicA perfection. A IIAI'i'Y LIFE i and has first of aJ to consider. True, the State is, not a charitable in-, stirution. Neither is it a money making institution. Its chief business is to make alright citizenship, to create and to fur nish conditions in which an intelligent, fre:? and, so far as possible, self-supporting, prosperous and happy citizenship may abide. To the argument then that we are too poor and that a reformatory is too costly i ' . 1 , a . Ml 3 ? we nave to say, mat it win pay lmmeui done. 7A News taper's Wonder t ' ' , - . ' . -.1.,-.- (St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) When you open up yonr newspaper il may cause you to feel some wonder if you know that in. all'prbbability yours arethe first hands that have ever tou -tied its inside pages.:; The reason for this is that -the . paper as- made from wood Tinln " " '"Pi rv TTfv-m n -n t-ct n fnUfA J. l . I .mu n m-i I t n - i- T" T- r m 41 r-r j t- . aieiy uuyj. mn 44 Ti-Li : tree- xt is hauled to the mill. There ma- shin and ultimately and indirectly in dollars and cents. We are glad indeed that the Woman's chmery strips - off --thev bark, reduces the wood to pip and makes it into paper. " At every turn cranes, derricks, chains. ; cogsv rollers, steel , t Wth1 and other me; tne State. TV e believe their efforts will rA wnnv mnVM iaa in rr be crowned vrtth success. , ; i Md wan' by pnt into press- r The Ash-eriHe Uhlon presented . their room and on presses bp other machinery North Carolina recently and "ever naooiher present became a. sigaer and the ; man hand, Christian Temperance Union of North Carolina is wording so laacaiuuy m tne rhnniv-i riwiHv.'nr fha mari! ot and finally .printed' aad folded without jry ? having been directly touch lr any iro- - L h Jdow nappy is ne born ana taugui. That serveth not another's will: ' Whose armor, is his honest though'-. . And simple truth his utmost sku. i"' .v. . ot masters are, Whose soul is still i Xo. ... ,orld with care Of public fame,-"or private breatti; Who envies none that chance doth n , Or vice; who never understoMi . ! DTow deepest wounds are given-by lr'. Nor rules of state, but rules of gv--.., 1 ' 1 . V Who hath his life from rumors m ; Whose consciejice i3 his strong l " , Whose state cah neither flatterers u. Nor ruin maki; oppressors great; Who God doth late and. early pw.v;,. AtnrA rtf TTia ph-arp than ffifts tt" 1U (And entertainsthe harmless. day. njut a weii-raosanr 'uuua tt"--- Tiis man la frded from senile h?5 Of hops to rase, or fear to wj;. Lord of himself! thougn, n j,r Sir ix. . 'T A - -
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