The miner WALKS. He has a wife who cooks, sews, scrubs,
washes, mends while he and his boys work in the mines.
We wish to arouse no "maudlin sympathy" for the miner, no
"anarchist loathing" of the owner.
We ask an answer to this question:
Which would be better for America: to let one man have five
millions a year, and keep ten thousand men on the edge of want;
or to let the one (and, if you choose, SUPERIOR) man have one
million a year, and divide the four millions among ten thousand
families, adding four hundred dollars to the income of each
family? That is a plain, simple question.
Remember, we suggest and advocate no COMPULSION. We state a
situation. The STRIKER is trying to get a little more for
himself and family. The OWNER is trying to keep the vast sum
for himself and his family. Each is convinced of the
righteousness of his cause. The striker does not try to TAKE
AWAY money or property from the owner. He simply strikes,
saying:
"I will not work for less than such a sum, unless you starve
me into working."
He calls upon YOU, the public, to give him moral support. He
entreats other workmen not to take his place while he strikes.
It is for YOU, the public, and for YOU, the idle, hard-pressed
workmen, to answer conscientiously the question:
Is it better for one man to have four extra MILLIONS a year, or
for each of ten thousand families to have four extra HUNDREDS a
year, that they need sadly and sorely?
If this question were answered as Christ would answer it, there
would be no smug respectabilities scoffing at the striker.
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