And they have beaten
the English capitalist, who did not know enough to take lessons
from his workman and form unions of his own.
The American FINANCIAL union, not the English LABOR union, has
beaten England in the race for industrial supremacy.
Union is strength everywhere and forever. The remaining strength
of England is in her labor unions, which give men time to think,
food to grow on, and give real men to the nation. You say that
powerful unions kill nations.
Why is not China a great industrial power?
She has vast fortunes and no unions. Li Hung Chang was richer
than Morgan, and could cut off the head of any striker. His
coolies got five cents a day and worked fourteen hours--is THAT
your ideal system? ----
Last of all (and we apologize for this unforgivably long
editorial), let us discuss the question of foreign labor. The
capitalist complains that the Hungarian, "the brutal, ignorant
foreigner," makes much of the trouble, and "wants as much as an
American."
Loud is this cry against the foreign laborer. And the ignorant,
know-nothing American workman joins in the cry only too
willingly.
Who brings in those foreign laborers by the shipload, Mr.
Mineowner?
Who rounds up cargoes of Slavs on the other side and brings them
here to cut the wages and the living of the native-born?
Who shrieks dolefully, Mr.
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