On the same waters
there sailed other ships--fast, daring--manned by unscrupulous,
although able, men.
Those were the pirate ships.
The TRUSTS compared to Labor UNIONS are the pirate ships
compared to honest ships of commerce.
FRANCE HAS LEARNED HER LESSON
The employes on the Paris underground railroad had a strike and
have settled their strike.
The terms of the settlement amaze the outside world. The terms
are especially amazing to the American--and well they may be.
The employes of the underground railroad in Paris are GOVERNMENT
employes.
Their strike inconvenienced the public, and even the radical
French people were annoyed with the strikers.
In other European countries and in this country, as the news
reports very truly say, the strike of those Government employes
would have been dealt with very summarily. Three engines of
civilization would have been brought into play effectively.
"First the police, second the cavalry, third Gatling guns." ----
But the police, the cavalry and guns were tried on the French
people long ago, and that little matter was fought out and
settled. The men who govern France know that at a certain stage
in the proceedings a courageous people will not stand Gatling
guns, cavalry or police.
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