Mining Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-02
issued: 1902-07-12
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note: THE'MINING REVIEWï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Saturday, July, 12, 1902. Tie Mining Review. SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1902. LABOR REFORMS. The great trouble with the labor orators is they are not fair to capilal or just to labor. It is quite reasonable to believe that distant in the world's history true Socialism will displace the profit system, and the world will be all the better for it; but the so-called Socialistic apostles of the day, Eugene V. Debs, one of the ablest, included, are not just in their criticisms; their tendency is to bear on men's sympathies and feelings, instead of their judgment, to create and develop prejudices, that must prove prejudicial to humanity until that great millennium, the day of Socialism, has dawned upon the face of the earth. Just listen to even Mr. Debs and you will notice his entire effort is directed to convince every man working for wages, no matter what his wages may be, that he is a slave to capital; and that if he is not as well off as his employer is, it is because, and only, because, he has been ill used by capital. You have, however, only to look around and you will see this is not only unfairï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½it is dishonest. In the first place, it is very unfair to compare the coal miner earning his dollar day or less, when his employer has it in his own hands to advance the price of the products and pay his men better wages, with the miner of British Columbia, who is getting his $2.25 clear '" for eight hours work, from an employer, who is not making as much money as his men, and who is powerless to advance the price of his products. In like manner it is unfair to prey on men's passions, and tell the penniless, thriftless, . gambling, near-do-well drunkard, that if he iB not in comfortable circumstances, getting as good a living as his employer is getting, it is the profit system, and that alone, that is to blame for it. No blame falls on the shoulders of the men themselves. It would not sufficiently excite the preju…
note: Print Run: 1897-1903 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Sandon (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0183304
language: English
lat: 49.975556
long: -117.227222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Sandon B.C. : Cliffe and Son
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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