An American Labour Wing.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 202, 7 May 1887, Page 6

An American Labour Wing.

o>'>; ok thi rai^t prominent Icji _!•&*.. of the huUic-U-ud (••Li-<e^ in the Unite J.~ Spates is 1\ :.]. Aith-u:. (lisMid Chiet of t) u-,lSrothei-houd of Locomotive iMiyinet'is. M»tt .seems \n eery i\ '-peer* worthy of the ] upwlai eonhdence repohed in him Hi* hi-io?.\r is that of thnw-.imls of hi-. class + \ ti;ue and earner hand i< -raftsman, ho r toted his loihiut, 1 - hour.s to intellectual *ulJ>fire. and . u^ed Imn abiliif'--"fn promoting tiiu eau.se of ', lmLuvuud pfv.^i t^-^, Hnkiuy rtl^ uvn per- '• ion.il uitere-4?- in tho.se of hi.- inftm^. To his -iiiccnty. .-M-If-abnegatitjiiii .and un •qm'iwh.iblc carhnsiasni he ovu- has wonder ful ivlhu uce-t,x e-r Ainut iean a i.u^ms He has wnt ;<n an vs.-ay upon " Yiiia Labour Movement,'* v. luch is -u eRi *.\.rjithy the mo.-t attentive lev.ding ant 1 /ji'iii>idenitioii. It t:\Jve-. H(l»> neither .ii^.r^t f.iliour nor a ; iio Ji<t capital, beeau.se It U)i.r, not admit any e.ssuiituil hostility WtM.^en them; A\Mle ii uoii'v-edes that the' ♦ .ib.in ancient 'anl liTeinoduiblo conti ',v.'i'-,y between w.rk and Klleue--s. .V r,\). A hokls that when iudustuul diflt icnct - a ,\^e they can-n-i)l bo .-elf ed In tur\ .pjJ uolenee, bi.t ciily )>} modulation nj. l . aibitiation. Capital, .<- he tuil) s.ij.s, .-jii'inot atlord in . lonu-iv.n to be oppn^-iy: and nn]u^t, Veeau-^e y\ in in v jit-ti!i'e j)teeipitat( s Molence and injui;, to ',»oJrli sidex He sad : Their ,->eenis to be gevi'Vti-Iy pi evalent : n , !i idea tlvit all eajiitahst - ,ue vteh : whereas the tiucli lethal no ycii bu.sim^.s enteipri^e is ov.ued and co jrjnlV-d by -one man, but bj niauj e.ioh ei"atnbutni» something towaul tlie miglity v ia.d<^ \ \\\\\ ventuie to ><iv that mo.st i> -•» r,\ thiiity, indu--trial habit- are wipit -J;m,- \N hv« we cOn * sider tliat capital i-^o".i\ nnested wealth, 1 hojK 1 . that e\eiy *:<u Un«n man can count himst-lt a c.ipitali n Iv his pule e^er to hmalL Tlieie i.-> >, dignity u.i the vciy elloU tos;v\oMiih i worthy pm pose, e^^n though the attcnu p -Jiuuld not be ei owned wit)i o\ entu.il mh • #»^ It piotSnees a%\ ellululated mind , it »i\^ \ivtuc the in;f-tei % \ ovei \i<>^ it put.-, die piussion-? undoi control: J: du\e.s awny cave; it secures comfoi/ v >Sa\ed n-oney, how - cwi little, wil^scno to d.ry up many a tear, will w-j-d oH man> t-onow* and heartburnings wlvieh otherwise might prey upon u.- , Po.sse.sseit ot a little htoie of capital ,* man Mi,th a lighter step; his ludtt beats more cheerily. When inten-ii jirion of wuck oi auAau-ity happens, he ct'ja. meet it ; he ian iet;M)»»'.ttn hit> capital, vihich will ci <ier hieak his fajl for pi event "& altogothei - P>.\ ]>n den^kil economy -we w> realise tl>e dignity n\ man,; life w ill be a vilessing and t Ad age an lipi»ouv. Indeed, the lesii-e to ac jumnlatc f.arnjh one of the inos'tf powerful ■«?tvuinen<,.s for the regeneration of MX>iet^ } It pi<iide,s tlxobasis for in jividual ene^ry and acjvity. Itis the beir jiinino 1 oi nmitime aii,l commercial enlerun-e. ' It i- the foundation of in ■ dustry as ■yell as of mc Itainpel.>. men to Ir4i»our, to in\ vtit, and t ) excel. i\V>i idle oi thriftie?^ man e> er becamu great. It is aiiir^ those who nt..\w lost j*. moment that w lind yh». men v '},« have inched and advaneedl tiW woi Id by their lea'^ing, tl; »ir hcieiuwj wr their i?ivention&. Labour oi some s^vti ione at the condidons of »«\ihteiu;o-. r lfl!u* thought has conn - down t * w* Irom, pagan times that " labr«u i.> the pi ire \ylur.'ft the o-od^ have set r^>on all t<hat is e^jeUewt." TH thought is also woithy of Christian tii»je?. Mo.st l^on have it in jboiir p^wer by prudent an angements to defend' themselves againrit udyersity, and to, throw up a barrier against destitution. They van do I this by theii own individual eiiiortti, or by 'acting on iihe principle o? eo-operatioi 1 , ' which is capable of ay almost lidefinite extension. People of ihe nn^b humble condition, by combining their means and; associating together, are enabled in many ways to defend themselves against the pressure of poverty, to promote theitrphysical well-being, and even to ad\anc<* the progress of the nation,. A solitary individual may be able to do very little to advance and improve sooioty ; but when he combines with his fellows for the purpose, lie can do a very great deal. Civilisation itself is but the effect of combining. Mr Arthur insists that labour combinations should have no political bias, and thafc they should be only what they profess to be. That his views are in unison with, those of tho brotherhood of which he is chief, i$ fihowu by the fact that they have raised, his I Mhu-y to about £1,000 pev anuuiUi