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dom. This may be all very well under the governments of the 
old world, but to use a common phrase, “I want none of it in 
mine.” I want to see every man, however lowly born, have a 
fair chance to rise by merit to eminence and distinction, and I 
will do in my humble way what I can to keep the great high¬ 
way of life clear, that he may have a fair chance with others for 
an even trial of mental and physical effort. Iu this race, cap¬ 
ital is a powerful agent and one of great good if kept within rea¬ 
sonable limits. Capital, however, will always take care of itself, 
and usually takes care of labor too. It needs no special legisla¬ 
tion to protect it. Labor is what needs protection against the 
selfish greed of capital, and one of the great questions for our 
present .and future statesmen to solve is, how best to harmonize 
and rightly adjust the intimate relations of each to the other, so 
that strikes shall be unknown, and labor and capital, each receive 
its just reward and stand together as “Nast” says “ The Ameri¬ 
can Twins,” u The Real Union,” “United we stand, divided we 
fall.” 
What we want is republican simplicity and frugality at home, 
making our labor as profitable as possible, and live within our in¬ 
come, however small, and insist that our public servants shall re¬ 
ceive a salary to live on a plane with us, or at least not so far 
above us as to lose all knowledge of the condition of those they 
were elected to represent. We want men in the councils of the 
state and nation who shall command the confidence of the indus¬ 
trial masses, men whose souls and hearts and every desire is to 
serve the people in their best and highest interests. 
Back pay grabbers must take back seats, and men fresh from 
the people, men in whose integrity and ability the people have the 
utmost confidence, and whose fidelity to principle is unquestioned 
must come to the front. Then, and not till then, will the relations 
of other industries and pursuits to agriculture be harmonized and 
rightly adjusted, and labor in all its varied departments reap its 
just and legitimate reward. 
