The Free Lance.
“His good blade carves the casques of men, for the Free Lance
thrusteth sure."
Vol. XV.
CAPITAL AND LABOR.
THE attention which the labor question has received at
the hands of our most profound thinkers, and the
volumes which have been written on this subject, indicate
to some degree its importance as a factor in the industrial
progress of the world. Viewed from the standpoint of the
economist, it is a struggle for supremacy between two great
forces both of which have for their ultimate object the pro
duction of wealth, but viewed from the standpoint of hu
manity, it presents the laboring - class struggling - for liberty
against the tyranny, the oppression, and the degradation to
which it has been subjected by the employing - class.
Economically considered, only the most peaceful rela
tions should exist between capital and labor, for wealth has
its origin in the toil of man, and both capital and labor aim
at the same results, but the relations which in reality do ex
ist are those of hostility rather than peace, of discord rather
than harmony. Hack of sympathy between the two classes
soon develops into an antagonism which becomes more and
more aggressive,until it terminates in struggle so intense
and violent, that the whole industrial structure is shaken to
June, 1901.
Valedictory.
No. 3.