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HE question is frequently asked: "Can capital and labor be reconciled, and study each the other's interest?" It is the opinion of some that that they never can, that there is an irreconcilable antagonism, an irrepressible conflict between them—the one representing authority, despotism—the other subordination, bondage—the one affording ease, wealth, comfort, luxury—the other imposing long hours of weary, wearing toil, with poverty, anxiety and gnawing care. And in looking over this subject, questions like these are suggested to the mind: Has money any inherent or superior rights over labor? Which—if either, should be subordinate to the other—labor, that produces all the wealth, or money that produces nothing? and which, if either, has a right to dictate terms? Who are most in the way of human progress and the establishment of equity on the earth, and which arc the most responsible—the rich paupers who produce nothing by hand or brain, or the poor paupers, who produce nothing?

If there is no sympathy, no interest felt on the part