LABORER WORTHY OF HIS HIRE

14 July 1898 The phrase at the head of this article has been the subject of much discussion on the part of economists and labor reform ers. It implies what the Scripture as gerts that the laborer is worthy of his hire even a little more than thisthat the recompense which the laborer receives for his service ought to be sufficient to support existence. To this proposition most of us would probably assent. If there is such a principle as justice by which human conduct is regulated we may say that one of its most elementary dictates would be that ablebodied men and women who are willing to live by their labor ought to receive enough rec ompense for their labor to enable them to support themselves and those properly dependent upon them.

If the race is to exist there must be children and they must be supported by their parents dur ing infancy and childhood. If the race is not to become barbarous old men and women will remain with us after their power to labor is past and they must be supported by their children Ablebodied men and women must therefore receive such remuneration for their labor as.