New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-09

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GOVERNOR TIARIEANFTS MESSAGE.
FAILING OFF rs The STATE ElvENUrs-Cosr OF
STRIKE, - THE STATE AND TO IHE LABOEING
CLA-sFS-THE LABOR QUESTION DISCUSSED.
HARRISBURG, Jan. S.-Governor Iartranft
sent MS annual message 10 the STATE LEGISLATURE
to--4y 1t shows thai the estimated deficiency the
general 'uud 40 the close Of the present fiscal year vii
>2273OGO. The revenues The genera fund for ISIS
tell below the ~ - 5000 600, the
est mated revenues OF 1879 are 100000 below the
same standard. which Will make altogether for
the two years in which the deficiencies Will
have punciDay accumulated falling of OF the
nu-s Of rlJOOOOO. The Governor believes, however.
that boy rigid enforcement OF tIe laws. spreading
most Of the aDur5pr- ,0us over two years l--- oud
I~,o, kcepu. ,Lc expenditures strictly within tie
macs, ana dlycrung certain surVl.1 revenues from the
sinking fund tAe general unt, this IcIt be made
up. aud tle q tine two years boz met
without rcsOr- 81 additional TAXATION Taxing the
year together the Governor believes that the
vii not only be sufficient 90 meet AL expenses hut that
about Il coo " the public dent Do, redeemed By
eud OF l,,O. and that tie VIII be- able
upon ISL without deficit
The oue-tiOn OF the day the so-Clci conflict
Of capital aud labor While We need not indulge in
gloomy foreoodiuss concerning II, ut,ome. 70 Is
aiuy matter that statesmen and legislators cannot
ely ignore. AL the Labor commuulte, oi the Old
world have passed through precisely the same
turbulent career " strikes. riots. oItuges and
murders, which have excited much alarm.
10 PeunsyIvauiI. Occurring 10 every Industrial
community and under every form OF government thry
Dee regarded meuacins particularly repupIi
Institutions, j. the cause 10 DE looked Tor
political organization. But the direct and indirect
losses and mI,errs they entail upon the community
demand patent Investigation or the causes
and an honest attempt at REIMBURSEMENT a,
.N..
suppression OF labor troubles average Of over
100000 annually FOR the past eight years, and even
casual nation OF the annals Will show that there
ha- Deou q growing frequency and breadth OF trouble
and violence and, consequently. corresponding IN
IN the expenses o. their suppression. The direct
loss to capital. the destruction Of property.
has been very great, while the loss from en-
forced iuactou has been enormous. The loss OF
wa-es the working Gloss has amounted TO
many millions OF dollars aud ats Of individual indie
Irud-rcc and thrift have gwen way 10 demOralizng
dependence unou organizations. Ine antaGonl-m or
ca-, fruitful source OF crime The large sums
expended n the detection aud conviction OF the perpe
II tors u these outdses must therefore be
placed tu the account. The MOlle Ma
CURE murders ike the agrarlan murders IN Ireland.
and the trades uWon outrages, arsons' ana machine
brraking- gland not the WORK OF the sOcaed
criminal classes. They I'D originate IN the deplav
NV which deliberately selects cUmnalitv as mode "
life or from the sudden temptations OF pa,on or
They were essentially class murders AMI,
a. Is always the case in the bitterness Gu
gendcred by such contention. their crmiuahtv
was ignored by many OF the class and nation
atty outside Of the guilty. circle OF the order. II
~ the leading spirits OF the css had been members
OF board or arbitration representatives, Of labor
Win O the employers tuelr agents rcpresen-
tatiyes OF capital not unreasonable To suppose that
the dl-agrecmeuts that have Kept the Oal
gonS III state OF tnrhOu might nave Oeen dnllGhDy
adjusted ana OF those no were asodslnated and
~ chose who been hanged, living to-day. II spared
the ordinary Of nature the ue OF the
citizen with all It's uudeveioped possibilities OF good and
EVIL.
Under these circumstances it becomes highly i'm
purant question whc her tn- policy OF repression the
hest remedy that the wisdom and humanity Of the
dey,--. II must eventually prove failure IN The
United states. Under our political institutions the best
promote the spread OF c0inIu4stlc lCtas = 10
hedge property with bayOnets. In the long run,
ne pOcy OF elevation u safer and cheaper than
the policy of repression. Probably 10 social
movements are governed so little by cOn-ldcra-
tons interest by sentiment and passion
prrcptated without reference 70 conditions or prospects
trade market and uhstluately prolonged after ali
nope vanished Indeed. tuc chief OhstAcl"
any lead 81 tue relations or capital "nd labor
Il il THIS which prevents 4 mutual understand
ing and know ledge OF !utere~,S and motive
How action OF the Legislature can
DO to establish better relations II something that
~ he learned from past aud future Experience IL
IS certain, however. that 10 be wholly effective arbra
Of disputed points must be voluntary, ana possibly
al that the slatuTr do l. 70 prepare the way TOR
system b. sseulnaung nf"rma non 0f ~ lorna
tiOn Operation and advantages ana endct!ns simple
code as a mode. Tor voluntary 1rOliraton.
IL Eu-.aud. the sysem OF arbitration ana conrllatlOn
originated with the manufacturers and Out!9t0rS aud
Las changed wherever fairly tried the old feeling OF
utter hostility between the employers dhd the EN-
lONcd. INTO one OF mutual respect ana confidence.
WIN the same class PENNSYLVANIA lies the RESPONSE
bHty Of the initiative; with the Legislature the tespOH-
,IDility OF education.