New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-19
DISCUSSING THE LABOR PhObLh"'
FELIX ADLER ON STRIKES AND CAriiAL'
ADVANTAGES OF woRKlNGMENs oh"AHi~N'i'
A HOPEFUL VIEW

FELIX ADLER ON STRIKES AND CAriiAL
ADVANTAGES OF wORKtNGMESs oRGANi~A'i'N-
HOPEFUL VIEW.
Felix Adler talked to large audience III
Chickerins Hall yesterday morning Oh 'aoo' anu
sircs He referred to recent labor agitation as
ran, IN ina y,rb Of fellowsh from which good Will FOL
Inv II Is an object lesson to the American people, and
may have to be repeated again and again before IL Is
learned.
"selfshpcss" he continued, "has long been taught
by political economists ~ one OF the maxims Oh COM
MERGE The selhshness OF capital has proclaimed that
might make its conditions with labor, when. "hero
and how It pleased. Now it is beng paid In us own
coin and the selfshncss of combined labor Chains '"o
same right to impose lts own terms ana 10 sen '
work at the highest price. do not a'tac" o"."' " ~
diyiduals The merchant or mdhu'act"'oi
ORIGINATE the SYSTEM lie takes it as he mas IL ana Ill
like manner the empoye has recourse 10 inc means Vi
1o,.uc. mat are handed down to him But the right
IN enploy labor as cheap as 1t can he obtained lcaus 10
hc employment Of children ana WoH !" ,nn G s
dest,oy society This principle Is tesuneo ny the uoN
ernmon reports the investigation Oh LABOR abuses
on Inc other side trades unions represent class sehs
ness when is better than individual sel1shLess as the
class is than the individual Labor unions Lave
millions IN money for the WORKING .reopc; Ihey
have raised and bettered the condition OF the ab0rer
The garing evils OF these organizations are the inter
hod she p, .nt ~ s,rtke which is now SO much
IN fashion. Is right. ask. any way TO block the
wheels or to check the tide OF prosperity
Every strike must ~ soe measure contri eule I" ms
and influence OF the strikers recOs upon themselves
Here again the selfish policy OF the employer when
would control all conditions OF aoor has come nome 10
himself; hut the principle IS a two-edged sword mutu
ally destructive. new principle Is now arising that
heard OF years IL IA the SILVER lnlng
in the heavy cloud aud it called arbitration.
81 am not one Of those who =, fear ear
them better organized II when they are divided into
small organizations That they cannot grasp the full prob
before thcm. nave confidence in the good sense OF
the workiugman to pass beyond those limits that
benefit him. The danger lies in un'Ellled labor
and part of the problem IL for the skilled labor to
leaVen ana control the whole mass Power makes any
body conservative and the great labor or
CARNATIONS when complete Will be cautious and con
servative. They will regulate overprOductlon
aud check seons ITS sS@eo rh s0 Knsnis
Of Labor have contributed to this great movement.
They are nnder cloud now ana o nave hs. M hc
The order may be brought into disgrace ana destroyed
gu nTw rom b"t eIperene skilled labor must be
joined to unsklled labor for sepoecuon and to curb
OF the working people and OF the whole country not on
soldiers and Standing armies. which are nonsense
Neither capital nor Labor should be KING III THIS re-
public"
RECURRENCE OF THE PROBLEM OF l776.
The Rev. c. 5. Narrower preached sermon
last night at ST. Andrews Church, Seventy frsts be-
tween Third-ave and the Boulevard on One Phase OF
the Labor Question" "The labor question" he said
III taken rightly, he considered recurrence Of
the great problem OF l77G 1t is question between the
sovereignty of society. the divine right of the past TO
present. and the individual in his effort for
greater liberty and freer pursuit OF happiness. Tho
greed for wealth In times and the spirit OF monopoly
stolen the individuals prerOgaves and men have
become pawns in the hands OF ambitious SPECTATORS
The shock OF discovering their lost privileges drives
them occasionally into these spasms OF frenzy and pro-
which shake the land THIS frenzy Is the hope
and beginning OF new revolution. IL does crude
things now aud then John interferes with James and
force Henry and William into motley union OF
dscordant elements The Union NEEDLES l perhaps
seed of revolt In opinion and sentiment The dignity
of labor is Its end and will some day put the individual
the of power again and repeat the happy
days Of our pOstrevoutonary history"