Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-25


supplied by different parties whose inter-
eats are parallel only 10 ceraain pnint
-namely' such q management and
utilization Of economic powers as
VIII secure other things being
equal, the greatest possible rroduct
after which they diverge more or less
sharply nAKely When the product
must be divided between those who
furnish capital and those who furnish Ia.
Dor. itlaborers demand larger share
than capitalists will grant, and refuse to
supply labor under less favorable condi-
lions, the result Is a strike. When cap
italists refuse to grant so large proper
ton OF the productiO labor as the labor.
ers have heretofore received, and will not
continue TO supply capital on any terms
which laborers will accept, the result Is a
lockout.
While such economic warfare Is going
on there Is vast loss, and often suffering,
crimes and untimely death. Yet each
battle comes TO an end, sooner or later,
and result OF some kind Is reached.
Would II not be better to reach the result
without the loss aud misery? This Is the
simple question OF arbitration. 1t has
accomplished great thugs In three coun-
tries-France, Belgium and England
two distinct plans having been pursued
the legal on the continent, the
voluntary In Great Britain. Arbitra-
ton was introduced in France early In
this century by Napoleon the First at the
request OF the worklngmen Of Lyons.
Tribunals called Conseils DIES Prud'hom.
mes were established, and sim exist
They consist Of an equal number OF rep
resentatlyes OF each OF the two parties
most vitaly concerned--thAt is 20 say,
the employers and employed each
party elects its own representatives.
The government is represented In these
councils, and one branch, the bureau
general, has the authority OF court.
"Of the $4,000 cases brought berore
these conseils 22,35s, or 62 per cent, were
relative TO wages 2,2Ss, or 6 per cent, to
defective work; 1851, or 10 per cent, to
discharge of worklngmen; 1926, or per
cent, to apprenticeship, and 5,0S2, or IA
per cent, are not classified. OF the total
number 1912, or IS. per cent, were
Withdrawn before trial; 1884, or 81 per
cent, settled by conciliation, and but
1910, or 20 per cent, were referred
to the bureau general; and of these only
Ss per cent. We're brought to trial"
There may be an appeal to the tribunals
OF commerce, and is per cent. OF the de-
cislons were appealed, and one.tourth OF
these decisions annulled. II would be
difficult to calculate the immense advan-
tages which these Conseils DIES Prui'-
! hommes have brought to France. In
Belgium they have not been quite 80 sue.
cessful, although they have in that coun-
try also done much good.
| A permanent "Board OF Arbitration
and Cancellation" was irst established III
Nottingham, Eng, in 1860, In the glove
and hosiery trade, and It's founder was
Mr.. A. j. Murdella, one of those broad
intelligent manufacturers now found so
! frequently In England, who have grasped
the significance of their position In SO
ciety as "captRins OF industry" These
boards have brought peace to the glove
and hosiery and lace trade in Noting
ham, and have done almost as
much for the iron trade IN the
North of England, while they have
achieved praiseworthy results II
mining aud other industries. The favor
lite Institution of the boards is similar
10 that In France, save that ON umpire Il
chosen by the representatives Of the
worklDgmen and their employers, aud nC
president or vlce-president Is appointed
by government. The umpire Is general,
souIe one not connected with the trade
whose decision is final In case the repre-
sentatives of the parties cannot come Il
an understanding without his aid. Me-
!. well known as umpires are Mr.. Thoma
Hughes, Sir Rupert Kettle, Mr.. JOSEPH
Chamberlain and Sir Thomas Brassey.
Prof Ely considers II a happy omei
that labor organizations in America ar
increasingly inclined TO favor arbitration
One OF the aims Of the Knights OF Labor
as found In their declaration Of prlDci
plies, is thus expressed; ITO persuade al
: employers to agree to arbitratc all differ
ences which may arise between them ant
their employees, In order that the bonds o
sympathy between them may be strength
ened and that strikes may be rendered un
necessary" The only possibility of gen
eTal use of this method OF peace in tn
United States is to be found in powerful
labor organizations, strong enough 4
speak for the great mass OF woTkingmel
involved In any particular difficulty, AM
: occupying a really responsible position
1t is only through these various trade 80
cieties that labor can be educated up x
arbitration and effectively controlled
Prof. Ely concludes his article with thes'
true and sensible words:
IL uuHcSb eiuplOyeIo ANU hohSnt WIN
, ingmen are brought nearer together WI
! may hope that both classes will learn
that their interests really run parallel Il
many respects-even II they are not al
ways identical--and that they will learT
} that it will accrue to the decided advan
, tage OF both to unite their forces an'
turn them against the enemies 0
society; the robbers OF all degrees; th
, pirates OF every rank who prey alik'
, upon labor and capital; the theoretic6
anarchists In the lower walks OF life VIII
would overthrow our Institutions and de
} molish the Accommodations OF centuries
} the yet more dangerous practical anarch
} lists In the higher ranks who actually d.
! trample the laws and constitutions unde
their feet, and detlle the purity OF Iustlc
at It's very source.
A Flirt's Narrow Escape.