The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-12-15

duty Yielding to no one in desire - IN
dulge this telling Of consideration. can
nos ri myself of the convicti. thaf Il
7 the-e ex--sliiers arr 90 D. relicyes thrv
and their eass- are entitled 10 thel.ene6t
Of an enacsmeBs under which relief msv
T Be claimed D. right and thar such relief
should he granted under ,he sauctioa 81
law not in evasion AZ ~ No- sfonif
sach worthy objects ~ rare. aI eanai
entitlei, be reuii,ed - thu unequal
operation If sympathy or the teu.ier
mercies of ~ocisl and political influence
with their unjust Determinations. The
dischsSet soldiers and sailors 0f The
/ country are our fellow citizens and IN
teressei with Us in the passage and faith-
I fnl execution Of wholesome laws They
cannot De swerved from their duty of
+ citizenship by artful appeals 70 their
+ spirit Of Brotherhood born u common
peril and suffering. nor viii they exact.
as test Of devotion 70 their welEire.
F willingness to neglect public duty in
their behalf
The relations Of labor and capital and
I Of laboring men 10 their employers are Of
+ the utmost concern u every patriotic ci,-
citizen When these are strained anJ
distorted unius i6able claims arc apt %
be insisted upon by both interested. ami
IN the controversy which results. the well
fare Of all and the prosperity of the coun-
try are jeopardizel ANY intervention of
. ese general government, within the Ini-
It. Of its constitutional authority. o. aver.
such 4 condition. should De- willingly con-
oe,le5 In a special m,-sssse. Transmitted
o. Congress al is last session. suggested
the enlargement OF our present Labor
Bureau. and aliing to It's psa~enf func-
lions the power Of arbitration in cases
where differences arise between employ
er and employed When these iifsren-
ces reach such a stage ls 90 result IN In
terruption, Of commerce between the
states, the application % This remedy bv
the Government might be reglrlel as en-
tirely within it, constitutional powers.
and think We might reasonably hope
that such arbitrator-. II carefully selected
and IL entitled % the confidence of the
parties to be affected. would be voIuntl-
rilv called % the settlement of contr'ver-
sies of Iess extent and not necessarily IN
the domain of Federal regulation Z am
of the opinion that this suggestion IS wor-
thy the atten ion Of Congress but after
all has been done by the passage of laws
either Federal OF state. o. relieve d sirua-'
ton full Of soiicitude. much mor-remains
- be accomplished by the reinstltement
and cultivation Of q true American senti-
ment which recognizes the equality of
American citizenship. This. in the light
Of our traditions, anal ia loyalty o. she
spirit Of our Institutions. wouid.reach that
4 hearty cooperation on the part Of al
interests is the suresr path o. national
greatness and the happines ofali our peo
pie; that capital should. in recognition
Of the brotherhood of our cisizenship and
IN a spirit Of American Gliruess. generous
" accord 70 labor its just compensation
and consideration. and thar c5utented Ia
boris capitals best protection and faith
ful ally II would te.lrl. too that the
diveu~e-ituations of our people arcin sep
arabic from our civilization. that every
citizen should in his sphere be a c0ntri-
butor % tire rene-al -1oG. that capital
does not neeessariiy tend % the opprez-
sion Of labor. and that violent iisyarbdu-
ces and disorders alternate from their pro-
moters true American sympathy and
kindly feeling The Department OF Ag-
Hculture representing the oldest auj
larges, of our national industries. is sub
serving wei the purpo-es ~ it- orssniza-
non. By the introduction of new sub
iects forming enterprise. and hy opening
new sources of agricultural wealth and
the disseminating Of early Information
concerning products and prices it has
contributed largely 10 the Country's pros
perity. Through this agency. adrancei
thought and investigation touching the
subjects il has IN charge should among
other things b. practically applied -o the
home prJdurtion II loW cost of articles of
food which are uow imported from
abroad. such an innovation VIII neces-
sIrily, Of course, in the beginning be
within the d0mtin Of intelligent ezperi-
meut. and the subject in every stage
should receive al possible encouragement
from the Government. The Interests Of
millions Of our citizens engaged in agri-
culture are involved in an enlargement
and improvement Of the results OF their
labor. and a Jealous regard Tor their well
fare should be willing tribute % those
whose productive returns ara main
source of our progress and powe-- The
existence Of plcuro-pneumonia among
the cattle Of varOus States has LED % bur
deusome and In some c.i-es disl-tr1as
restrictions IN an impJrtau. branch If
our commerce threatening % affect the
quality and IlIntity of our food supply
This j. q matter Of such importluce and
of such hr-reIehin- consequences that
hope It viii engage the seri0us attention
tion Of the Congress o. tine end that such
d remedy may be applied a. the limits Of
a constitutional delegation of power %
the General Government sin present I
commend % the consideration of Cousres-
the report Of the Commissioner and his
suggestions concerning the interest in
trusted to his care.
The continued operation " the .sv re-
latins t. our Civil service ha- added the
most convincing proofs of its necessity
and uSefulness It j. e Esct worthy of
note that every public officer who has a
just idea If hi- duty 20 the people t.-ti-
he> 20 the value Of hi- reform. IT.
~1aunchest friends are foam among
who understand it hest and q varInest
supporter, are tlose who are restrained
and protected hy IT, requirements. The
meaning Of such restraint AMI protection
j. not appreciated by th1-e vino wanI
plare- under the Government. reE1riiess
1fmerit and efficiency. nor 5y those who
INSIST that the selections f1r such place
should n--t upon proper er-,iential
showing active partisan work They
mean IL r.1bii,. ofF7raz IL uof rhsf lives