The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-29
GLADSTONE ON LABOR.
He Hopes for a Better UNDERSTANDING
Between Employer and EmpIoye.

He Hopes for a Better Understanding
Between Employer and Employe.
LONDON. Nov. 9s.-Mr. Gladstons was
to-day participant in the exercises attend
ing the formal opening OF the Recitation
hall at Port Sunlight near Birkenhead, and
was ono OF the speakers. He said the news
papers were teeming with reports Of politi-
cal addresses. But, however much
he desired not to speak. it
was impossible that he should
remain altogether silent, because such si-
lence might he misconstrued. The ambix-
uities OF the so-called Observation-Disclosures
were now lifted. The last shred Of
their pretext Of their liberalism
frankness This left the battle TO be man
fully and good humoredly, he hoped, fought
out between the liberals and tories And
now that the field was cleared for action he
might say the liberals had no reason to
shrink from the fight.
LABOR QUESTIONS.
After a sarcastic reference to Lord Salis-
bury's position regarding home rule for
ireland, Mr.. Gladstone dwelt at length with
the labor questions. He said that idle
wealth was far worse than heavy labor
LABOR had Legitimate place In Gods crea-
ton, but no place had been appointed for idle
wealthy men. To his (Gladstone's) mind
there was no cause for alarm as to the
future of the workingman. He did not
believe that there would be a permanent
fight between capital and labor, because he
believed in the good sense and good feeling
OF both parties.
THE ONLY SOLUTION.
The problem could be solved not by magic
or mathematics, but by sound, civil,
secular and Christian feeling and respect for
mutual rights. Only within few years
bad the labor party become strong. The
system OF profit sharing was most at
tractive as an adjustment, but
then came question Of how Il wsa Sc be
adjusted in those years in which there was
loss instead of profit. In any case, it
was most important TO give the laborer the
same interest In production as the capital
ist To this end he looked with. confidence,
In view Of the good disposition disp layed
on each side.
EFFECT OF STRIKES.
Doubtless strikes helped the cause of the
workers, but he thought all would agree
thet they were only adapted to what he
might call n rude state Of industry. 1t
was to be hoped that the workmen were
now In better position than to be CONS
pelled to have recourse to such wasteful
methods. Much might be hoped for from
cooperative distribution and production
VoHhru bho 5olullOH Oh Lno propteTn, De-
cause this would give the laborer the same
position and feeling as the capitalist.
Workers were no more exempt from infrn-
ity than other men, and the intoxication of
the power they had won might bewilder
them, as 1t bewildered others; yet he had
sufficient belief la the character of his coun-
trymen to hold the conviction that these
errors would correct themselves.
AN ELOQUENT PKRoRATIoN.
In an eloquent peroration Mr.. Gladstone
implored employers to give workers, be-
sides an increase of wages and decrease Of
hours, a sense Of common feeling with their
employees to establish brotherhood of man
and man; to look TO the heart and con-
science as well as to the appetite and ambi-
ton for a solution OF these difficulties above
ali to look to the providence that shapes our
ends and recollect the sacred words: "Behold
how good and pleasant thing 1t is for
brethren TO dwell together in unity"