The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-01-16

Is not only injurious to both, but hurtrul
10 every related interest, The great ener-
gies and industries of the state are rs
necessary TO labor as labor is to them
Both should be protected in their rights
Both should be, given equal legislative
opportunity. Labor arises from necessi-
ty more than from inclination, and is sell
dom inviting unless renunerative. CAPT.
tai depends upon intellectual force and di-
thing. OF itself it earns no interest and
declares no dividends, and Is incapable
of much good or harm. It's aggregated
power with intellectual force behind it,
is incalculable for good or for evil Its
accumulation ana use is the chief ambi-
ton and employment of mankind. The
capital to be employed should surround
the artificial person thus created with the
same restrictions, privileges and protec-
tion, which it gives the individual cti-
zen. The laws affecting each should be
just and equitable. The burden of taxa
ton should rest justly and equitably upon
both, having due regard to every privilege,
advantage and related interest. Neither
should be n target for the demagogue or
the tool of the aVaricious. Wise laws
rigidly enforced are Indispensable to both
as well as to the state. Every man has
the right to sell his labor al his own price
and is entitled to protection in its per-
Torrance, Labor has the right to organ
lie for mutual protection ana advantage
the same as capital; but neither labor nor
capital has the right to combine to pre-
vent men from working at any price
they please, no more than capital has the
right to control or peTvcrt the natural
channels of industry SO as to depress the
price of labor or raise the cost of living.
| have been constrained to dwell some
what in commonplace suggestion upon
this subject, because in the further de-
Velopment of our material wealth, 1t is
necessary for the peaco and dignity of The
state, and for the preservation of the
lives and property of her citizens that
there shall be no recurrence of law break
ing methods to enforce a settlement of
private disputes. The state is concerned
that there shall be industrial peace; that
mining, manufacturing, trade and COM
merCe shall continue without interruption
and to the advantage of all concerned;
and shall regard It as one of the most
solemn obligations of my oath of office to
see to it that the peace and dignity of
the commonwealth be maintained and the
laws enforced and open defiance thereto
restrained promptly and at whatever
needed cost.
As to Capital and Labor.
While the question of the peaceful set
tlement of contentious between organized
labor and capital is almost as old as or
SaniZed society, yet the subject is more
important and momentous now than over
before. Recent experiences in this coun-
try indicate that public sentiment and
matured Judgment resulting from knowl-
edge of the facts have uniformly been The
| best and most powerful arhters of such
disputes. But, public sentiment operates
after the fact, and is rarely preventive
If the general public could be fully in
formed of the facts and merits of the
disputes that bring about strikes and in
fractions of law, before the parties reach
| a belligcrent attitude, public sentiment
would generally guide the way to peace
full and just settlement The apparent
| legal obstacles confronting what is gen
orally termed compulsory arbitration" +"
and the disinclination to voluntary arni-
| trdtion, have rendered both comparatively
ineffective in this country. Some sure
! legal method of aSccrtaining the facts
and laying them bare to the public before
disputes result in violation of law de-
| structOn of property or injury to public
| rights, whether denominated conciliation
or arbitration, would bring the merits of
both sides of the contest before the public
for its Judgment, where the right Is sure
to prevail Tho limits Of this address
| prevent more than mere suggestion
| upon the subject, but | may add that TO
maintain a sound and healthy public SEN
| timent, so requisite to our form of gov
| ernmcnt, care should be taken not only
| as to the moral and intellectual develop
ment of the rising generation. but that the
| patriotism and Amercanism of our peo-
! pie should not be contaminated or weaE-
| ened by infusions of populations not hav-
| ing the natural endowments, capacities,
! training or desire to become an honest,
| law abiding and useful part of our nation
al economy.
Advocates Manual Training.
When we consider that the general edu-
| cation of the people Is essential to the
stability and perpetuty of the state. we
may well contemplate further improve
ments in our free school system. The
ordinary township or village school,
while filing II most useful place, does,
to some extent fail in affording
the means necessary to enable boys
and girls to fit themselves into use
| ful places when every branch of en-
| ployment seems to be already over
crowded. We are living in what is often
called an age Of invention. Human labor
has been abridged and human comfort
enlarged by American ingenuity as app
piled to mechanical principles, and that Ia
| q greater and moro profitable extent than
in any other country or period of time
And yet the trend of free education has
been ,such as to give very little promi'
nenCe to industrial training, To the edu-
cation that prepares the rising generation
to earn a living by the joint use of head
and hand. A large percentage of the pat
rons of our public schools 80 from the
school house into the business of earn
ing u livelihood. The province of the
free school is and should be to assist
them in preparing for whatever Lawful
employment inclination or necessity may
bring to them. There is large demand fol
education of this kind and our present
school system can readily be expanded
| to still greater usefulness in this direc'
ton. / hope the time Is not distant whcr
our great state, from the abundance. OF
her wealth, will provide through hei
school system the opportunity TO every
boy or girl within her borders to obtaii
| profession, as free from cost in the higher
| branches as the rudimentS of an education
may now be obtained in our TOWNSHIP
schools When we take into considera
ton the higher institutions of learning
that now depend largely upon the state
for support and development, the al
ditionai cost of such educational eXpan
sion would not be serious impedimcnt.
Need of Good Roads.
The people of the state have manifested
| Ipnth iptnrpgt i'm the subject of improve
mcnt of our public roads, and IL Is hoped
that the growing sentiment in this regart
will soon eventuate I'm Intelligent inveSti
cation and appropriate legislation. Tn,
general condition of our roads Throughout
the state indicates that public sentimen
has not favored a tax levy for road pur
poses sufficiently large to construct ant
maintain the best roadWays, even sif thu
money We're most inteligently and eco
nomically expended. IT is question
largely OF iocni SehslmGnt .,Gm 90 n,eer abo s,
ject, | am inclined to suggest that, recog
ni2nE the right of local government
where the people. of township or count!
desire better roads, the state should un
der well guarded Legislative restrictions
come to their assistance by paying shar
of the proper cost, providing the quallt!
and character of the road satisfy es
tablished and just requirements.
Expansion in Business Methods.
our growing population and increasinl
diversity of pursuits and employment ap
pear to require expansion in the method
of transactng the greater business of tn
state through its various executive de
partmcnts The several eXccutiv
branches which existed at the beginning
have been enlarged and ampliiied fron
time to time by constitutional and lega
provisions until they have reached thei
present growth. The departments of in
surance and of banking are of recent leg
islative establishment. Their necessit
is each year more apparent The condi
tions which induce prudent people to in
sure their lives and their property max
, it incumbent upon the state, to see to
that the money thus expended Is place
where the consideration which Is pur
, chased is sure to be returned, whether tn
insurance company Is creature of on
, own laws or of another state or countr
seeking business within our borders. Sc
, also, the banking institutions, trust com
, panies and building and loan associations
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