The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17

instance In this development ana production
and exoels all others 1T becomes mono
poly. while that excelsncy lasts. When the
excellency decays opposition springs up.
venture to take Mr.. Bryan himself as an IL
Illustration Of the results OF the freedom OF
competition. II you are going to destroy the
freedom OF competition and the exceency
which IL develops. and the domination OF that
excellency--ln industry, why not do 10 In in
tellect2 Are you going to curtnil the efforts OF
the competent lawyer to aid the smaller law
yer struggling against q superior competitor.
and a doctor who hangs out his shinglep
| III you are going to stop all this business OF
competition by Mr.. Bryan's PLAN let US pro-
vide that Congress may issue licenses to
any person engaged In any form OF human
activity to come from one State to the other on
| ouch terms as Congress provides. Some law
| yers might be shut out from coming to
Washington In practising the law. I
| would like to shut out some myself.
| The possibilities are that except a sug-
eestion 10 made. there would be a com promise.
as there always is in radical propositions. Jap
pl,usel They would probably be glad to issue
| licenses for oratory. because that Is a depart
| ment In which all OF It's members would be
glad to compete with It's chief exponent. Mr.
] Bryan. for the purpose OF closing the distance
| between them"
voIcE.-Do you contend that all OF tho In
dustrial force o-day has secured that supe-
riority from fair competition?
No. sir; as said last night at some length.
perhaps to such length that made 1t obscure.
But said last night at some length that any
industry maintaining It's supreme domination
or monopoly by any favor OF Government. direct
or indirect. through tho facilities offered by pr
vate corporations or through tariff laws. is in
itself an oppression. II 1t can flourish through
the excellency Of the service. because OF the
e1cellency OF the service. It would not need the
favor OF interference. tApplause.l Restricted
competition always produces the domination
OF the baser. while free competition produces
tho domination OF the best. What Ia true
OF industry 10 true. as 1 understand 1t.
in every other department OF human labor"
VoICE.-Do you carry your principle COM
petition to the competition OF worklnRmen
having a Job? Do you carry competition right
down to that basisr
Yes sir
A VOICE. would Ike to ask you also. will
you kindly repeat what you said last night in
regard to the relationshi OF the employee
and the employer
III you can stand It will try Laughterl
1t 10 hardly worth while for me to 70 peat It now.
1t may be well for me to refer to It before leave
the platform. We seem to have driited into an
atmosphere OF bigness concerning what is
called the evil OF monopolles Now there has
not been an evil that has been attributed to
monopoly here. which. II it existed. would
not be enlisted under the banner OF those to
suppress II. II 1t be an evil thing. IL you can
show me evil upon 1t. I do not hesitate
to adopt Mr.. Bryan's remedy. II you point
out to me. as Mr.. Bryan did this morning
the fact that we have not seen the evils OF this
monopoly got. why then say you are simply
creating a fanciful picture. Your excessive
N-l-
grade OF evils that exist only in your own BRAIN
Like Don Quixots Of old you are constituting
yourself knight Grant OF political economy
not against the wind mill. but enlisting the
wind mill upon your side. Applause and
laughter.l
III We realize for the moment that this is an
age OF improvement that the conditions OF
men are growing better and better We ought to |
hesitate a while before we change and take the
other side. may be for one OF fanciful ex-
pertinent 1 believe that can say with per-
with perfect sincerity and truth that
the change which has come over this
world within the last ten years is the |
greatest phenomenon CT civilization. 1t
was but ten or twelve years ago. when the
public parks had to be approached by miser-
able street cars: when tho chief method OF
locomotion to them was on foot: and to-day |
the mechanic and the laborer Is able |
to ride to them upon improved roads.
and upon bicycles. which they own-en-
tering into the possession OF their |
own improved conditions. showing by the |
health Of their cheeks and the increased efflci- |
ency OF their arms that God Almighty 10 guild. |
ing his people forward. and that the height |
that he has reached is not dizzy eminence |
from which we have any reason to feel that We
will fall to disaster IApplause
Now. Mr.. Morgan has called my attention to |
the relationship between employer and en-
ployee. Let me say one word about that. 1t |
Is Rrevious disappointment to us that this |
conference has wasted so much time over
what l cannot help call fancitul conditions.
over conditions whose existence we are not |
agreed about, and turn our backs and leave |
absolutely without attention the greatest |
peril to civilization with which civilized man |
must DEAL refer to the conditions under
which every cooperative industry must be |
maintained.
VoIcE-Is It not possible for tho employing |
class. as class. to take possession Of the ma
chinery OF the Government. and through that |
OF the machinery OF production and distribu-
ton. and taking possession Of that m achinery
OF production and distribution. use it to dis
tribute that product among the men who pro-
duce and them slono?
MY answer to that is this 1t ay be that we
are TodcnlnR tIht conclusion TO some extent
to-day You ask me what the functions OF the
labor union are. l tell you it is to promote
that closer relationship and that quicker dis
tribution. tApplause.j believe when the time
comes that EN- ployers realize to then selves that
they are but captains OF industry. that they
are but part OF the machinery OF production,
that they are but directing tho energies Of
others, because by that direction the energy Is
greater. moro fruitful. and brings larger re-
wards to each. that they will be glad to well
come the trades union as q leans OF free and
simple interchange OF opinion between their
partners and themselves. The curse OF over
production is not the inherent difficulty In the
distribution. because you will ind that
while tho strike 10 raging on one system of
railway another system OF railway which gives
no higher wages and exacts no longer hours 10
not In the throes OF a bloody contest. 1t can
not be then the inherent difficulty OF the dis.
tribution. but 1t is the differe nee In the
characters OF those charged with its admins
tration.
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