The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-04

either know or should know cannot be
kept No small part of our troubles in
dealing with the gravest social questions,
such as the so-calied labor questions.
the trust question. and others ike them,
arise from these two attitudes.
1.-THE success of the law for the taxa
ton OF franchises recently enacted in
New York state offers a striking con-
-trast to the complete breakdown of the
species of crude and violent antitrust
legislation which has been so often at
tempted and which has always failed
because Of its very crudeness and vio-
lence. to make any impression upon the
real and dangerous evils which have ex-
cited such just and popular resentment
I'VE shall all go up or down together
Some may go uD or down further than
others, but, disregarding special excep-
tons, the rule is that we must all share
in common something OF whatever ad-
versity or whatever prosperity Is in store
for the nation as q whole In the long
run each section of the community viii
rise or fall as the community rises or
falls. If hard times come TO the nation
whether as the result of natural causes.
or because they are invited by our own
folly, all Of US will suffer Certain Of US
viii suffer more and. others less, but all
will suffer somewhat.
eff on the other hand Providence and
our own energy and good enc bring pro-
perity to US. all will share in that pros
perity. We will not all share alike but
something each one Of us VIII get. let
US strive to make the conditions OF life
such that as nearly as possible each man
shah receive the share TO which he is
honestly entitled. and no more; and let
efforts must be to build up rather than to
strike down, and that we can best hep
ourselves, not at the expense Of others,
but by heartily working with them for
the common good of each and ALL"
Colonel Bryan said. in part:
1.-THE labor organization as we find Il
is the product OF industrial conditions
The individual found himself at a dis
advantage when dealing with the corpo-
rate employer, and the organization not
only enables him to contend for his
rights upon terms more nearly equal,
but it stimulates him to study and un-
derstand the conditions which surround
him
1.-The labor organization has b en- fore
most in advocating the reforms which
have already been secured. Several years
ago the secret ballot was demanded by
the wage earners for their own protec-
ton. That ballot has been obtained and
through its operations those who toll for
individuals or corporations are able 20
protect their political rights and 70 usS
the ballot according to their own tudg-
T~I,sr, t. 40 IL, Ix-a-
''The labor organization has done much
to lessen the evils of child labor No
one can visit the factories where children
are employed without contemplating the
crime which is being perpetrated upon
posterity If there is any temporary
economic advantage In the employment
Of children of tender age. il is insignia
cant when measured against tho perma-
nent injury done to present and future
generations. To rob child of its school
days Is bad enough, but to bend It's back
by load for which only the adult is
fitted is even worse.
The labor organization has also con
tributed toward the shortening of the
hours Of toll, and it should not cease its
efforts until the eight-hour day is Sc
cured. Approximately one-third Of The
twenty-four hours must be given ~
sleep: If another third Of the day is de
voted to manual labor only eight hours
are left for eating. for going to and
from the place of work, for the read
ing of current news for mental improve
ment. recreation social intercourse and
domestic life. Since the hours occupied
in eating and travel cannot be encroach-
ed upon, every hour added TO the days
labor must be taken from the time de-
voted to intellectual development, recre-
alton, and the family.
"The labor organization has been a
consistent and persistent advocate of the
doctrine of arbitration, although It IS
difficult to see why the burden Of this
reform should be thrown upon the labor
ing man Surely the employer. II he
would take a comprehensive view OF his
own interests, would be as much bene-
fted by arbitration as the employe and
because every prolonged contest between
labor and capital brings interruption 10
business and pecUnary loss to those who
are in no way responsible for the disa-
greement society in general Is even more
interested than employers or employees
The desire for justice is so universal
that the public can be depended upon
10 support the finding Of an impartial
board OF arbitration as certainly as =
can to support the successful contestant
in law suit. The court OF arbitration
is one Of the certaintes Of the fu.ure,
and when Il is secured we shall wonder
why its coming was delayed so long.
THE black list, by means Of which
employers combine TO deny the diseharg-
ed workman Of re-em oloyment is one OF
the more recent menaces 10 the laboring
man. The independence OF the wage
Garner decreases as the difficulty Of Oh
tanning employment increases. and the
skilled workman whose life has been
spent in acquiring efficiency IN Z Ger
tam trade or occupation becomes prac-
iitslly the chsttel OF the employers"
NJ Bryan. after discussing Ire sub
ject of imperialism on tire usual lines
followed by him, concluded as follows:
The Army and Navy Journal Is al
ready justifying the cO.on.al idea. AM
declaring that fate has decreed NOR US
a destiny IL which an imperial executive.
free from the restraints Of a written
constitution, viii govern subjects accord
ing 10 his own pleasure. The United
States Investors Review. published a.
Boston, in lis issue q July ?. Says.
Onv q blind person ran fan 20. Sc
that remarkable transformation D. ous
kind or another arc u store To- re
race. hence tbe folly ~ asserting tn.
the policy Of this country waich = Is
u ID q q !