Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-09
Bishop Potter Before the Industrial
Commission.
THE BENEFITS OF ORGANIZATION
Aims and Work of the college
Settlements"
QUESTION OF LEGISLATION

L
fore the Industrial commission today and
talked on various questions concerning la
Dor giving an interesting account of the
college settlement work in New York
and his own labors in the poorer districts
of the civ The bishop arrived al the
Bliss building at II o'clock this morning
and at once began to give his testimony.
There were present at the meeting MI
Thomas w. Phillips, vice chairman of the
commission; Messrs. Clarke, FARO thar and
Kennedy.
Bishop Potter spoke of the sweat shops
of New York and elsewhere. He said he
had more confidence in voluntary orSaniza-
tions to meet such evils as grow out of the
sweat shop system than he had in legisla-
ton.
to act as a go-between for capitalists and
labor organizations. He referred to the
labor organizations of New York in compi-
mentary terms. He had been impressed
with the disposition of worklngmen to ac-
cept any suggestion to settle troubles De
tween themselves and their employers
There was a feeling among employers OF
workmen in favor OF labor organizations
This was partly due to a spirit of fairness
and partly to a feeling on the part of EN-
p.oyers that they would rather deal with
responsible union than with individuals
He said that his opinion of the average IN
teliigence of workingmen had been greatiy
connection with some labor troubles.
Birhop Potter referred to an organization
of chambermaids in the west for the pur-
poe of informing themselves as to the
snrrs tIe thnuqbt surh an organization
was entirely reasonable. as girls had
right to know whether their prospective
miStresses Were solvent anu ape 10 pay
tii'l NaSes. d.so "t.,sHsi ''le - ore
MH'tn me- W. GUNS "' :"
so ss'i,i ~ tT conditions !, Now York
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'""t s'e n.y. 'iiS ~ ~ ~ "a 1,+aI-
Pt"Pie Yt 'i,ts ti,E, ne iu ne 90 ~,
ttetNvn d suSstS'l.ll l,tin IL
l" h"il service l1r Mtsaio'Sti,Iia"S. NJ
- ihnuSht II WIS useless 10 90 'iaI. az ne
pentSrd tht5 cou1I 20 10 5iit i,,.,,,1
service a. ''''iS 'SIa p"e ne i'"t ne"
mat the iaAs 9ase OF inc ioriitT WaS n us
Iii.ct uIit' ''uu ne NdS 'Tu ma. ~" 49,
P"laiil'"h !dlu!'ISS Me'S IiNlhs Htti'iI tii1 &c
ca M -, ~ 81
ing mem TOOK pace, lie knew New ORR tN
We'll hEt ne ilau Suptp7td tliele "oui" ne
"hiH iN%htS-HNe or iitN OF lhein altvsttA-
S ,r 10 attena sucIl q Sptclai setTlce- nese
NtSap"'ahlidilS hau 'Dii't 20 inns country
10 manufacture cheap JeWelrS, as lilat was
thelr S',"claly.
Speaking of these people. he said he did
not know whether they had any socialistic
or anarchlStlc tendencies or not, but he
found that they made enough wages
to allow them to put money in savings
banks ana that socialists and proletarians
became conservative when they have their
savings IN banks
Tho Rewards Of I,b,r
..c,
"' uou e'IlSIuel t"'t .i'ool - Wen
rewarded voluntarily by anybody said the
bishop, in reply to a question. He said he
thought people usually did not pay their
COOK more IMAM they supposed she could
get from 'helr nelshpor, and that spirit
"a7 'he keEnote to the labor question.
f1.ar'I ;.; " 80, ne sa'u' theIe -
ana that was growing IT va r1arktG in
England France and in this country and
ne thought the p pU.ar mind does not give
nue justice 10 inns sentiment. Ihls was the
: most encouraging sign OF the present time
IN ieLdt!oil 10 tne Iahor pfoblem-
hiShnp Iolief u-d not TANK that as rule
the poorest tenements of New York city
are owned by the wealthy men of the city.
he was not 1ullE informed on that sub
Ject' hut ne thousht that as a rule. such
tehements are owned by people who have
NOT great wealth.. Such property, he
thought was troublesome, because Of the
great amount OF repairs needed and the
TdtstructiEeneSS OF tne tenants. he thought
mat improved CONDITIONS OF tenements for
the laror'ng classes would depend On such
classes bulldlnS lehementS Tor themselves,
or at least. becoming interested III them
fhanclaly. even 10 small extent.
so long. ne SAID, as tenement houses
are DUH Tor people and not by them the
pest results cannot be secured.
II laborinS men could become sharehold-
ers in capitalistic enterprises he thought
good results could be obtained. He
thought shch CONDITION would be realized
gard on legislation as a means of correcting
evils. Moral sentiment he thought was bet
s'e' IMAM law.
College settlements.
Bishop Potter described what are known
as college settlements for the imnrove-
mon, of homo condition. .,,org ,,ar;.i,,n
r,a,,,,,, 1ha ..,.,,IIao, S.tt,ar,a,, w .iis
p''P.e' Inc ''ii'se Se'ileiiiei'' ne sa!u
IS a home in the midst of the poorest sec
tons of great cities where college stu
dents can go to study social nrohIeus AND
where thew also serve the interest Of The
people among whom they live for a time
by the way of entertainment and through
who attend these college settlements is to