The labor world., 1900-09-08

or permitting weak or nnscrupulons
men to make a promise which they
know cannot be kept.
THE success Of the law fOrtthe tax
alton of franchises recently enacted in
New York state offers a striking con-
trast to the complete breakdown of the
species Of crude and violent anti trust
Legislation which has been, SO often
attempted and which has always failed
because of it's very crudenesS and VOL
ence to make any impression upon
the real dangerous evils which have
excited such just popular sentiment
We shall all go up or down together.
Let us strive to make the conditions
of life such that as nearly as possible
each man shall receive the share to
which he is honestly entitled and no
more; and let US remember at the same
time that our efforts must be to build
that We can best help ourselves, not
at the expense Of others, but by heart
lily working with them for the common
good Of each and all"
At the conclusion ofthe other speeches
Mr.. Bryan said in part as follows:
What bryan Said:
I am greatly Obliged to the commit
tee for the invitation which enables
me to participate in the celebration of
Labor day, at this place: This day has
been wisely set apart by law to en-
phasize the dignity of labor and for
the considera ton of those subjects
which especially affect the interests OF
the wage Garner. The laboring men
constitute so large and SO indispens-
ible a proportion of the population that
no SOCIAL, economic or political quest
ion can be treated without an invest
igation Of their connection Herewith
But there are some questions which
touch them Immediately while Others
only operate upon them in a general
way. ......
The first thing to he considered is
the laboring mans ambition what are
his aims and his purposes, for what
is he striving? The animal needs only
ing but a body to care for; but mans
wants are most numerous. The AMI
NAL complains when it is hungry, anG
| is contented when it's hunger is ap-
of his Creator, is a three-fold beins
and must develop the head and the
heart as we'll as the body. He is no
| satisfied with mere physical existence
neither will he be content unless al
avenues of advancement are open tt
him. His possibilities must be as un
| limited as his aspirations.
| Shall the rosebud, blooming in beauty
and shedding its fragrance on the air
despise the roots of the bush becaus'
the soil? Destroy the bud and leave The
roots and second bud will appear a:
beautiful and as fragrant as the first
| but destroy the roots and bud an(
bush will perish.
! G Good in Labor Unions. ss5. .
How can the wage Garner secure tina
share of the earth's bOunties and tn
| governments protection which he de
serves? The associations formed b!
1 Workingmen have been productive o
much good. y s
The labor organization as we nov
find it is the product of industrial or
ganizations. The individual found him
self at a disadvantage when dealin.
with the corporate employer, and tfI
y organization not only enables him t.
contend for his rights upon terms NOR
nearly equal, but it stimulates hir
to study and understand the condition
which surround him.
i The labor organization has also con
Itributed toward the shortening of tn
hours of toll, and it should not ceas
it's efforts until the eight-hour da
is secured. ~
i The attempt to use the injunctio
of court to deprive the laboring ma
of trial by jury should alarm all ou
people, for while the wage Garner |
the first to feel it's effects, the prin
ciple which underlies government b
injunction is so far-reaching that n
Zone can hope to escape ultimately TIL
thing forbidden by an injunc
ton would without the in
junction be either legal or illegal
/. it would be legal, the Judge usurp
the function of the legislature whe
he forbids it. If it would be illegal tn