The labor world., 1900-09-08

Trade Union ctOry
Legislation and Regnlain.:
the Hours of Labor. Bryan Speaks
on Trusts aud MiIitnrism, Which
Questions Are of Vital Interest to
Labor. 81 ,4 .- ---
Wm.. j. Bryan and Theodore Roose-
welt addressed the labor organizations
Of Chicago on Labor Day as follows:
Speech of Roosevelt.
governor Roosevelt said in part:
by far the greatest problem the
most far-reaching in it's stupendous
Importance is that problem. or. rather
have grown to speak Of as the labor
"The foundation Of the whole social
well being. the intelligence, the sense
of duty and the whole patriotism of
the whole world. This is the case now.
1t would be impossible to overestmate
the far-reaching Influence of, and on
the whole the amount Of good done
through your assistance. In address,
ing you thetone thing that wish to-
avoid is any mere glittering generality,
and above all, any appeal Whatsoever
made in demagogic spirit or in a spirit
of mere emotionalism. When we come
to dealing with our social and in
dustrial needs, remedies. rights Or
wrongs, q ton of OratOry is not worth
an ounce of hard headed, kindly COM
mon sense. The fundamental law OF
healthy political life in this great re-
public is that each man shall indeed
and not merely in word be treated
strictly on his worth as a man; that
each shall do full Justice to his fellow,
and in return shall exact full justice
froha him. Each group of men has it's
special interests; and yet the higher
the broader and deeper interests are
those which apply to z-. .s s II
TO Ali Men Alike
for the spirit of brotherhood in Ameri-
can citizenship. when rightly under
portant than aught else. Let us
scrupulously guard the special inter
ests Of the wage worker, the farmer,
the. manufacturer and the merchant,
giving to each man his due and also
see. that he does not wrong his fellows;
but let us ever keep clearly before
our minds the great fact that, where
the deepest chords are touched, the in
terests or All are alike and must be
guarded alike.
We must beware of any attempt to
make hatred in any form the basis
Of action. Most emphatically each of
rights; all men and ali groups of men
are bound to retain their self respect
and in demanding this same respect
from others to see that they are not
them the fullest liberty of thought and
action. But to feel that a grudge
against others, while it: may or may
not harm harm them. is sure in the long
the man himself.
THE more a healthy American sees
Of ones fellow Americans, the greater
grows his conviction that our chie1
standing. failure to appreciate one an
others point Of view. In other words
the, great need is fellow feeling. sym.
pathy. brotherhood, and all this natur.
fore. of vital Importance that there
should be such association. It is MOI
possible to lay down a hard and fast
rule. logically perfect, as to where the
shall be left unhampered and un.
helped. 4f
The Right to Regulate
we have exactly the same right tc
regulate the conditions Of life in fact
ories as we have to regulate fire
escapes and the like in houses. In Ger.
tain communities the existence of {
thoroughly efficient department o
factory inspection is just as essentia
as the establishment Of a fire de-
partment How far we shall go il
liabilities of employers is matter o
expediency and each case must be de
tefmined on it's own merits. Exactly a!
it is a matter of expediency to deter
the community a aneaSa shal ltgelf OWN en,
what it shall leave to private or cor
porate ownership, securing to itsel
merely the right to regulate-some
times the other.
In addressing an audience like thi:
90 not have to say that the law o
life is work and the work in itself 81
farsfrom being any hardship is a grea
blessing, provided always it is carried
on under conditions which preserve
mans self-respect and which allow hin
to develop his own character and real
his..chlldren So that he and they, a!
we'll as the whole community Of which
ne and they are part. may steadil,
March Onward and Upward.
TheAidler, rich or poor, is at best use
less and is generally a noxious membe
Of the community. To whom much ha
been given from him much is right
responslb rests upon the man O
means to.j Justify by his actions the so
cial conditi which have rendered i
possible for him or his forefathers t,
he enjoys. He is not to be4sexcusei
if he does not render full measure o
service to the state and the communit,
at dapge no oq go 10 our dnty that's e
must do our duty by our neighbors.
"Though the conditions Of lifess hav
grown so puzzllng in their cOmplexity
though the changes have been so vas,
yet we may remain absolutely sure o
one thing, thatrnow as ever in the pas
and as 1t will ever be in the futur
there can be no substitute for the, ele
mental virtues, for the elemental quail
tiles to which we allude when we spea1
OF a man as not only good man bu
emphatically man. The nation is tn
aggregate Of individuals composing il
and each individual American eve
raises the nation higher when he s
conducts himself as to wrong no man
and as to suffer no wrong from others
and as to show both his sturdy cap
acity for self help and his READINGS
to extend helping hand to his neigh
Dor sinking under burden too heav,
for him to bear. -.
The Keeping Of Promises.
THE one fact which all of US nee
to to keep steadily before our eyes. i
the need that performance shoul
square with promise if the work is t
be done, whether in the Individual @
the political world. Nothing does NOR
TO prompt dishonesty and moral insin
certify than the habit of either promis
Ing the impossible, or of demanding tn
performance Of the impossible, Q
finally of falling to keep a promis
mat has been made; and it makes nc
the slightest difference whether 1t
a promise made on the stump or OF
the stump. Remember that there ar