New-York tribune., 1900-09-04

give to each individual the largest poSsole
a liberty which necessarily includes lnluauVe anu i
responsibility yet we must not hesl@taLe @ 20 ,1as 'ta
from excessive individualism. We cannot afford
to he empirical one way or the other In the coun, %
can usually work out his owns fate by himself to to
@ IN masses it II is Often Necessary
in combination that is; through associations; ana M
labor organizations by trade unions. OF course, if
% IKE very It % of
harm: but on the whole it would he bard to over, r.
the past and st harder 70 esmate ne gooG they
fon foFe50ught SS Z nS honesty Ss4ys and sanity sanity
1t is not possible to lay down hard and fast
and he shall T be- left eft
and 9eSne HeRa S M ef e hd tnd W m
tories and tenement houses that we have to reSI-
certain communities the existence of thoroughly
efficient department of factory inspection is Just
How far we shall go in the
matter of expediency and each case must be de-
termined on its own merits. exactly as it is mat
lie utilities" the community shall itself and
What it shall leave @ st, to 9F 3 2 tie
regulate; sometimes one course is eXpedient some
times the other
LABOR LEGISLATION IN THIS STATE
In my own State during the last half dozen years
have made number of notable strides in labor
egisa ton, and with few exceptions the laws have
have not tried to do too much and have proceede
4pGusy vi fee9g our %a{ and N Waie awIyS dTy aI
we were satisfied that the step already taken was
regulated zeal is wise. and is sometimes fatal
In New-York our action has been along two lines
ployer of labor the State should set good example
the peoples money to be squandered or to tolerate
any work that is not of the best But we think
should see that there is fair play in return Ac-
cordmgy We have adopted an eight hour law for
State work and we have also adopted % law Fg
L
have so far on the whole worked well OF course, ]
the work is intermittent as for instance, among
lock tenders on the canals. where 1t is very dtieut
the whole the result has been good: The practical
SSes af ha Poor wSrR is
ways dear. whether poorly paid or not and good
question of expediency, aside even from the ques-
ton OF humanity we ma that we can 0oa1n Inc
the work to go on only for a reasonable time.
that Affecting the wage workers W no do not work
for the State Here we have acted in three different
WayS-thFOugh the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
through the Board of Mediation and Arbitration
and through the Department of Factory lnspec-
During the last two years the Board of Media
ful Not only have they succeeded in settling many
strikes after they We're started but they have sue
ceeded il preventing much larger number CT
possible it is always better to mediate before the
fight is and both sides have grown stubborn and
The Bureau Of Labor Statistics has done more
merely gather the statistics. for by keeping
in close touch with all the leading labor interests it
has kept them informed countless matters that
were really OF vital concern 10 them incidentally.
pleasing feature of the work OF this Bureau has
been the steady upward tendency shown during the
last four years, both in the amount Of wages re-
ceived and IN the quantity and steadiness OF eIa-
rloyment. No other man has benefited so much as
The Factory Inspection Department deals chiefly
OF course with conditions in great cities. one very
var has BEEN the enforcement Of the HntiSweat
with the tenement house factory. The conditions
trfcts notably in New York City had become such
to demand action by the State. As with other
il had 10 be gradual it proceeded by evolution
not revolution But progress has been steady. and
te De done. but the condition Of the dWeers in
proved to the great benefit not only of themselves
hut Of the whole community
AN IDLER USELESS AND NOXIOUs.
\ word on the general question In the first place
10 Saw that The law Of life Is u,Grt and tbat LIrl
in itself, far from being hardship, is great
conditions which preserve a mans self-rcspect and
which allow him TO develop his own character and
the whole community Of which he and they are
part, may steadily move onward and upward. The
orally noXious member of the community
To whom much has been given from him much
is Tightfully expected, and a heavy burden of re-
sponsbility rests upon the man Of means Justify
dered il possible for him his forefathers 20 ac-
cumulate and to keep The property he enjoys. He
| measure Of service to the State and to the com
! muniy At large. There are many ways in which
this service can be rendered-in art in literature in
| philanthropy. a statesman 4 SOldier-but in
| that benefit may accrue his brethren who have
/ been less favored by fortune than he has been.
fiI not only i9 IN biz It 10 ne oqes PES not YORK he
| self. There is no need of envying the idle Ordi-
% I'm fv
they fail to get from life the highest and keeuest
TO do our duty; that is the summing up Of the
whole matter We must do our duty by ourselves
good citizen; whatever his condition, owes his first
dependent upon hinl-to his wife and Children next
he owes his duty to his fellow citizens and this
negbor and to the STATE which is simply 5 for
of expression for an his neghbors combined. IL
must keep his self-respect and exact the respect
of others. II is eminently wise and proper to
s[rne TOT OF suG9 Ielsare IN our hves as VIII give
who seeks or trains up his children to seek idenesa
wrong can be done by a man to his children than
shrk difficulties instead Of meeting them and over
coming them. You men here in the West have
but by doing it well; not by finchine from every
difficulty but by tTiamphing over each 1T arose
and making out of 1t a stepping stone to further
We must all learn two lessons The lesson Of self
help and the lesson of giving help and receiving
help from our brother. There is not Of us
who does not sometimes slip who does not some
| times need helping hand, and woe to him who
when the change comes fails to stretch out that
helping hand; Yet, though each man can and ought
thus 10 be helped at times. he is beyond redemp-
ton If he becomes dependent outside aid that
he feels that his own eXertions secondary. ANY
at times will stumble and it is then our duty
to lift him up and set him on his feet again; but nc
be permanently carried, for IL he expects
to be carried he shows that he is not worth car
rying.
Before US loom Industrial problems in theiI
importance and their compexity. The last half
century has been one Of extraordinary social and
industrial deveopment The changes have been
far-reaching, some Of them for good some of them
for evil. 1t is not given to the wisest Of sec
into the future with absolute clearness. No man
be certain that he has found the entira snl.