Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-04
His Mastery Address TO the Wage Farmers Of
illinois at Chicago Yesterday.
The Eloquent and Logical Nebrasan Points Out How the
Wage Garner Can Secure Share Of the Earh's Boun
ties and the Governments Protection Which He Deserves
The Black List and How it is Employed Trial BY
Jury-Remedia Legislation and Imperialism
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Colonel William j. Bryan and Col
Theodore Roosevelt. Hour after hour
the labor unions marched down Mich
igan avenue past the Auditorium Ho-
tel on the Loggia of which stood the
Democratic nominee for President, the
Republican Vice-Presidential candi-
date, together with Charles A. Towne,
Senator w. L. Mason and dozen
other political leaders. Both Bryan
and Roosevelt were heartily greeted by
the men as they marched by the hotel.
When the last man of the long line
OF marchers had swung round Michi-
gan avenue into jackson Boulevard,
Colonel Bryan and Colonel Roosevelt
went inside the hotel, where soon af-
ter, they sat down to a luncheon given
by labor representatives. 1t was a
flag Of truce" luncheon for the trades
union men had declared that in the
celebration of Labor Day there was to
be no politics.
THE PROGRAM OF SPEECHES.
While the parade was moving q host
of people. mostly the families OF work
ingmen. gathered in Electric Park,
where the speeches of the day were
delivered. The program of speeches
was as follows:
p. m. to p. m.-Governor Roose-
welt, Charles a. Towne. Samuel AL
shutter. Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Illinois: Richard Yates. the
Republican subernatorial nominee:
Milwaukee,; Mayor Harrison, of Chi
cago; r. NJ. Paterson and p. j. O'Don-
mel. to speak in the order given.
u. m.-Coloncl Bryan.
Colonel Roosevelt left here late this
afternoon and Colonel Bryan at s
o'clock tonight. The latter went to
Cumberland. Md. whore he will open
the campaign in that State Tomorrow
THE WAGE GARNER.
How can the wage Garner secure that
share of the earths bounties and the
governments protection which he de-
serves? The associations formed by
worltinGmen have been productive OF
much good.
The labor organization as we now
find 1t Is the product of industrial con-
ditions. The individual found himself
ut disadvantage when dealing with
the corporate employer, and the organ
i2ation not only enables him to contend
for his rights upon terms more nearly,
equal, but 1t stimulates him to study
and understand the conditions which
surround him.
The labor organization has been fore
most in advocating the reforms which
have already been secured. Several
manded by the wage earners for their
own protection. That ballot has been
obtained and through It's operations
those who toll for individuals or cor
porations arc able to protect their
political rights and to use the ballot
according to their own judgments.
This is long step IN HdvInCe.
The labor organization has done
much to lessen the evils of child labor
No one can visit the factories where
children are employed without contem-
plating the crime which Is being per-
petrated upon rosterity. II there is
any temporary economic advantage in
the employment of children of tender
age it is insignificant when measured
against the permanent injury done to
present and, future generations. To
rob a child of the school days is bad
enough. but to bend its back by a load
for which only the adult is fitted, is
even worse.
The labor organization has nlso con-
tributed toward the shortening of the
hours OF toll and it should not cease
its efforts until the eight-hour day Is
secured. Approximately. third Of
the twerty-four hours must be given to
sleep; if another third of the day is
devoted to manual labor only eight
hours are left for eating. for going to
and from the place of work, for the
reading of current news. for mental
Improvement, recreation. social inter
course and domestic life. Since the
hours occupied in eating and travel
cannot be encroached upon, every
hour added to the days labor must he
taken from the time devoted to intel
lectual development recreation and the
family.
The labor organization has been n
consistent, and persistent advocate of
the doctrine of arbitration, although If
is difficult to see why the burden of
this reform should be thrown upon the
laboring man., Surely the employer. If
he would take a comprehensive view
of his own interests, would be as much
benefited by arbitration as the en-
poyee, and because every prolonged
contest between labor and CAPITAL
brings interruption to business and
pecunlary loss 10 those who are In no
way responsible for the disagreement.
society in general Is even more inter
ested than employers or employees.
me desire for justice is so universal
that the public can be depended upon
support the finding of an impartial
Board OF Arbitration as certainly as it
can TO support the successful contest
ant In lawsuit The court of arbi-
tration ia one of the certaintics OF the
future, and when 1T is secured and per-
fected we shall wonder WHY its com
Ing was delayed so long.
THE BLACK LIST
The black list. by means of which
employers combine to deprive the dis
charged workman OF re-emDloyment is
one OF the more recent menaces to the
hboTins man. Tho Independence OF