The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-02
REMEDIES SUGGESTED
FOR RECENT DISORDERS.

In his sermon on Remedies for Recent
Disorders" at the Church of the Messiah
yesterday. the Reverend John W. Day used
the text from Gal vi. 9. Let Us not be
weary In weil-doing for In due season we
snail reap II We faint not" He noted the
ease of proposing remedies. the difficulty
OF making them work. quoting Carroll ID.
Nrights remark that when ne heard a man
say he had a solution for the labor problem
he stopped listening In seeking for rene
dies he said. we must first admit two main
facts: the existence Of personal initiative
and competition radical in human ma
fure. and the existence Of human faults
which must be allowed for After speak
ing OF these two points In detail. the preach
er said:
III selecting among possible remedies for
labor troubles those which seem most APP
pilcable to such troubles as We have passed
through. / should say the first remedy
would be 70 stop them before they begin.
The public has an interest and right
whicn ought to have some organized ex-
preston. IL Is no new thing TO propose
state Board Of Arbitration. which should
include in its membership some prominent
and responsible representatives of labor.
Such board could have no powers of COM
pulsion. but IL would offer an opportunity
OF easing the suddenness and strain OF diff,
ference. We should not see this official and
that. with various Interior objects In view,
rushing In TO compose difficulty. thereby
confusing IT, We should have body ready
would prevent the outburst OF passion and
dispute and whose declarations would pub
a Board Of Arbitration has been useful and.
though not ALWAYS successful. even in cases
Of failure its offices have prevented worse
results.
But there are contentious which in their
very nature cannot be submitted to arbi-
tratinn. When demands are made which
cannot be arbitrated. which neither side an
give over to third party. the public should
see that their conflict does as little harm
as possible. To this end We need executive
Initiative and available organized force to
make II effective. When a professional agi-
tator comes into the community to stir up
troubles that did not exist before he came.
there should be some way to eject him as
q public enemy. He IL the worst injury la
Dor interests could have. He is a peril to
the peace Of the whole community. I have
heard OF cases where the advent of a man
whose professional business was to rounelt
disturbance and upset existing harmony in
the interest of an outside organization oc-
casioned his summary treatment by men
them.
interference. There Is always the fart that
there had to be interference which remains
a trouble. So a community has a right to
mind Its own business and make a way by
it 10 settle Its own affairs. Labor unions
should be democratic enough to be self-gov-
erning: Dictatorship does not match VITA
opponent or another TO guard the situa-
tion that great corporations can have no
excuse Tor not serving the public. and that
strikers shall not be allowed to use unfair
means Of promoting their cause or irnptr
public safety In doing so.
when we think OF the need Of the or
eanization OF public order we have proposed
remedy which requires another. We can
not have control without controllers, we
sann9! nave leading without leaders. How
ever II may be. whether because of contra
aistory conditions. or personal unwortfi-
ness, or inef:ciency. or official corruption,
tne TACT Is that those who have led are not
leaders, and those who are leaders have
NOT led Let the leaders leadr is the cry,
RAISED h long ago BY Edward Everett Hale.
mich, Which needs 70 be heard now. We have
leaders. We have men of character and
ability. This community Is far from being
poorly endowed in this regard No city Is
. ass@ saa COED and able cit
shall 1 not rather say? They must feel
such q pressure that they cannot longer be
and specific call upon them that thew can
not refuse. Such effort Is far from being
hopeless n you say maJorities are against
than matorities and lead them. But there
Is no greater mistake than TO suppose that
people want TO be badly governed. The ma
get what We do not want. not because ma
Jorfties are against us. but because those
VINO lead them are against us. Let other
leaders lead them and you will have. not
perfection. but bettered condition. LET
the men who know the ropes handle the
vessel so that she will weather the Storm
form. There should be no visionary at
Tempt SO to organize Improvement that men
VINO want II are drawn ont by themselves
ware OF virtuous Intentions which cannot
handle the tiller- We can be content with
4 very little success, so that little is sure
nent has been condemned and rightly con-
1emned. II Is bad politics. But to get rid
" bad politics you cannot afford to declare
war on politics. Reform must proceed
through parties. not In spite of them. Let
men OF each party see that their best men
are put up for Office. The work is In the
lone. If men Of good purpose go without
knowing the machinery II cannot be done
lou men must get together and you must
he veil men hide behind who say all this
s fancifui. mere preaching. They say 1t
amt be done. They mean that they are
he ones who ought TO do IT, and they don't |
Ike their job. 1t has been done. and II men
viii have the courage OF their convictions
{ can be done here; These men are the |
mes the vultures and cormorants are afraid |
II. II is their apathy. their hopeless con- |
ent. their spiritless acceptance as neces- |
titles OF the conditions made by other men |
hat these other men count on. Even IL the |
best men do not hold Office the valid fear |
hat they may do so vii! compel officials TO |
assume n virtue though they have IL not.
There are good men IN Office now. honest |
md upright men. Because they are few
hey are therefore clearly distinguished; /
md there can be other such met. Those |
who know what has been accomplished by /
he Taxpayers League. not only In pre- |
renting stealing. but in making the men |
who would steal ward off such efforts as \
wasted strength. know that organization 4
md determination can accomplish results |
Impossible. When we think OF /
he men who have engineered. thus far sue
,essfuily, such a great Undertaking as the |
Worlds Fair. We cannot help asking what |
he same effort and optimism would prp- |
luce II spent IN making this a city worth |
having n Worlds Fair, a city tina. the |
world will come to and admire Without |
,uch preliminary work aud achievement /
he Worlds Fair will be like funeral !
pageant. To exhibit the city as Il Is would /
be to Invite contempt. Until these men get |
he city ready they cannot invite the world /
o come. Make the Worlds Fair leverage
or far ioftier accomplishment.
However this may be. the best men OF
his city must redeem their city. They
must DO so by putting character and power
nto the balance. They must show that
has force. and that righteousness
has ability. This redemption cannot be
fought. Money will not bring IL. Nothing
,ut sacrifice of time and thought. nothing
,ut union and devotion will bring 1t. The
'lubs must turn from enjoyment and talk
o become centers of organization and
fright criticism. II should lead to efficient
men pressed into service. The men who
AVE most at stake should be no longer
he men who DO least in deciding the issue
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