The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-25
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
THE COMING sTRUGGLE.


From the Commercial Advertiser
Ke Hardic socialist and labor leader in the bf't'sn pa
lament, in the present strike OF American se'
atives another sign that this country is on the Nes -
great industrial struggle which will develop party Of soa
democracy and raise TO the rank OF political P
ance lie believes that beginning will be made wnei spo
organization extends itself wide area IN ofue " NJ
pace with the OF combination on the part u ~
tall The trusts Mr. Harde says are much better aoe
cope with the unions than the associations OF u
vdual employers, because under the new cond'uo"s
loses the advantage of playing one employer
another" This observation is unquestionahy true d'
brings the important reason why strikes III W
country result less avoraby to the wornsmen than 'sy
do in England The secret Of the immense power oi wv
British trades unions is that they reached their ul
before any material progress had been mace a'onS Wv
line Of industrial concentration In the United STATES Va
the other hand labor organization developed much more
slowly, and it has followed instead of preceding the conp"
ton movement among the heads of industry II WIN NC
very difficult therefore for the labor interest TO @
tend itself toward the general organization which Mr. du0
has mind The heterogeneous form OF labor UNION mas, III
fact with any in this country IKE ''
abroad Neither the first experiment OF the knights OF LABOR
nor the society of the American Federation OF Laoo
attained any large amount of power There nohs
therefore practical experience to encourage the aea
of social democracy with representation IN the legislative
body being accomplished in the immediate future nc rea'
solution the labor problem here which neither MI hafde
his would admit for moment lies III inc WI
nsness of corporation Arrangements to use the power
which they possess with moderation and9wth proper
willingness to concede all the just demands Of their en
ployes
| BUILDING MORE SHIPS.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The official statement Of ship building in the United
States for the year vessels aggegans 4oS5 gross
tons This is the largest output from American yards tor
any year except S4ss when total of s4S3+o gross
tons were registered When noted that than 2o7
900 tons last years shipping is represented in fast steel
apparent their annual carrying capacity much
greater than that vessels built in 1855, majority OF
which were slow sailing ships.
The greater part OF last years ship building on the
lakes The designed for lake traffic aggregate
$4,000 gross Thos turned out at coast yards for ocean
traffic reach 10000 and addition nine small steamers
built the lakes for commerce The prospect
for a larger tonnage to be built this year
While 100000 gross look small when compared with
the ship building in Great Britain, it than that OF
any nation Germany third in actual tonnage though
its greater proportion of steam craft makes its carrying ca
pacity slightly greater than that of ships built here during
the year The significance Of the figures however is in
showing the tide has turnedtha American ship building is
not only increasing in volume but is gaining upon that
other leading maritime nations.