The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-05

turbance of the entire productive life
OF the country win necessarily be great
The feeling Of suspicion and unrest be-
tween the employing and employed in
all industries will be greatly intensified,
and the great movement which has been
so long in progress towards mutual
agreement will. be materially sinterfered
with. --.s-s-sezs@..-,.e.-.--..-.-
What the ultimate effect will be it is
difficult to forecast The conditions
which such a disagreement imply are in
themselves much to be deplored, but
they are unavoidable Until some great
public tribunal is devised for. their re-
moval, and fOr-the settlement of diff
culties thus recurring at brief intervals
in every industry there will never be
a material change from these conditions.
The fact that the opposing forces are
conducted Observation-Disclosures the basis
OF the private gain of those concerned
TAKES the subject of the prevailing diff
ierences out of the realm of public SYM
pathy. Each side is Insisting On what
1t conceives to. be self4interest. 4. The Or
ganization affected. 80 on each. side looks
chiefly, if not entirely, to the gain of
those concerned, and the principle of the
public welfare is wholly lost sight of.
In such situation there is little or
nothing for the public to do but to
watch and wait, The resulting disturb
ance Of public peace and order must be
left to public authority to deal with It
can be reduced ~to--a minimum by the
men on strike, and it will be so reduced
If the men are wise; but the difficulty
which finds both it's inception and it's
contamination in a declaration of war
without quarter offers. very little hone
for those who. desire to see the public
peace preserved.
1t may be said that the prevailing sit
uation is the logical outcome of the
relations of the two organizations toward
each other and toward the common well
proach to monopoly as it's organizers
have been capable of realizing. Each is
the complement of the others success
in its ends and purposes. Whatever the
demands of the one upon the other may
be, the object in Sight is individual ad-
vantage. In such a state Of things the
general public cannot be expected to
have its feelings or sympathies aroused.
In this respect the men are certain TO
suffer a serious disadvantage and their
sustainment in the present crisis must
necessarily depend wholly on their abil-
ity to cope in material resources with the
forces to which they are opposed.
There is no body in the country which
might be looked to for. successful inter
vention on behalf of the public interest
in ST CHI a crisis unless it be the National
Civic Federation. That body has been
organized with special view to adjusting
existing industrial difficulties and finding
common plane from which agreement
may be reached. That body should offer
its good offices. While there has been no
desire expressed on either side for outside
interference, the general welfare makes
such an effort desirable.
1t will be to the enduring loss and dis
grace of all concerned if this conflict is
waged on the scale of brute force as SO
many ether like conflicts have been wag-
cd wit
mediation being put forward toward adj
justment by the representatives of the
general Welfare