The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-08
Ex-PRESIDENT GROVER CLEvE-
LAND TALKS ON LABOR
AND CAPITAL
NO ROOM FOR CLASS ABUSES
American Citizens Are Not Doomed
by Birth to Live Lives of Labor
and Poverty If They
Work Wisely.
CAPITAL CANNOT BE ARROGANT

PITTSBURG, Penn. Nov. THE exer-
eises celebrating Founders day at the
Carnegie institute were held in Music hall
this afternoon. Long before the hour set
for commencing the exercises the capac-
doors had to be closed. barring oat at
least 1000 disappointed people.
The presence Of former President
Grover Cleveland as orator of the day
and of Mrs. Cleveland as guest of honor
served to augment the desire of the peo-
pie to participate in the exercises. The
entrance of Mrs. Cleveland into one of
the boxes was the occasion of hearty and
prolonged applause. Hardly had this noise
subSided when another outburst greeted
the appearance of the ex-president on
the stage. The vast audience received
the distinguished guest by rising and CIV
ing expression to its pleasure by hand
clapping and waving of handkerchiefs.
Under the guidance of w. N. Frew,
president of the board of trustees, the ex-
ercises of the day were then carried
through.
Mr.. Clevelands address was the first
on the programme. It's delivery was
marked by considerable applause, and the
appreciation of the audience was express
ed in close attention to the speaker
throughout and in hearty applause when
he closed. Mr.. Cleveland spoke of '"rhe
Obligations of National o-partnership,"
saying in part:
Industrial Antagonists Is Foolish
The most serious and persistent evil
that disturbs cooperation among our
people is found in the contentious and
quarrels between employers and en-
ployes. Surely, as an original proposition.
there should be no antagonism in tn
country between labor and capital On
lance and friendship Our institutions
forbid that an explanation of such an
tagonfsm should be found in class jeal-
ousy and abuses. No American citizen
labor or poverty; and fortunes are the
products of industry and intelligent en-
deavor. Labor and capital touch and
mingle so consistently and naturally
among us that the laborer of today is
frequently the employer of labor tomor-
row. They should always supplement
each other as the warm rain supplements
the fertile soil. to produce in joint con-
tribution an abundant store of the riches
of nature.
Nor can the most consuming desire
for happiness excuse contentious envy of
capitalistic wealth; for it is beyond rea-
sonable dispute that the bulk of happi-
ness among the American people Is found
on a plane of our social life far below
that occupied by the rich. The cares and
anxieties of the occupation of money get
ting and money keeping. and the stran-
Cling of genuine pleasure which is so
often the result, certainly ought not to
excite the envy of the man who content
edly works with his hands, and who by
an irrepealable fiat may find in his work
the way to real, simple unperverted hap
piDess.
Capitalists Should BE Reasonable.
while healthful and normal conditions
of national partnership forbid envy and
unfriendliness on the part of the employed
towards employing capital. so also such
conditions most emphatically forbid the
grinding seltishness, the Greedy racpacity
and supercilious haughtiness which too
often chaRacterizes the treatment of the
employed by capital.
desire distinctly to diSclan any in
tention to suggest what may be the cause
or causes of the dislocation which unfor-
tunately 50 frequently occurs in the re.
lationship of labor to capital. Whether
1t results from unreasonable and irritat-
ing demands on the part of labor or
whether our workingmen listen too credu.
lously to malign counsels, or whether
again the trouble arises from the greed
and avarice of capital and of it's i'm
mense aggregations. do not pretend to
say. Perhaps all these have share in
creating the difficulty. But there is an
tagonism in this relationship where there
should be a generous unity of purpose. |
The situation itself proves that some
where there are members of our partner
shinp in American citizenship who act
in violation of partnership duty, and