The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-08

found in class jealousy and hatred. No l American citizen was ever yet doomed
 by birth to a life of labor and poverty; l and fortunes are the product of indus try and intelligent endeavor, Labor and capital touch and mingle so con- stantly and naturally among us that l the labor of to-day is frequently the employer of labor tomorrow. They | should always supplement each other
 as the warm rain supplements the fer l tile soil, to produce in joint contribu- tion 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 be- yond reasonable dispute that the bulk of happiness among the American peo- pie is found on plane of our social | life far below that occupied by the rich. 1 The cares and anxieties of the occupa- tion of money getting and money-keep- ing, and the strangling of genuine pleasure which is so often the result, certainly ought not to excite the envy
 of the man who contentedly works with his hands and who by an irrepealable fiat may find in his work the way to real, simple, unperverted happiness. While healthful and normal condi-
 tions. of national partnership forbid
 envy and unfriendliness on the part of
 the employed toward employing capi-
 tai, so also such conditions most en1-
 phatically forbid the grinding selfish
 ness, the greedy rapacity and haughti-
 ness which too often characterized the
 trea tment of the employed by capital.
 T shall not, however, enlarge upon
 any of the aspects which the so-called
 labor problem presents in these latter
 days; and I desire distinctly to dis
 claim any intention to suggest what
 may be the cause or causes of the dis
 location which unfortunately so fre-'
 quently occurs in the relationship of
 labor to capital. Whether it results
 from unreasonable and irritating de-
 mands on the part of labor, or whether
 our workingmen listen too credulously
 to malign counsel, or whether again the trouble arises from the greed and avarice of capital and of its immense aggregations, do not pretend to say.
 Perhaps all these have share in ere ating the difficulty. It is sufficient for my present purpose to point out that there Is an antaeonism in this relation ship where there should be a generous unity of purpose. In order words the situation itself proves that somewhere there are members of our partnership in American citizenship who act in violation of partnership duty and l am sure that I venture nothing in making the assertion that the only remedy for the situation must be found In a return to the observances of the law of Amer ican cooperation. This return will not | be accomplished by nursing real or | injuries on the part of labor, | nor by lordly and selfish arrogance on | the part of capital A beginning must | be made by conspicuous examples of | recognition of the duty and obligations which are the conditions upon which | the full enjoyment of our partnership | depend. These examples | should induce conservative and toler- ant counsels; they should be promi- nently recognized and appreciated, and | pressed upon the view of all who may be remiss In their obligations to American operaton-whatever the scope and nature of these obliga- tions may be?
 sAn example sucn uS nave HleH- toned is seen in the establishment and expansion of the Carnegie institute. From great fortune acquired through the use of American opportunity a return has been made to those interested in, the fund of our American partnership in voluntary and cheerful acknowledgment of partner ship duty
 "Those who love their country cannot 10 otherwise than fervently hope that he example here exhibited may not on- v incite others to do likewise but may it's share towards dlspelling distrust and suspicion ,n the part of any within It's imme- Hate influence who have allowed themselves to regard great wealth as inevitably an unwholesome element in ,lr body DOlitic' v ,