The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-09
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Senator Hanna Makes Interest
 ing Address of Welcome
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT
One of the Principal Speakers Was Archbishop Ireland, Who Says to Establish Industrial Peace
 Is a Great Task.

New York, December s.-The first an- nual meeting of the industrial depart ment of the National Civic Federation was begun here today. Senator Hanna called the association to order and made an address of welcome in which he said:
 'In extending welcome to you I also wish to extend congratulations. am glad to say that our experiences in the last year have proved to those who are charged with the responsibilities of this work the fact that the great mass Of peo- pie are in sympathy with the organiza- tion and it's work. This great industrial question has come to the surface and is demanding due and careful consideration by the people of the United States. No more important claims calls their atten- ton than this one, which seeks to bring about better relationship between capi- tai and labor. The object of this meeting today and for several days for which we are to meet is to discuss fin every phase of this question all matters at interest which will tend to the improvement ot conditions affecting these two great fac tors and which shall interest to large extent the people of this country to join with us in tais work"
 Mayor Low made an address of well come to the city. Among those present were: President Milburn of Buffalo, Lewis Nixon. Bishop Potter, Cornelius N. Bliss, Alfred Mosley, President Elliott of Harvard, Archbishop Ireland, Oscar &. Strauss, John J. McCook, Charles O.. Bonaparte of Baltimore, James A. Cham bers of Pittsburg. Theodore J. Shaffer, James Duncan Daniel J. Keefe, James O'Connell, James NJ. Lynch, Henry White John Mitchell, Charles H. Taylor. Jr., president of the American Publishers association; Fred Towne. president of the National Founders association; Charles H. Castle, president of the Stone Manu- lecturers association; A. Beverly Smith, ! United States Lithographical associa- tion; William Malone, president of the l Amalgamated Street Railway associa- ton; ex-Senator Thomas ". Palmer of ? Michigan, John Graham Brooks of Cam bridge and John A Hobart of England. , Alfred Mosely Talks.
 Alfred Moseley, who was hrst to sp.ak. explained how he came to bring dele- gation of British workingmsn to Ameri- ca. When in South Africa he had found that American engineers had succeeded in mining operations where British engin- eers had failed and a later visit to the 5 mines had convinced him that American
 business methods were in advance Of . | those of the old country As to shorter s EouIs MT. Mosley was of the opinion that to secure the eight-hour day the movement must be universal The speak | ef dt clared himself against boycott, in favor of the freedom of man to sell hts labor to whom he desired and the organ lzation of both capital and labor As ts l the u usts he said personally ne did net dlstIuct them.
 : At the afternoon session Archbishop l Ierland made an address in which he said the year now almost gone, had con- f1rmed the originators of the civic foder- , | ation in their conviction that they were | engaged in a great and salutary work, | that of striving to bring together to put face to face, capital and labor so that the one would understand the rights of the other; eo that the one would be will 1 ling to perform It's own duty toward the other, and that in this manner indus trial peace should be made to reign over the country.
 Industrial Peace.
 ! "No greater task today he continued. pwould be given to a minister of Christ s
 
 way to establish this reign of industrial peace. It is not surprising that there are arising disputes and collisions. Human 1 fly is entering into new period of de- velopment The conditions which con- front us, far from being dlscouraglng, are really such as to bring us to seek out solutions with all the hopefulness of appropriate victory.
 , Labor, in its effort to secure for itself just and reasonable proportion of the | wealth that it and capital are creating, necessarily, for the time being, comes somewhat into conflict with capital. And what seems at present to threaten some what public peace and to arrest some what the growth of prosperity, is but a precursory sign of greater social happi- ness, and of greater social wealth. It is not at one meeting-it Is not in one year that all these great problems can be . l solved. At the same time we must feel sure that solution is coming Humani- ty has sufficient mind and has sufficient 1 will fo al fin which if