Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-08-11
Ohio Senator Spoke to Ten.
Thousand People at
Chautauqua Sat
urday Night

| CHAUTAUQUA, n. Y. Aug. 9.-Senators
Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio, addressed ami
audience of 1000 persons at Chautauquas
today upon Labor and Capital" Much OF
his address was along the line OF the
| address given at Urbana, few days ago.
but there were many new utterances as
we'll Among other things he said:
To-day the United States stands fore
most in the ranks Of nations in its indus
| trial life. We are blessed with greater.
natural resources than any other part Of
the. globe.
Organized labor is an imported arti-
] Gle; il came to US with the influx OF pop
ulation from the cid world, from condi-
tions which do not and cannot exist in
America. It was organized there under
| conditions which made labor antagonis-
] tic to capital. feeling that every employs
] er. was against labor.
Organized labor is an institution that
! has come to stay. 1t is an institution
| that is promoted by laboring men who
/ seek to protect themselves and whose hope
/ is mutual benefit. In its early days or
ganized labor went upon the theory that
| the only way to settle labor dif1culuesi
/ was to strike, but it is my Ineory that Il
| Is becoming recognized that there Is g
/ better way to settle such differences.
From what 1 know of human natures
| every man has en- approachable spot and
/ the best way to reach that spot is BY
/ Kindness You can reach men by COM
| ing near them and learning their condi-l
| lions To say that labor leaders are In 7
| the wrong is not always true to say tha9
the majority of them do not intend to do
right is a mistake. My theory is that &c
/ you bring men together in q way TO make
| them. know each other and II you appeal
TO the hea, and the heart you establish. g
| bond between the two factions that cannot
/ 4 III eo.Ia NFfrV.'f c
to establish condition of absolute con-
fdence between employer and employee.
! We remember the golden rule and try and
/ live up to its principles. This is the only
way that 1 know to settle disputes be-
tween, capital and labor.
Practice the Golden Rule.
"Is this practicable? Yes, provided you
| treat the men in your employ as you
would have them treat YOU know tnaSS
the tendency in this country and the world
| has been to selfishly appropriate the larg-s
er parts of the benefits of industrytto cap
itall
| "As lorg as labor was in situation that
| II must submit, it did so. out in the twen-
/ tieth century when thinking men began
/ to think seriously upon this question, they
made up their minds that they must give,
! consideration to the fact that the labor
/ ing man IS entitled to a greater share or
the products of industry than he had en-
/
/ larger share of the profits OF industry
which they helped TO create.
But there are other grievances than the
/ matter of labor which demand attention.
Therefore. worlImen banded themselves
/ together into organizations for their own
benefit; organizations which through prop
er means will enable them to reach that
| source of power which will bring rem
| edy. These organizations, so far as am
| familiar with them, carry beneficial fea-
| lures; mutual assistance to the MEMBERS
| and their families. As long as live and
/ have my strength ] shall do as am do
ing today, appeal to my fellow country
men and all classes Of citizens who are In
! terested in these great social questions to
/ appreciate these conditions. The time Is
/ here when something must be done. We
must forget the idea that there is any DIFF
| ference between the man who labors with
! his hands and the man who labors with I
/ his brain. We must strive to bring the
/ different factions together upon the
| ground that both sides want TO do what Is
right 1t is a fact that more than 80
per cent Of the strikes in this country
! have been settled in favor OF the laborers.
| We must concede. then, that they are
i right in the majority of cases and that
/ capital is wrong.
IT believe that the labor leaders are
| just as honest, just as er@lest and just
j as competent to discuss and act upon
these great questions as are the capitals
/ lists Give them credit for this and you
will form trust which will need no con-
stitutional amendment; trust in each
! other. You cannot separate the in
terests of capital and labor.
There Are No Trusts.
/ when you talk about oorganized cap
1 ital in this country forming monopolies,
| you talk nonsense. There is no monopoly
4 I'm this country. except such as are pro-
1 a % dnqI
/ said from a dema gogic standpoint against
| organized capital. In this twentieth CEN
/ fury the evolution from individualism to +
organization is perfectly natural This
| evolution has led up to great changes In
! the methods of production and distribu-
I ton. Inventions which threatened the
hand laborer have been made in all lines
/ Of industry, but they have been turned TO
| the benefit instead of the destruction OF
/ such labor. Invention is the natural Sc
quence Of education.
| "Organized capital is Just as necessary
! to get at the proper condition of indus
/ try as organized labor. This organization
/ of capital has come TO stay. just as or
! ganized labor has come TO stay, and for
/ the same reason IL is necessary. you
| cannot separate the interests of capital
and labor II It is good for one to be or
ganized for any purpose, 1t Is good for
the other for the same reason. They are
both good and necessary as applied to
| our conditions and our development for
the future.
when we reflect how many men were
at the loom. the forge and the workshop,
who are now capitalists, 1t is an in
/ ducement to the laborer to do his best.
When you attempt to put a check on en-
| terprise, backed by ability and brains,
you limit the power for the best de-
/ velopment of the resources Of this great
| country. Union is not only strong for the
| benefit of labor, 1t is strong for the bene-
/ fit and development in all lines. bringing
individuals together in a force that is r.
| resistiable"