New-York tribune., 1902-01-30
HANNA PLEADS FOR LABOR
EX-POSTMASTER GENERAL SMITH, THE
SENATOR AND OTHERS SPEAK AT
BOARD OF TRADE DINNER.

William Mckinley the twenty-ninth annual din
ner of the New-York Board of Trade and Trans
portation at the waldorf-Astoria last night
called forth many eloquent tributes to the late
President. Chief among these was that of ex-
Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith.
Capital and labor both represented
among the three hundred guests who filed the
large dining room. The hall trimmed with
the national colors On the dais with Oscar S.
Straus president of the New-York Board of
Trade and Transportation, sat Senator Marcus
A. Hanna. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff ex-
Postmaster General Smith, Major General John
r. Brooke. Samuel Gompers Captain Richmond
Pearson Hobson. T. S. N. Nicholas Murray But
Ter. the Rev. DR.. John P. Peters. Colonel Myron
T. Herrick and Lewis Nixon.
Before introducing the speakers. Mr.. straus
called for a rising toast to the President OF the
United States.
EX-Postmaster General Smith was the first
speaker and responded to the toast, William
Mckinley and His Policies"
He said in part:
There is pre-eminent fitness in the special honor
you pay TO the revered memory OF President Nc
Ver%eTy Of his brth Il i is the nrs snniveTsary
nse his ameDsd death 6os could mo not Let It
shrine shrine The day commands you: the service en-
pree obeation YOU'D Dot permit You to be Silent
You are are leaders Of trade and trade development
sentative. high above all others. of your policies
He was called to great deeds and he rose to the
full height OF opportunity. He ruled in one of the
repubc and he ths his eTs @
and Lincoln dominated theirs. Il we believe that
great great work s a II the evolution Gf the American
no nc p less plainly stamped on the life and the mission
OF william mckinley .
his poces Hs policies pooes
m
bodied the preservation OF the Union and only
50 @ gd n dsey
aey neceson o eoees as they march at m the
dePy tSa and Logical & First
dence and supremacy; then. as the necessity OF
the overflow: commercial expansion; next. as the
open door. and. crowning al national brotherhood
Expansion cams. limited in territory @ but far
TeaGhmg In II eqHrg; rs means % and It's
IN reciprocity and in the open door. Never was he
elevated and uplifting than in his last speech At
Buffalo Buffalo; Il was as If the Premoni.ion Of tragedy
enshr9uded ems him There are those who profess 70
teaching and his last del!yerance. on the contrary
they were coordinate and harmonious.
repeat here Recprocty IS the S Soraiisry Of pro-
it not an ar Is St S but
contradiction, but culmination. Protection de
The outlet: PTotsetion defends ne home market;
created the Instruments OF trade: reciprocity Sc
cures the exchanges OF commerce
work in proposing Fecprocitg With ths comer
eial nations and in standing before all the world
her Of From pf, his 'ssc sacred
authoritative voice for generous reciprocity with
Cuba, Cuba, and in urging this measure OF justice and
sisters Of the Antilles President Roosevelt is not
hS & % PHs his obt SS
Behind and beneath all these economic policies
President President @McKiney,s @ great mind and great heart
the Inspiration Of national pride and glory. He did
fnore than any other man to obterate SECTIONAL d
the bonds OF fraternity, He chose the leaders Of
e Of tho Gf ndr ' a M S M
and the Roosevets OF the North
Colonel Myron T. Herrick responded to the |
toast. 1.-THE Middle West" He described the in |
fuence OF the Middle West upon the history Of |
the country and dwelt on its development and |
It's Importance as counteracting influence upon |
the conservative East. particularly in the earlier
stages of the fight for the gold standard in |
1896.
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler president of Co |
lumbia, was the next speaker. and responded to |
the toast. THE Educated American" He said
in part
~ IL has has always been a source of wonder to me
was going forever to be shut Nm 's ags nauon
sumed The educated American. It seems to me
believes In he may not always be able to exnress ns
it, but deep feeling prompts him. N''0''
Samuel Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, was the next speaker and
said in part:
In the abstract. all men agree that TO labor is
always honorable, and to the laborer honor is ai9
ways due; in the concrete and in general practice
It is simply question of how much product can
be got out of the workers, and how little in re-
foTm frn f5eefSr tn they can 1 be forced to in
gre from so grave misconception of economic wis
is due to the united efforts OF the toilers no inteI
Hgent observer disputes - ~ '
The workers produce more than enough IN s,,nn,,,
the essential wants of society, and are happppiiyS
, me tnougnt that they are permitted to do So It
Imarveilous m resources and wonderful Industrial
advanced state OF civilization Win our
We are h1t wanting In appreciation of the prog
ton OF the laborers has been somewhat amelorated
nut, on the other hand, interrogation point nre
asks Why Is II a ha 9f sHasSs Of IF ySa
beings earnest honest men, are periodically con-
are endured even such as savages knew nothing
OF? Even in our day the awful spectacle confronts
displaced by women. and women again by children
sad 6usW ebdTysn upon hdr our time to find idle
playground or schoolroom rather than in the mil
That any hope for material Improvement. moral
aovsnceInent or higher ethical consideration is
now seriously believe. Yet when that which we |
call the labor question is discussed there are nor
many who will undertake to ascertain the laborers.
side OF it.. I do no more In connection ydtb |
this than TO suggest to those who assume TO speak
from the organized workers the causes wbscb
produce these organiza tions 1t is chief cause
they who undertake to learn why we organize how
Tsce Ts na , the mstnods we employ to attain
TO- and advocates of. our cause. Unmerited and |
deep rooted prstudices disappear before the vistas
The organization OF the trade union and a fedora