The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-12-04

| ployer. or employee. without weakening
| and cramping the industrial development
of the country. Is problem fraught with
| great difficulties and one which 1t Is Of
the highest Importance to solve on lines
OF sanity and farsighted common sense as
| well as OF devotion to the right. This is
Exactly as business o men 'f find thew mus, rUs
often work through corporations. and as
| II is constant tendency Of these corpora
sary for 7aboring men to work in fedora.
| tions, and these have become important
factors of modern Industrial life. Both
Kinds or federation. capitalistic and labor
| can do much good. and as a necessary
| eorolary they can both do evil. opposf.
| tion TO each kind of organization should
| take the form of opposition to whatever is
bad In the conduct of any given corpora
tion or union. not Of attacks upon cor
such, for some of the most farreaching
| beneficent work for our people has been
accomplished through both corporations
and unions. Each must refrain from ar
the rights OF others. Organized capital
| and organized labor alike should remem-
Der that In the long run the interest OF
| each must be brought into harmony with
| the interest of the general public, and the
fundamental rules of obedience to the
| law, of individual freedom and of justice
far deans n 5oward ALL Each sh9ud
must strive after the realization of
healthy lofty and generous. ideals Every
| guaranteed his liberty and his right to do
| as he likes with his property or his labor
SO long as he does not infringe. upon the
rights OF others. 1t is of the highest inn
| portance that employer and employee
alike should endeayor to appreciate each
| the viewpoint of the other and the sure
disaster that will come upon both in the
| long run II either grows to take as habit
| ual an attitude of sour hostility and dis
| trust toward the other. Few people de-
serve better of the country than those rep
resentatives both of capital and labor
and there are many such-who work con-
tinually to bring about good understand
| Ing of this kind, based upon wisdom and
upon broad and kindly sympathy between
employers and employed Above all, we
need to remember that any kind of class
animosity in the political world Is, II pos
sible, even more wicked, even more de-
structive to national welfare than sec
tional, race or religious animosity. We
can get good government only upon csndi-
ton that we keep true to the principles
upon which this nation was founded and
judge each man not as a part of class.
but upon his individual merits. All that
We have right to ask of amy man. rich
er poor, whatever his creed his occupa-
ton, his birthplace or his residence. is
that he shall act well and honorably by
his nelgh6or fa s and , by his country We are
the poor man as such; we are for the up
right man, rich or poor. So far as the
constitutional powers of the national gov
ernment touch these matters OF general
and vital moment to the nation. they
should be exercised in conformity with
1t is earnestly hoped that secretary OF
commerce may be created, with seat In
the cabinet. The rapid multiplication OF
questions affecting labor and capital, the
growth and complexity of the organiza-
tions through which both labor and capi-
tai now find expression the steady tend
ency toward the employment of capital in
huge corporations and the wonderful
strides of this country toward leadership
in the international business world Justify
an urgent demand for tho creation OF
such position. Substantially all the
leading commercial bodies in this country
have united in requesting its creation. 1t
is desirable that some such measure as
that which has already passed the senate
be enacted into law. The creation of such
vance toward dealing with and exercising
supervision over the whole subject of tho
great corporations doing an interstate
congress should endow the department
with large powers which could be in
creased as experience might show the
need.
l hope soon to submit to the senate a
reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May 20
the island by formally vacating Cuban soil
| and turning Cuba over to those whom her
own people had chosen as the first officials
of the new republic.
Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever af-
fects her for good or for i'll affects us also.
So much have our people felt this that in
the ground that Cuba must hereafter have
closer political relations with us than with
any other power. Thus in a sense Cuba
has become a part of our international
| political system. This makes ii necessary
that in return she should be given some of
the benefits of becoming part of our eco
| nomic system. 1t is, from our own stand
point, a shortsighted and mischievous pol
| Icy to fail to recognize this need. More
over, II Is unworthy of a mighty and gen
erous nation, itself the greatest and most
| successful republic in history, to refuse to
stretch out helping hand to young and
weak sister republic just entering upon
its career Of independence. We should al
| ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in
the face of the strong and we should with
ungrudging hand do our generous duty
| by the weak. ! urge the adoption OF reci-
| procity with Cuba not only because II Is
| eminently for our own interests to control
| the Cuban market and by every means to
| foster our supremacy in the tropical lands
and waters south of us, but also because
should make all our sister nations of the
| American continent feel that whenever
they will permit 1t we desire to show our
Eelves disinterestedly and effectively their
| friend.
convention with Great Britain has
| been concluded, which will be at once laid
| before the senate for ratification, provid-
| ing for reciprocal trade arrangements be-
| tween the United States and Newfound-
| land on substantially the lines of the con-
tention formerly negotiated by the secre-
tary of state, Mr. Blaine. l believe recip-
| rocal trade relations will be greatly to the
| advantage of both countries.
As civilization grows warfare becomes
less and less the normal condition OF for
| elgn relations. Ine last century mas
seen a marked diminution of wars be-
| tween civilized powers. Wars with un-
| civilized powers are largely mere matters
| of international police duty, essential for
| the welfare of the world. Wherever pos
| sible arbitration or some similar method
should be employed in lieu of wsr to settle
| difficulties between civilized nations, al
| though as yet the world has not pro-
gressed sufficiently to render IL possible
or necessarily desirable to invoke arbitra-
| ton in every case. The formation OF the
| international tribunal which sits at The
| Hague is an event of good omen from
| which great consequences for the welfare
| of all mankind may flow. II is far better
where possible to invoke such n perma
| nent tribunal than to create special arbi-
| traitors for n given purpose.
1t is matter of sincere .congratulntion
! to our country that the United States and
Mexico should have been the first to use
| the good Offices of The Hague court. This
was done last summer with most satis-
| factory results in the case of a claim at
issue between us and our sister republic.
1t Is earnestly to be hoped that this first
case will serve as a precedent for others,
in which not only the United States but
foreign nations may take advantage of
the machinery already in existence at