The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-08-10
HANNA TALKS ON LABOR
SAYS ORGANIZATION HAS COME
 TO STAY.
The Unions will Continue to Live and the Trusts Will Manage to Exist-His Organization
 Scheme.

Chautaqua. N. Y., Aug. 9.-Senator Hanna of Ohio addresse an audience of 10000 persons at Chautauqua today upon Labor and Capital" Much of his ad- dress 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 Tore dustrial life. We are blessed with great CT natural resources than any other part of the globe.
 Organized labor is an imported article; 1t came to us with the influx of population from the OldWorld, from conditions which do not and cannot exist in America. It was organized there under conditions which made labor antagonistic to capital, a feeling that every employer was against labor. Organized labor is an institution that has come to stay. It Is an institu- ton that is promoted by laboring men
 who seek to protect themselves and whose hope is mutual benefit. In its early days, organized labor went upon the theory that the only way to settle labor difficulties was to strike, but it is my theory that it is becoming recognized
 that there is better way to settle such differences.
 From what know of human nature, every man has an approachable spot and
 the best way to reach that spot is by kindness. You can reach men by coming near them and learning their conditions.
 To say that labor leaders are in the
 wrong Is not always true; to say that the
 majority of them do not intend to do right is a mistake. My theory is that If
 you bring men together in way to make
 them know each other and if you appeal
 to the head and heart you establish a
 bond between the two factions that can not be broken. The civic Federation Is
 trying to establish a condition of abso-
 lute confidence between employer and
 empleye. We remember the golden rule
 and try to live up to it's principle. This
 Is the only way that 1 know to settle
 disputes between capital and labor.
 'Is this practicable? Yes. provided you
 treat the men in your employ as you
 would have them treat you. know that
 the tendency in this country and the
 world has been to appropriate the larger parts of the benefits of industry to cap- ital. As long as labor was in a situation that II must SuDHftt, IL ulQ Sus pub III tho twentieth century. when thinking men be- gin to think seriously upon this question, they made up their minds that they must give consideration to the fact that the laboring man Is entitled to a greater share of the products of industry than he had enjoyed in the past. We must give them
 a larger share of the profits of industry which they helped to create.
 But there are other grievances than the matter of labor which demand atten- tion. Therefore worktnen banded them- selves together into organizations for their own benefit; organizations which through proper means will enable them to reach that source of power which will
 bring a remedy. These organizations, So
 far as I am familiar with them, carry | beneficial features; mutual assistance to the members and their families. As | long as I live and have my strength,
 shall do as I am doing today, appeal to my fellowcountrymen and all classes of citizens who are interested in these great | social questions to appreciate these con- | ditions
 "The time Is here when something must bs done. We must forget the idea that there are any classes in our government; we must forget that there is any differ ences between the man who labors with
  | his brain Wo must strive to bring the different factions together upon the ground that both sides want to do what | Is right It Is a fact that more than 5 per cent of the strikes in this country have been settled in favor of the labor CTS. We must concede. then, that they are right in the majority of cases and | that capital is wrong.
 "I believe that the labor leaders are | just as honest, just as earnest and just as competent to discuss and act upon l these great questions as are the capital ists. Give them credit for this and you will form a trust which will need no constitutional amendments a trust in each other You cannot separate the in- terests of capital and labor. Wien you l talk about organized capital in this coun- try you talk nonsense. There is no mo- nopoly in this country except such as are protected by patents. There is great | deal said from demagogic standpoint | against organized capital. In this twen- | tieth century the evolution from individu- alism to organization is perfectly natural This evolution has led up to great | changes in the methods of production and | distribution. Inventions which threatened | the hand laborer have been made in al lines of indutsry but they have beer | struction of such labor. Invention is the | natural sequence of education.
 | "Organized capital is just as necessary | to get at the proper condition of industry | as organizer labor. This organization oi | capital has come to stay, just as organ | ized labor has come to stay, and for the same reason it IS necessary. You cannot l separate the interests of capital and la
 bor. If it is good for one to be organized | for any purpose, it Is good for the other | for the same reason. They are both soood and necessary as applied to our condi- tions today 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, it is an induce ment to the laborer to do his best. When | you attempt to put cheek on enterprise, | backed yability and brains, you limit | the power for the best development of l the resources of this great country. Un- J ion is not only strong for the benefit of l labor; it is strong for the benefit and de- l velopment in all lines bringing individ- 1 uals together in a force that is irresisti- | ble."
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