The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-08-11

Chautatiuqua. N. Y. Aug. n.-Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, of Ohio. addressed an
audience Of ten thousand persons here
Saturday afternoon upon Labor and
Capital" Among other things he said
Organized labor is an imported article.
from the old world, from conditions which
1t came to US with the influx of population
do not and cannot exist In America. IL
was organized there under conditions
which made labor antagonistic to CAPT
tai, a feeling that every employer was
against the laborer.
Organized labor is an institution that
has come to stay. II Is an institution
that Is promoted by laboring men who
seek to protect themselves and whose
hope Is mutual benefit
In It's early days organized labor went
upon the theory that the only way to
settle labor difficulties was to strike, but
IL Is my theory that 1t Is becoming rec
ognized that there is a better way to set
le such differences.
EVERY MAN APPRoACHABLE.
From what I know OF human nature
every man has an approachable spot aud
the best way to reach that spot Is by
kindness. You can reach men by com
ing near them and learning their condi-
tions 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 il a mista
My theory is that II you bring men to-
gether IN a way to make them know each
other and IL you appeal to the head and
the heart. you establish bond between
the two factions that cannot be broken.
The civic federation is trying TO estab-
lish a condition OF absolute confidence be-
tween employer and emDloye We re-
member the golden rule and try and live
up TO It's principle. This is the only way
that l know TO settle the dispute between
capital and labor.
lis this practicable? Yes; provided
you treat the men in your employ as you
would have them treat you. l know that
the tendency In this country and the
world over has been so selhshly appro-
pirate the larger parts OF the benefits OF
industry To capital.
As long as labor was I'm a situat ton that
IL must submit Il did so. but in the Goth
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 OF
the products Of industry than he had en-
joyed in the past. We must give them
larger share OF the profits OF industry
which they helped 10 create.
BENEFICIAL ORGANIZATION.
These organizations. so far I am
familiar with them. carry beneficial fea-
tures-a mutual assistance TO the mcm
bers and their families. What better mo-
tive. what better incentive can be urged
20 induce the amalgamation OF labor than
this How much Of that principle enters
into the organization OF capital7 None OF
IL so far as know.
"As long as l live and have strength l
shall do as I am doing today-appeal TO
my fellow countrymen and all Glasses OF
citizens who are interested In these great
social questions Co appreciate these con-
dItions. The time is here when some
thing must be done.
I'VE must forget the idea that there are
any classes I'm our government; we must
forget that there Is any dinerence be-
tween the man who labors with his hands
and tho man who iabors with his brain.
We must strive TO bring ue dinerent