The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-11

that the laoor DETERMINATIONS nave lnelr,eo
our experience with them has been that
they have. IN no instance. been able to raise
above u state OF feeling which leads them to
think that they must nave a friend on tho
When both parties can agree on a COM
whose members, aside from their technical
knowledge of the subject to be arbitrnted.
shall have Independence OF character, then
we shall have zone long way toward soly-
ing the differences bet ween labor and capital
In furtherance Of this permanent board
on the order Of I he National civic Fedora;
tiOn. For example. n board OF inetunhlcti
engineer. To consider tie differences between
whose knowledge would render them efficient
In their various specialt"s.
organizations. or hi "r-onal fluctuations W
the mnttsr Of dealing with them, are wo,,n
.nytnhnS r. 6snf ssro n s n n1 fsCor The
existing conditions must b" dealt with IN the
same manner A. ar" climatic Disturbances or
others of nm impersonal mature.
The preiudica that, the iaboring class has
against capital must be recognized ana deait
with n human attribute. Gwen man WIN
cducatio and a." mower of money. hn must
recognize the stat" OF mind OF the man who ma.
neither and he must 90 half way. and more a,
times In consequence OF the mental s'a'e VI
the other.
WHAT AB--r EMPLOYERS HOURS?
President Marcus II Marks Of the Ma
tional Association Of Clothing Manufact-
urers, in the course of speech IN which
he urged that the cure for tie labor troubles
lay in a restoration of the -rouned table,
at which employers and emplOy&. should
assemble together. said that he was going
TO enter plea for the employer as the man
most in need Of Il shorter working day
Said he:
The average, employer who works bard.
when docs lc live He should have time 70
think; he should lavc time TO relax. he should
have time to improve ims,li' he should rave
time to do good; D." should ha\' u ,ut 10 g
into the very problems that are before us
Why. the average employer, by the time
horse ne be- T. a. 10 hsrpv %h.n hS cS S rings
and he can start OF on his accustomed trip.
GoMPERs DEFENDS UNIoYIsM.
Mr.. Gompers aroused considerable in
terest and brought forth some discussion
by part of his speech. IN which he said:
The labor movement does not deny a mans
legal right TO work ,or whom and wien
beside and apart from the legal right. ana
that is the moral obligation.
4 man Gsn uron ~" nrliriH build I'D, him n
Let him attempt TO do = AZ l. any on" or our
m'tropoli'on cities and he will be arrested
docs himself the only irt Jury that Is b'ing,
done In the city h" endan gers the life and
the property and III" peace and trana Utility
,.If,ip No old, Old time a man wanted TO sell
his labor 20 another under tn" old and print
tive condition. II he desired 10 accent poor
economic conditions as tho result OF hi work.
he injured no one but himself, In our day
Of highly devc op"d INDUSTRY: with .conccn-
tratcd wealth. under tho 6i-H"t IN Of the few.
OF oomparetive'v few. III" in'livi 'ual work
man who attemntS 10 make y bargain with
the directors or the repr"sentntivr- Of such
direCtorat" simply places himself in the
position OF the helpless, rebel'ious craft on
temp~Stuou- ocean.
IL he but did himself n wrong W. might
his moral right But the workman who tolls
for wages, and eNrects 10 end his days in the
point. II will he a necessity. his houndon du'y
to himself. TO his family. to his fellow men
join in the union with ms fellow craftsmen
and fellow workmen to uphold the standard
Of life and TO make Joint effort for the un;
lifting OF the craft, the wageworkers. and
with Il the whole social fabric OF our time and
Tor the tim" to come,
COAL STRIKE WAS PoR THF PUBLIC GooD.
! with Others d"plore tho strike of the
miners, dcplor" the necs ssity for tie strike.
that IRE low uron us by reason of Il az strike.
by reason Of - ohsti"pcy OF the pr"sid Its of
tie compai les. tn, 4 tat W" viii all agree
good, 1t compelled reopl" tn. tank .uron
this great economic and social prohl. M
who won't on year after ycar living and bling
seriousness Of I " struggle that is Coin L OF.
We now understud or ar" beCirrin ~ TO
Learn ~. mor" rlE t'nl r"iadi'ons th1t should
more rightful relations TINT should exist
between man ard man. II i had done moth
ing more than that. t-e strike OF the miners
made for the acnerHl good.
WHAT ABOUT NoN-UNION WORKERS.?
Mr.. Moseley arose when Mr.. Gompers
sat down and offered this comment on the
labor leaders speech:
have listened with great ploasura to MIR
Gom[~rs's speech and agree with very much
that be has said IL has been very forCihle
speech, but IS BiSmarok remarked Force Is
not necessarily m argument"
There Is a limit 10 tie way in which union
ism shall b. allowed free land They have
not the whole Of TIC workm"n enrolled. There
are, IN the United States and in other place
men who venture tot iuk-l don't say rie' tly
and II is in regard to ose who diIer in opin-
lon 10 ourselves that say free voice should
be given.
BALDWIN WORKS SoN-rNIoNIsM.
speaking OF the Baldwin Locomotive Works
] regret exceedingly that Their" should have
been any name mentioned But there is
one point on which would like TO AK MIR
some inquire. during tn" la, twenty-four
hours since their name has been dra cged
into into prominenr", Gnd J an told that tSo,e
who are In charge As forcm"n and in Other
high places OF authority. even the partners,
srsS men Who ,S, h aye, IirHn from the r}nkN
I think that il saws a great deal Tor their he'll;
system, that has allowed the men to come
from absolutely the bottom Of the ladder TO
the top and run those great works They are
non-urion. but bacau~" they are non-union
/ don't think 1t i fair to attack them Ii
non-unioni>m means that men can rise from
the bottom Of the ladder To tho top and reach
a great concern OF that sort | think II saws
a great dead II favor 81 non-unioni-m, II
that l. the result universally
WHEN woRKMES RISE-Do THEY CYPRESS?
But 'rF a. auCt rr pOIit with regard TO
these gentlemen being Dnrtners and r-spon-
eibe for the conduct OF those works and |
don't know Whether II struck our friend
Som' of ! Is remarks. il seems to me. look
like t'rowing mud at t.. nIs, Ives. because
lit IL true that these are tie men, IN. work
m.n Who are responsible for this state OF
things IL is the workmcn Themselves who
having been nut into these positions, are
opprcssirr their brother workmsn and |
don I ink IL sounds wei II the workman of
y ts country. wien j. rises rapidly, will use
his power to oppr"ss TIE Others II TINT is
the case, ! saw, let rs have the million aire
let us have tie capitalist because he doesn I
do 80. IApplausel
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND ASKS QUESTIONS
Archbishop Ire land took hand in the
discussion of Mr.. Gomperss speech Re-
verting 10 that part in v hich Mr.. Gompers
tried to show that laborer should not be
permitted To work II by so doing he was
injuring organized laborers. who would
be more in numbers than himself, the
Archbishop said:
Mr. Gompers seemed to distinguish and
did DISTINGUISH bet tween the legal right of
each one To sell his labor and the mora, right
Well admitting he distinction and saving