New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-07

But let me not be misunderstood Nobody can
oouet the need in politics of appliances for ind
ing and enforcing the will OF the party majority.
-.HooCoy can question the economies and public
dement's IN business from great consultations OF
capital Nobody can deny the right Of labor 10
Somnine Tor higher wages and shorter hours and
health1ul conditions Of work I mean no
raignment OF organization itself, either in poll
Ccs or hnance or labor--only of that tyrannical
oTsanlzatlon. that unrepublican organization.
mat abandonment of the underlying essentials
u democratic success and that reversion 10 the
principles Of an absolute monarchy a military
UespouSIl, which refuses 10 recognize that II has
reached the limits Of its own right when it in
NSoes the rights Of others, and saps the very
springs that have lifted us to this hoodtide of
ing appeal for organization but only for
gahlzauon Of the kind which distinguished ex-
PRESIDENT Of the United States once commended
IN a persuasive address on this very platform
me organization which seeks cooperation in
stead or the one that suppresses individual judg
--el i ana demands exclusive control, the or
ganizaton which aims at the helpful union of
men or Ike minds and interests or the needful
strength 10 meet competition not at monopoly:
which minds its own business, and Is willing
mat whoever IS not with it should have equal
HPerty' IN this land of liberty. TO do the same
Such an organization does not exclude young
their peace with the men who nominated the
judges. 1t does not keep all rising young men
OUT or the pubic service unless pledged TO sup
port the bills the boss wants and 10 protect or
punish the corporations as he may direct It
does not eVade State laws. circumvent national
boards and conceal its operations alike from
the state that charters and the stockholders
that support IT, in efforts TO naonopolize business
or 70 crush competition. It does not declare that
Nobody shall labor or sell the products Of law
Iu- labor save on its terms or under its orders.
II IS cooperative and benefcent, not restrictive
without harm 70 the rights OF others. and IN
stead of narrowing the doors TO young men and
C.eCAIls aspiration, II maintains the old glory
Of the land. the freest opportunity for all, with
nope OF the richest rewards for the worthiest
such organization knows the spirit Of this
people ana mas learned the secret OF their Fri
umphS. II stimulates instead of checking the
alertness, the ingenuity the self-reliance the in
dependence. the courageous, indonitable ambi-
ton which from the very beginning in this land
nave created and compelled that individual IN
ltlatVe OF which we have been speaking. In
Po4itlcs Il does not crush, on the contrary it
welcomes the democratic spirit in party coun-
cllS ana the freest debate as the surest road 10
Pon!csl harmony In business il does not
dread, on the contrary, II expects and prepares
TOT competition, il does not resist and bewail.
on the contrary. IT reioces in the power Of grow
ing capital. which is the ofspring of inteIi
sence and thrift and the begetter OF public
prosperity In the Industrial world It does not
degrade labor into dull. mechanical level Of
limited and uniform production; on the con-
trary. II inspires the individual workman with
eiT CsIldlhty OF rewards IN proportion TO his
SKIN ana his right living. It preserves for all
IN PUBIC Ire or IN private. in the ranks Of capt
tai or Of labor. the theory Of our government
from the oeslhnlng-not against classes. the
de.naeogues tell YOU, but against fixed classes:
II maintains. as the priceless distinction OF our
social state. the huidity and easy TRANSMISSION Of
classes. giving constantly to the Intelligent and
industrious in any one the hope of rising bv
their intelligence and industry 70 any other
Years ago a laboring man on strike said 70
me: There is no use any longer in talking n
US about saving and rising out Of our class
ABOUT ever becoming N employer and ones
own master That stage of the world has
passed and my fellows must be day labor
erS 70 the end. We must fix our eyes solely
on one thing. the DAYS wages. and make com
mon cause 50 that the sIowest or poorest
workman may be put 10 no disadvantage by
the skill or industry Of his fellows, IN getting
bread for his children" II IS the most dan
gerous deluson Of the times, undermining the
foundations alike OF Industrial progress and OF
public honesty. and IT'S only logical outcome is
either a permanent and unrepublican fiXity Of
classes or the hopeless Dead Sea Of Socialism.
The same declaration about the impossibility
OF rising under existing conditions was heard
IN New-York when q young boatnlan named
Cornelius Vanderbilt was beginning 10 run
little ferry 20 Staten Island. It was heard in
Washington when a young portrait painter
named Morse was developing the telegraph
II was heard in my own calling when Bennett
and Greeley and Raymond started and heard
again when they died It was heard in Pitts
burg when Andrew Carnegie was a messenger
boy. and II was heard again when he retired
10 begin giving away his three or four hun
dred millions. But after Vanderbilt came Scott
and Cassatt. Huntington. Morgan, hin ana
Hartman: after Morse came Cyrus Field and
Edison and Westinghouse and Bell and Mar
cont The development Of the newspapers did
not stop with Bennett and Greeley and Ray
Tnond the development Of the iron Industry
has not been closed by the organization Of the
United States Steel, and SchwaS is not the last
day laborer 10 rise from the SEon tnllls. ne
chances for the young man are and must be
kept as good to-day as they ever Were;-ln TACT
they are and must be made as much better
as the scale on which this Western World Is
moving grows yearly and monthly more colos-
sal. But now IN all past times. with point
or IN spite Of them with trades unions or In
spite Of them the chances are 20 MN tIlat can
see and seize them;-the tools are 10 MN ti'sI
can use them. "A mans man tor mat
There was clarifying expression IN the report
Of proceedings here the day this Institute was
opened It's Founder said he heard a great oeaI
about sympathy for the Submerged tenlh
but for his part this sympathy went ouI IdlIisn
to the swimming tenth An audience already
used to his large methods was then startled al
his further intimation that, besides what ne hau
done and was doing here, lie had IN view sum
other uses in this vicinity for surplus wealth It
has since been said that these additional plahS
look 70 technical or perhaps to tecnnoloelcal
schools. If the precise use Is as yet uHueCliieu
Il NAV be permissible 10 express the hope that
this new provision viii be for the swimming
tenth. , -.
ever were il not in line with the Founders e%-
pressed sympathy. This business OF thrustiis
advice upon any great pubic oeneIaGto Us -
overdone, and il comes usually uhaSkeu iron.
those whose advice Ia least worth having \
certain -veariness grows on most people at see
ing the frequent lectures from those VINO nave
nothing 10 give about how those who have some
thing to give should give il The longer one
lives q self-respecting. industrious, frugal me-
the less attention one is likely 70 pay 10 tn3
fl7riftIess and prodigal-especially when they SET
themselves UP 10 tell the other class what they
ought 10 do with their money A man VINO -
solemnly reminded from such a quarter Ihat
..yreaIrh * trust may well be tempted TO
ask why didn't you think OF your own tIus-
teeship then instead Of burylng your talent IL
the eround2" and may even resent these IN
etTuctions from the self-tndulgent and extray-
agant as 70 how the self-denying ana econonl-
csI should bestow their accommodations
Nevertheless the self-denying and economical
do generally recognize that great prosperity