The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
POLITICAL.


and intelligen'ly with the great interests
shat have been born ont of the enterprise.
foresight and energy of their people"
| So, speaking through the voice OF its
| chosen standard bearer, the Democratic
party, in this State at least. is against any
Federal regulation of corporate comhina-
tions
THE STRUGGLE MUST NEEDS BE
The continually recurring contests be-
1 tween capital and labor are a necessary part
| in this great process of industrial develop
| ment and dis ribu,ion Of wealth each -,riy-
| ing To get what II thinks 10 be it, share and
naturally differing about the proport ions
! There j. no occasion to gruan or to wiring
| our hands or 10 be- alarmed over the process
| II II natural and healthy and a Prices Of
| industrial improvement. Df course, there
| are wrongs committed, I'm lust fiable and
| irritating things are dore upon both sides.
/ bur these are continually being remedied
and just results are continually being
wrought out. W. are Ia the habi, of say
| ing that the interests of capital and labor
| are one, or that they are reciprocal, which
il another way Of saying the same thing
! Their interests are one in the production
| OF wealth and their interests are reciprocal
| ia not being SO unreasonable about the
division of the benefits a. to stop the pro-
auction.
CONTINUAL APPROACH 70 GOOD UNDER
81.
! There il continual approach toward
a good understanding Of the terms and re-
! latious which are dictated bv recognition
| Of these mutual and reciprocal interests
! If you will look back al the condition of the
railroad business AT Tho lime of The Dcbs
riots. then consider the relations since es-
| tablished between the railroad owners and
| the associated engineers, fir.men, ,rainmen
| and conductors under the leadership of Mr.
! Arthur. Mr.. Sargent. Mr.. Clarke and Mr.
| Morrissev You will see a striking illustra-
| ton of he progress to which refer.
Another good illustration is to he found
in the agrsemen, made the other day be-
! tween the tinplate manufacturers and their
woriSmeu, in which the workmen volun-
| tarily agreed to reduction of wages IN
! order 10 enable -he manuiacI urers 10 under
| bid foreign competitors for the contract
TO supply Tin cans for the Standard Oil
! product
Another illustration is the agreement
between employers and employed for the
! annual readjustment Of wages through
ont the greater part of the bituminous
| coal field
The more intelligent the parties are the
more readily such relations are reached
and a. we are all growing more intelligent
all learning all the time, the prospect is not
dark, but bright.
RoCsEvELT AND THE COAL STRIKE
When our President, in his brave and
| direct way, acting out Of his deep feeling
| for the needs Of the people, undertook
to get coal for them against the coming
| winter by urging the substi, u,ion of peace
| for war in the anthracite region, Mr. Hill
| in New York and Mr.. Olney in Boston con-
| demned him: but | have an idea that the
| people Of the country do not agree with
| them; and have an idea also that his ac-
tion will prove in the end to have resulted
not merely n getting the coal, but in maxi
ing valuable contribution to the peace
| ful and reasonable process of development,
| | have been describing
DANGER IN DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME
What does the Democratic party pro-
| pose To do, if the people of the United States
| put the power into their hands to remedy
| these industrial evils and annoyances which
| They have made two proposals. The
first il, To revise the tariff
II i easy to say that the tariff needs
revising In the nature of things time
must call for changes in every tariff law,
| because it is a fyed statute applied from
! dav 10 day to constantly changing con-
| dit ions. The puruo-c of the law itself
il to Change conditions by improving them,
and it l. Impossible that such statute
should continue any considerable period
without onr finding rates OF duties which
may well be- changed But in consider
| ing the making of such changes it is inn
portant to keep two things in mind
First That if tariff law has on the
| whole worked well, and if business has
prospercd under it and is prospecting, il
| is better 10 endure some slight neon
! vcnicnccs and Inequalities for a time than
| To incur he uncertainty and disturbance
| Of business which ncccssariv result from
| the process of making changes. The
| mere fact that a different rate Of duty
would b" better than the rate fixed in the
| statute does not settle the question whether
| the change should be made now or should
| be deferred. Every tariff deals with du-
| ties on aOast number of articles and in
| wolves a vast number of interests. often
conflicting. and whenever the law is taken
| zap 10y Congress for consideration with
| reference To one change, every schedule
! in the law Is going to find some one urging
| a change in that schedule, and all the huS,-
ness interests of the country are going 10
| be left during a long continued discussion
| in state of uncertainty a. TO what will
| II" the outcome of duties upon tho things