Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-12-08
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

! plOyer or employee, without weakening III,
diyiduaI initiative, without hamperlnS anu
cramping the industrial development OF the
Z country, is q problem ffaughT with great
difficulties and one which it is OF the nlgn-
est Importance to solve on lines or sanity
and far-Sighted common sense as swell dS
Of devotion to the right. This is an era OIL
federation and combination. Exactly as
] business men find they must OfCen NoIh
through corporations, and as it is con
slant tendency of these corporations 10
I grow larger, SO it is often necessary Iof
! Iaboring men to work in federations ana
| these have become important factors Oh
modern industrial life. Both kinds of fed
Grafton, capitalistlc ana labor can 40 n 4hoH
! good and as a necessary corollary Lney
| can both do evil. Opposition to each klnu
| of organization should take the form OF OPP
! position to whatever is bad in the conduce
! of any given corporation or uniOn-not Oh
| attacks upon corporations as such nor
I upon unions as such; for some OF the InoSI
| far-reaching beneficent work for our people
| has been accomplished through both cor
pOratiOns and unions. Each must ieIraln
from arbitrary or can
/ ital and organized labor alike should re
| member that in the long run the interest,"
of each must be brought into harmony
with the interest Of the general public; ana
! the conduct of each must conform to the
! fundamental rules Of obedience to the law;
! of individual freedom, and Of justice ana
/ fair dealing toward all. Each should re-
member that in addition to power it must
strive after the realization of healthy, 1oIty
and generous ideals: Every employer every
! wage-WOrker must be guaranteed his llDer-
! ty and his right to do as he likes with his
! property or his labor so long as he does
| not nc infringe upon the rights Of others. 1t
/ is of the highest Importance that employer
and employee alike should endeavOr to APP
preciate each the viewpoint Of the other
| and the sure disaster that will come upon
! both in the long run if either grows 60
! take as habitual an attitude Of sour hostll-
! ity and distrust toward the other. rev
people deserve better of the country than
| those representatives both of capital ana
| labOr-and there are many such-Who WORK
| hort NO6
standing Of this kind based upon wisdom
and upon broad and kindly sympathy pc
| tween employers and employed. Above an
! we need to remember that any kind OF
| class animosity in the political world IS, IL
| possible, even more wicked, even more de-
! structive to national welfare, than sec
! tOnal, race, or religious luminosity. We
] can get good government only upon condl-
| tion that we keep true to the principles
upon which this nation was founded, ana
! Judge each man not as a part OF a class
| but upon his individual merits. All that we
! have a right to ask of any man, rich or
poor whatever his creed, his occupation
| his birthplace or his residence, is that he
| shall act we'll and honorably by his neigh
! Dor and by his country. We are neither
! for the rich man as such nor for the poor
man as such; we are for the upright man.
rich or poor SO far as the constitutional
| powers of the national government touch
! these matters of general and vital moment
| to the nation they should be exercised in
| conformity with the principles above set
forth. g
commerce may be created, with a seat IL
| the cabinet.
PROMISES TO CUBA.
hone soon to submit to the senate a
/ reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May 70
/ last the United States kept its promise TO
/ the island by formally vacating Cuban sou
and turning Cuba over to those whom her
/ own people had chosen as the first officials
! of the new republic.
! Cuba lies at our doors, ana Whatever al
| fects her for good or for i'll atfectS US alsO
SO much have our people felt this tnat N
the Platt amendment we definitely TOOK
the ground that Cuba must hereafter nave
closer political relations with us than WIN
any other power. Thus in sense CUBA
has become part OF our lntefnatlonat! p ~,
litical system. This makes 1t necessary
that in return she should be given some OF
| the benefits of becoming part OF our eco
monte system. 1t is, from our own stand
! point a short-sghted and mfschieYouS pol
! icy to fail to recognize this need. More
| over it is unworthy of a mighty and gen
! erOus nation itself the greatest and most
! successful republic in history, to refuse TO
! stretch out helping hand to young ana
weak sister republic just entering upon us
F! career Of independence. We should always
fearlessy insist upon our rights in the face
/ of the strong and we should with IN
grudging hand do our generous duty by Inc
i weak / urge the adoption of RECIPROCITY
I with Cuba not only because it is eminently
for our own interests to control the CUBAN
market and by every means to foster our
supremacy in the tropical LANDS ana waters
/ south of us, but also because we. OF the
Giant republic of the north, should make
all our sister nations of the American con
tinent feel that whenever they Will permit
it we desire to show ourselves disinterest-
eddy and effectively their friend.
ARBITRATION.
AS civilization grows warfare becomes
less and less the normal condition OF Tor
eign relations. The last century has seen
q marked diminutiOn of wars between CIV
! ilized powers. Wars with uncivilized pow
ers are largely mere matters Of interna-
tional police duty; essential for the WeHare
! ton or some similar method should be en-
ployed in lieu of war to settle difficulties
between civilized nations although as yet
the world has not progressed suthclently
to render it possible OF necessarily deSlr-
able to invoke arbitration in every case;
The formation Of the international trlb4na al
which sits at The Hague is an event or
good omen from which great consequences
for the welfare of all mankind may now.
1t is far better, where POSSIBLE, 70 drn
special arbitrators for given purpose.
THAT CANAL.
The congress has wisely provided that we
shall build at once an iSthmlan canal, IL
possible, at Panama. The attorney general
reports that we can undoubtedly acquire
good title from the French Panama canal
company Negotiations are now pending
with Colombia to secure her assent TO our
building the canal This canal will be one
of the greatest engineering feats of the
twentieth century; greater engineering
feat than has yet been ACCOMPLISHED dur
ing the history Of mankind. The work
should be carried out as a continuing pol
icy without regard to change of admins
tration; and it should be begun under cir
cumstances which will make it matter
of pride for all administrations to continue
i the policy. -
/ America, and of Importance to all the
world It viii be Of advantage to us 81, in
tary position. 1t will be of advantage to
the countries of tropical America: It is
earnestly to be hoped that all of these
countries will do as some of them have "a, al
| invite to their shores commerce and i'm
prove their material conditions by recog-
requisites of successful development. No
independent nation in America need have az
United States. It behooves each one to
to discharge it's just obligations to foreign
ers When this is done, they can rest as
i sured that, be they strong or weak, they
nave nothing to tread from outside inter
| ference. More and more the increasing in
Independence and completely of interna-
tionai political and economic relations rem
n iTo OIL iUiIi md Or6o