The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-12-05

Individual Initiative, without hampering
and cramping the Industrial development
s q ae 70 ons wh reSst
The highest Importance to solve on lines
81 sanity and farsighted common sense as
IN era of federation and combination.
Exactly as business men find they mus.
often work through corporations. and as
II Is q constant tendency OF these corpora
lions to grow larger. SO II Is often neces-
Dary for laboring men to work In fedora
factors of modern Industrial life Both
kinds Of federation, capitalistic and labor.
can do much good. and as a necessary
corollary they can potn DO evll. OPPOSE
ton to each kind of organization should
take the form of opposition to whatever is
Ssa In a Sncn OF Of
porations as such nor upon unions as
SUCH for some Ct IF, the most ,farr s
accomplished through both corporations
and unions. Each must refrain from ar
s5a rs Ss a w
and organized labor alike should remem-
Der that In the long run the interest OF
the interest Of the general public, and the
conduct OF each must conform to the
Fundamental rules of obedience to the
and fair dealing toward ALL Each should
remember that in addition to power Il
must strive after the realization ct
healthy, lofty and generous ideals. Every
guaranteed his liberty and his right to do
as ne likes with his property or his labor
rights Of others. 1t is of the highest i'm
portance that employer and employee
the viewpoint of the other and the sure
disaster that will come upon both In the
long run II either grows to take as habit
ual an attitude OF sour hostility and dis
trust toward the other. Few people de-
serve better of the country than those rep
resentatives both Of capital and labor
a onxr cttnh rtO n.vn-
tinually to bring about good understand
Ing of this kind, based upon wisdom and
upon broad and kindly sympathy between
need to remember that any kind Of class
luminosity In the political world is. If pos
sible, even more wicked, even more de-
structive to national welfare, than sec
tional. race or religious luminosity. We
can get good government only upon condi-
upon which this nation was founded and
judge each man not as a part Of a class,
but upon his individual merits. All that
We have right to ask of any man. rich
or poor, whatever his creed. his occupa-
ton. his birthplace or his residence. is
that he shall act well and honorably by
neither for the rich man as such nor for
the poor man as such; we are for the up
right man. rich or poor So far as the
eminent touch these matters Of general
and vital moment to the nation. they
should be exercised s in conformity with
1t Is earnestly hoped that secretary Of
SSmmerSe may be created With sea. seat iS
questions affecting labor and capital, the
growth and complexity of the organiza-
lions through which both labor and CAPT.
sncy toward the employment Of capital in
huge corporations and the. wonderful
strides Of this country toward leadership
an urgent demand for the creation of
such a position: Substantially all the
leading commercial bodies in this country
have united in requesting its creation. It
y desirable that some such measure as
that which has already passed the senate
You'd In Se an
vance toward dealing with and exercising
supervision over the whole subject Of the
business eDd With this s end in niew the
congress should endow the department
with large powers, which could be .n-
creased as experience might show the
need.
hope soon to submit to the senate a
reciprocity treaty with Cuba. On May 20
the island by formally vacating Cuban soil
and turning Cuba over to those whom her
own people had chosen as the first officials
Cuba lies at our doors, and whatever af-
fects her for good or for i'll affects US also.
So much have our people felt this that in
the ground that Cuba must hereafter have
closer political relations with us than with
any other power. Thus in a sense Cuba
has become a part OF our international
political system. This makes 1t necessary
that In return she should be given some OF
the benefits of becoming part OF our eco
nomic system 1t Is, from our own stand
point, a shortsghted and mischievous pol
Icy to fail to recognize this need. More
erous nation. itself the greatest and most
successful republic in history, to refuse to
stretch out helping hand to young and
its career Of independence. We should al
ways fearlessly insist upon our rights in
the face OF the strong, and we should with
by the weak. l urge the adoption of reel
procity with Cuba not only because 1t Is
eminently for our own interests to control
| the Cuban market and by every means to
and waters south Of us, but also because
should make ali our sister nations Of the
| American continent feel that whenever
| they will permit 1t we desire to show our
| friend.
A convention with Great Britain has
| been concluded, which will be at once laid
| ing for reciprocal trade arrangements be-
| tween the United States and Newfound-
land on substantially the lines Of the con-
| vention formerly negotiated by the secre-
| tary of state, Mr.. Blaine. believe recip-
| rocal trade relations will be greatly to the
| advantage of both countries.
AS civilization grows warfare becomes
| less and less the normal condition of for
| eign relations. The last century has
| seen q marked diminuton of wars be-
| tween civilized powers. Wars with un-
| civilized powers are largely mere matters
! of interna tional police duty, essential for
| the welfare of the world Wherever pos
sible arbitration some similar method
| should be employed in lieu of war to settle
| difficulties between civilized nations, al
| though as yet the world has not pro-
gressed sufficiently to render ii possible
| or necessarily desirable to invoke arbitra-
| ton in every case. The formation of the
international tribunal which sits at The
Hague Is an event or good omen from
which great consequences for the welfare
| where possible to invoke such a perma-
nent tribunal than to create special arbi-
| traitors for a given purpose.
| 1t Is a matter of sincere congratulation
to our country that the United States and
| Mexico should have been the first to use
| the good offices of The Hague court. This
! was done last summer with most salts
| factory results In the case of a claim at
| issue between us and our sister republic.
| 1t is earnestly to be hoped that this first
| case will serve as q precedent for otherc,
| in which not only the United States but
! foreign nations may take advantage of
| the machinery already In existence at
| The Hague.
/ commend to the favorable considera-
! ton of the congress the Hawaiian fire
| claims, which were the subject OF careful
investigation during the last session.
| The congress has wisely provided that
we shall build at once an isthmian canal
! If possible at Panama. The attorney gen
! quire good title from the French Panama
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