Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-12-06
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
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sage TO you at the first session of the
present congress; substantially such
bill as has already passed the house.
Capital and Labor.
How to secure fair treatment alike FOR
labor and capital. how 10 hold in check
TIE unscSupulous man, whether employer
or cmployc. without weakening indiyid-
uaI initiative. without hampering and
cramping the Industrial development of
the country. Is n problem fraught with
great difficulties and one which 1t IL OF
the highest Importance to solve on lines
of sanity and far-sighted common sense
as well az of devotion to right. This Is
an era OF federation and combination.
Exactly as business men find they must
often work through corporations and as
u Is a constant tendency OF these cor
porations to grow larger. 80 u is often
necessary for laboring men To work In
declarations, and these have become i'm
pcrtant factors OF modern Industrial life.
Both Kinds OF federation, capitalistic and
labor. can do much good. and as n neces-
sary corolary they can both do evil.
Opposition to each kind OF organization
should take the form OF opposition te
whatever is bad In the conduct of any
given corporation or union--not OF at
tacks upon corporations IA such nor upon
unions as such; for some of the mos, far
reaching hcnchcent work for our people
has been accomplished through both
corporations and unions Each must re-
frain from arbitrary or tyrannous inter
ference with the rights OF others. or
Eanzed capital and organized labor alike
should remember lat In the long run
A. -. -. l..s.
harmony with the interest of the general
public. and the conduct of each must
conform to the fundamental rules of
obedience to The law. OF individual free
dom and Of justice and fair dealing to-
ward all Each should remember that IN
addition TO power II must strive after the
realization of healthy. lofty. and gener-
Gus ideals. Every employer, every wage
worker. must be guaranteed hie liberty
and his right to do as he likes with his
property or his labor so long as he does
not infringe upon the rights OF others. 1t
In OF the highest Importance that en-
ployer ana employe alike should en-
deavor to appreciate each the viewpoint
OF the other and the sure disaster that
will come upon both In the long run II
either grows to take as habitual an at
titude OF sour hostility and distrust to-
ward the other. Few people deserve bet
ter of the country than those representa-
tivcs both OF capital and labor-and
there are many such-who work con-
tinually To bring about a good under
standing OF this kind. based upon wisdom
and upon broad and kindly sympathy be-
tween employers and employed Above
all. we need to remember that any kind
of class animosity In the political world
In. II possible, even more wicked. even
more destructive TO national welfare.
than sectional. race. or religious ami
mostly. We can get good government
only upon condition that We keep true to
the principles upon which this nation
N-s founded. and Judge each RAN not as
a paSS. OF n class but upon his individual
merits. NsAll that We have IA right to ask
OF any mar. rich or poor whatever his
creed, his dsapation. his birthplace. or
his res.-ence. Y that he shall act well
and honoraby by his neighbor and by
his country We are neither for the rich
man an such nor for the poor man as
such; we are for the upright man. rich
or poor So far MS the constitutional
powers of the national government touch
these matters OF general and vita, mo-
ment to the nation. they should be ex-
ercised In conformity wHh the principles
above set forth.
Warts Secretary Of Commerce.
II is earnestly hoped that n secretary
of commerce may be created. with "A seat
IN the cabinet. The rapid multiplication
of questions affecting labor and capital
the growth and completely OF the organi-
nations through which both labor and
capital row find expression. the stea
tendency toward the employment o:
capital In huge corporations. and the
wonderful strides of this country toward
leadership IN the international business
world justify an urgent demand for the
creation OF such position. Substantial
~ all the leading commercial ..hodies In
this country have united II fnestinG
it's creation. II IL desirable that some
such measure as that which has already
passed the senate be enacted into law,
The creation Of such "a department would
In itself be an advance toward dealing
with and exercising supervision over the
whole subject Of the great corporations