Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-09
Charles Francis Adams Discusses
Labor and Legislation,
THE AMERICAN ENGINEERS.
Alfred MoseIy Tells How They sue.
ceedcd ia south Africa When
Those OF England Failed.

begun mere today. senator hanna caileu
the session to order and made an ad
dress OF welcome, liz which he said: In
extending welcome to YOU j also wish
to extend congratulations. ! am glad
to be able to say that your experiences
in the last year have proved to those
who are charged with the Responsible
ties of this work the fact that the great
mass of the American people are In
sympathy with the organization ana us
work This great Industrial question
has come 70 the surface and Is demand
ing due and careful consideration by
the people of the United States. NO
more important question claims their
attention than this one, which seeks TO
bring about better relation snip De-
tween capital and labor. The object
of this meeting today Is 10 discuss
every phase OF this question
Mayor Low made an address OF Wel-
come on behalf of the city.
Charles Francis Adams then delivered
an address, In which he said In part:
Sound and fruitful legislation can
not be improyised. 1t Is idle TO talk
in language as empty as II Is
grandiose, OF 'curbing' and regulating
potentates and powers Of such large
and yet vague character as those tat
labor and capital are now continually
bringing into the field, by any patented
method. A governmental regulation
which shall deal satisfactorily with
them must rest upon broad and well
considered basis OF experience.
1T Is equally futile to suppose that
this labor contest in which we have
been engaged and of which We have
experienced the inconvenient result FOR
so many years, Is going to be settled In
a day, or an hour, or next year. or
within the next ten years. 1t will con-
tinue with us during the remainder or
our lives and with our children after
wards We viii slowly and tentatively
approximate to satisfactory results.
Under these circumstances, IL a solu
ton, represented by proper legislative
and administrative machinery, Is ever
to be evolved II must be evolved from
q series Of wearisome ! Investigations
and reports thereon, no less judicial
and well considered than that series OF
great opinions from which the present
Constitution OF the United States mas
been slowly built up and rounded out.
Alfred Moseley explained how ne
came to bring q delegation of British
workingmen to America. When IN
South Africa he had found that Ameri-
can engineers had succeeded In mining
operations where British engineers had
failed, and later visit to the United
States had convinced him that Ameri-
can business methods We're in advance
of those of,the old country. one OF the
reasons OF this, he said, was the adop-
ton by American manufacturers OF
piece work, and another the encourage
ment offerd to brains and initiative.
There is not that close touch between
the English manufacturer and his
workmen that there Is here. Added TO
this Is the improved machinery and the
knack Of getting more out Of II than
they do on the other side. AS to short
er hours, Mr.. Moseley was of the opin-
ion that TO secure the eight hour day
the movement must be universal. Re-
strictlon Of output, he said. could not
be permitted. The speaker declared
himself against the boycott, In favor
of the freedom of man to sell his labor
to whom he desired and the organiza-
ton OF both capital and labor. There
were other things besides the question
of consumption to be considered IN con-
nection with the movement for shorter
hours. Among them were freight rates
and money exchange. As 10 the trusts,
he said. personally he did not distrust
them.
At the afternoon session Archbishop
Ireland made an address In which he
said the year almost gone had confirm
ed the originators Of the Civic fedora
ton In their conviction that they were
engaged In q great and salutary work.
that of striving to bring together, TO
put face to face. capital and labor so
that the one would understand the
rights OF the other, so that the one
would be willing TO perform Its own
duty toward the other. and that in this
manner industrial peace should be
made to reign over the country.
mo greater task today" he contin-
used, could be given TO a minister OF
Christ's gospel than TO contribute In
some little way to establish this reign
Of Industrial peace. II is not surpris-
ing that there are arising disputes and
collisions. Humanity Is entering into
q new period Of development, ard all
development and all growths in be-
ing. whether physical or moral, oriei-
nate with feelings OF uneasiness and In
a sentiment that new conditions have
been found and that the moment has
come for a new adaptabllity The con-
ditions which confront us. far from be-
ing dlscouraging. are really such as to
give hope and comfort such as 10 bring
us TO seek out solutions with all the
hopefulness Of approximate victory.
Labor, In its effort to secure for It.
self Just and reasonable proportion OF
the wealth that II and capital together
are creating, necessarily for the time
being comes somewhat into conflict
with CAPITAL. And what seems at pres
ent to threaten somewhat public peace
and TO arrest somewhat the growth OF
prosperity Is hut a precushry sign OF
greater social happiness md OF greater
social wealth II is not at one meeting.
II is not In one year. that all these
great problems can be- solved. At the
same time we must feel sure that So
luton Is coming Humanity has sufii-
Client mind aud has sufficient good will
10 settle all matters In which II Is VI
tally iptoraeta1 y