The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-09
GREAT PROBLEM
OF THE PRESENT
Civic Federation Discusses Cap
itaI and Labor.
THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING
MARK HANNA PRESIDED AND
MADE OPENING ADDRESS.

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-The first annual
IN meeting Of the industrial Depart
ment of the National Civic fedora
ton was begun here today Senator
Hanna called the session &c order ana
made an address of welcome. in which
he said: In extending welcome 70 you
/ also wish to extend congratulations
am glad to be able 10 say that your eN-
periences in the last year nave proved
10 those who are charged with the r.
spOnsibilities of this Work the LdCC lll1tl
the great mass of the American people
are in sympathy with the organization
and its work This great industrial quSs-
ton has come 10 the surface ana i 1e-
msnding due and careful conslderaIlSe l
by the people of the United states; ~
mora important question claims their AZ
tention than this one. which. seeks ~
bring about better relationship osI"s S5rI
capital ard labor. The object OF tnls
meeting today is to discuss every Phase
Mayor Low made an address Of vel
come on behalf Of the city
Mr. Adams Address.
Charles Francis Adams then delivered
an ADDRESS. in which he said IN part
Sound and fruitful legislation CANNOT
he improvised It is idle TO talk IN IAN
suase as empty as il Is grandloSe- OF
'curDins' and regulating pOtentates ana
powers of such large and yet vague chdF-
acter as those that labor and capltdI are
now continually bringing into the Lelus
by any patented method n goFerIiheIll-
al regulation which Shall oeaA 50 t 49,
tOrfiy with them must rest upon q BIOdu
and wei considered basis OF experience
1T is equally futile 70 suppose tnaS
this labor contest in which we nave oeel
engaged and of which We have expert
enced the incOnvenient result Tor 50
many years. is going 10 be setLeo . IN {. Z
day. or an hour, or next year, or WItLlin
the next ten wears. II viii commune Win
US during the remainder OF our lives ana
with our children afterwards we VIII
~. nd nrs1rf T~f1fy
satisfactory results Under these CIR
cumstances, If a solution, represented Dy
a proper legislative and ADMINS = ave .tlll
machinery. is ever to be evolved, II must
be evolved from a series OF WeariSo1he
Investigations and reports thereon, no
less judicial and vel CONSIDERED IHaH
that series of great opinions from whlch
the present constitution of the Jhileq
states has been slowly built up and
rounded out"
A British Delegate.
Alfred Moseley explained how he came
to bring delegation of British workIng-
he had found that American engineers
had succeeded in mining Operations
where British engineers had fallea, ana
a later visit 70 the United states mao cCll-
WINGED him that American business
methods We're in advance OF those or the
old country. One Of the reasons OF TINS
he said was the adoption by American
manufacturers of piece work. ana an
other the encOura cement offered 70
brains and initiative. There Is not lnAI
close touch between the English manu-
facturer and his Workmen that there IS
here Added TO this is the improved ma
chinerv and the knack of getting more
AS 10 shorter hours, Mr.. Moseley was
of the opinion that TO secure the elsht-
hour day the movement must pc UNI
versaI. Restriction OF output, ne SsId5
couId not be permitted The speaker de-
clared himself against the boycott, IN
favor of the freedom of man to sell MS
labor to whom ne desired and the b Or
ganzatiOn of both capital and labor-
There were other things besides the
question of consumption to be considered
in connection with the movement Tor
shorter hours. Among them were freight
rates and money exchange As TO the
trusts. he said, personally he did not dis
trust them.
Archbishop Ireland.
At the afternoon session Archbishop
Ireland made an address in which ne
the OriginatOrs of the civic federation in
their conviction that they were engaged
IN great and SaluJaTy work that OIL
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 10 per
form its cwn duty toward the other and
that in this manner industrial peace
should be made 70 reign over the coun-
mo greater task today he continued,
I would be given 10 a minister of Christ :
gospel than to contribute in some little
way to establish this reign Of Industrial
peace 1t is not surprising that there
are arising disputes and collisions Hu-
mainly is entering into new period OF
development. and all development and
all grOWths in a being, whether physical
or moral, originate with feelings of IN
easiness and in 2 sentiment that new
conditions have been found and that the
moment has come for a new adaptablHty-
| The conditions which confront Us, tar
from being discouraging, are really Such
as 10 give hope and comfort, such as TO
bring US to seek out solutions with all
the hOpefulness of approximate victory.
Labor, in its effort 10 secure Tor IL
self a Just and reasonable proportion or
the wealth that il and capital together
are creating. necessarily for the time be
ing comes somewhat into conflict with
capital And what seems at present 10
threaten somewhat public peace and 10
arrest somewhat the growth OF prosper
ity is but n precursOry sign of greater
social happiness and of greater social
wealth. 1t 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 solution
is coming. Humanity has sufficient mind
and has sufficient good viii 10 settle ali
matters in which it is vitality Interested