The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-03
rHELABOR PROBLEM.
Unionism Contains Huch That I@ Good
and some Bad.

and some Bad.
How to secure fair treatment alike for
labor and tor capital, how TO hold in
check the INSCRIPTIONS man, whether
employer or elnpl9ye, without weakening
individual initiative. without hampering
and crampins the industrial development
o. the country, is problem iraugnt with
great dlnculties ana one which 4 is o.
the highest Importance to solve on lines
OF sanity and far-sghted common sense
q well a s OF devotion 10 the right This
IS an era of federation and combination.
Exactly SIS business men finG they must
often work through corpora lions. and a
Il IS constant tendency OF these cor
porations to srOw larger. so il IS often
necessary for laboring men 10 Wori. in
declarations. and these have become I'm
p0TtSnt factors OF modern Industrial life.
labor can do much SCod. and as nee
~ c0rroliary thes can both 60 evil.
Opposition 10 each kind OF organization
should take the form OF opposition to
whatever is bad IN the conduct Of any
given corporation or union-not Of at
tGckS upon corporations such nor upon
Unions IS such. Tor some Of the most
far-reaching beneIceut work for our pcO-
pie has been accomplished through both
corporations and unions. Each must re-
train from arbitrary OF tyFannOus inter
terence wi-n the rights OF others. or
zarized capital and organized labor alike
should remember that in the long run
the interest of each must be brought
into harmony with the interest of the
general PUBLIC anu the conduct or eaCl
must conform 20 the fundamental rules
of obedience 10 the law. CT indy dual
freedom. and OF Justice and fair deai ng
toward all Each should remember that
N addition 70 power il must strive after
the realization OF healthy. 10y and gem
erOus ideals. Every employer. evsrv
wage worker. must be guaranteed his
Nrerty and his right 70 do as he likes
with his property or his labor so long
Is ne docs not infrnT@ up0- -7e r hts
of others 1t IS of the highest impor-
lance that employer and employe q lle
should endeaVor 70 appreciate Zach the
viewpoint Of the other and the sure dis
sster that viii come upon beth in The
long run II either grows 70 take as HABIT
trust toward the other. Few oeopie de-
serve better OF the country than those
representatives both OF capital and labor
and there are many sucE-whO work
continually TO bring about a COOS under
standing o. this kind based upon w sd0m
and upon broad and klSdlv sympathy he
tween employers ard employed Above
all we need 10 remember that any kind
IS 81 possible. even more wicked. even
more destructive to national welfare.
than sectional. race OF religious aainos-
Try. We can get good government only
uron condition that We keep true1 10 The
principles upon which his nation was
founded. and Judge each man NOT as
merits All that we have q right 70 ask
M any man. r-ch or p1or. whatever his
creed. his occrDaf or. his birthplace rr
his residence Is thai he she'll oct well
ana h5-orabir hv HE uei~hhc~ s-l hr
hia country We arc ne ths~ for tie rich
rrs~ as such ,o- COZ tho poor mar IS
such. We are fo- the vurirht ran rich
or DOOR - f.r rs tho constitutional
movers - the national gove-r-ne0r touch
those matters - $500 ~ -tt-l no
went to The rati7n thev -h0uid - oxer-
ci.ed in conformity With the prime PIES
above set forth
recommends Department OF Com
merre.
Il IS earnestly hoped that secretary Of
the catirct she rapid nuic-I .csti1u q
ero ~ 2 ard corp-eS-ty 20 Tie -rg1l Il -ors
fhr11gh which both .Sbor aEc -ap.t1l now
ma expression. she STEADY tc--eLcy tc-
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ccrrora- -u-s. ard the worcerfUl s-E-les u
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tsruat.--al ou=iness word l~ So an ur-
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merclsl bodies u th4s coGH-.y Aeye -1.ssr
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