The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-05-09
BISHOP IRELAND
TALKS ON PEACE
Tells Civic Federation That 1t Could Be Engaged i'm
No Greater Work for Cod and Man,
Aims Of Both Capital and Labor to Get Better Condi
tions. Prosperity Depends on Good Feeling of Both

itself; we must have confidence in the
All-ruling Providence which has placed
humanity upon this earth, and which
directs it toward it's ultimate goal.
And so we enter hopefully into the
discussion Of relations between capital
and labor. Men come together, repre-
senting the, different classes Of society.
employers and employees as we'll as
what is called the general public, and
they say: LET us see what Is to be
DONE" This is much: for earnest seek
ing is half the finding.
The manner Of proceeding of the Ci-
vic Federation commends it to us. It
would not do to have the capitalists
by themselves. 1t would not do to
have laborers by themselver, for the
simple reason that one party not know
ing the mind Of the other, would be
likely to be one e-sided in its conslusions,
more or less baised by self interest
and prejudice. Bring both classes to-
gether; let them meet frequently. If
anything more were to be desired in the
methods Civic Federation, it would be
that it's members would come more fire.
quently to gether. The world is moving
on at such a rapid pace, industrialism
is taking such tarifffo strides, that it
is scarcely enough to hold one meeting
a year to ask what may be done, what
thoughts may be put out befor the
country. But however often or how
ever seldom the members meet, certain
ly the method chosen is a proper one,
that OF bringing representatives OF diff
ferent classes together. It is the test
of civilized people to act in this man.
ner. In barbarous days men never
thought Of asking their opponents what
rights were on their side. The one
question was to rush quickly upon the
enemy and extinguisl them. Not 80
where civilization reigns. The question
is, What is it that is right? What is it
that justice suggests? We know better
what justice suggests when we have
heard both sides:
Certainly the proaperity- -ot the :coun-s
try demands zSss Ss that las RAPIDLY AZ
|Ipossibl elasses come under.
Ilate strike tlle Efonss iaass t6ns
! III the :countr The amount of money
! lost--of money unearned, is beyond cal
culations. The owners of the mines
have lost immense sums; the miners
! have deprived themselves of earning
from four or five or six months: the
public at large has suffered. IF the
strike had continued a little longer the
| whole country would have entered into
! the rigors of the winter season with
danger Of untold suffering. Now sure
| ly there is no lover Of this country, no
! lover Of his kind, who will not say
| that it is his duty to do all that he can
| to prevent any such insidents occurring
| in America. Let us hope and trust
| that the lessons derived from this late
| strike are such that a strike OF this
| kind will henceforward be an impos-
sibility. Let us SO educate the country
| at large upon this question that all
shall feel that their first duty is peace,
union and harmony. We are doing a
work Of patriotism. What is it that
! gives us a great and good country? It
! is not victories on battle f1elds-glorious
| as these are. What we need for great
country is happy, contented people,
| and what we need in order to have a
| happy, contented people is a good un-
| derstanding between all classes Of the
! people. This has been the misfortune
Of humanity; it 50 easily divides into
| separate classes. One class thinks only
| Of itself and how it may prey more
easily upon the other. There will be no
| happy people until all realize the great
| truth dictated by reason, dictated by
religion, that, we are all brothers; that
no one can find happiness, II he must
consider that not far from him there
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