The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-07

the States alone can deal. and where all that
the National Government can 90 IS to cooperate
with them. The same Is true OF the education
of the American farmer. number Of the States
have Themselves started to help In this work
and the Department Of Agriculture does an i'm
nnsnse amount which Is In the proper sense OF
the word educational. and educational in the
most practical
II is therefore clearly true that q great ad-
vance has been made in the direction CT finding
farmer 20 help himseif--the only Kind OF help
which a self-respecting man will accept. or
may add. which will in the end do him any
SOod Much has been done In these ways. and
farm life and farm processes contnunlly change
for the better. The farmer himself stIll retains.
because OF his surroundings and the nature Of his
work. 10 q pre-eminent degree the qualities
which we ike 10 think Of distinctly American
In considering our early history.
The man who tills his own farm,
whether on the prairie or I'm the
we eat and the raw material which
is worked mp into what we wear, still
s, ,ss more nearly Inder INC cona,-
battled farmers" of '78 made this
country n Nation than ts true of any
But the waEe-workers in our cities,
like the capitalists In our cities, sece
totally changed conditions. The de-
velopment of machinery and the ex-
traordinRry change I'm business con-
ditions have rendered the empioy-
ment of capital snd of person. In
able but often necessary for success,
and have specialiIed the lnbor of the
they have brought great aEgrega-
tions of wage workers together.
More and more I'm our Erent indus
trial centers men have come to real
ize that they cannot live ms independ-
emily of one another M in the old
days was the case everywhere, ana ms
trtcts.
OF course. fandamsntaIly each msn VIII ye,
ind that the chief factor In determinias bis sue,
ndiyidua GgSiitis. He eannos = sT1.a to h9'' his his
Certain OBJECTS 5 IS he unites with bis fellow. Much
among % %sse " ToTEsTs finally somethins can Be
done by The direct action of the state Z,
terference OF the state should be deemed legit-
innate and when illegitimate.
STATE CONTROL
The line Of demarcation between unhealthy
oeyerinterfeTeHee e and unhealthy ass q rrsulas-
the change in our Industrial needs
Most certainly we should never In
woke the Interference of the State or
.a1yo nn,on bat nnie r. 4, tau.riy sGue shs, wsep
confident of its necessity we shouid
not on academic Ereunds refuse IL.
. Il sS S1 1S' .ns to 70 tGssS sse ss ss@pSS
ployes against the effects Of cuipahie negligence
iSterss, sns n re uaFeWofEer but in the interest
Of the honest and humane employer. who should
being exposed to unchecked competition with an
qnseruPglOgs rival Il Is far, far more s dlfisult 70
than with the sreed that works through viciencs,
made.
Very much Of our effort in reference to labor
70 Try 70 secure a constantly better understanding
between EMPLOYER and employe Byerything pos
and fellov-feelinE between them, and every
chance taken to allow s.fh 70 look az al CUES
what through the others eyes: II met with q
II there is Furthermore. power by each 70 appre-
ciate the Others standpoint. the chance for
suppose every thinking man rejoiees when
by mediation or aThitration Il proves Rossible q
bitterness caused by strikes: Moreover. a con-
trO1sie Is IN iss beginning. or at least has not
come 10 a head When the break has actually
s sore sha sny hss and Is i sies 10 'es zee
them toSether-difneult to make either forget is
other II possible the effort a. Cancellation Or
earlier STAGES. and should be marked By the wish
on the part OF both sides 20 try TO come TO a
sres q he essr Tne s a. as sa sf ,s link IN the
WORK OF MEDIATION.
When we deal with such subjec; ~. are
sei Is'5C1 IN n. CoTs ss.i t has Just ben e9sd
fan a. the time when ths coal strike In the an
disaster sseoSd 10 none which has sefsIIen n" US
since the days Of the Civil War. Their report
was made just before the Senate adjourned at
the special session; and no Government docu-
ment Of recent years makes more important
piece OF work better done. and there II none
people.
The commission consisted Of seven as good men
as were 10 be found In the country. representing
the bench. the church the army, the professions.
the employers and the employed They acted as
unit and the report which they unanluousiy
signed Il a masterpiece Of round common stnfe
and Of sound Doctrine on the very questions with
which our people should most deeply concern
themselves.
The Immediate effect of this COM
missions uDpoizfmeEt and action
was of vast and fncaleuInble benefit
to the naffoni but the ultimate effect
will be even better, ~ capitalist.
wage-worker, and iawmaker alike
will take 10 heart and act upon the
lessons set forth In the report they
hsve made.