New-York tribune., 1903-06-09

shifts. fewer bricks in the hod, ana "neL ~
is denied promptly call for an arbitration no"
the essence of an arbitration. the only object OF
an arbitration. is TO settle the fnlne, setue -
quick and make people contented again. but
how they be contented unless they get n
least some part of what they claim? In Ordinary
disputes between individuals or classes an arDl-
tration that didn't give something to oolh sue
would be unheard Of An arbitration that
doesn't more or less split the difference would
be unusual So the natural end OF 1t is that the
Walking Delegate gains the approvai OIL ms Peo
pie and strengthens his position by showing that
he earned his salary his Society gains some
thing out of his new demand, where, TN ne IA
vented it nothing had been expected or Wanteu
or thought of: aud the employer satns-well' ne
gains settlement for the time being any way,
till the Walking Delegate thinks CT somelhIhS
else
Exactly the same results may be expected
when an employer, being in the wrong III
dispute with his worzmen, induces thefIl 70 70 %
sent to arbitration, excepting that then !Gu
have another influence coming in to rnodiiy me
outcome-the instructive sympathy an llSh1
minded men feel for the weaker side IN cohtto-
versy. Very nearly the same results may be eH-
pected when among contending capitalists the
one who is getting and deserves the worst OF II
calls for arbitration. No wonder a[pIlL@ at
ton with all its recognized merits ana It's oeheI
icent successes, has come 10 be held at pre-
MUM by the side that is in the wrong; start
ing with nothing that side must generally come
out with something. anyway, to the good.
BRIGHTER SIDE.
Here I must bring TO a close these too pToliN
illustrations of the changing temper and prac-
t;ce of our people as we have been drifting out
OF sight of those old American safeguards OIL
Faith and Purpose. But let no heaTer Tor one
moment forget that there is another side TO the
picture. Admitting all faults and 1ncohslsteH-
Cies and hysterical alterations of heat ana coid
our people are still the freest most generous, -
most active and daring, our country Is sun III
our eyes the best the sun shines on. But we
should be less it's admirers. less loyal ana less
useful its citizens. If we did not iace lie
known facts with open eyes. Remember, 100
that what see is but in the dawn or our ne"
century and befora our entire national existence
! Irr -Ia-o
Psalmist assigned for two human lives. When
get little nearer national maturity ana ana
when the gigantic forces of the Twentieth Cen
tury are really under full headway, where IS al
that incessant restless fever of change TO letd
When the physical and moral whirl IN Which Our our
national character is taking shape becomes stlll
greater: when the marvels of the past half cen
tury have become the commonplaees or even the
rejected CruditieS of the next; when the IorceS
of steam are Obsolete and electricity is the SLOW
est power we deal with; when our population in
stead of merely eighty millions approaches two
hundred millions it surely must long before
the end of the century, the scientific advances
which such Gn age will count miraculous
burst upon u.s. what is the poor human AIneri-
can to do in his present fever and with his
present nerves, but with fvefold greater powers
placed in his hands, and fvetoId greater aIteno
ton and capacity demanded for their control!
II sixty years ago the free forces and rushlng
advance of the Republic urgently needed the
regulation of q powerful and learned Gonserva-
tive BODY who can overestimate the necessity
for such service now?
THE FIRST ESSENTIAL REMEDY.
When you ask how it is TO be rendered one
cannot be mistaken in turning first to those
priceless qualities in any sound national Ife'
whose tendency to decay we noted at the out
set. Give back TO Dur Faith Give back 10
d serious and worthy Purpose Restore sane
views of life. OF our own relations 10 H. anu q
our relations to those who share II with US
Moderation in our conceit of our own almlghti-
ness will surely follow moderation in the intol-
Grant assertion OF our rights moderation in
meddling with the rights of others some ten
dency to thought before action, some continuity
Of conduct personal and public, and some reIer-
ence Of policy TO enduring principle
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
The speaker then traced few of the many fields
In which large bodies of educated women could
further make their conservative influence at the
outset effective for good: saying in part:
Perhaps the same influence may even pene-
trate cttadels powerfully entrenched, those OF
evils that come from the i'll judged excesses OF
the best of people. 1t may possibly infuse mod
Grafton into our new and admirable devotion 10
athletics and rescue US from those vagar1es or
sport run mad that have made the tootbah
teacher more important in our universities than
the professor Of chemistry of philosophy and
the record of the cinder track the essential thing
rather than the baCcaaureate degree.
Harder task yet, II may restore sanity TO our
charity mad; may teach US the infinite harm
that turks in lazy way of Kidding ourselves
from each casual beggar with careless quarter
In. cad OF a careful inquiry; and may eyen
after a time. stop the premium put upon
crime and Crankiness when We build palaces for
our lunatics and criminals, and sustain them
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luxury far beyond the average of what the tax
payers who must meet the bills can afford for
themselves. Under your guidance the moderate
conclusion may in fact be reached that even
for sweet charty's sake the upright. industrious
NeW-York farmer or mechanic or skopkeeper is
not bound to house and feed the crank and the
criminal better than he can he children of his
lons and the wife of his bosom.
Outside the immediate and inestimable effect
on the family the conservative power Of edu-
Gated women will naturally show its first and
perhaps its chief influence in the next greatest
t1a hat he V-Or hat O
social life They will surely help to check its
degradatio They may make it regain its
soothing relaxation and its benign stimulus for
the best in every one. They may even give
back to Society the inspiration it once had for
the leaders of the worlds work They will GER
tainly correct the prevalent vicious conception
of it's real scope They will reject the notion
that it is sort of trade to which a few devote
themselves as most others do to the other pur-
suits of life; that thus there are, in the vulgar
phrase of the day. society women. just as there
are shop women. cleaning women. and that
each class must stick to its trade!-that, in fact,
what is called our best Society is strictly linn
tied sort of trades-union. unfrendly the ad
mission of apprentices not coming from its own
ranks, and that 1t is an imperative necessity
for outsiders with social aspirations TO force
their way into il by push and nOtOriety. trick
and device if they would avoid social eXttnc-
tion! From this degrading conception comes the
constant craze for newspaper publicity, and
every other form of publicity; from this the
paltry scheming the vulgar push. the endless
fattery and insincerity and loss of self-respect
/ by foolish aspirants who seem all the time 10
ignore or be unconscious of the bighting in
| fuence in the glare and heat and dust OF such
an arena upon all the finer qualities that make
woman adorable and human life attractive. If
the conduct of the so-called inner circles of
Society has sometimes seemed to justify this
| brazen uprOar at their gates, so much greater
! the demand for the conservative influence and
! the real refinement that come from the high
! training of superior women.
When higher ideals do return, the powerful
! influence of educated women will surely array
ia ,I.. Lafore tha hest of their ser in com
I ,far,x oTnI