Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-15

New Orleans, La, April l5.-lnterest
IN toaay's session Of the National AS
ISOLATION Of Manufacturers centered in
the report Of the resolutions committee,
which was expected TO result In def
mite understanding as to the attitude
the association will take toward or
ganized labor. The committee held
three sessions last night and began It's
labors early this morning, but the an
nouncement was made that II would be
unable to complete its report at the
agreed hour, II a. M, and the chairman
expressed the belief that the report
could not be made until late In the
afternoon
When the forenoon session was called
to order, Hon Carroll d. Wright was
Introduced and given a hearty recep-
ton.
President Roosevelt had been invited
TO attend, ana Ia declining named MIR.
Wright 70 represent him.
WEIGHTS ADDRESS.
Mr. Wright said In part;
"rhe combination has in Il all the
elements Of the corporation, for II 10
simply an enlarged corporation, en-
bracing more elements more factors
and therefore It is more powerful for
good or evil than the corporation OF
a quarter Of century ago But II
recognizes In It's development an effort
to democfatlze industry Like a great
department store, II dem0cratizes the
handling OF goods and enables the pur-
chaser To secure In one place all that
he may need In his shopping tour. The
great combination enables society 20
secure It's commodities on a more sta
Bile basis than under the previous
methods. Its evils are those Of man
agement and not OF constitution. These
evils may be handled by law and by
society. We need not fear them. for
when the combination does not seek
the common good and does not accom-
plish by its methods and its machin-
cry Of production and distribution the
welfare Of society. society itself viii
take care Of the matter II Is the
result of the development Of the idea
Of associated force. and therefore UNI
der IL industry has secured greater
power than II has ever received.
CHANGED CONDITIONS.
Conversely, the single workingman,
working by the side of his employer,
was his employers personal associate,
but as the employer developed into the
firm, and the firm into the corporation
and the corporation into the combina-
tion, the single workingman has devel-
oil cir 10 mo
the employe Of the Inn with a larger
number Of fellow wCrkmen Then he
became the employe OF the corporation
and the personal relation that previous
~ existed was weakened or severed.
Now he Is grouped as the fellow en-
ploye of thousands and thousands un-
der the great combination where he is
still farther removed in a personal way
from his employer
Does this mean harm or does II
mean good? The answer to this ques-
lion depends entirely upon the attitude
Of the two parties In the new tela-
ton.
ECONOMIC LAWS.
Capital may receive now and then
an eXhorbitant increase in the way Of
profits or of interest and wages may
be raised or depressed artlhcially but
under all normal conditions the profits
TO capital and the remuneration to
labor will be regulated by positive
economic laws: but u csc laws are more
elastic than natural laws. and hence
disturbances, misu7 Ierstandings and
bitterness arise Cd the whole, how
ever the remuneration to capital is
constantly decreasing and that to labor |
constantly increasing, This IS the re-
suit so far as capital Is concerned, |
OF the accumulation Of wealth which |
may be turned into active and produc
tive capacity and so far as wages are |
to the increased standard |
Of living, resulting from education and !
culture which follows Il.
THE growth Of the sentiment under |
lying The principles of justice outlined |
belongs more thoroughly 10 the pres I
ent than to any preceding age, and |
when overcome the labor difficulties, |
which harass the public njure the /
workman and damage capital With /
the ethical spirit finding a Judgment
the antagnnisms and the anlmosities /
will be softened II not removed.
FROM IGNORANCE TO INTELLI-
GENCE.
'The workingman has risen from Ig- !