Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-05-22
THE TRACY BILL.
Senator Bradstreet Tells Why
 Should Not Become a Law.

Should Not Become Law.
 In reporting the conclusions of the committee on the Tracy incorporation bill, Senator Bradstreet, who is chair man, made the following remarks:
 Ir President: Substitute for senate bill No 152 was given hearing before the labor committee, and the commit tee has had the same under discussion. At the hearing counsel in favor of the bill was very earnest, counsel and rep resentatiyes of various labor unions just as and possibly more earnest in opposition. Those in favor of the bill argued that said bill should be placed upon our statutes and strikes would be less frequent. Boycott would become more of an obsolete weapon, our Ma. tional Guard would be more permanent and steadfast, and mob violence more easily controlled or prevented by the penalties this bill prescribed.
 In your committees opinion it would not, but would aggravate and increase the troubles, and the difficulties and misunderstanding between labor and capital still more troublesome to ad- just. Capital would feel if it did not proclaim it, that it now had hold on labor, which would cause the labor unions to dissolve, and abandon the principles of their organization. Ad hitting that this is accomplished. would 1t make him a better workman? Would it place capital and labor on firmer ground than before? Would 1t not have an opposite effect, and the love of the laborer for the employer be still less than now? Your commit tee cannot advise that free labor in our state be directed in it's various channels by statute laws, or placarded alongside of criminal acts.
 In your committees opinion, more good work. and better relations would be established between labor and capi- tai by fair minded discussion between the employer and employe. Oil is used to calm and subdue the dangerous waves of the ocean, and no one would advise the introduction of a hurricane for the purpose.
 Your committee is of the opinion that organized and incorporated capital is in the majority of cases fair and that organized labor is becoming fair. Labor has the same right to incorporate under our general law as capital, and when they think it is for their interest they will not before, and no law in our free country can make them.
 Your committee recognizes that labor can and does. go too far in its demands on capital, and there will be danger of losing the favor of public opinion. Also the goose which lays the golden egg on which the laborer must depend and subsist will be killed, and then comes the hard times, supply is much greater than the demand, labor unions will dissolve and disintegrate by their own weight, low wages and short time will be upon us, and labor will be the sufferer; capital will retire and feed upon itself and abide it's time. Labor should not forget that when capital seems to them slow in recognizing their demands that this hesitancy often comes from men who have had bitter experience. wakeful night, participated in long and earnest discussion around the directors table, what to do with their help, and this fact labor should not forget. Organized capital and or ganized labor are here to stay, both have their rights. both will enjoy years of prosperity, both will encounter years of diversity. they must go hand in hand. each loyal to the other.
 Your committee cannot but feel that good must result from the discussion over the bill and also feel that broad American spirit exists in all of our or ganizations, incorporated or not. which must eventually come to the front, and at the right time, difficulties which at times seem unsurmountable, will be adjusted on lines of fairness to all con- cerned.
 The committee was unanimous in re- jecting the bill