The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-05-09
BISHOP IRELAND:
TALKS ON PEACE.
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are fellow beings in suffering and in
want. Industrial peace, 50 desirable
in any land, is particularly so in Am
erica, in a democracy such as America
is. America, for veal or for woe, is es-
sentially an organized democracy. The
people reign. We must have the people,
the masses at large, the full citizenship
of the country, happy and contented.
We must have all classes feel that
other classes acknowledge their rights,
and are willing to think of them as well
as themselves.
When at first an organization enters
into the field Of action it scarcely knows
what is before it. A year ago the Civic
Federation was formed; to-day we have
far better conception of the possibilities
that await it. AS it u.s. we have by the
mere fact Of our organization put
strongly before the whole country the
principle Of harmony between capital
and labor. We have affected favorably
public opinion. Largely through the in
auence Of this Federation the idea is
standing between capital and labor, a
recognition of the rights of one class by
the other. At times in particular cases
we may have failed to bring peace, but
the principle was upreld. No matter
how difficult the problem, once public
opinion is committed to seeking a SOL
ution,, the solution IT'S sure to come. If
! We were tot go out OF existence to-day
as an organization, we could write as
our epitaph, "Well done, good and
faithful servant" because the Civic
Federation during it's brief existence
has held before the minds of the people
Of America the great principles of har-
mony, of peace through arbitration, of
the common brotherhood OF men.
What ts very much needed in the
country to-day we shall strive to give,
as we are giving it in our present con-
ferences-education on industrial ques-.
tons. Men who are very learned in
other things know little of coociology.
The reason is not difficult to be found.
It is a new thing. Men have not stud
led 1t heretofore. Many, though we'll
meaning, are at sea in regard to it.
Let us create a taste for thestudy of
sociology. Let the attention of the peo-
pie be concentrated upon the industrial
problems. is not so much what we
say between these four wall; it is what
our words stimulate to have said
through the country at large
!. well, what is going to happen I
hear it sometimes said. "Will there not
be revolution?" Why, not ae all; not
surely in the United States, where men
are accustomed to pubic discussion;
where men feel that the public welfare
is the browning apex OF the efforts of
all; where we all have a sense of civic
duty; where all love their country. I
am not afraid on any discussion on any
question in America. thing we shall
be able to solve all problems quietly,
and with time; but we must have pa
thence while we are solving them; for
we do not expect to give solutions, as
said before, all in a moment. have
naught but brightest hopes for indus
trial1sm throughout the world at large.
SO what has happened to-day. Inte1li-
gent men from England come to Amer
lea to study the conditions of our coun-
try. They will go back to their homes
and make reportsof what they have
seen. You notice the thoughtfulness of
those gentlemen. You notice the wish
tney nave had to arrive at the best
solutions. And what is happening in
England is happening more or. less in
other countries. No doubt we hear of
perils to come from extremists. When
ever there is any movement extremists
will attach themselves to it. We are
at times very singular. We want every
movement to be perfect in all its step
pings. That is possible. There will be
extremists on the side Of labor. as there
Will. be on the side OF capital This
! does not mean to say that capital has
not it's rights, that labor has its rights.
that labor and capital will not be al
lowed their rights. There is q better
day coming. And who will not rejoice.
be he laborer or capitalist, be he rich
or poor, in the Prospect that the multi
tudes the millions, are to see rising be-
fore them a. brighterSsun For let us
say. what we Will:<of to-day or to-mor-
row, I'm past ages the children of toll
have had a hard lot. The time has
come when we feel that the masses Of
humanity i are to be- better cared for,
The time has come when rights shall
be given to every man, 1 to every child
because these Il hts are e divine Gre
alton and men canno hold back from
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