The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-22

.,.kn7 OF the thirty.seven members
eat :. N vacation by the Committee oli
=, Which would bring the toeai
~ AN AN APPRECIATED GIFT.
!, me- secretary read d letter from J It,!
to the association, d pencil sketch Of john
NJ! Mnrsh i, made from lie. file sEo ,nn
wa, the propertYGof the family OF .l rne
la l1s CHARLES shton, OF Richinonsd: 4, lna
association adopted d resolution OF THANKS
for the portrait.
s.. st. George Tucker, OF stauntto,n. pr -,
sented Tho report OF the Comfnltte CO ~
International Arbltratlon. The repor.
contained several facts Of contem i,I "a
history calculated to encourage my "u
vocate OF the abolisl1ment Of the cou 1' -
Mars. ' 3,ls5 IN "A,
v At5tl,e conclusion Of the reading ,s o. MI
fuckers report5th convention aulou''1'' 'eo
until to-nigft6nt s o'clock
TRUSTS, AND LABOR
At the night session, j. +. l3u ~, OF
Big stone Gap, read paper On t,,,'t tu y.
clnred that ho central dea with corpora
lions WIS constructive, the man i ..,,
with labor Unions was destruct'r.e. y. ~! .,le
corporation and the trust was lor, tno
purpose Of enabling n BODY OF men ~, - =,
do what the Individual could not TO- ny !.
labor St,nion was to force m'nority.oi a
class toBdo what the majority Wlsh raeSli "
ID do. y.
The speaker enumerated the neneiits s
5nccrulng from trusts and aamltteu . ..ts
II wages were always fa'r' 't 'et "o '
A sentence aimed at William j Bryan,
provoked considerable applause from el1e
Virginia. lawyers. tF355ia iT! M
lt4@s AZ n t41orYr EPEEICti ,ttIs3gfglyaH
Mr. AMT I, .neech was IN part as fol-
lows: 81.
In the last half century tile theory
of evolution has been promu!Ea,teiue,, ~.
copied BY scientists generally am o iA1 e u
~ men of thought Of all eas nart o. Il Z
a arMp t tat wlth yd nsssps he
grentest ADVANCES which have been MAGE
IN several generations in H., many o. o. t shs
sciences have been BY .n ,o,n t WHY.
not apply these doctrines 70 the supn,eS
OF this paper, Trusts and LABOR On i, on Il;
oo not mag sgrGSs but WIN viii he 1t
Sc nterestng ed tosoo w mo honest
effort to show what the greatest Oh tn ~
ern theories has to say on tho most me I'M
portant OF living issues o,.o,,,,,,,.
living or dead, is Herbert spencer ia. -, -,
be mentioned upon which you VIII no. nue
find more o. less dseussl0'1H Having said
that regard him as the greatest a, !. :,
ity on tho subject, I need scarcely t.a: sly Ky
that have borrowed iarg ittia IRON of Whit ,
follows Is origlnal--the work which ,.l5
have attempted has simp " been 70 ae-
duce from his general conc ,,.sts, fer-
tain %particuaI COZ conclusions II 10 na WIZ
3pheno l1, ' natural growths--they are are
both the products OF evo ,hat1 ne. the
word trust Units popular sense, nnd IN
clude therein ali very largo combinations
Of capital: the original trust. whef re-
number Of corporations cu m ne arr trust 81
more recent origin. where one corpora a
ton purchases the stock OF NUMBER .9I
other corporations and the large rg ,s,ng1e1
idea Of trust. as popularity understood,
is a largo combination OF capital; and II
matters not what form the comblhatio
takes. ! =
unions are the products of EVOLUTION.
10 fully explain the definition Of eve
luton would require more time ana spa,r spa,
Suffice it to say that the central idea
units, originally alike. making ga a 81, s,nsle s
whole. and then Joining 1i, .IgG.mer an %
so on and SO on ad innnitum. and during
the process the units, originally all alike,
both In form and modes Of acton orig,
common bond become unlike IN form It
and unlike In action. and bound together
by indissoluble ties. .E}%
So likewise with COMPOUND and recon- con,
posed OF like individuals. each perform
ing all Of tho activities necessary to sup;
port life for himself ana BY himself. ana
all engaged In essentially like activities.
a tribe long WITT Cn.el,
first temporary. afterwards permanent;
who performs In n vague. uncertain and
incoherent manner al, the functl on; !, OF o
branches Of government. Later on the
chief selects his privy counsellors, his
wise men, his captains n battle and sc 80
other tribes. and eventually We have !. a
nation. with king. privy, council. parlia-
ment, judiciary. ETC., etc.
mtaney grows ess ana less az
these are engaged In the same oc;cupa-
ton. filling the soll but as evolution
progresses. some devote themselves to
farming, and these to divers kinds s., Of ?,
others hemp,s other 20 to manufacturing,
other to carrying, others to ADVISING ana
SO on.
Ere long 1t is seen that one man can
not>perform the requirements Of his call
Ing as well as two and the pa tra
cOrpOrat!oH ana lneSe BltltC t!ie lol sS' ull'
lions for Still more colossal operations.
Can Mr.. Bryan and his followers de-
stroy them? AS we'll try to dam up the
Mississippi River or check the ebb and
flow OF the tide!
We as individuals. will be the cells
this corporation the limbs this the body
this the risccra, another the lungs, anotm
er tho heart, and combination OF all
tho brains. W.
SO likewise with labor unons-they are
n natural growth, a product Of evolution
But mark you. they are not 81 me sam
parts OF lndustrialism but the function!
! Of corporation. that Isl. Its normal, cen
trail functions. arc constructive; those
the labor union are destructive, Ihc on
one is life-conscrvlng ; the other Is life
destroying, but nevertheless. " order thu
greater life may he conserved. me on
acts directly for good. when " acts nor
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