The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-04-23

paper which has met the endorsement
of % per cent of the manufacturers as
being a fair exposition Of the socialis-
tic tendency and what Carroll u.
Wright calls The damnable practices
of trades unionism, AMI makes what
[ think the country viii hold as poor
attempt to answer it. He reads a sec
ton from this paper then denies it Is
true. and turns around after sneerlng
at the writer and says in the manner OF
an ordinary stump speaker; Boys.
isn't that SOP OF course, the boys SEND
up an uproarious shout of approval
then he patted this man on the back
and then that one, called Mr.. Shaffer
Brother and otherwise conducted him
self as the presiding genius OF a Nerlt-
able love feast This method of dis
posing of one of the most serious ques-
lions of the day probably takes with
the kind of men that he was addressing
but I can not help feeling that the rest
of the country would have been better
satisfied with more dignlned treat
ment of the labor problem
after the manner of a pettifogging
LAWYER he picked out couple of para
graphs of my report. held them up 10
ridicule and then passed on TO MS own
ideas as to joint agreement and the
legal responsibilities of labor unions,
evading all the main points brought out
in nv address. Il there is AWNING
more in Mr. Hanna's speech fail to
find it.
what has Mr. Hanna to say about
fixing the wages by artificial methods?
Tbo4e Is the root of the whole matter
If it is right that one class of Workme1
should have their wages hXed afpi-
frarily then it is only Just that the
va yes of all classes should be fixed III
the same manner. I have heard it said
that had it not been for Mr. Hanna ana
/ mis- Civic Federation the antnraclte
strike would have been settled without
the crushing losses that fell upon the
! Of 10
How does Mr.. Hanna make the re-
port of the mining commission conform
/ to his ideas Of justice? That report
/ believe states that the wages of the
miners were found to compare favor
ably with the pay of EMPLOYEES IN other
industries. and yet. despite this finding.
( the commission granted an advance OF
( 10 ser cent
II am surprised to see that Mr. Hanna
so fatty denies the proposition that or
+ gained labor is founded on the prin-
ciple of force, when every day furnishes
/ denaonstra ton in proof of my charge
/ The only reason why the anthracite
miners received wage scale contss-
sedly out of proportion to what similar
labor gets elsewhere IS because they
were able to compel its granting by
fo-ce-
I wish it thoroughly understood that
7 am not against the individual work
man getting the highest price for his
labor that industrial conditions VIII
/ permit. nor am l against organized Ia
bcr per Sc. What ! do oppose. however,
is any system that seeks to pry up
wages by the use of artificial methods
or -hysical force by strikes hoycotts,
joint agreements coercion. etc. I de-
clare that the arbitrary adjustment OF
wages is radically wrong If Mr.. Hanna
is not encourag ing chaos in wage rela
/ tons. what is he doing2 [ maintain
that free industry CONDITIONS are essen-
tial to the highest progress. and that
ONLY under such conditions can the Ia
I boring classes horre to receive the high
est reward for their toll On account
OF the false economic ideas preached BY