The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-02-25
SAID BY SENATOR HANNA
Excerpts from article in February
National Magazine.

Excerpts from article in February. !.
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I have always been a firm believer
in the power of education, whether in
politics, religion or business; and
there has never been people more
susceptible to the power and influence
of education than the American peo-
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The campaign of 1896 was to me an
education, and brought home the belief
that human nature is pretty much the
same all the world over; that the fund
amental basis of right success, as it
appears to me, is fairness and Justice;
and that the simpler the proposition
can be made the more effective it is 60
ing to be with the people at large.
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There is no more engrossing ques-
tion than that of the relation between
labor and capital, which seems the
paramount issue to-day.
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With our beloved country, possessed
OF greater physical advantages than
any other portion of the globe; pos
sessed of the benefits of cosmopolitan
population; standing foresmost in the
ranks of social industry and advance
ment, we have heavy responsibility
in proportion to the blessings we en-
JOY. The tendency has been to study
economics purely from a political
standpoint, and my experience has led
me to believe that there are social and
moral phases of the relations between
labor and capital often lost sight of
in the eager pursuit of gain.
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It must never be forgotten that Or
gained labor is an older institution
than organized capital. The instinct
OF workingmen to band together to
protect themselves is no more to be
wondered at than the same instinct
when shown on the part of capital.
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The decayed code of principles and
policy that has no true harmony with
the spirit Of the age-which is Bust
ness-is passing away.
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No one who is acquainted with union
labor for the past five years can fail
to recognize the wonderful advance
ment that has been made in conserva-
tive, cool-headed, and thoroughly
practical management of these mat
tiers by the workingmen themselves.
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Every man is vulnerable in some
part, and it is a rare thing to find any
man proof against methods of kind
ness and justice. Labor organiza-
tions may be open to sharp criticism
at times, but it cannot be fairly stated
that they are always wrong. If every
man is treated as a man, and an ap-
peal made to his heart, as we'll as to
his reason, it will establish a bond of
confidence as a sure foundation to
build upon.
Fairness and justice will never agree
to the confiscation of the products of
ones mans toll in order to insure
comfort to the idle and worthless. The
old law of compensation is operative
now as ever.
No ''ism' is wanted by the Ameri-
can people that will take from any
citizen the just and equitable reward
of his labor.
Ii there is any one subperb virtue
that the American people possess it is
courage in graphing with the issues
of the future, and I do not think there
will ever be faltering note in this re-
spect, no matter what the obstacle, no
matter what the difficulty may be.
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Both capital and labor must weld
IN time to the great law of fair deal
ing, man to man. In proportion to a
mans ambitions and his ability to
earn for himself betterment of his
condition, there will be striving on
his part to attain his ideals.