The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-09
ARBITRATION
BOARD FAVORED
Bishop spaIding Speaks in
Favor of the Foss Bill.
STRIKES ARE DEMORALIZING
CAPITAL AND LABOR SITUATION
NOT IMPROVING.
STRIKES ARE DEMORALIzING

iAIAsHINGToN, April 6.-Bishor
w Spalding of Peoria, a member OF
the anthracite coal strike COM
| mission, today urged the plan of arbi-
tEatlon contained in the Foss bill, be-
lore the house committee on labor.
Inc bill provides for permanent
board of arbitration to which shall
De referred disputes between labor and
capital. Volney w. Foster briefly con-
Guided his remarks begun at the last
nearing of the bill, Mr.. Foster took
President Gompers of the American
| Federation of Labor 10 task for op-
posing the bill. He quoted Mr.. Com
pers as favoring arbitration in
speech before the Civic Federation in
New York in December, 1901, and then
referred to Mr.. Gompers' statement be-
fore the committee at the last meet
ing to the effect that strikes are
good thing
John Mitchell, of the coal miners.
and James Duncan. first vice presi-
Gent of the American Federation of
LABOR, were. quoted in favor of ar
Duration in their public utterances.
Inc latter statement of Mr. Com
pers, and also of Daniel Davenport.
representing the Anti-Boycott associ-
atlon, IN favor Of strikes and lock-
outs, Mr.. Foster believed. were in
spired In the first instance by the per-
ing them.
"The Strike is He'll
Answering questions by Acting Chair
man Vreeland, Bishop Spalding said |
1t was not his opinion that the pro- |
posed tribunal would ever be called
upon to determine the question of
what is legitimate profit for the in
vestment of capital. Its province
Wouid De 10 settle disputes as to hours
treatment and pay of employees by the
eLnployer "A fair wage. he said. was
ueIilanued IN the soft coal mines of
the west by the conditions in the mines
and the cost of living. Where hlrsi1
ness did not permit of a living wage
according to the American standard
Oh living, that business ought To close
up, declared the bishop.
=, would say, he continued "as
IS hell" '''0 s'ilAe
Conditions Not Improving.
Men who went out on strike went
pack injured morally, and not tbe
same men. The children of strikers
l i peen taught to taunt children of
'ther Workmen. The condition between
dpItal ana TABOR We're not improving.
ie sdlo' although he believed the an
hraclte coal strike commission had
accomplished good results He re-
erred to the present labor troubles
n colorado. San Francisco and Chi
ago. THESE conditions were blocks TO
etlerlng the general conditions of
he country.
II was becoming more and more
lahlIest that capital and labor were
iterdependent on each other"
Asked If he did not think that. con-
ltlons were improving as to Iawless-
ess' Bishop Spalding said that it did b
OF seem SO to any extent He said
le rlotous conditions during the anth-
tclte strike were not as bad i'm this z
spect as the newspapers had made 81
lem, although there was picketing Il
ID always would be in strikes. y
Il don't think there is in America y
~ class of employers who deliberate 81
40 their men wrong" declared 81
shop Spalding. " 81
The bishop said he believed the Il
nerican people to be people of good e
III toward labor and the distressed. d
believed the people free from an x
chistlc IDEAS, and said that the ten D
ncy TO Socialism is only in a minor 81
~ He regarded permanent tri-
nal of greater value than one created
each case of dispute. II
lie did not believe, he said, i'm SYM "a
thy strikes. When asked if he would
ny labor organizations the right 70 d
Ike, he replied that the right "a E
Ike was the one weapon of labor or
nizations, and to deny that right n
uid be to deny the right TO organ
but the great object sought" he
led is 10 bring about peaceful set
ments without strikes" Labor or K
llzations, he said had accomplished b
Oh good. He is satisfied that any &
sldent would appoint non-parti- n
tribunal He had asked Mr.. Mitch 81
II labor organizations would thrive
hey LOST the approval OF public opin-
and Mr.. Mitchell replied that thew n
aid not, but would dislntegrate. K