The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-31
Bishop Potter on the Rights Of
the Consumer and the Cap
italist-Labor, as all
Elephant Moved ..8
.t by Golden
Wheel.

Z tCopyright. 1904. by Frank q Carpcnter)
NIy1v DIRK, Jan 29.--1 give you to-day
4 Tho views,So OF twb OF the nblest dlvines
OF tho country on tho struggle which Is
now going 81, between labor and capital.
Tho men are especially noted as think
ers and thoy arc the best friends of the
public one is Bishop Henry G. Potter,
tho head OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church OF New York and tho other james
Cardinal Gibbons. the Chicf OF Roman
Catbolcsm on the North American con-
tlnent. ISL &
"A TALK WITH BISHOP POTTER.
Il was In Ills apartment on west 4otll
street that i met Bishop Potter. Going
MP tho elevator. Il was takenfinto little
reception room vailed with books and fur
nished In blue as delicate as that OF the
blue room OF thc5Whito House. a sawed
Dff boy in buttons took my card to the
bishop and moment later toll,
straight, broad-shollldcred man In cleri-
rul dress stood before me. 1t was Blshon
I'o,tcr.s1 should have known that he was
prca cher had I met him In the midst of
broadway instead OF there In his study.
He looks the eminent divine. HIS head "a
big, his forehead high and broad: his side
style and the words drop from his lirs 10
\ clean cut that they nndh me think OF q
coppcr-plate engraving. I had written
him my desire for tho Interview. and in
response to my questions he began at
once.
THE struggle now going on between
labor and capital Is n serious one, said
Ec.s but | have no doubt but that time
and the forces at Issue will bring 1t to o
sticcessful conclusion. Neither tho labor
unions nor the employers seem to regard
{ ! Ia, o+auf Taf IN
that the majority OF our people are
laborcrs nor capitalists. Tho capital class
is small and 1t is estimated that there
are 10000 people dependcnt on the wages
s or organized In Dor. We have a population
OF eighty millions, so that there are seven
ty-slx millions outside. That seventy.
six millions may allow organized labor to
Inconvenience them for time, but they
will never permit 1t to rule. AS soon as the
Inconvenience becomes too great they will
rise up In arms and put an end to tone
way or another. n don't think the labor
unions realize this. They don't seem to
appreciate the fact that they may raise
a spirit OF antagonism to their cause"
you mean that they may make the
people hate them r. As5 # 35. TEA
Yes mean Just that" said the bishop.
HOW LABOR DOES NOT CREATE 7
CAPITAL.
but Bishop Potter said I. THE labor
er is certainly worthy OF his hire. 1t Is
labor that creates the wealth Of the
country, and 1t would seem TO me that
labor ought to fight for Its rights
Yes" replicdt Bishop Potter. TT should.
provided 1t knows what its rights are. It
ridiculous. however. TO say that the
/, wealth OF the United States has been
crcuted by mere muscular force. that's by
the work OF the day laborer. Such work
alone has created no considerable part OF
our wealth. The men who furnish II
might toll athousand years II they could
than at the end OF the first day or the
frs week They have their everlasting
daily wants to devour their daily produce
ton, and 1t Is only when foresight. extra
ordinary ability and the genius OF inven-