Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-09
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limitation Of Individual effort"
YES" said L. but IL does believe in
continuous shortening Of hours and
continual increase Of wages, Can
this 20 on and our Industries con-
tinue?"
Such things regulate themselves
replied Senator Hanna. The move
ments are perfectly natural ones. The
capitalist tries TO get all he can out
OF his share OF the business and so does
the workman. WIKI our enormous i'm.
migration and restricted supply OF
work there have been plenty Of labor.
ers until within the past three years
and the capitalists have had the whip
hand. They could fix the wages, and
] don't remember that they voluntarily
raised them, Within the past three
years, however there have been two
Jobs for every man. The laborer has
taken advantage OF the situation and
increased his pay and don't blame
him"
But will he not have to come down
now that the times have changed"
Yes, IN many places
"Wlll he not striker
II don't think SO without there Is
SNlllf ulNtF ltNiShu NHAll Nht ANttNNiph
owing to the hard times"
HANNA IS A UNION MAN.
III you were n working man,senator,
would you belong to Il union
Eyes, | would, but | would do all
that could to bring about closer re-
ation between my union and my en-
ployer. The sooner the laboring man
and the employer come together the
better for both laborer and employer
THAT Is what the Civic Federation Is
trying TO do, is II not?' =
"That is what the Civic Federation
Is doing" replied Senator Hanna. 1--WE
have settled great many labor dis
putes and prevented many strikes by
bringing the leaders of the union and
the representatives OF employers to-
gether. Both are beginning TO under
stand the other. The laborlng men are
becoming more conservative ana the
employers more ready to recognize Ia
Dor organizations Strikes I'm most cases
come from Observation-Disclosures some
Of the most serious ones from triiiing
disagreements. The employer and the
workingman stand face to face, each
with a chip on his shoulder, The en-
ployer feels determined not TO make an
advance toward settlement, and the
workingman Is TOO proud to do 1t,
HAS the Civic Federation any special
rules OF action IN such matters?"
None except the golden rule" replied
Senator Hanna. I'VE do not believe IN
sympathetic strikes. nor IN the boycott,
nor In the restriction of production to
enhance values
How about the man outside the un.
ion senator? What are his rights?'
'He has the right TO work and TO ex-
ercise his individual rights granted by
the Constitution Of the United States,
and he should be protected in those
rights
THE POOR PUBLIC.
But, senator" said |, II labor and
capital are TO combine. will not the pub
lie be ground between the upper and
neither millstones Of high wages and
high prices?"
1.-THE publiC!" said Senator Hanna.
what IL the public? In our country It
| IL made up Of capitalists and laborers.
| With the exception of very few every
man In the United States is an employer
or, an employe. We are all workngmen.
Some of us work with our brains and
the others with their hands, and the
employers, as rule, work the hardest"
A MODEST SENATOR.
At this point turned the conversa-
| ton to personal matters and In answer
to my questions Senator Hanna gave
me much interesting information about
| himself both as a laborIng man and n
capitalist, He referred TO certain rules
Of his business life which have UNI
| doubtedly contributed TO his great sue
! cess, and gave me other matter which