The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-23
SOCIALISM AND
LABOR UNIONS
Notable Magazine Article Writ.
ten by Senator Hanna.
WORK OF CIVIC FEDERATION
EVERY NAN SHOULD BE TREAT
ED as A MAN.

Boston, Jan. 32.-SeEator Hanna con-
/ tributes 10 the February number Of the
National Magazine Of this city an art
Gle on Socialism and the Labor
Unions
After expressing his belief in the
power OF education over the American
people and declaring that the basis Of
right success is fairness and justice.
Senator Hanna writes:
There is no more engr0ssing quss-
ton than that Of the relation between
labor and capital which seems the par
amount issue today. The instinct IF
working men 10 band together to pro-
tect themselves is no more to be Won
dered at than the same instinct on the
part Of capital Now, nay plan is 90
have organized union labor American
lied in the best sense and thoroughly
educated TO an understanding Of its re-
sponsibiliues, and in this way 20 make
&c the ally of the capitalist, rather than
"a foe with which to grapple-
1T is often asked what is to becoirs
Of The non-organized consumer IL an
amicaDie alliance IS made between labor
and capital2 But every man belongs
to the one or the other group; for that
matter, he is likely TO belong 20 both.
Civic Federation.
II took some time TO consider TIE
work OF the civic federation, and am
firmly convinced that it is the object TO
/ which Z desire 10 consecrate the re-
naming years of my life. 7 fully ap-
preciate that it Is a long struggle. but
/ the progress already made under the
lmOtto of the civic federatiOn-the Cod
/ en- Rule-nas surpassed even my most
sanguine expectations. and I am SUE
/ that the American people viii sustain
q policy based upon the highest moral
and social impulse which viii eliminats
1.-THE passionate prejudiCes that now exist
between capital and labor"
/ Discussing some of the objects Of the
/ civic federation, Senator Hanna writes:
Changed Conditions.
Until within a comparatively few
years big capitalists or the employing
! interests have had the advantage be
I cause there were more WOrkmen than
[ there was work. But conditions have
1 changed, and for every workman, on an
/ average, there are two jobs now in tn5
/ heyday Of cur prosperity, and it is ex-
peeting too much of human nature TO
suppose that workinguien snail not de-
( sire "A larger share OF the profits. Has
not this motive been the stimulating M
! centive OF the men who are making
business affairs? No one who is az
/ QUsinted with union labor for the past
I FIVE years can fail to recognize the WOE-
derful advancement that has been made
/ in conservative. cOOl-headed and thor
/ Oughly practical management OF these
matters by the workingmen themselves.
Labor organizations may be open Ia
sharp criticism at times. but it cannon
be fairly stated that they are always
wrong. If every man is treated Is a
man. and an appeal made To his heart
as well as TO his reas son. it viii establish
q bond of confidence as a sure foun-
dalton TO build uDon- While labor
unions may have been a curse TO Eng
land, I believe that they viii prove a
boon to our own country when a prop
ct basis of confidence and respect is e.
tabiished.
Menace Of Socialism.
''The menace of today, as view ii. Is
the spread OF a spirit of socialism, one
of those things which is only half I'M
derstood and is more or less used TO in
flame the popular mind against all IL
dividual initiative and personal energy,
/ which has been the very essence OF
American progress. There IS a spirit
OF cooperation or community OF inter
ests, which some people may ConfOund
with socialism, that is making Roadway
. Z
for political ar financial reasons TO ad-
vOcste the whole programme Of Euro
fpean socialism. ha win find little PROF.
pec5 of the seeds taking root in Amer
lean soil. This, I think, was demons
strated very cOnclusiveIy in the ono
campaign where higher socialism was
brought forth as on issue.
Law Of Fair Dealing.
Fairness and prejudice win never
agree to the cOnfscation of the products
of one mans toll in order to insure com
fort To the idle and worthless. No ism
f. wanted by the American people tina
VIII take from any citizen the just and
equitable reward Of his labor Both
capital and labor must yield IN time
to the great law of fair dealing, man
TO man. I wish 7 could impress uDon
every American the individual respOH-
sibility that rests upon each one Of ua
Every year of experience every dollar
/ of accumulated capital every talent -
possess should be regarded as "a sacred
charge Tor the good OF the nation. 10
help ia uniting the interests Of rich
and poor. learned and unlearneG-"