The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-08

+. FRANKLIN MaovEAaH. ):
unions until the public mind believes
union contracts to be as good as gold,
by either the employers or the people.
Happily, however, the strong and hon
orable men who are rising to the high
est positions in the union movement
understand as we'll as we do that it is
vital for unions to keep faith
One of. the finest things ever done by
a union man was the action of John
Mitchell, when he resisted the sympa-
thetic strike of the bituminous coal men
while his anthracite strike was on n \ y
The unions, in frequent instances,
i suffer prodigiously from corrupt, in
competent or brutalized leadership, tho
it should exalt the pride Of the Ameri-
can people :, that II: N 50 short time 50
unions are filed BY men who are an
honor to the American name.
The unions are suffering, too, from
the insuffciency Of their government.
Their government is an attempt at the
stead Of q democracy, a dangerous oil
The needed reforms, in whatever di-
rection, will take time. But what I
want to say, with particular empha-
wholly responsible. a
The employers must accept a share
an important share--of this great re-
sponsibility.
!, It is. mere idleness to talk Of adj
vancing civilization which doesn It in
:. workingmen. The development of only
{ you and me, the rising comfort and
: manners, the rising Intelligence and
3 education, the rising character and
morality the rising altruism and ideals,
| the rising imagination and thought Of
: be a poor fruitage in that great gar:
den Of God where mankind has been
placed to plant, cultivate and harvest
the Developments of progress and civil
b ization. To leave out Of the count vast
: sections Of the people would be to de
And we cannot leave them out of the
a count. They will mt be left out; For
) i impulses Of .,degeaoT mt and progress:
: Implanted in the rateaR they are mo-
to carry f9rward and upward ar t1s 2a Wh9
q people anu uOL SieIy "a apHh"lt - o.SS :
q fy, as a fnality, the human intelligence
= the human imagination, the human 1s!
n spirit, but the progress OF the Whol
+ people9 81,
! But how in the world, under presee3n
!, Industrial and social condltlo4s, can LII "
!. place, or how can we employers nell
l them to hold their place, in the sloWl.
! but surely advancing columns or IN
y = army Of civilization without the pree
y tection-the only p 4ia no+ 'nI +
selfG1ganizataon. The f WG problems
difficult enough even with labor unions nj! \
for The unions are imperfect enough t
l. sniff theft most fastidious critics. Bu
g without the unions the problems Woul
= be hopeless. ~
!, Therefore, for the. larger reason n INA ma
y without the unions there would be tn
4 4 chaos of modern progress and the traN
St estv of modern civilization, and for tn
70 immediate reason that. the unions neet
y above all, right direction and develol
n ment. their claim upon all who care
n within the. unions and without TOT IT,, n
!, fate Of all orders OF men,, IS clall
y with the highest sanctions,
1T I know how comparatively few ther
st are as vet among union men themselVe
II who relate the union movement to tn
la general interest Of society. The motive
es Of union men necessarily are mann a! n
I'll selfish and interested. And the. dish
e. terested view appears imaginative
la many employers who experience the a.
IS gressiveness of the unions. And trea
a ing the present problems-some
ut them very sordid problems int
N lectual sympathy, patience ard hopebTu 1
id optimism isn't the blacklist crime
ne the calendar. At least men are. som
,h times hung for worse crimes than o.
is timism.
as And to go, in conclusion, step flu
e. ther along the path Of cheerfuiness an
n MISUNDERSTANDING myself for m n
Il ceptional audience. shall let myse
~ believe that this nation,s which is tt
u first that has had both the purpose az
- the free opportunity to accomplish tt
impartial development OF its people
or whole will not raj az, N tbs It's dlstln
~ ~ The persistence Of the centuries b;
n .le broken the bondage of the indiyidu
" mal-and the American nation is II
a expression Of this triumph: p
- democracy, under whose banner the slo
and tenacious
ie- Of all the people. It broke the vest,
q privileges Of the monarchs and the y
OF bles, that all men together might ri
ds steadily and forever, step. by ste
- with the upgIOWGHS VI sCtS!ilAdIAc
And the American nation, which spea
m n to the world. as no other nation is CO.
IS missioned to do. in the name and wi
he the voice of democracy, will not let !!
X. franchised individual carry his i
it critics 50 far as to defeat the inter ss
be Of his fellow menl and will not repla
lat the abolished privilege Of the mob
or with a new privilege Of the. rich. Nett
he er will it weakly turn as g ref !,
.oy the paralysis Of socialism. But, avo
" ing BOTH America will gladden. hume
Jed Eity with the spectacle Of whole p'
Of Die advancing in happiness and civ
Ter ization by an honest enforcement of
at. policies Of "a square deal. -
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the the ROOM FOR GRAVE DOUBT.
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TX Tommy-I guess Mr.. Roxley amt as rich
an neople think. You said he didn't have
a. work. but could Jest 90 round enjoytn' b
49,, lself wherever he pleased
JUS Jimmy-So he kin.
,dy Tommy-Well, he wasn't at that dandy Sum
for school picnic of ours yesterday. an the tick
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