The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-08

able and would probably in this country
.ntail far-reaching disaster, that wish
OF them in the Interest of the public as
will make 1t evident that there is no need
for public ownership. The opponents of
intricate and involved nature of the prob
complicated and delicate problem, and all
kinds OF difficulties are sure to arise in
s9nnecton s%jIs with any plan 9f sSlution
hoped for by It's more optimistic adher-
ents; Moreover, under any healthy plan
the be, dement's viii develop gradually and not
stand that the public servants who are
to do this peculiarly responsible and
highest type both as regards integrity and
efficiency. They must be well paid. for
otherwise able men can not in the long
lofty probity which will revolt as quick
ly at the thought of wandering to any
men as the thought Of anything even
remotely resembling subserviency. to rich
men, But while fully admit the diff
admit that these difficulties warrant us
In stopping in our effort to secure wise
other effect than to spur US on to the
exercise of the resolution. the even-hand-
ed Justice. and the fertility Of resource
American, and which will In the end
achieve good results in this as in other
fields Of activity.
The necessity for safety appliances
on railroads, recommended in the
Presidents message to the last Con-
gress, is emphasized, together with
the necessity for law regulating the
hours of labor of railroad men.
On the labor question, the mes
sage says:
There has been demand for depriving
courts OF the power to issue intunctions
Of the equity powers Of our courts Would
be most unwise 1t is true that some
judges have misused this power; but this
any more than an improper exercise Of
the, power to call q strike by 2 labor
leader would JUSTLY the denial dc a Of the right
procedure by requiring the Judge to give
due notice. to the adverse parties before
parte il the adverse party does not ap-
pear At the time and place ordered.
What is dye dye notice must depend upon the
or the jeopardizng OF life or property.
OF course. this would not authorize the
issuing of restraining order or injunc-
tion in any case in which it is not already
authorized by existing law.
arc employer and eTpleeN mt -cstea, ,d.,
also third party-ths general public
which interstate commerce is Involved
should be investigated By the government
| and the facts officially reported to the
public.
The question OF securing healthy. self
respecting. and mutually sympathetic at
| titude as between employer and emDloye,
one. All phases of the labor problem
prove difficult when approached. But the
,hf root
must be solved are entirely simple. We
can get justice and right dealing only If
| We must face accomplished facts. and the
principle of treating a man on his worth
as man rather than with reference to
his his social p1ssi,,on his ,oeeupati1pn or the
selfish and brutal men in all ranks of life.
If they are capitalists their selfs hness
of every moral restraint which interferes
with the, accumulation of wealth, and
if they are laborers. the form of laziness;
of sullen envy OF the more fortunate, and
%ngnss iossc to cdpGct deeds OF
as reprehensible in one case as in the
other. and all honest and farseeing men
it becomes manifest. Individual capital
| ist and individual wage worker. corpora
ton and union, are alike entitled to the
| protection of the law. and must alike
! obey the law. Moreover. in addition to
mere obedience to the law. each man,
If he be a really good citizen, must show
| broad sympathy for his neighbor and
genuine desire to look at any questio
arising between them from the standpoint
| of that neighbor no less than from his
own; and to this end it is essential that
capitalist and wase-worker should con-
| suit freely one with the other. should ca CHI
strive to bring closer the day when both
shall realize that they are properly part
neis and not enemies. To approach the
questions which inevitably arise between
them solely from the standpoint wh6
treats each side in the mass as the en-
emy of the other side in the mass is both
| n.
| direfu among the influences which have
brought about the downfall of republics
spirit the growth Of the spirit which
| tends to make a man subordinate the wei
fare of the particular class to which he
| belongs. This inevitably brings anout a
tendancy to treat each man not on his
ton as belonging TO a certain class in
the community II such sunit giows up
in this Republic it will ultimately prove
| fatal to us. as in the past 1t mas proved
fatal to every community in which it has
become dominant. Unless We con.
sense sense ' Of AeE" the grsaT aaeS ana Tf
truth that our concern is with the individual
worth orI eth. Of the individual man. ,h,s To.grn,
which 1t has ach among the nations The
vital lines OF cleavage among our people do
| giles to. the Inns of cleavage which divide
occupation from occupation. which divide
wage-workers from capitalists. farmers from
bankers. men of small means from men OF
| large means men who live in the towns from
men who live in the country; for the vital
| line of cleavage is the line which divides the
! honest man who tries to do well by his
by his neighbor. In otner words. the stand.
ard shoull establish is the standard
Of conduct. not the standard OF occupation.
| OF means or Of social position. 1t is the
| mans moral quality. his attitude toward the
great questions which concern all humanity.
his cleanliness of life. his power to do his
| duty toward himself and toward others. which
| really count; and II We substitute for the
| standard OF personal judgment which treats
| each man according to his merits another
standard in accordance with which all men
| o. one class are favored and all men OF
other class disseminated against. We shall do
| rreparable damage 10 The body polite. l be-
| eve that our people are too sane. too self
| to adopt such an attitude. This government
| is not and Lever shall be government by
| plutocracy. This government not and
| never shall he government hy a mob 1t
shall continue to be in the future what it
has been in the past, government based or
the theory that each man. rich or Eoor, Is to
| 1 treated simply and solely on his worth as
man. that ell bis pereonal and property
rights are to be safeguarded and that he Is
neither to wrong others nor 10 suner wrong
4 Insurance.
in- examples Of corporations who's husinss.
fas extended 30 Jar beyond the Jurisdiction Of
the states which crsated them ~ 70 pre-
4 tfade strict eniorcsnesAt Of superyision and
regulation BY shs pessss ststss IN A my la
r. y IS sssssss satisss &c, csnao. a eon-
stitutioaaIlx Z. eoyW iptsrstate
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