The Elbert County tribune., 1905-12-07


government regulation dwell upon the
difficulties to be encountered and the
intricate and involved nature OF the prob
lem Their contention is true Ii IS
complicated and delicate problem. and all
kinds q difficulties are sure TO arise in
connection with any plan of solution.
while. no plan will bring all the dement's
hoped for By its more optimistic adher-
the benefits Will develop gradually and not
rapidly Finally. we. must clearly under
stand that the public servants who are
to, do this peculiarly responsible and
delicate work must themselves be of the
highest type both as regards integrity and
efficiency. They must be well paid. for
otherwise able men can not In the long
a lofty probitv which viii revolt as o1ick.
~ At the thought of pandering 10 any
gust of popular prejudice against rich
remotely resembling .subseryiency to rich
men. But while fully admit the difii-
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-
which we ike ike TO ne think % oS Ss Ss rs9e typIeay
american. and which will in the end
fields of activity.
The necessity for safety appliances
on railroads, recommended in the
Presidents message to the last Con-
gress, is emphasized, together with
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 lnjunctions
in labor disputes. Such special limitation
be most unwise. It is true that some
judges have misused this power. but this
does not justify a denial of the power
any more than an improper exercise of
the power to call strike by a labor
leader would justify the denial OF the right
to strike. The remedy Is to regulate the
procedure by requiring the judge TO give
due notice TO the adverse parties before
granting the writ, the hearing to be ex
parte il ths adverse party does not ap-
pear at the time and place ordered.
What is due notice must depend upon The
facts of the case 1t should not be used
as a pretext to permit violation of law.
OF. the 1eopardizing OF life or property.
or course, this would not authorize the
issuing of restraining order or injunc
ton in any case In which it is not already
authorized by existing law.
In any great labor disturbance not only
are employer and employe Interested. but
Every considerable labor difiiculty in
which interstate commerce Is involved
should be investigated b. the government
public.
The question of securing healthy. self
respecting, and mutually sympathetic at
titude as between employer and employe,
capitalist and wage worker is a difficult
one Al phases of the labor problem
prove difficult when approached But the
underlying principles. the root principles
in accordance with which the problem
can get justice and right dealing only II
We must face accomplished facts, and the
principle of treating man on his worth
as man rather than with reference to
his social position. his occupa ton, or the
class to which he belongs. There are
selfish and brutal men in all ranks of life.
II they are capitalists their selfish hness
and and =. brutality may take the form of hard
of every moral restraint which interferes
with the accumulation OF wealth. and
cold-blooded exploitation Of the weak; or,
il they are laborers. the form of laziness.
of sulleu envy OF the more fortunate. and
OF Willingness to perform deeds of muir
derous Violence Such conduct is just
as reprehenSibie In one case in the
other and all honest and farseefng men
should join in warning against ii wherever
1t becomes manifest Individual capital
ist and individual wage worker. corpora
protection of the law. and must alike
obey the law. Moreover. in addition to
il he. be a really good citizen. must show
broad sympathy for his neighbor and
arising between them from the standpoint
of that neighbor no less than from his
own; and TO this end il is essential that
suit freely one with the other. should each
strive to bring closer the day when both
shall realize that they are property .psrt-
neTs and not enemies. To approach the
questions which inevitably arise between
them solely from the standpoint which
erny of the other side in the mass is both
wicked and foolish In the past the most
direfuI among the Influences which have
brought about the downfall of republics
has ever been the growth Of the class
spirit the growth of the spirit which
tends to make man subordinate the vel
fare OF the public as whole to the wei
belongs. This inevitably brings about
tendancy TO treat each man not on his
ton as belonging 10 certain class IN
the community. II such spirit grows up
fatal 10 us. as In the past II has proved
fatal to every community in which IL has
become doTinant. Unless We con.
tinue to keep "A quick and lively
sense of the great fundamental
truth that our eoneern Is With the individual
ment cannot permanently hold the place
which IL has achieved among the nations The
vital lines OF cleavage among people do
not correspond. and indeed run at right an
occupation from occupation which divide
bankers. men of small means from men of
large means men who live in the towns from
n en- 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
neghbor from the dishonest man who does III
by his neighbor In otner words. the stand
ard shou'i establish is the standard
OF conduct, not the standard OF occupation,
mans moral quality. his attitude toward the.
his cleanliness Of ne his power 10 do his
duty toward himself and award others which
really count. and " we substitute for the
standard OF personal judgment which treats
each man according 10 his merits another
standard in accordance with which all men
o. class are favored and all men OF an
other class Disseminated against shall do
irreparable damage TO the body polite be-
ieve that people are too zane. too srlf-
respecting too ft for self-government. ever
TO adopt such attitude. This government
is not and never shall be government by
plutocracy. Thic government IS not and
never shall be government by a mob II
shall continue TO be in the future what II
ha nee n
the theory that each man. rich or poor. is 10
l.. treated simply and solely his worth as
a man. that ell his pereonal and property
rights are TO be safeguarded and that he Is
neither 10 wrong others nor to suffer wrong
from others. ,
Insurance.
The great insurance companies afford strik-
in~ examples OF corporations whose business
has extended so lar beyond the Jurisdiction OF