The Glenwood post., 1905-12-09
PRESIDENT OUTLINES
ISSUES OF THE DAY
important Recommendations as to LEGISLATION Made
IN Annual Message to Congress-Large Part of
Document Devoted to Corporations and Railroad
Rate Observation-Disclosures of Labor and Capital
Dealt With Fully.

entail far-reaching disaster that l wish
10 10 See, see such in supervision and regulation
VIII make it evident that there is no need
Tor public ownership. The opponents of
difficulties to be, encountered and the
Intricate and involved nature of the prob
complicated and delicate problem, and all
kinds OF difficulties are sure to arise in
connection come with any, plan, of solution.
hoped for by its more optimistic adher-
eents; Moreover. under any healthy plan.
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
highest type both as regards integrity and
efficiency. They must be well paid. for
run be secured; and they must possess
a lofty probity which will revolt as quick
ly at the thought of wandering to any
gust of popular prejudice against rich
men as the thought of anything even
remotely resembling snbseryiency. to rich
men, But while l fully admit the diff
culties in the way, / do not for a moment
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 like to think OF as typicaily
American. and which will In the end
achieve good results in this as in other
fields of activity.
NAS ASSNSoAey Aoi SalSly
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:
,o1,l, There :, has ,s, been demand for depriylng
Snpri11 n in,
Of the equity powers Of our courts would
does not justify denial of the power
any more than an improper exercise, of
Would e ussfy sa srEs deBs by BY
to strike. The remedy is to regulate the
procedure by requiring the judge to give
| granting the writ, the hearing to be ex
| parte If the adverse party does not ap-
pear pear At the time and place ordered
| facts of the case; it should not be used
as q pretext to permit violation of law,
| or 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
In any great labor disturbance not only
are employer and empioye interested, but
Every thsH asor pS' n
| which interstate commerce is involved
should be investigated by the government
and the facts officially reported to the
public.
The question of securing a 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
Underlying principles. the root principles.
| in accordance with which the problem
must be solved are entirely simple. We
can get justice and right dealing only IL
| We must face accomplished facts, and the
principle OF treating a man on his worth
| class to which he belongs. There are
selfish Sc and brutal men in all ranks Of life
and brutality may take the form of hard
Indifference to suffering: greedy disregard
cold -booded exploitation of the weak; or.
| if they are laborers. the form of laziness.
| of sullen envy of the more fortunate and
of willingness to perform deeds of mur-
dcrous violence. Such conduct is just
other, and all honest and farseeing men
should join in warning against it wherever
| It becomes manifest Individual capital
| tion and union, are alike entitled to the
protection of the law. and must alike
| mere obedience to the law. each man,
| II he be really good citizen. must show
broad sympathy for his. neighbor and
genuine desire to look at any question
arising between them from the standpoint
of that neishbor no less than from his
| OWL, anu 10 IlllS emu II is eSSentidl tTdt
capitalist and wage.,,worker should, con-
suit freely, one wi tn the other. should each
strive 10 bring closer the day when both
shall realize that they are properly part
| ners and not enemies. To approach the
questions which inevitably arise between
| them solely from the standpoint which
treats each side in the mass the en-
emy OF The. other side in the mass is both
wicked and foolish. In the past the most
| dreful among the influences which have
brought about the downfall of republics
has ever been the growth of the class
lends 10 make a man subordinate the wei
| fare OF the public as Il whole to the vel
| fare of the particular class to which he
| belongs, This inevitably brings ABOUT a
| tendancy TO treat each man not on his
merits as an individual. but on his posi-
tion as belonging. to a certain class In
in this Republic it will ultimately prove
fatal to us. as in the past 1t mas proved
become dominant Unless we con,
tinue TO- keep a quick and lively y
that our fsesi IS With be
| worth of the individual man, this govern
ment cannot permanently hold the place
which It has achieved among the nations The
vital lines OF cleavage among our people do
not not correspond. and indeed run at right an
es,n, sles to. the Inns of cleavage which DIVIDE
wage-workers from capitalists, farmers from
large means. men who live in the towns from
nen who live in the country; for the vital
line Of cleavage is the line which divides the
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neighbor from the dishonest man who does iii
by his neighbor. In other words. ths stand
ard we shou!1 establish Is the standard
OF conduct. not the standard OF occupation,
of means. or OF social position, il 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 an
other class Disseminated against, we shall do
irreparable damage to the body polite. I be-
lieve that our people are too sane. too self
respecting. too ft for self-government ever
to adopt such an attitude. This government
is not and never shall be government by q
plutocracy. This government IL not and
never shall be government by 4 mob. II
shall continue to be In the future what 1t
has been in the past, a government based or
the theory that each man. rich or POOR, is 10
- treated simply and solely on hi. worth as
a man. that cll his personal and property
rights are TO be safeEuarded and that he 10
neither to 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