The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-31

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co~nslcerable part Of her and
an English Commission is now investi-
gazing proposition to change from
q UNIFORM tea graded tax ~
nave been absent too long to
speak with any authority on the pub}ici
sentiment in this country at this time,
out amzsOz convinced of h justice of
the income tEx-that I feel sure that the
people vii ~scoHerzor later demand an
amendment to- the which
VIII specifically authorize an income.
TAX, n thus make it possible fOrsthe'
urden OF h federal government to
De apport1oned saHong the-peephegan
proportion to- their ability fcIog bear
thems It is little shortsof -dfsgrace5to-
our country, tina while It is ITO
command the ives Of its citizens in
time of war. it can not. even in the
most extreme emergency compel
wealth to bear its share of the expenses
OF the government which protects 1t.
Capital and Labor.
II have referred to the investigation
OF international controversies under a
system which does not bind the parties
to accept the findings of the court Of
inquiry. ThfS plan can be used in dis
pules between labor and capital
IN advocating arbitration of differ
enees between large corporations, cor
porate employers n these employees,
L believe we are defending the highest
interests of the three parties to the dis
RAtCs' VIZ tine employers, the employees
and~the public. The employees can not
be turned over to the employer to be
dealt with as the employer may please.
The question sometimes asked: Can
1 not oonduct my business to suit my
seifZ is a plausible one, but when a
nan In conducting his business at
tempts to arbitrarily fix the conditions
under which hundreds Of employees are
to v n to determine the future OF
thousands of human beings, / answer
without a hnrjfntiOn. fho+- Lo I,ou M
right to conduct his own business IN
such a way as to deprive his employees
OF their rightato life, liberty and the
pursuit OF sRappiness. To support this
proposition, 1=4eed only refer to the
laws regulating the safety Of mines,
the factory laws fixing the & at which
children can be employed, and usury
laws establishing the rate of interest
The effort of the employer to settle
differences without arbitration has done
much to embitter him against those who
work for him and to estrange them from
him-a condition deplorable from every
standpoint.
but If it Is. unwise to make the en-
ployer the sole custodian Of the rights
and interests of the employees, it is
equally unwise to give the employees I'M
controlled authority over the right and
interests of~y-the employer. The en-
ployes are no more to be trusted to act
unselhshly and. disinterestedly. than the
employers. In their zeal to secure a
present advantage they may not only
do injustice but even forfeit a larger
future gain The strike, the only weapon
of the employe at present, is a two
edged sword, and may iniure. the work
man as muchFsa as the employer and even
when wholly SUCCESSFUL is apt to leave
a rambling In b e bosom of the wage
Garner that should not be there.
Society, moreover, las something at
stake as we'll as the employer and en-
ploye. for there can be no considerable
strike without considerable loss to the
public. Society, therefore, is justified in
demanding that the differences between
capital and labor shall be settled by
peaceful means hIf the permanent, inn
partial board IS created to which either
party of an Industrial dispute may ap-
peal, or which can Of IFS motion in
sttt0te' an inquiry, public opinion may
be relied upon to enforce b finding.
If there IS compulsory submission to in
vestigatiomit is notmecesSary that there
decision, feF-a-fthH-and fair-tnvestiga-
tion will IN sAnI6st2 eVefy1case bring
about a settlement.
Government by Injunction.
mo reference to the labor question is
complete that docs not Include some
mention of what Is known as govern
ment by Injunction. AS the main pur-
pose of the writ IS to evade trial by
jury, it is really an attack upon the
jury system and ought to arouse a un-
aUlmQuS protest. 80 long as the NEAR
est thief is guaranteed a trial by jury, a
jury ought not to be denied to wage
Farmers. However, as the writ is US
ualiy invoked in cas- of a strike, the
Importance of the subject would be
very much reduced by the adoption of a
system of arbitration because arbitra-
ton would very much reduce, even if
it did not entirely remove the probabin-
ty-of-a, strike
aJust another word IN regard to the
laboring man. The struggle to secure
an eight-heur day is an international
struggle and it is sure to be settled in
favor of the working man. The bene-
fits of the labor saving machin have
not been distributed with equality. The
producer has enormously multiplied his
capacity, but so far the owner of the
machine has received too much Of this
increase and he laborer too little
Those who oppose the eight-hour day dc
it, I am convinced, more because Of ig-
norance Of conditions than because Of
lack of sympathy with those who toll.
1.-THE removal Of work from the house
to the factory has separated the hus-
band from his wife and the father from
his children. while the growth of Oul
cities has put an increasing distance
between the home and the workshop
Then, too more Is. demanded of the
labpring man now than formerly he is
a. citizen as we'll as a Iaboref, and nus
have time for the study Of public ques-
tons, If he is to be an intelligent SOW
ereign. 10 drive MIN from MS DeO &C
his task and from his task back to his
bed is to deprive the family of his com
pany, society of his service n poll
tics of his influence.
The Money Question.
Thus far I have dwelt upon sub
jects which may not be regarded as
strictly. partisan, but I am sure that
you will pardon me If In this presence
I sbetray my interest in those policies
/ for which the Democratic STANDS
4 Ishaxe not hadan opportunity to make
a Democratic speech for almostsa year
and no onevnot even a political enemy
could be so cruel as to speak OF
those policies on this occasion.
"Our opponents have derived not
only partisan pleasure, but also par
tisan advantage from the division
caused in our party by. the money
question. They ought not, therefore
/ haCr11dra rs tbe satisfaction thai we