The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-02
THE CRUELTY TO ANIMAL SOCIETY OF
JA(KS0fiWI[E IS 4 PlTIFUL FRRCE~

their stamp of approval it had clear road As the
amendments adopted in the Senate were not radical
Ones it is probable that the Houe will agree to them
thus securing the adoption of this much needed and
very valuable legislation in the present session. The
bill, it passed the Senate provides that the law
shall not go into effect until January l. 1907. That
is not too remote date, for the intervening
months will give those interested in the wood alco
hol business chance to prepare themselves for the
new conditions that will rule when grain alcohol to
be used as source of power in the arts will be
freed from the prohbitive tax assessed upon it,
No other questions are occupying so much of the
attention of the pres and public at the present time
as those connected with the troubles the successes
and the struggles OF labor So largely these ques
tions matters of public concern that no newspaper
is complete without its editorial on the subject and
every day brings fresh volumes from the press on
some related topic. "TO all who would like to OBJ
tain comprehensive summary knowledge of the con.
dtions and phases of the long contest of labor to
secure its just rewards" says the Boston Herald
1.-THE little volume entitled The Battles of Labor
by Carol ID. Wright, may be recommended. This
volume contains four lectures delivered by him this
year before the Philadelphia Divinity School, and
entitled The Background, In Medieval and Mod.
ern Industry Great Modern Battles and How
Modern Battles of Labor Are Treated" After com.
menting at GONE length upon the first part of the
book the Herald proceeds
The peculiar and notable feature of modern labor
intelligent.
he cannot be compared with the ignorant and en-.
shaved laborers of past ages He is one of the SOW
eregns OF the land. He is political factor and il
becoming social factor. He is certainly an imnor
tant economical factor, and his intelligence leads
nm TO the conclusion that he should have an influence
IN shaping economical conditions Mr.. WRIGHT
thinks this to be reasonable aspiration. and
throughout his consideration of the modern phases
OF labor battles he treats the laborers as in the
main intelligent amenable to reason and entitled IN
the respectful consideration of a candid hearing He
has little patience with men woh take the ground
that there is nothing to arbtrate that all RIGHT and
justice are on their side CIV ""'
I'm the third lecture the great strikes of the last
halt'century are critically reviewed as to their
causes, their methods, the ways in which thew were
met' their results their costs and their lessons Of
course ne could not in single lecture treat these
oattes IN DEAL and with completeness but the reader
WIN md here an intelligent and competent review of
their salient features, their errors and their suc
vesSeS' presented by one who is able to understand
''e ISSUES and to sum up the ease with broad wisdom
anu IN charitable spirit lie presents many facts
:" great value not generally known. For examine
~! ~ - commonly assumed that the President impera
livery commanded the arbitration by which the qreo,
s.rke OF the anthracite miners was settled in 1oOo
All. wright who ought to be well informed, saws that
Tue PRESIDENT in appointing the commission acted
on an express and unexpected request of the oper.