Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-16
When Revision is Opportune.

| without precedent there would be doubt
| and destruction of confidence.
/ When Revision is Opportune.
I heartily indorse the platform lately
| adopted by the republicans of Indiana.
| which, in substance, says that the repub-
| lican party will revise the tariff when 1t
/ will do more good than harm to the great
! mass Of people.
! It is vital that the republican party should
| remain in power for the coming two years
| in order that the legislative and executive
| departments of the government should
| continue in harmony. If our friends. the
! enemy, should be successful in electing a
| House of Representatives in November next
| that body in the Sixtieth Congress would
not be in harmony with the Senate or with
SO to speak. in legislation. Furthermore.
| their success would be claimed by our DEM
ocratic friends to be an evidence of dissat-
isfactton upon the part OF the people with
| the legislation enacted by the republican
| Congress. well as an evidence Of dis
1 satisfaction with the President, and an as
surance Of complete power to be given to
| them in 1908 to enable them to carry out
| their policies Their successes, conserv
| atively speaking, would halt production and
| consumption, and, necessarily. bushes and
commerce, at least one-tenth. Instead of
| forging ahead. as we are now doing in
| every producing and business avenue, we
would halt aye, more. we would retro
| grade.
Education, invention, capital and labor
have struck hands. The forces of nature
| are utilized in production for the benefit
| of both producer and consumer. This con-
| dition necessarily required the combined
| activities Of employer and employee. Nat
| urally, differences arise between the two
| as to what Is proper wage. or, In other
words, as 10 fair division of the profits
| Of the business. Laborers found 1t neces-
| sary to co-oler with each other and act
| together In determining from time to time
what wa due them in the division Of the
| profits.
According to the last census 30 600 900 of
| our people are employed in gainful opera
| tons, and 100000. according to the state
ment Of Mr.. Gompers. are organized in
| feel sure that such organizations Of labor
! have. as a rule. been useful. not only to
| the laborer. but to the employer as well.
| and to the whole citizenship Of the re-
| ton I Rave no doubt that I would be q
| member of the organization. But 1T Is abb
solutely necessary before there can be
contest about a division Of profits that
there should be profits to divide. There was
| but little profit to divide under the last
administration Of Grover Cleveland. There
| ministration of William Mckinley, and
there Is much profit to divide under the
| administration of Theodore Roosevelt, and
labor on the average has been receiving a
| larger share Of the profits in increasing
| wages every year since the election of Nc
| kinley.
The first thing for each citizen to do is to
see to it that the economic and financial
policies which enable the people to create
| a profit shall be continued. The confer
| ences ard contests touching the division OF
| the profits from time to time will be regu-
lated by the contending parties. Capital
| must set its fair share or 1t will not con-
| tinue In business; labor must get it's fair
| share or 1t will suffer. Neither can per-
manently prosper at the expense of the
| other.
Employer and Employe.
| In the contest between employer and en-
ploye from time to time. where differences
could not be adjusted. the employer on the
one hand has resorted to the lockout. and
the employe on the other hand to the
| strike. While both are to be deplored. con-
sidering the volume of production and the
| increase OF population, they are becoming
less frequent. In my Judgment, the time
will come when all such differences will be
| forces; but in all contests employer and
| employee alike must obey the law which
governs all and protects ALL The boycott
| and the blacklist will pass away.
| There has been much criticism and much
/, denuncfatiOn against alleged "sovernmert
by Injunction" and violent attacks have
| been made upon the judiciary or lne Uni.ed
States. During the late session of Congress
labor leaders differed as to legislation that
was desired. Mr.. Gompers. protesting to
speak for the American Federation Of
| Labor, denounced the so-called Fuller bill.
pending before the House committee on the
| judiciary and advocated by Mr.. H. r. Full
| Ter, the representative of the railway labor
| unions, In the most bitter terms as being
| opposed to human liberty and THE rights of
labor. Mr.. Gompers. with Mr.. Spelling. his
| attorney, advocated a bill introduced by re-
quest by Representative Pearre. and pend
| ing before the same committee, which. in
| substance, prohibited United States courts
from issuing injunctions in any case be-
| tween employer and employee unless neces-
sary to prevent irreparable injury to prop
/ erty or to property right Of the party
making the application. for which injury
there Is no adequate remedy at law, and
| in the next sentence provided, "And for the
purposes Of this act no right to carry on
J business of any particular kind. or at any
particular place, or at all, shall be con-
| strued. held. considered. or treated as prop
| erty or as constituting property right"
| Mr.. Spelling, speaking for Mr.. Gompers
and himself. claimed that such legislation
ought to be enacted. 1t being near the end
of thu session, further consideration Of the
proposed iegislation by the House judiciary
| committee was postponed until the next
session Of Congress. Speaking for myself.
| I am not in favor of this legislation de-
manded by Mr.. Gompers. The power OF the
| courts to issue writs Of injunction to pre-
want arror,a injury IN r,Yorarfv n