The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-09-08

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5: It has been the pioneer in calling
attention to the destructive effects Of
8: It has done advanced work in
conditions in factories and in all places
e'e It la hss eoRRpellsa the
Of many important laws for the pro-
lection Of human life and limb. =.
-,a Al 1.-THE, these things organization may
pllshed. oftea against ignorant and
selfish opposition, and often by waste
Of labor and sacrifice and Industrial
outs. and their attendant evils And
sometimes labor has been wrong, too.
Much as you have accomplished. there
r. my before 1au The ffHe Wor
that will make grea: cali upon your
intelligence, steadfastness and judy
ment, but which it is of the first i'm
pgreater m san 0q BLEW m than sTen any.
thing yet accomplished.
,,t With our vast exgganse Of country
most acute forms Of social Injustice
have not hitherto been so keeniy felt,
but with the closing up Of free land,
and the narrowing Of the limits Of ex
rived. and old world problems are here
for solution, and they find us with no
adequate social machinery to cope with
IHcH! ASdlu the rapid advances IN IN
vention; the application Of steam and
electricity to. transportation and the
thousand and one new processes Of
manufacture. enablese the captains Of
the producing and distributing agencies
as never before in the worlds history,
and this they have done and are now
d d;tsg without any adequate checks
straint: In other words the change in
the regulating devices Of organized
e eSSeiety i, has I'M not pace with the
seek to control railways thousand
miles long by the same legal principles
that we did the old toll road and we
lars in court contests: and fiatter our
equality before the law. A greater
farce 1t is not possible to enact: The
down utterly when confronted with
these new conditions of industrial life,
brought about by invention and dis
than a SINGLE Illustration of this fact.
great ado was had recently about
the dissolution of the Northern securi-
6es Company 2rganl;H;ed to eontrol and
political campaigns were waged upon
the issue and the attorney general Of
te .united States at last brought suit
secuted it until finally with much
gravity that most august Of all human
tribunals the supreme Court Of the
United States pronounced Judgment
creeing it's dissolution, as. an unlawful
combination. and there went up
throughout tn the country a great, shout
Tf rote and }Sa in tSs
law, and the adequacy of the power
Of the courts to regulate and control
all unlawful Industrial monopolies and
the Well pleased political functionarles
instrumental in the achievement. No
body who thoroughly understood the
the decision of that court amounted to
no " the Tas Change
made in the operation Of these roads
as well have spent Its time read1g
session as in perusing the briefs it did
fSas case IN the tn1 faut Of the court not
of the state of affairs over which the
court did not have the slightest CON-
troll: Time and again the Standard
lawed and dissolved In the courts, but
it still does business with serenity and
precision. and will continue to do SO
system Of things eadures and TIE
vicious partisan methods of conducting
government continues. Mother words
hsg fs
tire.
Power is necessarily current coin
everywhere In your chourches. IN
party ridden, divided and helpless
masses Of the people stand very little
chance when pitted against concentrat-
The. subject I am now about to ap..
proach is a large one. and when ]
think Of place to begin and end, /
speaking Of the size Of the farms In
his neighborhood said they were rather
large, and that farmers there often
started in the spring blowing a
in the fall turned around and harvested
back on the same furrow.
These social problems touch so many
ways that there is a wide divergence
Of opinion as to what is best In the
line of advancement. and how to do 1t:
There is also great deal of well
matters Of this kind. and is hardly
worth the while unless we are able
to discover some underlying principle
e SSn ts Sa and # WAT RSsh'sn
Is the greatest fact. that presents it.
self in studying the saciety in which
we live. It is this that in all parts
together in communities there must be
government-sacial regulation. This Is
without exception anywhere in the
world. and 1t is necessary in order that
men be able to live together-necessary
In order to regulate that life. It Is
as much a law of society that there
should be government as gravitation is
a law Of the universe. Therefore gov
eminent is the great important thing
in our society-its protecting, regulat-
ing, and sustaining organism.
Therefore government is of the first
and highest concern to. all men-the
frame work of the social structure
the greatest instrument of progress IL
rightly constructed and operated.
The second greatest thing is that
man is left to create or build his own
government and determine 'what it
shall be-, Here again he Is creator.
He must fashion this great bond Of.
human associa ton himself. The heav-
ems are dumb when he cries out for
justice. and guidance, the stars are
silent. and no voice answers. His only
remedy is to think out and work out
the problem. No church holds the key
to the knowledge Of social law. No
outside power ever seems to" respond
to mans mute questioning about it.
If am right. then the two great col
lossal facts of life In society are:
l.. The fact that government is the
bond OF society,"
2. The fact that government must
be shaped by. man himself.
/ care not how many churches.
many clubs, how many financial con-