The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-31

standpoint.
but if It Is unwise TO make the
employer the sole custodian Of the
rights and interests of the employees,
ii is equally unwise to give the en-
ployes uncontrolled authority over the
rights and interests of the employer.
The employees are no more 10 ne
trusted to act unselhshly and disln-
terestedly than the employers. In their
zeal to secure present advantage
they may do injustice but even Tor
felt larger future gain. The strike,
the only weapon of the employe at
present. Is a two-edged sword ana
may injure the workman as much as
the employer and even when wholly
successful is apt to leave ranking
in the bosom of the wage Garner that
should not be there.
Society moreover, has something
at stake as well as the employe aEI
employer for there can be no consid
cradle strike without considerable loss
to the public Society, therefore, Il
| justified in demanding that the diner
ences between capital and labor shali
/ be settled by peaceful means. II the
permanent impartial board Is created
! TO which either party of an Industrial
dispute may appeal of which can OF
it's motion institute nm inquiry, public
opinion may be relied upon to force
the finding. If there is compulsory
submission TO investigation ii is not
necessary that there shall he compul-
sorv acceptance of tne decision. for
Ia full and fair investigation will in
almost every case bring about a set
Element.
mo reference to the labor question
Is complete that does not include some
mention Of what is known as govern
ment by Injunction. AS the main pur,
pose of the writ is 10 evade trial by
Jury, it is really an attack upon the
Jury system and ought to arouse an
unanimous protest. SO long as the
meanest thief is guaranteed a trial by
Jury. a Jury ought not to be denied to
wage earners. However, as the writ
Is usually invoked in case Of a strike
the importance of the subject would
he reduced by the adoption of a sys
tenn of arbitration, because arbitration
: would very much reduce. even if IT die
| mot entirely remove the probability OF
/ a strike
I Inst another word in regard to the
+ laboring man. The struggle to secure
an eight-ohur day is an international
\ struggle and 1t is sure to be settled
; in favor of the working man. The
s benefits Of the labor-Saving machine
e have not been distributed with equity
e The producer has enormously multi
e piled his capacity but 50 far the Owner
= of The machine has received too mucf
d OF The increase and the laborer to'
n little Those who oppose the eight'hou
g day do il | am convinced more De
/ cause of ignorance of conditions thai
= because Of lack. of sympathy VIII
those who toll. The removal or WofI
{. from the house TO the factory, ha
IS separated the husband from his VII
re and the fathts from the chlideei
r. while the growth Of our cities ma
mt an increasing distance betwee
as the home and the workshop. me
IS Etoo. more is demanded OF the laborln
H. man row than formerly, he Is a cit
~ zen as well as a laborer and mus
p have time TO study public question
CT If he is TO be an intelligent soVerlgl
OF To drive him from his bed To N
ne task and from his task back TO n
m bed is to deprive the family OF n
ne company. society of his service an
ne ipolitics Of his influence.
Democratic Policies.
Thus far | have dwelt upon su
jucts which may not be regarded
strictly partisan. but am sure TIL
You will pardon me If in this pre-
re ence hetray my interest in tho
- policies for which The Democrat
party stands. | have not had an 0
az, lportunity To make Democrat
speech for almost a year and on OF
not even political enemy-cou
lat be so cruel as 10 forbid me to spei
zen of those policies on this occasion O
opponents have derived not only p'
tisan pleasure but also partisan 9
vantage from the lewiston caused
our party by the money qaestl'
They ought not. therefore, besrd
! rs the satisfaction thar We find in
n fact that unexpected conditions ma
NJ removed the cause of our dineren
M and permitted us to present a UNI
HI front on present issues. Unlocked
III and unprecedented increase pm
production of gold has brought yictC
n to both the advocates of gold and
H advocates of bimetalism-the form
keeping the gold standard which II
wanted and the latter securing
larger volume of money for VIII
they contended. We who favor
Y meialism are sa isfed without '
tory If the friends of monmetali
are satisfied with theirs And we
invite them 10 a contest of zeal
bIv endurance in the effort to restore
ms the people the rights which HI
most been gradually taken from them
10 the trusts.
Ton The Investigations which h
anu been in progress during the past >
IT,