Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-03
THE RELATIONS OF
CAPITAL AND LABOR.

HTf y NJ HiND LhOOns
10 ia certain that FOR some time 10
come thero win be a constant increase
absolutely ana perhaps relatively. OF
those among our citizens who dwell In
cities or towns OF some size and who
work for wages. This means that there
viii boz am er-increasing need TO
consider the problems inaeparablc from
great Industrial civilization. Where
Hn immense and complex business. csc
pecialiy Boz those branches relating TO-
manufacture ana transportation. ia
transacted by a large number az capt.
tdlisis who employ O. very much larger
number % Wngc-carners, tho former
tend moro and moro 20 combine into
corporations and the latter into unions
The relations % the capitalist and
wage worker 20 one another. and OF
each Go Che general public. are not ale
ways easy To- adjust; and to put them
and keep them uu "a satisfactory basis
BE- one or the most important and one
of Tho most delicate tasks before our
hole civilization Much or the work
for the accomplishment OF this end
must De done hy the individuals COM
earned themselves. whether singly or
iu combination. and the one unda-
mental fact thut must never be lost
average man. whether he be "A man OF
means or a man who works with his
hands, 81 the most important factor in
solying the problem Alright But 90 rs
almost cIgnlly important TO remember
that without good laws It is also inn
icssible 90 reach the proper solution.
u is idle 10 hold that without good
laws OWLS such as child labor az the
over-working OF women. as the failure
TO protect employees nom loss 81 life
or limb. can be effectively reached, any
more than the evils OF rebates and
stock watering can be reached without
good laws. To fail to stop those pras
tses by legislation means TO force hon
EST men into them, because otherwise
the dishonest who surely will take ad-
vantage Of them will have everything
their own way. II the states viii cor
rect these evils, well and good. lrIt the
nation must stand ready to aid them.
EMPLOYMENT or WOMEN.
No question growing out OF our rap
ia and complex Industrial development
Us more important than that OF the
employment OF women and children
The presence OF women in industry
reacts with extreme dlrectness upon
the character Of the home and upon
rounding the employment of children
bear a vital relation TO our future ciu-
zeuship our legislation ia those areas
under the control of the Congress Is
very much behind the legislation of our
more progressive states 4 thorough
and comprehensive measure should be
adopted az this session Of the Congress
relating to the employment OF women
and children On the District Of COlum-
bia and the territories. The investi-
cation into the condition OF women ana
children wagc-earncrs recently authOg-
lied and directed by the Congress ~
now being carried on in the various
states, and ! recommend that the ap-
propriation made last year for begin
ming this work be renewed. I'm order
that We may have the thorough and
comprehensive investigation which the
subject demands. The national govern
ment has as an ultimate resort for con-
troll of the child labor the use of the
interstate commerce clause TO prevent
the products Of child labor from en-
tering into interstate commerce But
before using this Il ought certainly 10
enact model laws on the subject for
the territories under its own Immediate
control
MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINALS.
There Is one fundamental PROPOSE
ton which can be laid down as regards
an these matters. namely; While hon
esty by Itself viii not solve the prob
lem. yet the insistenCe upon honesty
not merely technical honesty, but hon
esty In purpose and spirits an es-
sential element in arriving at a right
conclusion. Vice In its Cruder and
more archaic forms shocks everybody
but there is very urgent need that pub
lie opinion should be just as severe IN
condemnation of the vice which hides
itself behind class or professional 10y
atty, or which denies that Il is vice
~ It can escape conviction in the courts
The public and the representatives of
the public, the high officials. wheth-
er ON the bench or In executive
or legislative positions nceS 10
remember that often the most
dangerous criminals, so far as the life
Of the nation IL concerned are not
those who commit the crimes known
10 and condemned by the popular con-
science for centuries but those who
commit crimes only rendered possible
by the complex conditions OF our mod
ern industrial life. II makes not a
particle OF difference whether these
/ crimes are committed by a capitalist or
by a laborer. by "a leading banker or
manufacturer or railroad man. or by a
/ leading representative Of "a labor
union. Swindling iu stocks. corrupting
| legislatures making fortunes by the IN
natiOn OF securities. by wreckng rail-
roads, by destroying competitors
through rebates-these forms OF wrong
doing IN the capitalist. are far more
/ Infamous than any ordinary form of
emmbezzlement or forgery; yet IL is a
matter OF extreme difficulty 70 secure
/ the punishment OF the man most guilty
Of them, most responsible for them. The
/ business man who cOndoues such con-
duct stands on a level with the labor
man who deliberately supports n cor
rupt demagoguo and agitator. whether
/ head NJ "a union or head of some mum
icipality, because he 81 said 10 have
| "stood by the union The members OF
| the business community. the educators.
or clergymen. who condone and eucour-
age the first kind OF wrongdoing. are
no more dangerous 10 the community.
| but are morally even worse. than the
labor men who are guilty OF the sec
| ond type OF wrongdoing. because less
g. 10 be pardoned those who have no
such excuse as rs furnished either by
| ignorance or by dire need.
GRAVE DEEEcTS