The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-09-25

nence, Cardinal Gibbons, has WRIT 81
for the October number of Putnam
Monthly, to be issued in a few days
an article entitled "Organized Lab
or, " in which he expresses the viewl
he holds regarding the relation be-
tween capital and labor, aud NOR,
particularly the attitude OF the EN-,
ployed toward the employer. The
distinguished prelate treats the sub.
ject with unusual candor, aud while
his article is coached In kindly
phrase, it contains several outspoken
admonittons to organized labor. His
eminence makes strong plea for
the pacific adjustment OF industrial
difficulties, he declares himself IA
opposed to strikes and boycotts as a
means Of settling the differences be-
tween the employer and the employ
ed, and In conclusion urges working
men TO strive constantly toward an
uplifting of the moral aud social
standard of their organizations.
While the article ia particularly
addressed TO organized labor, the
trusts and corporations receive their
share OF attention aud the prelate is
unsparing in his denunciation Of
those monopolists who, he saya, ex-
hibit "a grasping avarioe which has
dried up every sentiment Of sympa.
thy, and sordid selfiishness which is
deaf to the cries of distress. "
After outlining the causes which
lead up to the banding together Of
worklngmen for their own protection
and confirming their right to so or
ganize, his eminenoe denounces those
elements of organized labor which
seek to stir up unnecessary disoord.
He then breaches little sermon to
employers regarding their treatment
of their employees He says.
EMPLOYERS AT FAULT
"There would be less ground for
complaint against employers IL they
kept in view the golden maxim of the
gospel Whatsoever ye would men
should do unto ron, do ye also unto
them. Our sympathy with those in
our employ, whether In the house.
hold, the mines or the factory, is
wonderfully quiokened by putting
ourselves IN theiI place, and by ask
Ing ourselves how we should wish To
be treated IN similar circumstances.
We should remember that they are
our fellow beings; that they have
feelings like ourselves; that they are
5tung by a feeling Of injustice, re.
PEELED by an overbearing spirit, sof
tened by kindness, and that IL rests
largely with us whether their hearts
and homes are to be- clouded with sor-
row or radiant with joy. +"
The preIate believes that the work
lnRmen of America are better paid |
and live better than their brethren
across the Atlantic and after bestow
ing praise upon those employers Who |
have the welfare Of their employees ut
heart be turns TO the criminal cor
porations In their relations with the |
Says his eminenCe
PREDATORY WEALTH
"No friend Of the race can eontem-
olate without painful emotions these
moDopollsts. Their sole
lin is to realize large dividends
without regard TO the paramount
claims of justice and Christian chart
y. These trusts and monopoIies,
Ike the car of JugRernaut, crush every
obstacle that stands Ia their way
They endeavoT---not alawys, il is al.
eyed, without success-to corrupt
'ur national and state legislatures and
councils. They are so in
olerant Of honest rivalry as 10 use
means In driving from the
market all competing industries.
They compel their operatives TO work
or starving wages, especially In min
ng districts ard factories, where pro
ests have but feeble echo and are
ssily stified By intimidation. 10
many places the corporations are said
O have the monopoly Of stores of
upply, where exorbitant prices are
harged for the nenessaries OF life
ills are contracted which the work
mem are unable to pay from their
canty wages, and their forced insol-
ency places them at the mercy of
heir taskmasters. The supreme Law
4 the land should be yindieated and
and ample protection
bould be afforded TO legitimate COM