Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-11

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vance TO accumulate by contributions
| from all members OF the labor unions
u. fund which shall enable them to live
during the pending strike. They have
the right to use persuasion with all nth-
| er lnborers who are invited to take
their places Nv order to convince them
Of the advantage to labor OF united &C
ton. IL AZ the business Of the courts
and of the police 10 respect these rights
with the same degree OF care that they
respect the right OF owners OF capital
70 the protection OF their property ana
business"
He added however. that "a resort 90
violence. or other form OF lawlessncss.
ON behalf Of q labor union, properly
merits and receives the sharpest con
domination from the public. and Is quite
likely to lose the cause of labor It's
support In the particular controversy.
Tho abuse OF capital combinations
---industr lal and railroad--wcre dis
cussed at length. and the relation OF
wage earners thereto pointed out.
UNLAWFUL MoNoPoLTs.
1.-THE maintenance OF such unlawful
monopolles,' said Mr.. Taft. ~ for the
purpose OF keeping up tho prices Of tho
necessities of life. and this necessarily
reduces the purchasing power OF the
wages, which the wage earncrs re-
ccive. This Us a serious detiimcnt TO
them ana q real reason why they
should condemn such corporate abuses
and sympathize with the effort to
stamp them out " Is not that they
should sympathize with an effort to
destroy such great corporate enter
prices, because they employ enormous
numbers of wage earners and lawfully
and normally increase tho capital from
which the wage fund Is drawn, but
they should and do vigorously sustain
the policy Of the government In bring
ing these great corporations within the
law and requiring them to conduct
their business IN accordance with the
statutes of the country.
I'm rare instances. corporate mana
gers have entered into course of vio-
lencc To maintain their side Of a la
Dor controversy They have justified
II ON the ground that they were simply |
lighting fire with fire, and that IL the |
labor union proceeded TO use dynamite |
they would use dynamite In return. I !
cannot too strongly condemn this |
course of argument. No amount of |
lawlessness on the part of labor strik- |
ers will Justify the lawlessness on the |
part of the employers. Such course !
BLACKLTSTING.
"a second abuse which employers
iIp sometimes EuliNy bl Is WHAT tttH-
hically is known as 'blacklisting' This
Is unlawful and should be condemned"
Mr. Taft condemned the abuses of
labor" such as violence intimidation
and the boycott, and pointed out the
egal remedies by which a person may
be protected against the illegal acts of
of capital and combina-
ions of labor "In cases of unlawful
of capital, as well as OF
such combinations of labor" he said,
the method I'm equity by securing an
Injunction seems to be preferred by
hose who are about to be injured"
He defended the injunction against
he criticism that It places In the
lands OF judge legislative, Judicial
hat prevention Is better than cure"
He granted the contention, he said.
hat the Injunction had been abused
II labor disputes and favored amend
nent OF the law to provide that no
emporary restraining order should Is
ue until after notice and hearing,
llso requiring different judge in con-
empt proceedings from the Judge Is
uing the injunction.
'There is a class Of capitalists who
ook upon labor unions as per Sc vi
.ious and q class OF radical labor
who look upon capital as la
,or's natural enemy declared Mr..
Taft, in closing. Il believe, however, |
hat the great majority of each class
are gradually becoming more concil-
Iatory in their attitude the one toward
the other. Between them IL a larger |
class. neither capitalists nor labor
who are without prejudice,
and hope l am one of those. The eff
fects of the panic are not over. We
must expect Industrial depression. This
may be fruitful of labor controversies.
] earnestly hope that more conserva-
tive and concilatory attitude on both
sides may avoid the destructive strug-
giles of the past
STOLE TAF-T'S oVERCOAT.
New York. Jan. 1O.-Following his
speech at Cooper Union, Secy, of War
William H. Taft visited several clubs
and restaurants on the East Side and |
was obliged to go home
N the early hours OF the morning with
gut an overcoat When he looked for
he coat at the end of the Cooper Union
meeting IL was not to be found, and a
search had been Instituted for 1t when
someone discovered a boy trying to
get out of the building with It, The
coat was recovered but the boy escaped.
The first stop WAS made at Hungarian
club, where Secy. Taft has often been
entertained and where he spoke briefly.
supper was served the party in a cafe !
On Avenue c. and the last stop of the
rip was made at the Old Cafe Boule-
yard where Mr.. Taft was greeted by a
number Of artists and other habitues
IF this old Bohemian resort.