The Forrest City times., 1908-09-11
BRYAN ID W0RKMEN
DELIVERS NOTABLE ADDRESS AT
 CHICAGO CELEBRATION.
Defines the Difference Between PIanks in Democratic and Republican Platforms-Justce for
 the Toilcrs.

l speaker, and had for HH audience many 1 thousands of workHeu. Mfr Bryan said 1 in part:
 Labor day is d legal holiday and it was | made SO because the legislators thought l the wage -edrnets worthy tu have day i specially set apart for the toHsd alteration 1 of themes that concern those who toil | ] appreciate the compliment paid me by tile program committee ot this city in 1n- 1 Niung We to participate in the ceremonies | 9i thls day. dhd it Was 2ladlE accepted | because Chicago is the second city in the ahloH. and dS a lIhaT center It is scarce | lY second to any city lu the world. IT II were proper tn speak from q text. ] ! Would select 4 Uas~aE" from Proverbs. l for l kn0W of no better one than that | ituFhisltd by the words ut solomon when 3t t'l3ted that Us man tHinketh in 1 ias heart. SD IS he. This is Bible doc tfine lt Is common sense. and if is hu- man experience. Ne think in our hearts as we'll as in our Leads=ouf of the heart are the issues Of he" lt is poor head that cannot find | plausible reason for aolhs what the heaft wants To do. be- Gtn my speech with th#s proposition be- cause l want To impress it upon the minds of these who IsteH h me. and up en those Who read What say to you. The lahar question Is more d moral than an luteIter Iual one
 \ long step toward the elevation of labor te lts proper position in the na- | tiouss deliberations is to be found in the establishment Of q department of labor Nith cabinet officer at it's head. The wage eaFueES deserve th4S recognition,
 
 slstahCe which sHsh au official could render him l regard the inauguration
 oI lttfS IetafH a thc opening of q new era in winch those who toH will have
 q voice III tHe deliberations of the pfesi- dents council chamber
 The labor organization has been ser-
 e9slA handicapped by the fact that it
 has beeH-dRd 1 alu not sure that lt has
 not been aoHe uuWittm24v=y Oked up with the industrial combinations known as
 trusts The pf"Heness of trust de-
 lenders to Use tue labor organi-
 zauon as an excuse for combinations n restraint et trade has aroused the sus-
 Htcion that they have been eiassed to-
 gether for the purpose of shielding the combinations of capital. As Inc result
 or lN years of antitrust legislatiou only
 one man hds been given penal sen
 tenee for Violating the federal law on iIls subject. and that man was mem Der of ,t labor orgduiZdtion rather than tfust maRnate. The laboriug man is jus lusI in his demand that a distinction ShaH be drawn between the labor or gaH}Zauon and The industrial monopoly. The trust and the labor organization cannot be described in the same language. The trust Iuaguatrs have used their pow CT to amass swollen fortunes while no one will say that the labor organization has as vet secured for it's members more than their share of the profits arising from their work. But there are funda- mental differences. The tFust Is a com hInaton of dollars the labor orgauIZa- ton Is an association of human beings trol the product of others. In q labor orxanizat !on. the members unite for the protection of that which is their own. namely. their own labor. which. being necessary t. tfeit e&isteIaae. as u part of them. The tras; deals with dead matter. | the labor organization deals with life and | impartial student of the subject will de- | ny the right of the lthoainE man to ex- l emHtOn from lie operation of the ex- l istuR antitrust laws.
 | If the labor organization needs 10 he
 regulated by law, let it he regulated by | not bt a law that Was aimed to pre- | vent the coruering of il commodity or
 the forestalline of the market
 shall not speak of the eight-hour 1 day. or of the FmleSers liability act. 1 because both of the leading parties have 1 indofsed these reforms; the only ques- 1 ton to be considered: which party
 can best be trusted tn secure these re- l forns' need hardly to assure you l that l am heartily in favor Of both reforms
 There are two Guestions. however. in l timately connected with the labor prob | lem upon which the Democratic and Re- puh1cdh parties dc not agree, and not 1 aHlE feel at lihertS to discuss these. but. l under ti4e cffutustanc"S, have no 1 right to ignore them. one relates to the 1 issue of inimetioHs, aHd the other to con | tempt eases arising under injunctIons. 1 The Republican convention did not deal l candidly with the Ehortng man on the
 subjert of the writ Of injunction. Sec l 1 platform ln this respect and te make some promises. which are not supported | by his platform. but hiS promises offer l nothus SuHstJ8tjJ fu He Way of reform. 1 and are not binding eH RepNHlieau sena- | turss and IatIuHerS The Rtpublican con 1 eTess has already made record oH la 1 bot oaestians and the Republican party | Canuot eseape from that record.
 Mr. Tafts speech may he considered
 as hindlne upon hmm but the conVertton l l Air. Tafts personal views The RepUhli-
 ran platform. Nl4Ie ptetendlng to pledge 1 some modification of the ltN. contains
 aA exception clause MA+sa tslttE3tes the i yefy laugaa-e of the law. Whether this i exception clause was Inserted by acc deut
 "l dtslEH. tte eftr9 f is the same. It 1 merely provides. in substance. that re-
 staaihiH- orders Suall nas issue without i notlre except where s8oh orter can TOW l lssae without Hotfre- Tine platform was
 tlia4ph for these who have been op- i posing tLe laborng man. and they have been roasting o} thejr victory.
 1 The Democratic platform oh this suh- 1 lret eopes the language which tAe labor l rEtrizat5ous submitted to the Repabfi- l ean and licfFu'fatlr conventions. MT. Taft. in his notification speech. objects to 1 the lahsaa@e He charges that the anti 1 lH33n=uoH plank Was .iooSeh drawn. .' 1 and fraWet for &the e>peejal purpose of reudrr.p- it susceptible to one iHterpre- i tatlon hy one att Of men and a diamet- f.railY uFpoSH te interpretation by an l "thtl- A> Mr. Taft hes had long eN-
 
 1 skilled in the interpretation of lanGuaee. l , ask htia tu stNe us. if Ae eau.= Two op- 1 Iuatte interpretations ot ttr laHG,istet i TAat plank demands that "au uartjes ta i .di tHdirlal HGo.eeliaeS saAH he treated i with rigid iinpafUaIt5." S5reE he eau- 1 uot ind two atrIrret.Etions th tHs phrase
 "ttssd te.nafti slitE.
 ! Speaking ot Industrial dispHtee the ! I.alp,H declares ttst "tniuugtlau~ shall "ot he issard iu 3Ht cases ln Which in- fI.HcIfuus would not JsSue f no fHdus.r8I dispute We're fNals r4. How can tlat -aua ias,2 7e mise6HSIFre# ar Hisinter- pfet-sts # wefds #stH anything th;tt
 ptauk uitstas thot 4n industrial dispute snail Hot. .H itself he re1ardeI 5s a snf- tiHaant t.alsse for aH taiuuet tpu- Y un iu- ! jun lion issues ja au Industrial dispute Y must ne nasrd upop astS which would 3Ast4t& aA Injunction r there We're no ind f~t#.al tiisp.4te 5aNeiF-d THere iS net4H aHh5E1aHs atdHT ft. tbere IS noftiH= tast Fau h- Hisaea~tfaed or mie- i interpreted eaen D. eut 1tsirIuG To lind a a"@Hlr meaning Nhv do tine Repuh- teau ldera ttteaGTf to t-atd ambiguity lita tAees Wesds2 SHHIz beeaa>e they -srl.vt iaes' ite VEapoSIiiuB presented
 orr at tha preat problems to-daI is Co secure T.. eaHt4hlr distribution Gf the pfa- Ceds ef tazl Tls Hlat,rial wealth uf ttss ca#t.ttt fs l4freN a iotut product.
 iu factories few people work alone and
 oh tte tt11 certain amount of co-
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