Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-06


from the stand.
The man was arrested later and
charged. with disorderly conduct. He
said his name was John Martin, and
by occupation was painter.
Following is a portion ipf the ad-
dress as delivered by the colonel:
"Today-on Labor day speak
in one sense, especially to . those
personally and vitaHys interested in
the labor struggle; and yet l speak
of this primarily as one aspect of
the larger social struggle growing
out of the attempts to readjust So
cial conditions and make them more
equitable.
The nineteenth century was dis
tinctfy one of economic triumphs-
triumphs in the domain of produc-
ton, including transportation and
the mechanics of exchange. The
marvellous progress made in these
respects multiplied mans product
ivespower to an almost ,inconceisable
degree. In the matter of produc-.
tion of wealth, as much progress
was made during the nineteenth
century as during all previous peri
DDS since. history dawnes that is,
the changes brough in a single cen
fury through machinery and steam
have been greater than the sum
total OF the changes of the preced-
! ing thousand years; and these very
| chan ges and this material progress
have. thrust upon us social and pilit-
! fcAl pfcblealss-eof the .Rrst lnsgnis-
tude: The triumphs of the physi-
! cal sciences in the nineteenth CEN
tuft represented progress primarily
infth material elements of civiliza-
ton. The most pressing problems
that confront the present century
are not concerned with the material
| production of wealth. but with its
distribution. The demands of pro-
greBs now deal not so much with
ethical factors of civilization. Our
basis problem is to see that the
| marvelously augmented powers of
production bequeathed to us by the
nineteenth century shall in the
| twentieth be made to administer
to'sthe needs of the many rather
than be exploited for the profit of
the few
The American wage Garner faces
this larger social problem in dual
capacity; first, as citizen of the
republic charged with the full duty
of citizenship; and next as wage
earner-as a wage worker-who, to-
! gether with his fellow workers, is
vitally concerned in the question if
wages and general conditions of en-
ployment, which affect not only his
well-being and that of his wife and
children, but the opportunities of
all workers for higher develop
ment
1T is true of wage workers, as
of all other citizens, that most of
their progress must depend upon
their own initiative and their own
efforts. Nevertheless, there are
three different factors in this pro-
gress. There is, first, the share
which the mans own individual
qualities must determine. This is
the most important of all, for no.
thing can supply the place of indi-
: vidual capacity. Yet there are two
other factors also Of prime import
ance, namely: What can be done
with the wage workers is co-opera-
ton with one another: and what
can be done by government-that is.
by the instrument through which
all the people work collectively
Wages and other most important
conditions Of employment must re-
main largely outside of government
: control; must be left for adjust
ment by free contract between en-
: ployers and wage earners. But to
attempt to leave this merely to in
divldual action means the absolute
destruction Of individualism; for
5 where the Individual Is so weak
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