The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-09-08

which must be reared and educated so
that they may not be retarded in the
stern race of life, of the, ambitious
hopes which father and mother have
in the future of their offspring, and
of the rigid economy which must be
practiced there in order that the modest
family plans may not fail of fruition.
The most successful employer l ever
knew kept himself constantly informed
as to the situation of the families of
his workmen. He knew when any mem
Der of their families was seriously i'll;
he was there to offer aid, he stood near
when death visited the homes OF those
who worked for him, and his humane as
sistance made him beloved by all of
those who were in his employ.
On the other hand the employee
should consider of the struggles and
perils of his employer. He should know
that nine out of every ten men who
embark in the larger business ventures
of the world lose their all and spend
their latter years in Strengthened cir
cumstances if not in absolute want.
Such is the peril which business men
face when they attempt these great ven
lures We sometimes hear referred to as
big business.
Surely l am right when l say that
employer. and employed are bound to-
gether by mutual interests, and that
the success of both are not independent
but lnterdependent. Whatever Injuries
one injuries both. United they will
withstand every storm; divided they
will fall without resistance. Hence it is
that we should encourage every plan
and effort to bring employer and en-
plcyed into closer union and more COM
plete harmony.
[ hope to live long enough to hear
the last OF the look out and the strike
among the great producers Of the world.
They put out the fires of progress and
leave many a hearthstone without fuel.
There must be better way in which
to reach right conclusions than these.
They spell loss to both sides. The en-
ployer must yield. He cannot afford to
sit as judge in his own case against
his Workmen. Selfshness never reaches
just conclusions. The employee must
yield. He cannot afford to cripple his
employer no more than he could Oxford
to shut cut the light from his home.
Some means Of Cancellation must be de-
vised which will be ef,ectual in these
great matters; which will be fair to
both sides; which will humiliate neither
and which may be resorted to without
resorting to the lock out or the strike.
l deplore these happenings because
they sometimes lead to disorder and
to resort to force. Mob-rule is misrule.
The mob never settled a question right
unless through accident. Mobs try
without the forms of law, convict with
out evidence, condemn without delay,
and kill without consideration. They
burn and murder and pillage and bring
disgrace upon communities and states
From the day the mob gathered about
the Son of God and demanded Of the
weak judge that He be delivered ND to
them for torture TO this hour the mob
has ever been menace to human So
ciety and to every home of the world.
every home of the world.
Everything which infames the pas
sions of men to such deeds of IawIess
ness should be opposed by every good
citizen. We should all join hands and
hearts In finding some better wav in
which to settle our disputes. The law
Of force belongs to a remote age. It
has no place in our day and is at vari-
ance with the spirit which controls the
times in which we live.
But my friends there is light anead.
Good men and great men, employers and
employed are studying these questions
everywhere. New methods are being
evolved. Courts of arbitration are be-
ing devised. Employers are getting near
er to their workmen. The old in service
are being pensioned, and the unfortun-
ate are being cared for. Industrial in
suranee is on the way. The money now
paid to casualty companies and acct
dent insurance companies to swell their
golfers and render fabulous returns to
their stockholders will soon be retained
IN every business community to be in
stantly applied to the care Of wcrkmen
injured In dangerous empIoyments and
to the support of their families. The
great heart Of America will beat in
sympathy with all of these efforts to
reach just conclusions, and in the ap-
preaching day peace and harmony will
reign, and the employer and the en-
ployed-the two mighty forces of the
business world-will join hands in
mutual sympathy in working out the
great problems which the future will
reveal to a delighted world.