The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-03-09
CAPITAL AND LABOR
AS Recently Discussed by Cardinal
Gibbons

taf as possible ali hOSllllllSS anu ~
ordinations, all chickering's and mis-
understandings, between capital and
labor. so that mutual love and good
will may be inaugurated between
them. and the glorious reign of bus
mess and commercial prosperity may
be con irmed and perpctua,ed through
cut the and W. are ire not as
specia pleaders for capital nor as
special pleaders for labor hut we
are met together n tic sacred inter
ests CT both Capital and labor are
the two invincibic a',cs {, Industrial
,,otNty; unlteq they stand di7l'cd
they fall.
Ey,1 since the Redcru"r of man
siu. mad handle the tools of an aTti-
san IN the carlenter's ~ a, NaZ- |
] arch. he has shed a halo around the |
I brow of the workman. If the profes- |
/ SIT of a sold or has been cnnobled |
by a marshal, If the profession of
a statesman ias been ennDblcd by a !
Webster or Burke, surely the call
ing OF a mechanic has been dignliied
and sanctifed by the example 81
Christ.
Labor is honorable because IL con
tributes more than any ether agency
to the welfare and prosperity Of the
commonwealth. De Tocqueville, the
distinguished French writer who Wis
tied the United states In 1895, made
the observation that every honest EN-
ployment was regarded as honorable
in this country. The laborer is tie
bee in the social hive. He is the
benefactor of his race.
God bless the noble workingmen
Who rear the cities of the plain.
Who dig the mines and build the
ships,
, And drive the commerce OF the main.
, God bless them, for their swarthy
Have wrought the glory of our
/ lands
, Capital needs the aid of labor and
/. can effect little without 1t, We are
social beings, We are created for So
. ciety; no man is sufficient unto him
y self. We are all mutually dependent
n on one another Just as the organs OF
y the body are sustained by one an
i. other. Can the eye says st. Paul
= "say TO the hand, need thee not?
a Nor. again. can the head say to the
!. foot, need thee not?"
p. I care not how rich and powerful a
y man may be. He may possess tht
,. wealth Of Croesus OF old, or in oui
day OF Mr. Rockefeller; what will hi!
20 wealth avail him II he has no frienC
n. 20 grasp him by the hand, no com
90 panlon TO cherish him, no servant q
ge minister to him. He is poor an'
ii. miserable and blind and naked"
., What would 1t profit a man to owl
~ all the coal mines of West Virgini
% and Pennsylvania II there were n
Am hardy sons of toll to work thos
~ mines. to extract the coal from IN
,,,, bowels OF the earth and transport
ON 10 the different centers OF popul'
he ton? What would II profit one
'ir possess the whole island Of Manhatta
.or if he we're deprived OF the service
On his fellow being? His possession
od would be to him a mockery and
he delusion.
A. When Alexander Selklrk was ca
in. upon the island OF San Juan Ferna
an. DEE his first feeling was one of ext
is tation in claiming the ownership
of so much territory, and he exclaimed
ov. am monarch Of all ] survey;
- or my rights there is none to di
pute;
" From the center all round to the sc
OF I am lord of the fowl and the brute
lsi- But when he reflected that he VI
- alone and had no one to help him
work the soil and be his companio
ing he bitterly cried out
tes o Solitude, where is thy charm
- Which sages have seen In thy fac
On Better dwell in the midst Of alarm
nat Than reign In this horrible place
1er- But II capital can accomplish NJ
ont without labor, labor can accompli
stin less without capital, IL is Ct
10 ital joined with indomltable ent
oil prise that has opened up our count
900 has developed our mines, built
ON. railroads. giving employment to n
lions of laborers IL Is capital q
has constructed those mighty lev
than steamships which cross
e OF ocean, uniting continents in frien
war intercourse
nor, Look at the huge Olympic anchor
In New York harbor. There she
j like NM NAtNNNHAAAA' AANNNNNA WtNN
a life and motion She does not bu'
ton, an inch. The officers are at th
INIT. posts aboard OF her; the engine
"a are there. and the dromen, the
"'' kers and sailors. They are pow
loni' less without the commander. But
n OF soon as the captain ascends
isso bridge and touches a button, that
~. less monster becomes instinct "
A''o new life. She glides gracefully dc
sew the harbor and rushes across the
the lantic, bearing precious freight
.rriv. more precious lives to their dest
,,,,g ton.
'''He What does this illustrator II II
= trates the fruitful blessings result
,ihces from the union of Drawn and OF b
s Nv" n OF physical and intellectual forces
labor and capital. Let, then, cal
- and labor Join hands and work
gether tremendously, and the incr
ed prosperity OF the nation is as
lnv a ed. Let our motto be: Labor
Il. ". capital. one and inseparable, now
liyr., foreyer.-Address before Natl
Civic Federation.