The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-03-05
Declares Cardinal Gibbons
before tie Civic Fed
ration.
BOTH ARE NEEDED
For the Existence Of One An
other the Prelate Very
Soundly Says:

y D'Se Hr''UH ~ katC -Etlutl0I4snlp De-
tween ewp,ovef and employee was
the feature Ct fhe H-st days session
: q the National Cf,o Federation here
tlGly. cardSaal Gibbons presided.
HI paid irlbute 10 the workman
ana declared the mottod Of both en-
I pIcyt ana e:zpoyee should be Labor
and capital, ole and insept.afie, now
( and forcvfr''
The purpose 4 ou= meeting said
the CardiusI rs - remove. as far as
/ possible, al hosel!llcs ana recrimI-
nations, all b!S&eFlugs paa mlsundez-
standings between capital aad labor.
so that mutual love and coed VIII
may be inausurated between them.
and the glorious reign Of business and
commercial prosperity may be corr
firmed and perpetuated throughout
the land"
Capital and labor, the Cardinal de-
clarcd, were THE invinciDle arms OF
Industrial activity" and should work
/ IN harmony for1thc common good. He
said hale had been shed around the
workman ever since Christ handled
The tools of an artisan in the carpen-
ter's shop in Nazareth.
III the profession &C a soldier has
been cnntbled by the example of
Warrington he continued, IF the
profession of a jurist has been en-
nobled by a Marshall, is the profess
sion pt a statesman has been en-
nohled by Webster or a Burke.
surely the calling Of u MECHANIC has
been dignlled and sancullcd by the
example of chrsst&
The prclate dwelt upoI the Jepen-
dence OF capital upon IaUtr and de-
clared there was as close am lnterde-
pendencC between the members Of the
social body as existed between the
members ofsthe physical body. With
out labor to work its mines, till It's
soil and accomplish the multlfarious
tasks of human activity, the Cardinal
said, capital would be unproductive.
But If capital can accomplish lit
tic without labor" he said. labor
can accomplish still less without cap
ital. 1t is capital Joined with indUm-
table enterprise that has opened UP
! the resources OF our country. has de-
velopcd our mines and built our rail-
roads, giving employment to miilioUs
OF laborers. It is capital that has
constructed those mighty lcvlathan
steamships which cross the ocean
uniting continents in friendly inter-
course"
In closing, Cardinal Gibbons cx-
pressed the hope that capitalist aud
workingman would work in harmony
land strive for All era os complete !a-
dus,rial peace.
Extolling federal arbitration of
putcs between the railroads and their
employees. PresIdingJudge Martin y.
Knapp, Of the United States Com
merce Court. prophesicd before the
! federation that such government ar
i bitration eventually would he extend
cd ~ include other forms Of business
whore trouble affecting the public
tarIsc.
we caa lie certain, for the ten-l
dency is unmistakahIc' he said, that
more and more will the influence and
Authority Of the government be OK
TENDED into business pursuits which
have hitherto been conducted as pure
ny private enterprises. Broadly
speaking, there are already three par
tics concerned in every labor dispute.
the employer. tho cmplOye and the
puaic. PROFESSIONALLY the relative
interest of the public in these conton-
TORS will increase. and some plan
must be devised 20 protect that inter
est without injustice to either of the
other parties concerned"
Judge knapp testified to the excel
lence Of the results derived from that
section Of the Erdman law which pro-
vided for federal mediation in dis
pWcs between interstate carriers and
their employees when the public. wei
. fare was tllreateued. Such authority
Is reposed in thc-chairman Of the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission and
the Commissioning Of Labor who. II
their efforts al cancellation fail. may
then press arbitration on>the warning
elements,
The arbitration features of the Law
arc undoubtedly useful, however IN
Frequently brought into play he
said. but the scheme of mediation
has been a distant success. 1t has
ibcen utilized in numerous cases udr-
ing the last six years and in no In
stance yet has u strike followed the
intervention OF the medators The
: law nay therefore be regarded as at
y least promising and suggestive limo
: vation."
Q Labor unions We're endorsed by
Judge Knapp. who saw In, them the
natural outgrowth of business and
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