Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1912-02-03
Employers Sbonld Take Faith
erIy Interest In Their
Employees.
Father Vaughan Says Personal
Relations Treaten to
Cease.
COURSE OF ACTION SUGGESTED

Cardinal Farley was one of the
honor guests at the annual conven-
tion dinner of the Superintendent of
the Metropolitan Insurance Company
In New York City last Saturday. Be
ing present at the special invitation
OF President Hegeman and other Of
ficials, the Cardinal expected to only
say grace, but so enthusiastic was his
reception that later in the evening he
made a short address, in which he
touched briefly but fore bly, upon
the differences between capital and
labor. When Cardinal Farley made
it known that he would soon have TO
leave and had consented to sneak to
the diners all were on their feet in
moment, cheering Justify. and re-
NAMED standing until their guest
had left the room.
Cardinal Farley prefaced his re-
marks by commencing President
Hegeman and the company for its
treatment of employees and tene-
rciaries, and said in part
Il have had occasion to speak to
capitalists from time to time-and
of course the question of capital and
labor is too large one to enter
upon tonight, and you on your feet;
but | have taken occasion once in a
while to say my mind on the sub
Ieet, and my mind was this: That
a fatherinly interest and sympa-
thetic relation between employer and
employees would solve the entire diff
ticulty between capital and labor. AS
they stand now today, in a large
measure. at least, they look-to me
like two galleries of statues. facing
one another, having no sympathy
with one another whatever no tie.
no bond. each one Independent. Very
often they seem to be standing like
Two armies in battle array, waiting
for the order to attack one another.
That should not be. That is not
American. That is not civilization.
There should be a sympathy be-
tween them. The employer ought to
feel that he is the father of his peo-
ple, and when severe sickness or
death comes into the family of any
one of those In his employ he
should step in, not in person, for he
could not see them all, but by his
appointed representative and let the
company carry its sympathy into
the heart of that family and make
them feel that they are not alone in
the world and not mere working
machines to wiring the last drop of
sweat from and the last particle of
energy out of their body. That is
my idea of the proper relation. l am
happy to feel that there is one in
stitution where for the present that
idea is being carried out as far as
possible under the circumstances
am glad to be able to congratulate
you, gentlemen, on your relations
with your employer. am glad also
to congratulate your President. and
am happy to have made his ac-
quaintance this evening"
Father Vaughan was the next TO
speak. "In being associated with the
Cardinal I feel like a two-cent pop
ular edition when 1t is brought into
contact with a priceless volume
bound in crimson morocco" he said.
1--WE are living in the days when all
personal relations are beginning to
cease. But labor and capital. boss
and employer, find the personal
equation illustrated In this room,
and thank God for that. We are liv-
ing in the day when capitalists want
bigger dividends and labor wants
bigger wages. How are these two
to be welded into one? BY taking
the lesson from YOU"