The Washington herald., 1912-03-07

sWer the purpose or not, but II Il cannot.
somebody will and II nobody In the
House or Senate can, somebody outside
OF II win, because that II one OF the
things that had to come. ! Thoroughly
agree with President Lows suggestion
about the uniformity Of the law. Tne
dual system Of government which we
have In this country has various bene-
fits and various Disadvantages; and one
Of them is the lack Of uniformity In the
laws on subjects where they ought TO be
uniform. There ought TO be uniform
law on commercial paper, on assign
ments, on divorce"
A polished address was delivered by
President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, OF the
University Of California.
Key to the Problem.
''The key to the problem confronting
us Is that we must get one man. and one
set Of men. TO look out Of the skull and
said Mr. Wheeler. "Ali the, race Is
human. and 1t Is going to stay human.
This means that 1t is faliibie.
THE only way to run a popular gov
ernment is by optimism. That Is the
solvent Of our Ills. II our minds could
not seek that magic channel which we
call hope, where would We emerge amid
the stress and strain Of life? We speak
OF the twentieth century as being dis
tinctively a mechanical age; yet there
are certain features OF II which never are
and never can be mechanical
The processes of production and dis
tribution never can be made mechanical
II Is impossible to regulate our life by
raw principles. That Is settled. The hu-
man element always enters. and II is that
which is the hope and the safety Of the
race. Amid our squabbles and entansie-
ments We must all remember that men
human side much of the misery and con-
fiict Of the age can be avoided"
Mrs. Hammond Reports.
Mrs. John Hays Hammond. chairman
OF the woman's section OF the Civic Fed
GRAFTON, made a brief report Of the years
work.
Much progress has been made in the
direction of Cancellation. The time has
come when We must recognize the woman
worker as a factor in our Industrial life.
and all women should enter into the task
Of aiding their sisters who are compelled
to toll. There are nearly ten million
women workers in the country.
Mrs. ]. Borden Harrison strikes the
nail exactly on the head when she says
that the present situation in Lawrence is
vivid illustration OF misunderstanding
existing between capitalist and wage
Garner. To create a clearer conception
Of the varying points OF view. to dis
seminate a clearer understanding OF the
difficulties which each side labors under.
is to eliminate nearly all the danger Of
strikes and Iockouts."
President Seth Low. in inaugurating
the post-prandiai speechmaking, outlined
the purposes of the National Civic Fed
Grafton. and gave a brief account OF
what 1t had accomplished in the way of
ameliorating the conditions between cap
ital and labor. The banquet was univer-
sally acclaimed the largest and most
successful ever held by the federation.
Session In Afternoon.
John Hays Hammond in his address
secuted the idea that the protective tar
IN had any considerable effect on the
cost of living at the afternoon session
OF the federation.
There Is little question that the tariff
has been overemphasized as a factor in
our social and Industrial welfare" he
said. 1T is true that Il is a question
Of the greatest Importance, and should
be handled only IN the most scientific
manner. / think il should be taken en-
tirely outside Of the realm OF politics.
But II is the common habit nowadays TO
attribute any economic evil which pre-
sents itself to the fact that we have
a high protective tariff.
The fact that the cost OF living is in
creasing throughout the world, in free
trade countries as we'll as in those pos
sessing a protective or a revenue tariff.
should dispose OF the fallacy that the
worldwide manifestation is solely at
tributable TO this one cause. The in
creased supply OF gold. which is one of
the most remarkable economic phenome-
ma of the period, has been a far greater
factor in effecting this increase.
Believes in Purposes.
Il believe in the purposes OF the Ma
tion Civic Federation. and that II is doing
much - advance the cause Of better re-
lations between employer and employe."
Secretary MacVeagh in speaking of
government pensions said: "A real
force is now behind civic pensions. The
whole trouble has been that there Is no
one behind Congress or the executive de-
partments on this question. We are open
to suspect that the fact that Washing
ton has no votes TO cast is responsible
for the lack Of interest in this move
ment."
The federation adopted resolutions Civ
ing its support and Endorsement TO
workmen's compensation bill, outlined in
a recent message of the Presidents.