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Show PRESS PARAGRAPHS The union labor conditions of the world are considered bv the newspa pers. ever Labor day ought to be a time for sober reflection, the circumstances under un-der which it recurs this year urgently call for such a course. Not since the establishment of the special holiday has thara been such a series of events to catlm thoughtful men to desire to reason together and to ask what is the meaning, and what is to be the result, of agitations and tendencies now so prominent. A kind of world wide infection in-fection aeems to be spreading from the workers of one country to another.' Boston .roet: On of the directions in which this awakening social con scioueness is studying its way is toward to-ward minimum wage. The growing knowledge that wages 'ran be regu-la regu-la ted. that collective social strength cart be nut under the weak, ia lead in it humane men and women to inquira what they can do to hasten the time when no industry will pay to a competent com-petent worker in It lees wages than will suffice to enable him, with thrift and prudence, to support himself and those dependent, on . him in a manner consistent with wholesome citizen-hip." citizen-hip." , Brooklyn failv . F.agle: "If the unions ar ta continue to fulfill the functions of eollec-tive bargainera oa behalf of the workmen it seems only fair that they ahould assume a form under which they mav"be held legally reanonsible for the observance of their contract!. The future of unioninm lies not in mere arceaa of numbers, but in cultivating respect 'for the law, in accepting ac-cepting tha burdena aa well aa the benefits of organization, and in relegating rele-gating well to the rear the cbarlatana and demagogues who make oot - of unionism a cloak and a mask for their own selfish design. " . Philadelphia Record: ."Whether the differences between tbe' Harriman railroad rail-road companies and their employees in the workshopa will endain a st'rikesor in a retreat of one party or the other still remains in doubt. But, as with, tbe question of war between Germany and France over Morocco, as long aa a strike is not inaugurated there still remains a hope of averting a calamity in which so many interests are involved." in-volved." v Philadelphia Inquirer: ' Some popularity pop-ularity aeeking politician conceived the idea that Labor, apelt with a capital capi-tal letter, ought to nave a vacation all ita own. add the statute bv which the first Monday in Hcptember was made a legal holiday expressee a rather purblind and foolish attempt to flatter the wage earner and to recognize recog-nize classes in a community where classes do not naturally and cannot rationally exist. We have no leisure riasa in a tu ropes n sense, and the Labor La-bor day idea ia a clearly apparent and somewhat preposterous absurdity. ' New York World: "Labor day ia tbe I'nited Htatee finds the labor problem prob-lem leas acute than in any pf the great countries of Kurope. A general condition con-dition of quiet prevails, la the west, where trouble seemed imminent on tbe Harriman lines between tbe shopmen and the railroad managers, the probabilities proba-bilities of a strike are diminishing. Nowhere else ia there indication of a serious disturbance." ; ,Nfw Orleans Picayune:. " Industrial unreal seems to be rife at the preeeut time all over the world. From nearly every country come re port a of agitation agita-tion bv tbe laboring men for more pay! and shorter hours of work, hut bv far j tbe main demand ia full recognition of toeir uniona in all negotiatiuna on the subject of wages -or working con-ditiona. con-ditiona. Pacts and. aot theories are to be faced, and amicable negotiations are more apt to bring about reasonable compromises than stubborn refusal to treat witk representatives of labor or bv the precipitation of as actual truggle." . Chicago Record Herald: "Srtkiea or lockouts at this time would be particularly particu-larly uswise aad harmful. The railroads rail-roads have bee a drivea to economize, te lay off men, tn postpone improvement. improve-ment. If. a we are often told, strikes are a symptom of increased business and aa upward tread, railroad strike, at thia eomnnctttre would puzxle. of 1 fend aad alienate the "third party,'" the geaeral public." Philadelphia Public Ledger: "Ween the country la insisting that combination combina-tion aad ee-oieratina amnag the railroads rail-roads aad wean fa-t users shall l eua- trolled aad regulated ia th public la- tereat it is equally reasonable to insist ' that combination amoag the workers shall aot be permitted to he emplovetj agaiaet tha general interest. " |