Show I I 1 i e l IT I III l 11 on I Iho II II of nf lion Ilio en C m r on and d Ilio 1101 Ili Ci ill f i 11 tl SHOULD H 0 U L D MEN M E N STRIKE S T I K I 5 E EV As rib t mi all l Moved d by 11 a n Il olAn willi a l nf Shops and Ind nl Iho Ilio I t I t 1 V h o lo to Ilia and Words of Counsel fur for hu Il ln I Ji t J Jv i WHAT ft IA T F BISHOP POTTER I io ITEI 1 I ih AND AI CARDINAL CAlm NAL GIBBONS SAY SA S 11 1 ABOUT f IT r 1 I I ri II i and al u I Hut II NI Nov Popo A Word About I uv v fil s u f 1 q n nill I ill of o the lie Desert ere New kj hJ Fran Frank G 3 Carpenter I t ft rl H I 11 by Frnnk I 1 Carpenter IA w Jolt J n 2 I give you today tOlla views of two of oC the tho tho the country bh t divines of oC struggle which Is now floss r c I Ill on OI between tet labor and tar The fhe men met ore lire especial I If ted HI as thinkers lerl rind they th are r the friends nd at of lc public publicAn Henr Potter poter the haul head pr An Is church of oC I Episcopal t I th h li Vv orK nil the tho other James Jume Cir chief of ot Ronan Cath l al th It North orth American conti oil oli urn n r rent root t TALI TAl J Im lii to his Ills apartments on Went n It t is w I u IS 1 Street that I met Pot terr ler tong Home up 1111 the elevator I J wart VIM II willed little reception room loom taken aken ken nt Int A 1 ahli nith b 1113 h lid end furnished hell In fla II Dilute us II Hi that hat it of ot tho the blue room of ot the theW While W lIe IKu A ott orr boy In buttons t K III u nl to the bishop and unU IIII ft a mom IK ft n toll S t man nu a In clerical dress stood Moro before nn m 1 It Ims ls Potter I ha hll Known knowli that 1 ho wu Willi ia u II li h mil il 1 m mo him hi In the theIn the midst c 01 y Instead em of oC there In his tt Mid Iud Hr III 11 looks the eminent I divine luti h hd ij u is big his hI forehead i ih Lad Mi its hl aide t e tire t re cut CUI In III fo and till the word 4 iron drop ir fr mi 01 l MIH Ups II FO Fa Fu clean cut that Hint they en I made a e me tae think of or n II copperplate to on I 1 ha l written him him my m desire 1 1 for for lor tier the lIP 1 and In III to tol l tl m II Il h began nt once The T t struggle now going oi opi between labor laboi lab il and all iJ 1 i I pital Is II a i serious one staid scud n to hI out tut UI I J li vc no Ito doubt t hut but that and Hit th Ih torca for lit ut t Issue will hying It to toA A 4 luc conclusion lon Neither tho the labor unions nor 1101 the employers seem fleNn to torf regard rf greatest factor in III It They rhEY lor pt Ih t Ihl th of 01 our people rue i laborers nor 1101 The l he UM 11 and U It ID is fd et that th 1 th re rl are II four million in people dependent on the wages H of oC later lilor Wr We e have halo n population of III eighty f o t there aro 1110 l na s a oU a ile Ilc That mi mil Ilona n may y allow labor to 10 In t them for far a II time but bu t they t ht will never It to 10 rule rille As AN soon boon lithe Uthe II Inconvenience Ile becomes too great preat rat Will rise up In arms and put pub an end to 10 It II In ono one way or another I dont think the labor unions realize this do nol s ni nt to appreciate the filet fact IMI th the they y may mine ralee n a Spirit of oC bm lm 10 Io th Ir cause I Too foil menu III n that they the may make the thu th trap pl hate them l f les i I mean Just t that enid the bish bishop op Opt HOW JOJi NOT ATI CAPITA I IDill Dill III hol Potter said I the In ha brer Is la certainly worthy of oC his hl hire him It It Ii labor that thai creates cr leH the thu wealth lea of oC thu am and It II would scent tn Re cm 11 to mo ale Hurl abor ought to for tor Its lIa i Tea Tej re Potter It i I It t knots Its 1111 an It IH is ridiculous however however to t lay that the thc wealth of ot tho the balled United lilies has hn been lIeen created Irea ted by b mere mos to cular fori by b the tho Work ck of o the tho lay Jay laborer Such woi work lolk k has haH ere cre 11 it lied d no considerable ron part of oC our wealth ICI nt Tle min men m who ho furnish h It nil hl hit toll toil n a nt t years If IC they could e PO at lone Ions and have haVI a u product no greater at the end of ot the thu first l day da or the Iho Ihorst first week w ek They Th have their dally daily to devour their dully daily production and It Is III only when fore OIl gilt ability rued tho the of oC invention come como In III that their theil cork ork can call he be so w directed and used m u asto to 10 mato I AS S AN The relations of ot labor IIII and continued Bishop III hol Potter are oro In some Rome like Ilk those of o tho the elephants and nM their masters In III tine tho lumber yards of ot tnt the far lar east cast AH AN fI you OU enter the tho ship VJ yard ut ul lI you OU may mn see pro those hone hugo hugu unwieldy animals loading unloading and stack lag They seize great Ir ut logs loAs of ut oak oal mahogany or 01 teak wood Brood woo with theIr tusks and trunks they balance then them carefully and carry them through winding pathways out of lit the to the and place them Just jUPI where they are arc needed Their Intelligence seems wonderful and their ability beyond conception As 9 you U louk look closer however you OU see Rea n a 1 little black figure upon the neck of 01 each elephant lie has hns a n stick In his Ills hunt hand but hut he hc rate rare rarely ly I ml ei It and never Watch him blur closely clo el ho however and you OU see that Moil his here halo heel reel rests with nn nil inter Intel pressure on the neck HOP of oC till the huge hUlo animal he ha rides anti and there you Oll have the secret of oC the whole business The Unite brute obeys the man The clever In Intelligence of or the heel gulden guide directs constrains and ener H tho Ihu Ill U 0 1111 living bulk beneath him and oHI converts It front from n destroying film eter Into Inlo a n faithful and untiring servant That Thal IH Is how holl the lite th genius of oC cap clIl uses laboi by Invention Inv construe con lion organization and direction CAPITALS ITS Hut the lies has the thc right to his hin hi feed sold add I 1 Does oell tailor labor get gel ltd Its It II share of oC the It ll Is IN Retting getting more every year mill and capital less IlM lean Willi the reply This Is 18 especially so 80 as its to tU the tile real PIO IH that Is II the tho commodities that can be bought with whit the money received front from capital labor laLor I 1 Ilont dont think that It Is II gen generally considered that the tho great gleat bulk bull if t the capital of oC the country consists of or an nil of ot small sons owned by people who are aro dependent upon them theta for Cor their living Using Take the tho widow wid whoso nil all Is tho the sum punt of or which sho shun has hUll to safely f Invest In that widow could put this sum Into a n safe HaCe bond which would bring her hel 7 1 per cent or per year At Al the canto Hamo tine time suppose ti n man mall received n a dollar a 0 day da for his ius work and that ho worked days duys In III tho the year el I Isis His In it corny COlli would be Le n year or 50 less earnings of oC the tho widows plows Now No It Is IH estimated that tha t since 1860 wages have about 60 per pel percent percent cent III so that tine the dollar a l day man of oe would no nol noss get nt It least 10 or 01 MSO ISO more than Ihan ho got rot In At t the same Carne time lime the widows earnings love have ha VI beep been reduced to 10 d I per cent Instead of 7 and her Income from rein the thc Is III only onh 00 Instead of ot 30 Sue She has hus lost and the workman has hns gained ISO That Is la an 1111 example of oC how haw labor Is annually getting n II greater share of ot the tho Hut BUl what will be bo the end lid of at It all I linked asked lI ked kedIt It will come conic out oUI all nil right said Ruhl the bishop The situation of or today Is merely nn an Incident In III our nul history we are now noli In III a II transition state but bul In the end matters ma like Ilko these the regulate I J have hate no fears cars for the tho fib fu future future ture AI mIlliONS AT Nf I 1 tnt Cardinal Gibbons In III the rho library of lilt his residence 1 nt lit Ills 1111 house hou e Is II a 1 big stone stono building of oC many rooms Just back nf ot the cathedral It lit has hilA a II cold mid nil air about the Interior ns nil thought though the hand amid of or woman were lele absent ab 01 absent sent And so 10 It Is A colored boy bo In III I livery lIel meets you OU at lit the tho door and you I II nii only priests 1111 and nud students within The cardinal Is tow now CS years year I TI of age lI e Ho Ito HoIs Is III tall and thin with a n face bearing Iho tho evidence of oC hard study Ho lie Is us II very el dignified but hut at lit the tho lb o Came time limo kindly speaking freely and Interestingly on every subject I 1 found Cound that he had lUll I re recently n a sermon on nn labor and his words were on The flue Sweat t Shops of oC Sold he lie heThe lieThe The sweating system Is 19 n II disgrace to thy tho country Wo Io e have lIuo 11 a 1 largo large class of ot persons here In III employed by the proprietors of ot the clothing establishments Sumo Some of oC then them work stork In the stores and nud others In III their Ih 11 own on homes bringing their garments to 10 the tho establishments liniments These people people III overworked and underpaid I find I thin that t they put t In six days clays of ot 10 or li 12 1 hours cavil each Ine I for from rain S 0 G to n S per week With lIh this pittance they have to pay pa for house tent rent food tood clothing and nil all the till ex CX expenses expenses Incident to funnily family rn II life JIll lit They Tile have Ilmo hardly enough lo to keep lelI them from u u MN I I I N M starving mid and till tile he result Is that r rn I In n a foil few fes years they mire are Incapacitated for lor work I Mitt Mini that many of or them me aia I compelled to toll In III went nt shops con coin traded In la space apace 1 and nut poorly lighted How 1101 can the matter be he remedied I your yom 01 eminence 1 nuked asked I title One way Ill In to public i alien atten attention bloc tion to 10 the grievance tutu In favor ravo of or goods made In hi other establishments Ve We have hll In III u n 1 Consumers league the tho members 1111 hr of which agree to purchase only such goods ns UK are 1110 mode made in III sanitary with Iel working hums hours null and fair ail wages The league IC hUM has n laud laoel la lol which Is III put pt on all goods made In if II such lIuell pin ees eesI I think It Is III A It I Rod guild thing and ought tobe to tobe be UI patronized I lm s i How tow about the labor ol your our eminence Do 0 you ou of oC them Yen lc replied the Ih cardinal I 1 yee no re ra uon oll why lh our working men ace should nut not combine together t for fI r their own pio pru bastion and benefit Is nn an age of oC organisation We WI hove have syndicates trusts tru and till nil sorts Hort of 01 combinations of or capital why 1111 should we are II not hot hove have organ organizations of 01 labor The rue lobo labor union Is Isan I iSOtt an Ott emblem of oC freedom It Is III the legitimate mate child of ot the tilt trade guilds of oC old U has nothing to 10 and It takes itkes front from nuns man till the pretext pretest for fur forthe the tho formation of oC dangerous so 0 clot ice ST mm AND AVI That Is II so o sold said 1 hub hilt It also alea originates mates trouble It causes austN tutu and boycotts bo cotts That Is true trul replied the cardinal ca ri in iii but hut I think the lh day da will III cone come when such things timings will puss peas away aul when arbitration and nud conciliation will take tho thu place of or strikes The Th disputes be he between tween capital and labor ran cnn bt hi h and it nil I should be he settled f As rte 9 to strikes I think they Ihl are nt lit litheR best heR I a n 1 remedy for lor labor doubles They Ih paralyze Industry fo to foment meal ment passion and lead leid to 10 the tho destruction tion Ilon of oC property They the he men In III enforced Idleness during which their thell minds H are nr clouded cloud 1 with discontent anti they often cause great suffering to 10 tho the family I 1 dont nt prose of oC the tho boycott I regard It LA as an nn unwar unwarranted ranted Invasion of or tho commercial putt lege 11 by ur the th government I to every business hU firma firm A man line has the tho L i v Y 7 n I III right II ht tl fo select the place Bare Where he lie dells deals and nud you violate that right when y you m Mini him Pain dong so FU by h the th order of any Such a n prohibition tion tin assails liberty nf f this purchaser er el 1 rind and the of 01 the seller i 11 TO ro CAPITALISTS Your eminence Is looked upon span as its th tit paternal friend of III both capitol capital and la Ja labor bor Itoe Can laIi you O not hot give me some HO 11 ad advice advice vice Ie to capitalists us its to III the treatment of or their Ih h If It I I WHIP acre to III do clo tint that was lall the reply I should should oak ask II II them throe to 10 keep In Ili view 1111 the th olden golden maxim of III tin Hostel Whatsoever vel ye e 1 would that men 1 should thou I I Idu do du unto you OU do ye e even so II to 10 them Hirai Thus This Is I H to the Iho teachings of or Chi 1st anti ul it o the dictates of 01 reason r Tho Thu should that the lime l IS worthy of oC his hili hlll hire and he ha IH Is entitled 11 to 10 n a fair wed and Just Ju t rom corn for COI a his n mid that he Ii e should hove have kind I l there then should be he a II closer dOHr re JC hit tion between employer and 1111 1 Cardinal Curd We Ne should hould put hut lilt ourselves In Ili the th places pieces of oC th Ihn ve o who work for far ns its that they hev Ihl time ate taut men with feelings like Ilku ours onis that they Ih win amt III be bo repelled I It Inn by h an nn overbearing t spirit C and that t at the they Ih are 1110 stung by h i Injustice and IIII softened by hy Ve WI e should realize It recta with us IS lo to n a large laige extent whether helhor their theil lieu its mid anti homes are to tel be lie Ie cloud clouded ed Id with sorrow or or radiant with Joy Hut tint many tunny capitalists do rio that your eminence do they not Some Home O do but hUl many ma ny do 10 d o not was the reply lp Most lost ost of 01 the lie trusts truels IrU IH and mo InO monopolies are arc operated with regard to 10 largi ii I rather than thun to 10 the tine claims of 01 Christian charity Uko Ike the cur car of oC JUlg they Ihl Y crush crime every ry obstacle In III their way wit They rhey try Iry to tn cor corrupt rapt rupt our nut national d and state Nate legislatures 1 null and city It councils They cut wages and oppress s their theli people Such Much monopolies be liE regulated by h law and pro lire protection tee II ni be hl aford afforded ed to legitimate competing corporations onus FOR FOil THi G MRS m Now Non take dike the workingmen your our eminence said I L cnn Can you nut not give glo me lilt n a few foa Oil words of counsel for them theta There Is III little I 1 can ray any which I J have not nol already cald to my m people I would them to tc cultivate the spirit I II 1111 of or Industry without which all 1111 Ilia tho appliances of labor hit I lire are ii re tin 1111 it a Activity IH I tin till law kill of oC nil all Intellectual nail and life told and th the man mall who works Is IN tie the Ih man rued tind also the successful UIe mon mini trite The Ill majority of oC our ilch men hu ha b vc t lJ to u through their own untiring Industry 7 I would could advise Hie ho to 10 tul IIII tula a n and Interest In 11 Iris his hi employer lr HP lie II I Is s lo to II a II certain extent a u 1101 bet r In III the tI business and he desire 1 lr Its Ity Jt pro p The lilt ble hI employer will rewind 11 such amice I n 11 a 11 I 1 hum Again I would I ah Hi Ih workman to la foster of or and alit stif In to 1 1 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