Show IL 1 I till I-till CARDINAL WRITES ON UNI Noted Prelate Expresses View Held on Attitude of Employers Employers Em Em- to LABOR SHOULD ORGANIZE Places Brand on Heartless Corporations Cor Corporations Who Pay Starvation lion tion Wages New York Sept 24 Ills eminence Ca Gibbons has written for tin October number of Putnam's Monthly to be Issued In a few days an article entitled Organized Labor in elui ho t expresses x the views ho lie holds re the relation between capita anti and labor and more particularly tin of the employed tin th employer The rime distinguished treats the subject with unusual anti and while his article Is couched 1 i kindly phrase it contains several out out- admonitions to organized lit la- bar bor Ills His eminence makes a for time tho pacific adjustment of Industria he decline es himself as oj op opposed posed to strikes strike and boycotts as a ii menus means of of- settling the differences between be tween the tho employer and the employed and 1111 in lii conclusion urges to o strive constantly toward an uplifting uplift ing ug of the moral and amid social standard of f their organizations S While the article Is particularly ad- ad to organized labor time the trusts ind corporations receive their sham o of attention and the prelate IM Is unsparing In n his denunciation of those mono who thio he says exhibit n a grasp grasp- ng ug avarice which has dried diled up UI every of sympathy and a it sordid which In Is itt deaf tu lo time the IL f distress S After outlining time the causes cad to the banding together of work work- for their own protection and their right to s so o organize us eminence denounces those ole ele- of organized labor which se seek k ko o 0 stir up unnecessary discord lie ITo lion preaches a little sermon to cm- cm lovers ding their treatment of heir Ho Ire says There Thore would be le less s ground for against employers if they opt ept in iii vii w the golden maxim of the lot pel Whatsoever ye would men do unto you do ulo ye also unto Our sympathy with those In Jim ur Ui employ whether in time the household lie e mines mines- or the factory is wonder wonder- quickened by i putting pulling ourselves in ICIL place and amid by iy asking Os ow we should wish Visit to 1 be treated in milar circumstances We Ve should rc- rc member that they aro nio our be that thai they r lui feelings like ilke our our- elves that they are aro stung by a feel feel- ig mg of injustice repelled by an over over- earing spirit si-Irit softened by kindness nd rid that thai it rests largely with us r I. their hearts and homes are aro to be with sorrow or radiant with ay y The believes that time the work work- of America are are better paid nd live better belter than their brethren cross time the Atlantic and after bestowing raise upon those who have ic me welfare of f thou their employers at cart Cal he turns to tIme the criminal cor- cor orations In their relations with tim th Says his eminence Monopolists Attention No friend of his race can late hate without painful emotions these monopolists S S Their ole le elm aim Is lo to realize large dividends without regard to time the paramount of justice and Christian char char- ity These trusts and amid monopolies like ilke the cur car of Juggernaut crush every ob obstacle stacle that stands in their way ay They endeavor not endeavor not always It is alleged without success success to to corrupt cur na national ima- ima and imd state legislatures and municipal muni cipal councils They Timey are aro so intolerant ant antof of honest rivalry as lo to- use unlawful ful Ui In li-i driving from the market nil all competing Industries They compel com coni- pel their operatives operatives- to work for i in mining diu- diu and fee to rice where protests have but a feeble echo and amid are arc easily stifled by Intimidation In many thu corporations are arc said to have time the monopoly of storey stores of supply exorbitant prices are aro charged for t time tho of Jf life lice bills are aro contracted which tIme the workmen are arc unable to pay from their lieu scanty wages and amid their fOrced insolvency places them at the mercy of their taskmasters The su supreme su- su preme law of the land should be vindicated vin and enforced and amid ample protection pro should be afforded to legitimate legitimate mate competing corporations ns mis well as itS the tue labeling classes against unscrupulous ous Need Neeti Li Cardinal Gibbons warns labor unions against tolerating in Iii their t elements ole ele ments dangerous to their own well well-be lug ing He lie points out that time the union have need of headers leadens possessed of groat tact amid superior exe- exe ability whom who will aim at consulting the tue v. v are of time the so society so- so they represent infringing lug ing on the rights of employer He lIe continues They should exercise unceasing vigilance in securing body from the control of designing demagogues who would make It ii subservient sub sub- servient to their own oiva selfish or convert It Into a political engine They Choy j-hould j be careful to exclude from rank mimics that turbulent element who boldly bold bold- ly II preach the tue gospel of anarchy o o and nihilism those hind hand pirales pir- pir ales who aro iilO preying on in time the Indu commerce and amid trade of the country whose mission la is t lo pull down and rund hotto hot noi to build up who instead of upholding the hands of mif the government that pro pro- protect teeth Ilium arc bent on omi its destruction and amid Instead of blessing the mother that opens her hei arms to welcome them ii ln- ln suit and defy her it II such revolution revolution- itis had hod their way despotism would supplant legitimate authority license licence would reign without liberty and ind gaunt poverty would stalk throughout the tho land hand Time Tho expulsion mm front from membership hi In Inthe the timO unions of any men who have been guilty guilty- of outrages of one kind or another another an an- other against tile the peace of the coin coin- or lie rights of or their fellow fellow- citizens would secure f for r the unions the respect and sympathy of time the community corn com and would greatly further tha th best interests of organized labor Aro Injurious Ills his eminence then puts himself on record against boycotting as foli follows ws I 1 am that the system if a by which members of la labor Ia- Ia bor unions ore are instructed not to hati patronize pat hat i Ar certain obnoxious a houses Is not only disapproved by tin an impartial public sentiment but that II it does not command Iti to the moro more thoughtful and conservative portion of time the guilds themselves very Is indeed to select Iho tue establishment establish ment which he wishes to deal and In purchasing tn from one In Iii prefer emice to another he Is nut not violating jus Ice tice But Dut the case is Is' altered when whenby by ill a of time Iho society he lie Is de- de burred from buying front from a particular Such a promotion assails the tho liberty of the and the rights of t the seller and is an aim unwarrantable Invasion of the commercial privileges guaranteed b by the government to bushness business bush busi ness concerns concerns' If IC such a social os ostracism os- os were generally In vogue a process Process pro Pro- cess of retaliation would naturally fol- fol fol follow low how time the current of mercantile intercourse inter Inter- course courso would be checked every center Sit f population would b divided hostile and the tho feeling which ought to prevail in iii every community com coin would be seriously Impaired Live arid and Jut Jet live is a it wise irise maxim dictated alike by lh the law of trade by Christian charity Arbitration Should In Ia Speaking of the tho evils of strikes his draws drawn time the conclusion that arbitration should b be utilized for time tho settlement of all disputes between capital cup cap ital und mind labor und and adds Many blessings would result from the tue adoption of the method for ti-ikes ti as the tho name implies arc ag- ag gret and amid destructive arbitration is conciliatory and amid constructive Time The ro- ro re result sult suil In the former case is to determine by the weight of the purse in tIme the latter lat 1st- tom ter by hi the weight of In closing the the- prelate Inspired by sincere affection for the lime hardy sons o of toll tuli and with an earnest desire for their welfare addresses them theft a code of right living He hf urges thrift and self denial ho he pleads for content rather Vathier tutu than studied and amid he lie sums sinus up the attitude oi of the hc employed toward ti his employer tu n these Worda Take an aim active personal Interest In Inthe inthe the business of your employer bo ho as much concerned about Its prosperity as asIf If It vere your own Aio t not hot your employers employer's em urn- affairs In lii a nit measure yours fur lor your wages cageS come from the of i lw concern and the iho more yOu contribute contrib contrib- ute utu to the success the better can he heafford heafford afford to to- compensate you for your ser ser- vices He ITs will be by an au enlightened en on- lightened self Interest as well veil as by hI a m sense of justice to requite you for your with a generous hand |