Show TAFT REPLIES TO MANY QUESTION Faces New York Audience am and Tells It Where He 4 r Stands ATTITUDE 1 TOWARD LABOR 0 Have Conic Come to Stay and Employers Must Recognize j i. i nize Them 11 Yoi YOk k Jan 10 Secretary tur cr of vr War Var i. fl I. I Tart Taft Tar fd tae a Q New e York auk au au- k at t Conner i Union tonight Th h w wa w nt under r the tho auspices of vt tL the JoOp's Institute and the speaker at Ut lt the close Ukio tj of ot tb was wae bombard bombard- OU iii Q With Dint hud bud bc been ton ten out Dud and panted up UI tu tO him ill 11 ILls ch with wih the r Or Of capital caltha I and nl labor lutor lolor und and touched on OiL b by InJun Injunction ton One Ont question opened b by Mr r. r Taft Tati Tar was u It I was iva the th only one aie that bore lor ture it I rend read rC c rCcK An K of ot negro I i voters Iz In New cv York ork I wl wish h to lo usk Ik you 01 I Whether you Ol p of ot the dismissal ll ml al of Ut the tiLe Brownsville troops troop D le trop OTTOn 81 Signed LIX AH 8 the ail lii-ail hlll of oe a department which I hn hat that matter In char wild said Mr 1 raf Taft raft solemnly ml and aiRl all an as a. a the tILL ease rase has ban hast I t ton been paused upon 1 by the President anti and RUl lt Q l of or Ii l by 1114 order 1 do lo not think S it ft I ao i I fair tall to tu tk that question The h I Whole hole crl l in II a matter limiter of or record reco rec rec- i. i ord orI and la Is I. I now the subject ot of an In Investigation In- In o l by i n R senate nate committee no so noI soe 10 e I f l I that thal UK as secretary of or orUI war UI RI and a amo cabinet It would b br tm- tm mo of or the I tp r for or me inc to discuss It I Ij here re p e C levi ii of Do 10 you ou think the tb Jabor lubor of today ton gets h lent t compensation was 08 tlc the next d Some me do not and some get et more iba they 10 earn carn said Mr h Taft raft aC who turned to the next ned question qu very per per- I In II character tS Would not po o ownership of ot railroads mine and other large abolish all ni labor Jabor dispute and QI result In lu a u solution of ot the present t difficulties between capital and aul labor r I do lo not flat believe oUr so u. u If I you yon ou place tho tl tremendous power O lr which would rt nuJ re- re suit uJ from frolLI tl million of or be belli be- be 1 lug II controlled by 11 a u mon man In ILL Washing Washington ton CUl w ft i would bo be confronted with wih n a of ot euch luch n it j one yuan one fan l L power that we Wl would well J thin tho nattily o ot of tl the republic wax was the b r i reply FT k rrt- rrt erl In Is there tero anything heInl done by thu tho administration looking toward the settlement of or tho Ula differences let between J i labor Iuli and capital i old wald Mr h Taft Toft 1 Ct cl 1 1 Ij t quo U tl I t Il lJ tI rou u I arI j O J i duos flot Q liu i. tou thO i i T j. j f lO O t io u n ool u U L 1 r J. J 4 T lit fl c t 4 lr 11 rf 11 lf d un i 1 jQ Ot La itten r veve C vever first U uy U I vi a n-D n p Smith the v he pre president who ho avo none to Mr tr Taft Tatt a that I did not nol bear upon nini U I 1 MB bib h pt tile Wc one Inc In regard to tv tor r c l lubor and or In I am aI al ng g to ask nIk your attention ut to th the subject of capital and anc ft nil their common Interests their 10 n nce ary controversies their la lawful ful aola the legal comedies 8 for their abuse I It U Lt only requires the effect of such uch sucha t a panic at as that through which we wo ar 0 or which we e passed cl li m ISu to shioW how ho- coll closely united In iii InH II 19 we wc all are In lii mod modern H it f common cormon al luder lud- lud cm ern society t- t t er Tho ho m man lU should be tx- the last to object to the rapid accumulation tion tto of capital In n the Uw hands hones of ot thu those l' l t who t U ue UH It U for fOl the reproduction of ot cap Cal ital Ita The rhe thoughtful and aull Intelligent laborer tal hitS has therefore no feeling of toward capital It la Is greatly In the tI Interest of the working man mail that corporate capital should be fairl fairly treated Any Auy Injustice i dono to jo It ix n. directly upon wage earners camera that that- must look to lo corporate wealth for tor their 5 We VC are uttering Buffering now II W from a punk panic It wes we B brought on In ILL my 10 Judgment by the chau of ot free capital tho the t. t world over o-ci lJ hy by luck lack of or an au elastic y- y tom torn of C currency and ul Iu o by b tho ho luck lack t of or in III our business fabric produced In hi through the reve- reve latious In LU certain peat groat zeat corporations of I dishonesty corruption and unIt un- un UnS S lawfulness It tIt hn boon Jeen necessary for us to purify some sonie of our business m methods but abut tho purification cannot stop top the panic paulc It will fUl doubtless make another in hi tho the nour noar future less lell le n lilt ly S Meantime all must Buffer both the Innocent and thu guilty guilt and the Innocent mao Inno cent more lilOre than thun the guilty guilt Tho success of or tho thu organization of ot labor has hay given oll higher service and anti tte- tte I cu- cu cuI Cl I l bettor terms tC for fOI tho employment community I of tho whole laboring h hivo hC C not the slightest doubt and aud no vito who Knows anything about the IlU subject J ct dm elm doubt that the existence or of labor unions steadies wa wages CL More Iora than this it Hila lia haw brought blought about an amelioration ame tune of oC the tile condition of or laborers What the capitalist CRI who Is III the be employer em em- m- m of or labor must face I Is III the organization or Ut- of ot labor Jabor The labor union l la ISa a permanent condition In n tile the Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial world It hUM has come to am stay tny If It the employer would consult his own c In IDU Interest tore t ho hc t l admit this and act onIL on It of or corpo- corpo wl wise r 1 tf 41 die ie manager 1 large arge t. t y b ra rit of or laborers will Trill do l is to receive I IB lb loaders of ot labor unions with cour cour- courtesy tt tesy teay and ant respect and nud listen to theli Cent C en n r I Im In ft 1 TAFT REPLIES TO TO MANY a QUESTIONS Coal Continued I front ln c 1 1 cl claims arid arguments as they would do doto doto o oto to tho the managers ors of or any other corporate enterprise with tUh whom the they expect to tomake tomake tomako make mako an important contract affecting the tho business between them At times some labor loaders leaders are aro Intoxicated in intoxicated intoxicated In- In with the Immense power po they are aro representing and arc are weak enough to exhibit a a. spirit of ot arrogance DealIng Dealing Dealing Deal Deal- ing with them Is trying to 10 tho the patience patience patience pa pa- tience of tho the employer So too propositions propositions propositions prop prop- from tram labor unions SOl sometimes are alO so exorbitant In respect to ro tho the terms of ot employment as literally to deprice tie de- price tho manager er of ot tho the control which 11 he lie ought to obtain over o the Ue laborers employed in his business Jointly Labor needs meeds capital to secure the best production while capital needs labor In producing anything thing Tho The more capital in n use lh the tho moro more work worl there Is to do and the more work orl there is h isto isto to do the more laborers are arc d. d The Tue greater the need for laborers tin the better lter their pay per man Manifestly It is in the direct interest of oC the la laborer la- la borer that- that capital shall Increase the thc number of or tho those e who work Nothing 1 i la KO So likely to make wealth idle as In Insecurity In- In insecurity security of or Invested capital und UI prop prop- crt erty It follows as aN a necessary conclusion con con- elusion that to destroy the guarantees of property Is IB a direct blow at the in interest In- In terest of oC the The Time thou and ami In Intelligent nt laborer tins luis no feeling against comb ma- ma IM m cu 1 cut cuI UI V I Tho T r pek to reach rach I ii P t that h o working g n man man a who 11 t 1 a prejudice against the capitalist capital 1st because he is wealthy who xo vo votes es with unction for tor the m men Mi who ho are aio IO turg- turg ing lug unjust and unfair legislation against him bun and ho makes make N lcm appeals to u acquIre popular support fh ru v are doing doing- is in his own ligh Is blind to hui his own Interests and is cutting of off the limb on which ho lie sits PIt lu rs A Arbitration rid I rut Jon Mr Il Taft TaCt said he favored Cn arbitration un hut but did not believe compulsory arbitration arbi arbi- ration wa was practicable Much good goodhe he declared could be he accomplished Inthe in inthe inthe the settlement of or labor disputes b by Im Impartial impartial im- im partial investigation and the giving ln o of publicity to the facts Not only was wn It legal le to strike cJ declared Mr Taft hut but at t I lInes times nothing but a strike t h the tho legitimate purposes of ot the 13 laborer He lIe summed up briefly Jy th the evils and ami al abuses u NI of corporations and hOwell how the they adversely ad affected the laborer i He lie denounced cd violence on fl 11 t th the h part of oC the workmen or employer and declared the black list unlawful and anti to be con con- It It is Is ho he said the counterpart or of orthe orthe the tho boycott which ho tio declared was a Q cruel Instrument which had b ben en do de dared unfair in every court In discussing cllon In labor ells dIs- put lUtes o Mr Mt Ir Taft BL ed An n n Injunction suit docs does not dIffer In the thc slightest degle from a rc suit hi ought brought before the event e so far as tho the function of the court Is 19 concerned In declaring tho the law that the tho court declares the tho law In r n respect of oC anticipated anticipated antici antici- facts rather than thap In respect of or thos those which have happened But it IB Is said that tho the writ of or In Injunction Injunction Injunction In- In junction has been abu abused d' d in this country country coun cotta try In labor disputes that a number num num- ber bel of or Injunctions have been Issued d that ought never to have o been issued i I 0 L th that t there imas b boon been on abuse abuso In Inthis inthis inthis this regard Ill in Cu lIt en CliMes Under the original federal judiciary act It Wa was not permissible for tor the federal courts to issue an Injunction without notice herc had hall to 10 bo be notice no no- notice no- no tice lIc n and O oC course cours a n 1 hearing I think thinh It Jt would Ue Oe entirely J ly right ht in this class clas of or cases eases to amend tho law and provide that lint no temporary r restraining order should Issue at all until otter after notice 0 and anil nIl a hearing rIng lie favored the time holding of oC contempt before judge e than the tile theone theone one whose injunction had halt been vie vio because e it is III almost as os Important Im Im- hun hun- that thol there should be the tho ap- ap app p of or justice s 9 e there should be bean benn bean an nn actual a administration of or It Th The suggestion that contempt cases should be tried h by a 0 Jury ho he thought t I wa was hall bind |