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Show HANNA AND GOMPERSH, II watt, , " al iTEmr f WW Senator and Labor Leader jr',s H Discuss Great Question. Wf 'I'ViB SfSx i'O SPEAK IN philadelPHIaWH wM' fr4ii'jH Senator Hnnnn's Topic Was Indus- ImwHU, trial Conciliation and Arbitration HB?'j'H and aorapers Spoke on Its Possl- KllijU H liilities and Limitations-Efforts ot HjRlil 'ifljB National Civic Federation to Effect S$Kt j thn Condition of Industrial Fcaco RSlVjliiM Aro Referred To It Has Settled , b ' pJUH Eovcn Stilkes ln Thteo Months. UHll' HB y 6 Philadelphia, April 3 -Seintor Han- iVwHIllrH na was tho principal speaker at tho ih'rfii2hvBsssssi closing session of tho sixth annual U-MiA fIH meeting of the Acudtiny ot Political KM( P)HH nnd Social Silence. Ho ellilded his Biib. m'f' ist'i'lH Ject Willi Samuel Gompers, piesldent Ji J f r)i?HH of tho American Pcileratlon of Labor, f'jffti r'rMafl nnd tho question of the relation of cup- "J U fvMH Ital und labor was discussed by tho .'' illsssssl two speakers. Senator Ilamia'n topic, JHk k" jilfsJssssl iVJ "'ndustrlsl Conciliation and Ar- . Ji.i ,, ffjB dilution" nnd Mr. Oompera spoke on "11 T ..; sssssssl "Its Possibilities nnd Limitations." ' ' i 4 jH Senator Hanna began his nd.lress by H Sett !'V B lefciiliiff in the efforts nt tho National ! ''I.MssbbH llilo fedeiatlon lo effect tho condition '', ,J IWM of Industrial peace Tho Industrial de. ,tl, Ji i 'U BH pirtment of the Clilo federation ho ,i ' '1 lists! mid although only two jeais ol.l, had tUv? ' ' IBsLsH settled seien strikes n three montha A?' "; fiH and preiented the occurrence of two liV ( HM strikes which would haie rendered Idlo tlA ,. lflH more Ihnn SOOOOO men mq 7 ijl Senator Hanna staled thnt he had fM I ,H Hist become Interested fn tho subject lM . i ! Vssssi of the nmlcable adjustment of differ- ll ; b'ssssssssi ences btwen emplojei nnd employee 4817 P"! . bsbbbbbbs during tho Ohio coal strike of 1811. At Wit 'It hsssH thnt time, he said, nn agreement wns JSFifcKi nassssssl entered Into between the Employers' M'ftStS'!,,MM association and the miners' union to !iVln'Mssssssi meet euh other and exert oiery effort WTA tsssssssl rnr conrlllntlon befoia resorting to jlij, rt .'I i'lsLH drnstlc measuics As it result thero smiitY'lflVH were no mme Btrlkes of conaequenco silS ' iiasTH In thnt icglou, reB'nt.ftdiHlJM sB Tho necessities growing out of tho SbSkWi mBBsI I last productlio capacity In this coun- WAW".iWBtM try nild Senator Hanna, have forced Jsll ft, ' jiOsHssi the condition or the aggregation ot cap- Ml KflsJiMH Ital, the cic.iMon of wealth In concrete Jl W ,U&bSH form To lib-nib It nnd to render It j?ij !,? inluable as nil Inditstilal Inicstment MIfi! ',4'iBsi we must iwte Industrial peace. The n!Cf! ,ii, Ulssl l llio federation la bcRlnnlng to lay tho )lLI,y i'iJIlM found illon of such n reault. f flit i-'i'rlHB "Hits question," he tontlnued. "rests ii'fJ. fllH In the people'H hands. If wo have not Wl f (Mssssi the sympathy of the people wo ennnot if&M4.i '(IisbB hope tn succeed. .My experience of Jffi!M P llsH thirty years us un employer has taught XSM ' ilssfl mo that the employer Is expected to go wlB JIIsssbI moie than hnlf.nay In meeting the cm. ffiH 1 ' 9H ployec. Wo ure responsible to provide HlWl1, i flsssssl work, and to see that the men shall HUE 'iMtllH recelio u fair share of the henellts. I Rfftt k!ilssssss1 believe In oiganlzcd I ibor, nnd It Is a. nBtb I.tVIssssbI demonstrated fart thnt labor conditions B9EH islitH me benellted when Intrusted to an BllOT Ti.!1iIssssb1 honest leader. Organized Inbor Is a HjUF. (' StsSssssl condition that must bo met." EsMk uOflsH Senntor Hanna denounced Socialism IfliaHk iMjassssi ns Inimical to society nnd to Industrial Wlln; ?iiHH deiclnpincnt. Socialistic Ideas, he said. W&T II StHMssI am ' un-Amerlcun and unnatural to us III jBusssi US II people." Kl$H' II tlwHssssl President Gompcrs's remarks referred BkW 'SirniH ehlelly tn the question of striken and ESiJri-MiiJsVssl lockouts. Much us a strike of laboring K3ai XmSK men Is to be deplored, said he. such fflnM ftuSHH action hy tho wnge.earner Is tho high- KeI5I'( flaBsssB est clilllzed expression ot discontent aflll'WflBsssi among wotkmen. A Blrlke Is a protect TltlS fKltflsssB ngnlnst wrong nnd Injustice, when jBEJi fSHsssi there Is no other way of securing re- li&r!M iJUisbbbbbI dress. irKi3. n iMbbbbbbI "Every means within the power of Ml ?f R HSTH eiery man, capitalist, laborer or neu- SK if '' It! tral," said the speaker, "should be ex- O L I, i?l ILH erted to inert strikes. Yet thcro are ' fjjl 1 IsbbI some things worso than strikes, among dtf V cj iB them a degraded, debased or df moral- ? .Wtb i kssl Ued manhood. Nn matter what may if! J 'I jj IH be tho result of n strike, ir the work- Wli'l" frssss! man's organization la maintained or a lH?JfU u t ssssl BOclnl defeat accomplished." PSUi'ih '' r ssssl Mr, Gompers expressed opposition to fesSJf'- i T ssssl compulsory nrhltrutlon ns being value- iflfePHi 1 1 H less. He snld the Civic federation was RPfil.! '! U erdeavorlng to bring about commercial W ii'.W."'iT sssss! and Industrial strength without trie- kra 'Mir i ft M '". if "t'4.i |