. The National Civic Federation review . wantsthat no interruptions occur, and in such casesubstitutes must be employed; but the employerof labor will find it much more to his interest,wherever possible, to allow his works to remainidle, and the result of a dispute, than toemploy the class of men that can be induced totake the place of other men who have stoppedwork. Neither the best men as men, nor thebest men as workers, are thus to be is an unwritten law among the best work-men, Thou shalt not take thy neighbors vvise employer will lightly lose his old em-ployer
. The National Civic Federation review . wantsthat no interruptions occur, and in such casesubstitutes must be employed; but the employerof labor will find it much more to his interest,wherever possible, to allow his works to remainidle, and the result of a dispute, than toemploy the class of men that can be induced totake the place of other men who have stoppedwork. Neither the best men as men, nor thebest men as workers, are thus to be is an unwritten law among the best work-men, Thou shalt not take thy neighbors vvise employer will lightly lose his old em-ployers. Length of service counts for much inmany ways. Calling upon strange men shouldbe the last resort. One of the most notable gatherings of repre-sentative employers, labor leaders, professionalmen, educators and publicists was held in home, in New York City, in the sum-mer of 1907. The purpose of this gathering, DANIEL J. TOBIN President International Brotherhood of Teamsters andTreasurer of the American Federation of Labor. After the great panic of 1893-6 the failureof employers to increase wages as their pros-perity improved caused a wave of labor organi-zation to sweep over the United States, espe-cially in the great industrial centers. Earlyin the 1890s the boom was tremendous. In which was held under the auspices of The Na-tional Civic Federation and which was attendedby over two hundred labor representatives, wasto discuss means of improving conditions oflabor, the relations between employers and em-ployees, to ascertain means of lessening indus-trial strife and to promote industrial worldpeace. That gathering was an inspiring oneand no one showed himself more interested in thewelfare of workers throughout the world thanMr. Carnegie himself. The speakers of thatevening included Mr. August Belmont, thenpresident of The National Civic Federation;Archbishop Farley, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler,president of Columbia University; Doctor Ly-man Abbott, the Hon. Seth L
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