Employers and employes; full text of the address before the National convention of employers and employes, with portraits of the authors, held at Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 22-25, 1902 . e the interests of any political party or the the-ories of any particular school of economists. It rec-ognizes the fact that the present methods of settlingdisputes between labor and capital are terribly costly,opposed to the best interests of the people, and notproductive of permanent good to anyone. It desiresto find some way by which strikes and lockouts can beavoided and capital and labor can work t


Employers and employes; full text of the address before the National convention of employers and employes, with portraits of the authors, held at Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 22-25, 1902 . e the interests of any political party or the the-ories of any particular school of economists. It rec-ognizes the fact that the present methods of settlingdisputes between labor and capital are terribly costly,opposed to the best interests of the people, and notproductive of permanent good to anyone. It desiresto find some way by which strikes and lockouts can beavoided and capital and labor can work together with-out interruption. For this purpose the ablest thinkersof the country have been invited to attend the conven-tion and address it. Many of them have accepted andwill speak during the week. We hope that out ofthis expression of their best thoughts by the best think-ers of the country, there may be developed some planby which the industrial forces of the country may bethoroughly harmonized, the work of the country maybe carried forward in the spirit of peace, and ourwhole people may advance to a grander prosperity anda nobler and happier life. SOME PHASES OF THE LABOR JAMES KILBOURNE, PRESIDENT KILBOURNE & JACOBSMANUFACTURING COMPANY. SOME PHASES OF THE LABOR QUESTION. BY JAMES. KILBOURNE, PRESIDENT MANA-GER, KILBOURNE & JACOBS MANUFACTURING COM-PANY, COLUMBUS, OHIO. Mr. ,Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen:—The .invita-tion to address .this conference, was. given me,. I. un-derstand, .because for nearly thirty years I have been,the manager of a company between which and,its em-ployes no disagreement of .any kind has, ever ^ It , I am told, that a statement employed by our company might .explain thecause of such a long unbroken industrial peace, and beof some help in the solution problem before us. Standing here to-night, recollections of many inci-dents come before me, which doubtless bear upon thehappy rela


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