. The National Civic Federation review . That we stand for in our organ-izations. That we shall insist upon—a fair inter-lirctat ion of all thai peace means. And when thaiis granted to us you will find us side by side—you,the representatives of capital; we, the representa-tives of labor. We recognize that the great army ofmen and women must always be the hewers of woodand the drawers of water, but we Insist upon civil- ized conditions for them, and when that is grantedyou will find us in harmony with you for peace. (Applause.) The Chairman:—As I have already indicated, Ishall call upon a gentl
. The National Civic Federation review . That we stand for in our organ-izations. That we shall insist upon—a fair inter-lirctat ion of all thai peace means. And when thaiis granted to us you will find us side by side—you,the representatives of capital; we, the representa-tives of labor. We recognize that the great army ofmen and women must always be the hewers of woodand the drawers of water, but we Insist upon civil- ized conditions for them, and when that is grantedyou will find us in harmony with you for peace. (Applause.) The Chairman:—As I have already indicated, Ishall call upon a gentleman well known to us all,one whose great attainments and whose great workcommend themselves to our earnest consideration,—the great president of that great seat of learning,the University of Harvard, President Eliot. (Ap-plause. ) President Eliot:—Mr. President and Gentlemen:I am very sensible that I have been listening tooratory on this subject for thirteen hours to-day,—(laughter)—and therefore I propose to be extremely. JAMES DUNCAN,Secretary Granite Cutters National Union. brief. I have the honor to represent in the constitu-tion of the National Civic Federation a vague bodyknown as the public. (Laughter.) It is, however, abody very much larger than all the labor-union menand all the employers in the country. (Laughterand applause.) It is a body at the lowest estimatefive times as large as all the union men and all theunion mens families and all the employers and alltheir families. (Laughter.) The total number ofthe employers, the union men, and their families,in the United States does not exceed 20,000,000. Thepopulation of this country approaches, if it does notsurpass, 80,000,000. I say, therefore, that I have thehonor to represent three-quarters of the Americanpeople. (Laughter and applause.) Now, I have heard all day and many days beforeabout this strife to which one-quarter of the Ameri-can people seems to be committed, but where didthese two combatants
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