Mr. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor,
has said: "The workers want more wages; more of the comforts of
life; more leisure; more chance for self-improvement as men, as
trade-unionists, as citizens. THESE WERE THE WANTS OF YESTERDAY;
THEY ARE THE WANTS OF TODAY; THEY WILL BE THE WANTS OF TOMORROW, AND
OF TOMORROW'S MORROW. The struggle may assume new forms, but the
issue is the immemorial one,--an effort of the producers to obtain
an increasing measure of the wealth that flows from their
production."

Mr. Henry White, secretary of the United Garment Workers of America
and a member of the Industrial Committee of the National Civic
Federation, speaking of the National Civic Federation soon after its
inception, said: "To fall into one another's arms, to avow
friendship, to express regret at the injury which has been done,
would not alter the facts of the situation. Workingmen will
continue to demand more pay, and the employer will naturally oppose
them. The readiness and ability of the workmen to fight will, as
usual, largely determine the amount of their wages or their share in
the product. . . But when it comes to dividing the proceeds, there
is the rub. We can also agree that the larger the product through
the employment of labor-saving methods the better, as there will be
more to be divided, but again the question of the division. . . . A
Conciliation Committee, having the confidence of the community, and
composed of men possessing practical knowledge of industrial
affairs, can therefore aid in mitigating this antagonism, in
preventing avoidable conflicts, in bringing about a TRUCE; I use the
word 'truce' because understandings can only be temporary."

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