A PEACEMAKER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 438, 22 February 1909, Page 4

A PEACEMAKER.

MR. HOGG ON"CAPITAL AND -LABOUB'

. -In.~.reply..)to\the ,toast-:bf;:his health/ ab'tHe'v.- ■ Jlayorai.fiinction.at LoTi'er.Hutt, .on-Sate.'- •'•( day;afterubpn^;after.the.operiiaig of the'Mel-V' ling; Suspension- .'Briagfl,;:;the;'fl<ju.C;A;:;AV.>.:.- ; his; attitude ; '' as ;'Mmister;.fdr;(Labonr/4b.,theVreiationßh : ip ; - -? between. :worker. and employer.'..■:■.'■ v<::'■•'- ,v: Tx<: : -'-:.? : : beea ■toldjiihe .commencedi;'thai '•••■'"■■ .as'.Ministor tor ■Labour;he had'got;his r wbrk'.- "i put,;; Heidid:': not know Hi ; that 'work ;was '/feeing ■ to;Vjbe-.dilHoulty v-.biitj'■ iup '■;,to;*: , :thev;' ■'■ r ' Jnreseat, ~:it J {had- 'not ■ been • "the.i hardest • :of * ; " v ; :TiafJ..work.-.-During the■ whole,course^ -oi his .v' ,, •;Po)itical;career,"(ho-. had:;Beeii.'a;. peaoemaker,; (■•■'. aiid ■he.-.iiitended-.'tbjjrcmain'ieae.'l'.' Hia object' l . . ;aliould;bo to'maintain-.peacejn-labour-cirfiles • ■ ,]\ist- : : a& r .ii.i. shpuia:.;be ; vm.aintainedL-in : ' , 6tl2ei: ■. circles;, ifithere- wasi ; 'tp-beaanyfadyanoenient l ?-" - He -; did ■. not if: he - kiokea ; ; upMai: row Ate ■ :•• ' ■ get peace; : :sbmetiriiee ithati.-was'-the-,way: ;; ? Hβ .' 'itid;\notir.anticipatei'.somevdifficulties 'whichv. his:;.frierids!:did.-:-~There;.Tvas:-hotMikely-;t(>''-i a; vetum.'to^tho'.bad, oid times'when: there'-, ■ :was -.£he!;;'.blass;;;feeling '-'.- of^•fforkeW^against'. : ; .employeri^VThese;Cqlasßes / -;Wo^d>:"un<ierStaii;d- : -V :, - : one 'another rtlibroughly, aiid;.;h6 :Was going-'.';'. .-■ to i.cultiyaie. .a.,!proper•.•JrelationsHip.'f'HetTVeeii-'. :'" the «bn-; : '•-: ' trary ;view,;a'iid held that sooii .the' capitalist, V'; would :nbt be'/able. to make any, ; .pfpfit:at-all;. ;,!•■ but■•'he.i'.did'/'notX agree,- with- these ;gloomy-.1 : apprehensipna. '■' :Jn (labour Vflold,' , they.-v had; do with'^ari-'entirely; different! class of vinen". frbmvthose ■ : bf';:year6: : agb;' ; i : ;-The ;' : ."': ■ worker'.'.of to-day ;was :educated:..and ithdtight- : ... ; ,'ful,, and.; wasinot,'•-■ going.:, to. be.-captivated.br':;'. yeryi'inuch-tiokjed ' : ':' ', ■by' : 'the;Teports''whichiho .had- Efleii. of some '"■ .two. or-three'.rDieetiugs lately.,:;• His'impres--;- . s'ion was-ihatot.^ras.'because:.thei-m&VWete*■:; ; ; '.ttgiinniug .to"; think independently \ for ..them-..;/: solves,,and,..v/.ore; not- going.'to be led'-'aweyV; ;. ; bygone.: ■cavise.,', \ For ;;hiraself .-/he;'wbuld'-always : 'en-'.'.'■' ,bnng.'about:',a proper. feeling ;'■. miaundwstan'diiige.'^.'. If. h&-failed .in,,that I ."aa v. some}; predictddV.'hei.wquld,', thero: -was /oney ."; portforio ;he:.irusted;.tfl>'be :Biipcessful. in ;car- : ;' ; ; 'rying (Applaußs.y ;Itvwasj; : Ho;thought, a : :.taA that demandedieriergy and applic*'.-'....' tion; /':":: ']■■ ■?,?: ■%..:':;■';,> '■!■■'-