THE RELATION OF FINANCE TO LABOR REFORM 

 AND PERPETUAL PROSPERITY. 



It is only as we emerge from the mist of superstition, cast aside 

 the veil of prejudice, and enter the broad field of human, action, that 

 we realize the effort it takes to initiate and forward the great work of 

 reform ; that we see bright lights here and there shining and exposing 

 to view dark and forbidden paths ; and that the mind is overAvhelmed 

 in its effort to keep pace with progress and passing events. Ideas 

 are modified or changed ; governments are reconstructed or reformed 

 institutions are remodeled ; land-marks are shifted ; islands, mountains 

 and- boundaries disappear. All is change ! 



The ^jgyillllH diversities of human effort; industrial and agricul- 

 tural processes and methods, those of living ; systems of transpor- 

 tation and trawl, education and the treatment of the sick; all are 

 subject to the modifications which our better knowledge and ex- 

 perience dictate. And the time has come when reform must enter 

 that field where contending forces threaten the downfall of one 

 oppressive i)Ower by the establishment of another. 



In canvassing this vastly important subject, its history, past and 

 present experience, the logic of events, the pressing needs of civiliza- 

 tion and the demands of justice, we find no explanation to existing 

 usage, save chroiiic error; and the various remedies proposed but 

 reveal the chaotic condition in whicli the (juestion presents itself to 

 the public mind. 



Tn th||fc|^nce of a correct solution there can be no successful 

 effort to r(^^Pn but when that solution comes, effort will be suc- 

 ( csslul and reform will be speedy and effectual. 



There can be no question as to the honesty of purpose on the 

 part of a sufficient number to defend what is rieht and just, and when 



