Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Harvard failed to meet at once the fundamental argument of the affirmative, though by the close of the debate they met it as fully as it could be met. On the other hand, Yale put forward its essential contention at once and held consistently to it throughout the debate...
...conclusion it was shown that the chief significance of this argument is not so much the evidence of disregard for the interests of individuals as the evidence of the existence within our country of an organization which manifests a spirit which seeks to make its rights paramount to the rights of all other parties. Any organization manifesting such a spirit cannot show a tendency other than detrimental to the best interests of our country...
...speaker continued his argument by stating that this dictatorial stand of the unions means an attempt to build up a state within a state: to establish an irresponsible government in the avowed interest of a small percentage of a single class (for organized labor constituents but fifteen per cent, of all the labor of our country). This general tendency, therefore, is detrimental to the best interests of labor and of the whole country...
...arguments of the affirmative were then considered. It was argued that trade-unionism, far from promoting socialism, has been the one practical and effective argument against it. Both socialism and unionism spring from the inherent desire of the working man to better his condition. As trade-unionism has satisfied this desire by bringing about a steady improvement in this direction, the use of revolutionary measures has been foregone...
...only on questions that from their nature the employer cannot arbitrate-such as contests for absurdly high wages. They refuse to agree to any decision that does not suit them, and through their refusal to incorporate, they are legally irresponsible. The negative, the speaker claimed, falls to disprove the argument of the affirmative that unionism sets its own interests above those of the community. This, as any number of instances of riot and unjustifiable violence show, has been the tendency of unionism for the past twenty years...