Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-11-11
WAGE FARMERS
AND ARBITRATION

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controls both parties to such warfare;
but this does not apply when the boy.
colt and the strike and the blacklist
are employed.
Arbitration seeks to avoid this state
Of affairs not for the sake Of indus
trial peace alone, but for the protoc-
tion Of parties against loss and against
those economic disasters which are
sure 70 bo the result. International
arbitration seeks to avoid precisely
tho same condition between nations,
that tho great parties 10 the contest
may 70 on their way In peace and the
pursuit Of prosperous economic pro-
duction.
Production is often stimulated tenn
porariiy BY war-usuaily is, IN fact
but Il 10 a fovcrish condition, and The
after effects are such as 20 briug about
depression, general Generalization, ioss
Of work, and hence loss Of wages. Tho
wago Garner therefore IL thoroughly
Interested IN the progress Of the idea
Of petsiing international disputes By
arbitration, especially when Il IA con-
Quoted by boards consisting Of mem.
bera from his own ranks and those of
employers History IA rich with tho
results Of such measures Great indus
tries In this eountry can show a record
Of from twelve 70 fifteen years with.
out any strikes or labor contests, The
peaceful conditions being production,
under which agreements All matters Of
differences or grievances presented BY
either party are adjusted by the par.
ties themselves in a quiet, peaceful and
manly way.
What the wage Garner needs more
than anything else Is the fair prospect
Of steady employment az remuneFativo
wages Labor contests, wage conflicts
OF any kind, disturb this prospect and
make bis labor intermittent. Better
lower wages and constant employment
than higher wages with periods Of idle.
mes. When wars occur the whole spirit
OF reform, Of reasonable adjustment.
OF manly conduct, is suspended, and
though the feverish condition Of mar
keis may bring temporary employ
ment al high rates. there Is sure to
follow a period Of depression and long
eonvaleseenee necessary for retrieve.
ment.
Arbitration partakes Of the highest
elements Of religion, and assumes
broader and grander lines than the
mere adjustment Of labor troubles. TIE
growth Of tho religious spirit in tho
settlement and adjustment Of interna-
tional affairs is an evidence that the
public conscience is receiving stimu.
lation from some source which leads Il
70 reasonable consideration OF cues.
tions involving rights, duties ana
obligations.
This means new patriotism-that
patriotism which is horn Of pure re-
hgions spiritj it means devotion to
higher principles it means the patriot.
IAN OF personal sacrifice, and II is
higher type Of patriotism than that ex-
empiified on the battlefield.
wish the wage earners as a whole
might comprehend this new phase Of
the religious spirit and, when they can
see their economic interests in it.
believe they viii understand and com.
prehend it.
when Il is understood that many Of
our great labor organizations are IN.
transitional in their character, and that
when there are congresses OF labor.
representatives from all parts Of the
world are brought together to eonsid.
or the interests OF the wage worker "a
the broadest sense of fraternalization.
We must conclude that their influence
nnaliy In establishing international a..
oitration as principle is Of the greet.
eS' Importance, not only 70 them a.
workers but TO the whole world AZ
large.