Bisbee daily review., 1913-05-16


of all these apparently unrelated &C
tivities comes our transportation sys-
TEN How can it be possible for US
to blind our eyes to the fact that ey-
cry finished product is the result OF
an interplay of social functions, touch
ing every phase OF society? Thus ari-
ses the complicated question as TO
what is the full social eq iyalent OF
what q man produces -
The modern Industrial method is
too complicated for any man or set Of
en- to decide that a solution of all
trouble has been found. Therefore
look forward over the future 10 the
Department OF Labor as a means of
helping to bring nearer year by year
the goal OF complete justice. This
surely must be the idol Of those who
sregard humanity as something too
sacred for selfish exploitation.
Labor Not Alone by Muscle.
What l have said relative to the 10
connective as q type OF the illustrative
activities necessary to produce one re
suit. leads me TO state most emphati-
caliy that labor is the producer Of all
wealth. but 70 add with equal empha-
sis that muscular labor is not the only
form OF labor The influence Of the
mental concept must not be lost sight
Of; the productivity of labor as affect
ed by management: the fOreseeing Of
a machine in the mind of the inventor,
all these things it seems to me repre-
sent labor.
One OF the greatest services that can
be rendered by the Nation to labor
of the muscular kind is in the direc-
tion OF efficiency and that is Why dur
ing my Congressional life ! gave what
ever support ] could TO the subject OF
vocational education I am glad 10 see
that the Page Bill has been reintrO-
duced and to know that the friends Of
vocational education are striving to
Bring into it some changes that may
produce prompter action on the part
OF Congress. But whatever Congress
in its wisdom may do. the fact re
mains that the greatest strength to
come to our nation is in the direction
OF efficient life on the part OF the ma
ioTity. Our high schools are produc-
ing students for colleges and for pro
4 fessional life They are only small
/ proportion Of the student force of Am
erica. Those who do not reach high
: school are the vast majority. II IS OF
THAT vast majority that society must
think in order that the lives of the
many may become efficient. ] strongly
favor funds being placed at the dis
pOsal of states that viii contrib ute
similar funds TO produce an education
al change which is essential now that
our nation has taken on a distinctly
manufacturing type OF development.
( Hopeful Of the Future.
As one who came to America II
childhood. led by parents who saw N
4 America a land Of hope, / share in
+ common with others some apprehen
/ sion at the apparent loss of simplicity
/ IN our national life. Yet I must hold
10 the hopeful belief that ultimately
there win be restored to this country
/ some Of the simplicity that once char
+ acterized # and which proceeded our
artificial lines Of social cleavage. We
/ gam nothing by the separation Of
II classes. We lose the common touch.
I am confident that simple deocracy
/ win Increasingly commend itself 10
4 American thought as a means Of hold
/ ing us together as a Nation. strong in
our respect for mutual rights and ioT
individual hopes