Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
Y0|I HAVE A DUTY
TOWARD WILSON
,,ivertinu to Stop and Consider
what the People Owe Presi-
dent, Says Forbes.
gv q. c. FORBES.
k YOUR duty toward Presi-

What is lOUh outS lo""iu AiesA
dent Wilson?
We will hear so much of President
,,.gson's duty toward the people that
NAV be diverting and not wholly
nsolsss to consider the duty of the
raople toward him.
President Wilson'S inaugural adj
...ss ruInlls the forecast that it would
10 modern Sermon on the Mount.
III, ideals are so high, his enthusiasm
Genuine and his force of character
-. fn,neIliug that he has excited higher
s,nos that he can possibly fulfill. 1t
s,s beep wittily said that certain
r.ri,ars do not allow themselves to be
ssr,nered by facts: President Wilson,
T.. oyrrossing confidence that the coun-
,.. can be virtually reAhade morally,
,,or,icallv. financially. industrially,
h,.oionicalIv and agriculturally has not
,,sr bampered by mature knowledge
.,irod in the hard school of expert
in the mart and factory, the
..,,+;np house and the exchange. His
.,;,,,isn his sublime faith in the
Up,.n. If his own personality and the
potoncy of government are in one
p ersa admirable; but they have sown
soe5s of expectation that can not be
srnrfifed into realization in four-or
even eight-short years.
What can be done on paper can not
sIwavs be done in practice.
The neople. therefore, must be pre-
rared to cultivate great forbearance.
graat liberation, great moderation, not
orIy in their attitude toward President
wilson but toward one another. I'M
oatience. intolerance, high handedness.
H bot-headedness may wreck the ship of
state
The relations between capital and
labor are to come up for readjustment
In recent years the struggle has been
E mainly between corporations and con-
slmers
capital has been ill-advised in OPP
& posing the creation of full-fiedged
h department. of labor, with a cabinet
officer at its head Labor is album
dainty justified in demanding direct
& representation in the cabinet. Its i'm
Y portance more than warrants such pro-
& vision for its recognition. Only short
sightedness could have caused capital
10 object. A department of labo!
q should aid. not retard, the process of
& readiustment that is inevitable and
imminent Labor is entitled to insist
n upon its full rights. Coincidentally, it
must be prepared to accept its full
81 responsibilities.
81 Would q secretary of labor man
Of sober Judgment, of judicial tempera-
81 ment not a blind partisan, come for
ward and tell his colleagues in the
n cabinet, ard the public. that he OBJ
jelted to labor being treated on eX-
actly the same basis as capital under
the Sherman law? Would any man of
national reputation, any aspirant for
the high honors of craftsmanship, de-
nounce a legislative measure simply
because it treated all classes alike, be-
81 cause it refused to call certain action
a crime when perpetrated by one class
but did call the same action a crime
When committed by another class? BY
granting Ii Dor direct representation in
the cabinet labor's sense of response
hilty wouIG be increased.
W
Certain sets OF capitalists must
a.'o Go little fresh thinking if they
nope 10 avert swift reprisals.
The Anthracite Coal Trust is an in
goriouS specimen of capitalistiC
flqu"s that deserve TO be brought uI
with a short rein. The latest exhibition
Of effrOntery of Haunting their AFRO
sance in tie face of an impotent public
Justly aroused Indignation Because
wages We're slightly increased the
pubic mus needs he saddled not only
win this additional burden, but witt
lar heavier one Instead of accept
ing their share of the increase in the
IoSl Of dong business-as they coulc
well afford to do-the coal barons
SeZec the incident as a preteXt FOL
huIctlng the public of millions of un-
warranted dollars.
Patience is extremely necessary fol
smooth, ORDERLY government. But pa
9 '..ee does nOt-should not-mean in
,'He!ence to wrongs. 1t must no
degenerate into serf-like acquiescenc'
""eA Migrant abuses are persisted in
Mdn}-l believe a maiority-of gu
rn.dHelelS are ready to cooperate will
s.gsldent Wilson in evolving equitable
'"aItia and industrial conditions