El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-24

{ tive as it stands on the rails ready for
service. That locomotive is the col
/ lective result of the activities of nearly
all elements Of organized society The
man in the ore beds, the miner Of coal
and producer of limestone and feldSpar,
only touch the side Of the raw ma
teriaI The organized efficiency Of the
/ blast furnace, the intricate labor of the
foundry. the vision Of the inventor, all
/ find a meeting place in that cOnstruc-
{ ton Of mechanical skill
But I have not touched at all upon
/ the interest of the educator, Of all
those along the way who had TO DO
with the labor OF production have
not referred TO the minister who looked
after the spiritual interests of all those
who had any task to perform in con-
neCtiOn with this finished product
I When all these are included, still
: have made no reference TO the farmer,
who, through his performance Of social
duty. has rendered 1t pOSSiDl for those
who labor in mechanical lines to live
on food raised far outside their home
town Then as the link of all these
apparently unrelated activities comes
our transportation system
How can it be possible for US TO
blind our eyes TO the fact that every
finished product IS the result OF an
; interplay of social functions. touching
every phase Of society Thus arises
I the complicated question as to what is
the full social equivalent OF what a
man produces
'.The modern industrial method is too
complicated for any man or set OF men
to decide that a solution OF all trouble
has been found. Therefore, look for
ward over the future of the department
OF labor as a means OF helping to bring
near year by year the goal of complete
social justice This surely must be the
ideal of those who regard humanity as
something too sacred for selfish eE-
pIOitatiOn-
what I have said relative to the
locomotive as type illustrative Of
the activities necessary to produce one
result. leads me to state most en-
phatically that labor is the producer OF
all wealth. but TO add with equal en-
DhaSis that muscular labor IS not Ehe
only form Of labor The influence OF
the mental concept. must not be lost 10
sight the productivity of labor as az
fected BY management the fOreSeelnG
of a machine in the mind Of the IN
ventor- all these things it seems to me
represent labor
zone of the greatest services that
can be rendered by the nation to labor
Of the muscular kind is in the dIrec-
ton of efficiency and that is WhV dur
ing my congressional life I gave what
ever support I could to the subject Of
vocational education / am glad 70 see
that the Page bill has been reInrTO-
vocational education are striving to
bring into 1T some changes that may
produce prOmpter action on the part Of
congress
But whatever congress in its Wis
dom may do, the fact remains rE2t the
greater strength to come to our nauCn
is in the direction Of efficient Life on
the part Of the majority our high
schools are producing students fer col
leEes and for professional NE Lney
are only a small proportion of the stu
dent force of America Those who do
not reach high school are the vast ma
jOrity tt is of that vast majority that
society must think in order THAI the
lives OF the many may become eff
cienr.
7 strongly favor federal funds being
placed at the disposal of those states
that will contribute similar funds to
produce an educational change which
is essential, now that our nation has
taken on distinctly manufa curing
type Of development
LAS one who came to America in
childhood, led by parents who saw in
America a land of hope, share in
common with others some aDprehen-
sion at the apparent loss of simplicity
in our national life Yet I must hold