El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-22

, finance are cOusulted2'
The president evidently believes that
the tOilers are the nations life blood,
for he says:
When 1 look back on the process
of history, when / survey the genesis
Of America, 1 see this written over
every page; that the nations are re-
newed from the bottom, not from the
top; that the genius which springs up
from the ranks Of unknown men is
the genius which reneWs the youth
and energy of the people. Everything
l know about history, every bit Of eX-
perience and observation that has con-
tributed to my thought, has confirmed
me in the conviction that the real wis
dom of human life is compounded out
Of the experiences Of ordinary men, The
utility, the vitality, the fruitage of
life does not come from the tsp TO the
bottom; IL comes, like the natural
growth Of great tree. from the soil
up through the trunk into the branches
to the foliage and the fruit The great
struggling unknown masses of the
men who are at the base of everything
are the dynamic force that is lifting
the levels of society A nation is as
great. and only as great as her rank
and file"
For Better Life.
The insistent demand for better
things, greater opportunities. a higher
and nobIer life. is commented on:
I tell you, the sO-called radicalism
Of our times is simply the effort OF
nature to release the generous energies
Of our people. This great American
people is at the bottom just, virtuous,
and hopeful; the roots Of its being are
in the soil Of what is lovely. pure and
Of good report, and the need Of the
hour is just that radicalism that viii
clear a way for the realization OF the
aspirations Of sturdy race"
We have been making statements
concerning the 'philanthrOpies" of the
corporations. and they may have
-nsT
ident Of the United States says.
And tits worth the while of the
workingmen OF the country TO recall
what the attitude toward organized
labor has been of these masters of
consolidated industries whom ii is
proposed that the federal government
should take under its patronage as well
as under Its control. They have been
the stoutest and most successful OPP
pOnenrs Of organized labor, and they
have tried TO undermine it in a great
many ways. Some of the ways they
have adopted have. worn the guise of
philanthropy and good viii, and have
no doubt been used for all 1 know in
perfect good faith. Here and there they
have set up systems of prOfit-sharing.
OF compensation for injuries, and of
bonuses, ana even pensions; but every
one of these plans has merely bound
their Workingmen more tightly to
themselves. Rights under these var
lous arrangements are not legal rights.
They are merely privileges which en-
ployes enjoy so long as they remain
in the employment and observe the
rules Of the great industries for which
they work If they refuse 10 be Weaned
away from their independence they. can
not continue to enjoy the benefits ex-
tended to them.
The Special Interests.
do not want to see the special
interests OF the United States take care
OF the working men. women and chill
dren. I want to see justice. righteous
ness. fairness and humanity displayed
in all the laws Of the United States.
and / do not want any power 10 inter
Vene between the people and their gov
eminent Justice is what we want, not
patronage and cOndescensiOn and pit
iful helpfulness- The trust are our
masters now, but I for one do not care
to live in a country called free even
under kind masters. I prefer to live
under no masters at all"
Irrespective of politics, beliefs, or
philosophy, we can all agree with this
ringing declaration
- And yet when you see some men
riding their great Industries as IL they
were driving a car of juggernaut, not
looking to see what multitudes pros
trate themselves before the car and lose
their lives in the crushing effect Of
their industry YOU wonder how long
more Of machinery than they think OF
their men. Did you never think Of it
men are cheap, and machinery is dear; {
many a superintendent is dismissed for I
overdriving a delicate machine who I
be dismissed for overdriving |
an Overtaxed man. You can discard I
your man and replace him; there are ]
others ready to come into his place;
but you can't without great cost dis l
card your machine and put new one I
IN its place You are less apt. there
fore, to look upon your men as the 1
vital foundation part of pour 1
whole business. It is time that prop !
erty, as compared with humanity.
should take second place. not first /
place. We must see TO IL that there is /
no overcrowding, that there is no bad (
that there is no unnecCes-
sary spread Of avoidable diseases. that ]
the purity Of food IS safegUarded, that !
there is every precauuOn against ac- /
,ident, that women are not driven to I
impossible tasks, nor children per-
nitted to spend their energy before it !
s fit to be spent. The hope and elias
-icity Of the race must be preserved; !
men must be preserved according to Z
their individual needs, and not accord
ING to the program of industry merely"
me foregoing are but a few OF the
passages in The New Freedom" that 6
are of interest to the breadWinners.
Ihey are sufficient to indicate the
frame Of mind Of president Wilson. 1t
s not the promise, but the performance,
nat counts, and we are going to have {