The Irish standard., 1914-09-12
Frank P. Walsh, Chairman United
States Commission on Industrial
Relations.

Frank P. Walsh, Chairman United
States Commission on Industrial
Relations.
There is no group to whom the
Chairman of the United States Com
mission on Industrial Relations can
more Fundamentally send his wishes
and prayers for success than the or
ganized workers of America-men
and women.
The dawn of the nineteenth CEN
fury found the organized workers
few in numbers and uninfuential -
making. the battle, practically alone,
for free and universal education; lay
ing the foundation, through their suf-
fering and travail, for the present pub
lie school system of our land.
Today, a century later mighty in
numbers and powerful in influence.
you are in the vanguard of struggle
which, in my opinion, will make this
century notable in the advancement
Fof the cause of humanity. The fight
is to apply to industry the principles
OF democracy which now prevail in
all just governments in political af-
fairs and in which lies the hope of the
race for the advancement of real hui
man liberty.
Never was a cause less sordid, more
fired with the highest social ideals of
Cur race, than this effort to secure for
millions of men, women, and children
the blessings of economic indepen-
dence, assuring lofty citizenship
with an impregnable base of virtuous
and intelligent manhood and woman
hood.
Ben. B. Lindsey, Judge of Juvenile
Court, Denver, Colorado.
There is no child problem that is
not parent problem; and there is no
percent problem that is not in the final
analysis; in large measure, social,
economic, and industrial problem. We
cannot protect the children; we can
rot secure for them their heritage.
their birthright, unless we can pro-
tect their parents. I would be false
to the children of this nation if
merely sat in the children's court,
using palliative to deal with the eff
fects OF causes and conditions with
out attacking the causes and condi-
tons while doing the best I can to
help the individual victims. I, there
fore, having no apology to make for
my interest in industrial problems as
being at the same time the biggest
Part of the child problem that has
engaged my interest and the best
years and years and service of nv
lie.
The years devoted to this work
convince me that the union labor is
good thing; that the unions are good
things, and that if the workers of this
nation woud escape the absolute and
certain slavery that they face with
out the union, they will not only join
the unions of their respective trades
but that they will use every lawful
and just means in their power to in
duce others to do so. The opposi-
ton to unions comes primarily from
ignorance and the occasional mistakes
and errors of the unions themselves
that should not be confused with the
big principle they stand for. There
is no institution on earth without it's
defects, its mistakes or even its fail
ures with certain individuals and in
certain cases.
Henry S. Seager, Professor of Politi-
cal Economy, Columbia Uni
versity.
The organized workers of the Unit
cd States are surely to be congratu-
lated on the progress made during
the last year. The very violence of
some of the labor struggles that have
occurred has served to call nation
wide attention to the deplorable con-
clifton in the mining, textile, and other
industries and to increase the public
understanding of and sympathy with
organized labor's demands and aspi.
rations.
American life is so rich and tense
that it takes a pretty big event across
the water to get newspaper headlines
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