The Delta independent., 1916-10-27

fsHanship shown by Mr.. Hughei
she sinS.e quotation above given.
Wilson's Drenm.
Nor is this !. MIR. Nilsson nas re-
IN ~ announced his desire. or,
ma; put it, his "dream.' thai lii.
nitcd Stntes .naII ..tnks her utar.. IN
'Le great field of world trade. ~.
Us heen sIp~aling fer the busin, as
.ose by pom ing out an ailurih., p:,-
g'e OF the advantages and oppof,uni-
maj iofSiSn markets viii soon ol-
! ler In his recent Omaha speech
!"Iid mat we must finance some OF the
| ehlef undertakings of the world for
! ourselves These words menn less
thnn nothing long ms Mr.. Wilson
stands by his other words, uttered D.
himself and by his secretary of state,
announcing that American business
men men who went into Mexico did so nj
sympathy for them after they went;
hhd thnt he would not try TO protect
mem in their investments. 1fr. VII
son never used weasel words of more
SlSnlflcance than those two statements.
Either his statement that we must
weasles all the honesty out of his state
hent that ne is not interested in, and
VII not protect American dollars in
.neAIco, whlcn means the financing
"i some of the chief undertakings" oi
.neNico by Americans: or else the lat
'er sentence weasels all meaning out
.t the first. Mr.. Wilson has the right
say which of these two statements
Is the weasel. and which is the egg,
put he cannot deny that the relation
2etWeen them is strictly that of the
weasel and the egg. Mr. " ilson has
said that he will furnish no protection
E" the LuSineSs men who have "iade
,i.testhent> in Mexico; and for once
hiS conduct on ihis point has made
"is words good for he has not pro-
tcctsd any man in Mexico. whe.her
""r"ihsm"n, miner or runcher.
The Cuuntry's Right.
Vow. the country is entitled TO know
VIZ ther Ire really Intends 10 reverse
h'lNcit ON this policy so far Ms conn
% 'ies out idc OF Mexico are concerned;
and IL 80. why; and just what measure
81 protection ne cOpIempiates furstzs-
'h= those business men who accept Iii.
a.h,r dangerous invitation. The piain-
te' construction of honesty and SINGER
~ demand that he either reverse his
A-eAI an policy or else announce that
me only safe course Tor American bust
ness men in the future lies in avoiding
the effort TO flnance." or having any
oc' nection with The chief undertak-
ms OF the world outside of the
sl..isd States There is no middle
ground. ! put this direct question to
AT wilson Which of these positions
stand on his Mexican record in which
case he Ought to admit the hideous
and lnmentnblc bIunder of his whole
heNt"hu policy for the Inst three and
q half yenrs; or else he does stand on
his MeNicun record. and II 50. mis- nSk-
.hE american business men to 20 into
foreign mnrkets il downright hypoc-
riNN. 70 Alr- Wilson will. not by subtle
and adroir evasion. but with down
H.E.t stralEhtfDrwardnes ATTEMPT to
answer llis question, l believe he VIII
l-ld the attempt very stimulating to
r nat he calls his intellectual pro-
cessos.'
Nnw for Ourselves
So much for Mr.. Wilson and the
iftuot raie party. Now for ourselves.
rs e "Go believe in protecting the legIt-
innate interests of business men, in en-
tour@EiuE tine great corporate Instru-
fssHF rs a
ara business and in rewarding enter
pris" ana leadership. must do all this
-or The very reason that we treat as
OF the iirst Importance the needs of
labor our aim il to secure the maxi
mum of good results for the average
man, for the ordinary, decent hard
working oiti,.n. He is the man whom
we have primaril. in mind. Tne sue
cessiul business man is entitled to JUS
tee for his own sake: and, moreover.
unless We grant him such justice we
can do nothing for anyone else; but
unless his profit is shared by farmer
ana worklnSnan. by the ordinary
man generally. our prime object is not
achieved. We must the corporate
viewpoint: but we must see Very much
We must not offer 10 labor such empty
solutions ns are contained in the .New
hich i'm practice is merely
the old-old freedom OF the strong 10
prey ON the weak-or in the chance t.
coerce capital by sinister and improper
action tcn'itnr To the Limitation of out
put. We must correiatc the demard
for the enjoyment of rights with tn,
sense of ohiiEation fully 4" perform
duties. We mast raise. collectively and
tndiNiduailH, our industrial standard
We must develop the power ur self
help; and we must supplement this
power 10y the wise use OF gov ernmentai
power We must ourselves organize
and furnish the use of satisfactory
state and national governmental ma
chinery to accomplish those things that
labor cannot accomplish for itseif-ana
which IL sometimes attempts to accom-
4.
TO itself and to all of us.
Bismarck's Method
Bismarck carried such program
through in Germany, with the result
phenomenal Industrial success To-
gether with an exceptionally high
standa-d OF average well-belng. He
deliberately undertook to better the
conditions Of industrial and social life
not by adding to tlsa cost of produc-
tion, but by eliminating waste and In.
Producing scientific-that is rational.
skillful and efficient-principles into
the work OF production and OF distri-
policy TO see that business was sue
eessful. and business men OF leadership
rewarded; for otherwise the commu-
nifty would either stagnate or go back
ward. and nobody would get any re-
ward at all. But ii was also with him
prime object to secure for the wage
workers their legitimate share of the
benefits not only in wages, but IN
standard of living, and in such ways
as sickness insurance. old age pensions,
and the like. Germany is infinitely
ahead Of us in all of these matters
Germnny gives better cnre. at less cost
10 the Morhinrmnn. in hearth anu In
sickness. by her system of orGanign-
tiun under government direction. aul
Of organization by pcrfectcd private
cooperation, than we do by our unrc.at-
lated indiN iduHliSni. Under our sVs-
TEN the workiugman gets but one
third OF what the German worE inEmRn
gets in such matter as CompCnsatrp.
for injury. England is not SO far ahead