Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-01

the points at issue. we must have full
information, given to the public and the
representatives Of the public by an I'M
biased body after a thorough study OF
the situation; that the power Of the
Government must be used to make effec-
pending its finding. the work of mining
must 60 on, because the public need so
wemanded; and that therefore I would
use the entire power Of the nation to
see that the work went on that there
was an arbitration by dispassionate ex-
perts, and that the conclusions of this
orbitraton were accepted. When the
mine owners, packed by the most power
full financial interests in New York, re-
fused to arbitrate. l proceeded to ap-
out regard to them. and I secured the
assent Of a political opponent, Mr.. Cleve-
land, an ex-President Of the United
States. to serve as head of that COM
mission. l saw the Northumberland
of the. Army. and arranged with him
in possession Of the mines and would
treat him as the receiver to run the
mines, and to see that neither side in
terfered with. the running. Fortunately,
when it became evident that would put
my program through at no matter what
hazard or difficulty.n~the hazards and
difficulties both vanisheu. and I was able
to secure an agreement for arbitration
and for the. return Of the men to work
pending the result of the arbitration.
~. Views Then And Now.
President of University, he, with
entire safety, ignored or assailed the
Labor unions. Indeed. he was then their
critic. At the Peoples Forum on Febru-
AIRY Is. 1905. he said: Labor unions drag
the highest man to the level of the low
est In an address at a dinner in the
Waldorf Astoria on March 49,, 1907. in
speaking of the capitalists, he, said:
envy to equality and betterment of op-
portunity and that is the class formed
by the labor organizations and leaders
OF this country In a letter written
partisan of the open SHOP In June Of
the same year, speaking at Princeton. he
said: The usual standard Of the en-
ploye in our day is to give as little as
he may for his wages. Labor is stand
ardized by the trades unions and this
economically disastrous such a regula-
ton of labor is. The labor Of America
Is rapidly becoming improbable under
this regulation: Our economic suprem-
acy may be lost because the country
grows more and more full Of Improbable
servants" I have no question that when
Mr. Wilson thus spoke lie expressed his
sincere convictions. Less than two years
later he was in public life and imme-
diately his attitude changed. There is
no reason to believe that his convictions
changed.
There is nothing that we Of this
country so much need as to practice the
doctrine of service. AS a people we need
the sterner virtues even more than we
need the softer virtues. Material pros
perity, bodily ease, money, pleasure, are
all desirable but woe to US if we con-
slider them as the be-all and end-all of
our private lives or Of our collective ma
tional life! Woe to us if our material
prosperity brings in it's wake lethargy
of spirit and deafness Of soul! Let us
in our lives apply the great doctrines
of duty and of service Above all let
us realize that lofty profession lis a mis-
chievous sham when it is not translated
into efficient performance. Among the
companions of Lucifer in N1ilton's
mighty epic there was none among the
fiercer hends 50 dangerous as he who
with words clothed in reasons garb,
Counselled ignoble ease and peaceful
sloth.
Not peace.