New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-05
TAKE COUNSEL.
IS WILSON CREED

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.,..o.s ttat 10 seems 20 NE that that
...,- - che CLAYTON act were re-
r., .fc primer of human liberty;
W.f ..s-cs have Go have the primer
.~.-ed before chem. ! am wiling TO
p.fe-r-- 20 the display Of American
~ carried hy the union workers IN
-.-.fe which hc had reviewed as part
.rs exercises. Nr. Wilson declared
.. e1r s-vars should recall America S
.., ,r serving Che world.
asre~.,a" sand the President. did
... come into existence 20 make one
-.,re rrcs- nation IN the family OF ma
..--. .o show us strength and 10 eN-
.e mastery. America opened her
..,-s On c,.r.hcdy who wanted 20 be
s.,, and Gil. have the same opportunity
+.. everybody else had 20 make the
--.. 81 Ills faculties and his oppor-
..-,-es. and America viii retain Its
Greatness only SO long as Il retains
I'd seeks 90 realize those ideals. No
-s, oyrr. OBJ suffer injustice In Amer
.~ 80 man ought IN America to fail
. sec .-c deep dictates Of humanity.
Working for Others.
OF. is re-. proper that this great
t.is,r- should be dedicated on the
t-.b1ay Of t~e nation said the Pre- si-
Cs~+ i'm opening his address. "N on
ROW that Che mind needs air 10
S-ss.be. lust ass the body does You
..-ro. Use to the tasks Of the day
r..r arv KIND of zest and interest un-
,s.. Won know their significance, and
..ey nave very narrow significance
Z ION merely look upon them as q
means Of keeping body and soul to-
-s.-e~ You know that every man who
.s nan takes some pride ID dong ms
work. well But why should ne take
-r6e FL D.. Merely 20 g.ority and dis
trcu,s1 himself from the common run
.. worker. That viii only make a prlg
oih.m.
"A man who works in order that he
nav be- distinguished is sooner or later
gong 90 90 some selfish thing that
sid disgrace m. because his object IS
t~.of and not the ideals which he
serves And. therefore. IL seems 10 me
t.t every one Of US should remind
-rscr every DAY that he Is working
ior something besides wages; that ne
., working for some persons he loves,
'.r some community that ne wishes
90 assist. for some nation that ne Is
ready 20 serve and defend.
you u realize that in position
such as j occupy for the time beng
am rot at nertv 20 think OF any one
class o. orr teilow-cltlZens 20 the eN-
cus.or or any other class, and since
have been asked 20 make the dedlca-
'ory address of this building ] am go
.rg 90 take rho liberty Of defeating
'. 20 common counsel and common
understandings am going to take
che liberty of defeating II 70 the
'-Irc that believe in most. the ac-
comm0aatoa Of the Interests OF vari-
Gus classes in the community by
means of enabling those classes 10
understand one another and CO.
operate with one another
The Real Labor Trouble.
"Ttc trouble go a great many Of the
labor contests we have had S that one
SIDE or 'rc other did not wish TO ST.
oar and talk 70 over.
"Irc great difficulty about the rela
'orsr.n between capital and labor rs
',s. Labor is in immediate contac'
r'f tre task itself. with the work
rta tte conditions Of the work, with
tc cool. n.tr which il is done, and the
clclm .4rccs under which they are
Used, whereas. capital in too many in
stance, u.s. great remove. The thing
most o. b.. desired is that capita.
should ta tumanizcd by being brough'
ITO q couDrchending contact with me
conditions OF labor.
THE Fourth Of July was a day when
great Iu0n was formed, but 1t was
20, union % any one class or BODY
o ner-or- in that little nation OF
e.y00l0 that formed it, II was union
all the people for common objects,
and no man is true American who
Goes not realize that all the objects
' our national life are common OBJ
.ects, and not separate objects.
great many men come 20 see me
t.l tell me q great many things. some
o. which believe, but if ! were TO
..s'en with greater comprehension than
nave 90 everything that they tell me
would realize when the days work
Vas over that ! could not hold IN my
Angle COMPREHENSION the infinitely
AIRED complex life Of this great coun-
F 70 wh cn we belong.
You know we used 90 hear very or
.ae oratous on the Fourth Of July TO
-''i'y the Stars and Stripes, and re
-saoer chat when I was younger and
Tao been immersed in fewer difficulties
nan recently 7 used 20 thrill with those
.ils and think they meant something.