The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-25
President Replies To
Critics of Strike
Settlement
MERE JUSTICE,
HE REITERATES
Much Yet Remains To
Be Done, Is Adj
mission

}3 LONG BRANAlt NEN JE4N9Li
Sept. 25.--speaking 20 great audi
ence on the ground oil SHADOW
Lawn. late Saturda, atleInool
xafeslaent wilsea vigorously Gcte1d
I'd bis acts in settlins the threat
cned railway strike, laying particular
ssress ON the AdanEoT eigbthouE
DAY law. which has been severely
criticised BY Republican Candidate
Hughes.
The president declared chat the
uupstion If the cight-hcur day Is no,
nrbitrable, but measure OF simple
jnstice
President Wilson ss,d In part
"a need not tell you what a sense ~
N Grafifieation u gives me ihai lra
6houid come bearing this Gcnrrou.
X 0~ssage which 7 have Just heard
from your chairman There is
IS sense In which the business n'n ~
4 America represent America because
Z. America has devoted herself time out
5sof peace and business ~ tne "rgari-
Sation OF the energies Of peace
There have been times when 2
looked a. IL America were interested
only In herself but In these recent
3 pears American business men have
0een how the markets Of the world
Y we're waiting for their service ard
a they have sought ana oht9lne@
\ ontranee into these markets p new
v}sion has come 10 thcm--eof WIS (
the development Of the resources -
4 America means: OF what the orgsut-
oation Of American efficiency means,
~ Why IL was that American mer-
Ehants and American manufacturers
mnltitude Of men who have develop
= "a the peaceful industries Of Amer
len were planted under this Tree
eSi'cy-1tha, .. they NJ mig mank sfns ana
Oorform IL.
I There never was q time when the
Duiss OF energy and success beat so
ttr4nxly In the veins of American
Hoslness as II beats today. And yet
N hope that all business men IN
4 America realize that we are only at
Stne beginning of a new era.
America has not played in the de-
Dfopcrtionate 20 the gifts OF Aneri-
ans and the resources OF America
\ IN times 20 come. partly because Of
y 1he unhappy eircurnstanees. Of recent
~ now about TO release her energies
IL score or American business vii
\. ~ what men have hitherto not
(feamed OF II American men know
49, 70. take advantage OF the OPP
ne chief cloud upon the domestic
n 40Rtspn - the unsatisfactory reJa-
\ tiQnA OF capital and labor There y
G(13y one way. gentlemen. IN which
The seiatiens OF capital and labor can
( % rendered satisfactory. That 10. In
fbe hrst place. regarding labor as
4UUan Relationship OF men with men
S6or as part OF the general partner
chip Of energy which is going to
make for the SUCCESS Of business
man and business enterprises in this
% long as labor and capital stand
ontaxonistic the interests OF both
are Injured and the prosperity Of
America Is held back from the
vtumphs which are legitimately its
You know we have heen a leFaiis-
CIR people. I say. with all due re-
epect 10 some men for whom ! have
Nigh regard and esteem that we
Z have been too much under the guild
aace OF the lawyer and that the law
1er has always regarded the rela-
lions between the employer and en-
ploye as merely a contractural rela-
ti0nship, whereas IL r.. while based
Npon contract. very much more than
fontractural relationship. 10 - re-
IAtionship between one set OF men
Y Ana another set OF men with hearts
under their Jackets and with inter
mon and with persons whom they
love and muat support on the one
side and on the other
Labor Is not n commodity. II % a
form OF cooperation. and IL Z can
/. make n man believe In me. know that
III am Just. know that ] want %
share the proftS OF success with him.
can get ten times as much out II
\ him a. " he thought 7 were his an
tagoblst. And hts labor is cheap az
apy price. That IL the human side
Of IL. and the human side extends 10
! this conception. that that iaboriu Z
man 10 partner OF his employer
II he ir mere tool ~ his en-
ployer he Is only as serviceebls as
Z The tool His enthusiasm does moi
\ 80 into a. ne does not plan how
the work shall he better done re
Gees not look upon the aspect of th'
"A ousinees or enterprise az a whole
md wish TO cooperate the advantaRs
81 hts brains and HIS Invention Il
Z the success OF 10 as whole.
Human relationships nay fellow
citisens. are governed hy the heart
qnd " the heart Is not in u nothins
" IN IL.
discovered that on one side ther,
wac suspicion and distrust % ms
ether side: and that this suspicion
and distrust was returned BY th'
The executives ala not believe n
the sincerity of the men aud
fhe men dld not believe In the
I sincerity ard fairness OF the eNecu-
ttves, and while arbitration was be-
Ing discussed / had this sad thought
Arbitration w n word associated with
the dealings OF hostile Interests n
- an alternative Of war. There
ought to be no such thing an CON
Nmpiatton OF hostility as between
psn whose interests are the same
and who should cooperate together.
And, therefore, V came uppr me
With q force that " never had be
fore that the real problem OF capital
and abof Was TO bring the two side
- understand and believe Ia ono nu-
ether. that the problem OF the nest
g<uera tiun. " America were really
70 release her energy, was 10 be iris
7 rial. genuine. fundn mental recon
<@lRtion between capital and labor
*3 Old not realize until 7 held those
k<reucee just how Tar apart they
y hat yar,.e alar and indlspsn-
1sportaucn ..of the country --aus
WIep did realize " 4 saw that Their,
b Xte H-eat task that was worth,
~ man'r while ahead OF az. 10 brlnI
~. SEE that men UNDERSTAND one an
othcf TO soc that they had some ~
\ xurance thar they we've speaking TN
X with 90 one another Z never ma
\ fypnkev conferences than had Wis
You know that when the publ
btasn 10 notice this controversy
Y aifeady had been going on FOR sou
tlne. ! had been Watching N wit
4feAf AnNietv and when ~ hccau
s>ident that an accommodation VS.
4 NOT EoinF 90 BE- reached i Thought
my duty Co tfy my hand as the diti
cplt tack az accommodations. hecau
MI kNrw how much was involved, M
\ Only In the immediate enccts %