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Of . no matter what their private
interest IL, may come into competition
with the authority Of society. And the
problem which Congress. because OF the
lateness Of the session. has for a few
months postponed Ii this problem: BY
what means are We going to oblige per
sons who come to q controversy like
this TO admit the public into the partner.
ship by which the thing IL
and decided? That 10 not an easy prob
lem.
Coneress Divides on Method.
"A great many different methods have
been proposed, and one Of the reasons
why Congress thought II necessary TO
poetpone the decision for q few rncf;hs
was that there were 40 many honest
differences Of opinion. not as to tho OBJ
tect but as to the method.
II want to suggest to you a means
Of testing your fellow men as to whether
they know what they are talking about
or not. II Is not necessary for q maj
to rome and argue with me an obvious
moral principle. but I am very much
interested when he comes n argues
with me how ne II going to make 1t
work. And when men say, We must
not permit any organisation to neglect
the interests Of society I say Amen.
but what I want 70 cit down and dis
cuss with you 10 how are we going to
prevent itr
1.-THE only thing worth talking about
In politics or any other sphere Is the
constructive idea How are you going
to do IT. We all know. or at n rate
we pretend to know. what wrought to
do, but we do not all know how to do II.
and the very difficult question which the
American people is now face to face With
and which they are going to settle Is
this: 'How are We going to organize
our participation as a partner In the
settlement of disputes between capital
and labor which interrupt the life OF
the nation?' I invite all subscribers to
suggest a method.
Must Consult America.
'The question IA apt to be obscured in
some quarters, as IL we were saying
tina; II was the right OF the Government,
or organised society. which II another
term for the same thing. to say to a man
You must work whether you want TO
or not America IL never going to say
10 any individual You must work
whether you want to or not but II Ia
privileged to say to an organization of
persons You must not interrupt the
national life without consulting us
ut is not a question of obliging in
dividuals II is a question OF enforcing
. partnership and seeing to 1t that no
organization IL stronger than that or
ganization which we love by the name
Of our own Government.
80 l laid a programme before Con
gress by which. at any rate. a beginning
might he made In that direction. and
! that programme Is going to be proceeded
with. II Ii no fun talking unless you
can expect to do something. The only
scst that ever comes into afYairs for a
man with red blood In his veins Is the
xest that comes when he In put to It "a
think but a difficult thing and do It
and I for my part congratulate the bus,-
ness men OF America that some OF thA'i
dificulties nave been removed by legisla'
| ton. that they have been fortified
against certain forms Of control whicf
must have been intolerable to them. that
they have had their real commercial
strength put at their service by sucl
Acts a the Federal reserve act. for ex
ample, and that now. II they think the,
can conquer the world it is up to then
10 do II, and that nobody Is going !,
assist them, because II Is a thing II
which they cannot be assisted by any
thing but their own brain. We are nov
out In the open, competitors for the con
fdence OF the world. and there is on!
one way to get II. n that Il to carr II
) II canno imagine anything more in
spring than to be pu, on your mettl
after legislation has taken the shackle
: on you and appraised you. You know
> that you are nc mans servant. Reac
I ton in this matter would hut us up liz
: . province. To turn back upon any por
= ton Of the road we have travelled woul,
be craven. To pretend that We are abb
: to compete with the world and the
= cringe At the opportunity would not b
worthy Of any of the traditions Of Amer
5 lea. and 80 for my part I am particu