The sun., 1916-11-05

OF living. You cannot find In the elo-
quent promises and extravagant claims
that are made to-day anything that ex-
ceeds the eloquence of the promises of
four years ago.
Instead of reducing the cost OF living
they reduced the chances of making a
living. Instead OF multiplying the OPP
portunities for labor they reduced the
opportunities for abor.
what is the use Of talking to Amer
lean labor about the great advance
needed I'm social improvements without
the great opportunities that are needed
for better living or more wholesome con-
ditions. Of tours and wages. unless you
nave the foundation laid in the stability
OF the enterprise. in the abundance of
work and in the governmental policies
that will keep our factories running OH
full time. even when there Is no Euro
pcan war?
before YOU begin TO build tho upper
part of your house offaociaI Justice make
sure that you get the foundations OF the
house so you can erect your structure
and have The pleasant apartments TO
which we all desire to see labor invited.
No one. | believe. more than ! desires
to have proper conditions Of work. rea-
sorablc hours OF labor. proper wages and
full oppoituuitlcs for Industry, but !
want to nave work itself providing for
! American workmen.
Twenty-Five months ago many Of the
unemployed were walking u streets
We know that when they were walking
our streets there was q serious business
depression. We had soup houses and
bread lines. We will have a recurrence
To this condition II we do not take care
to protect the fundamental resources OF
ali American achievement.
q Nntagonism.
81 must emphasize this, because ] am
deeply Interested In everything that per-
tains to the prosperity of the plain peo-
pie OF the United States. am not IN
tcres,ed in a country devoted to the spe-
cial prosperity of a few. That Is not my
conception of the aim OF the admins
tration OF our country. but when | hear
any one d%enounce class bitterness. class
antagonism, and the awful results OF
array!ng group against group. I want
him to take care that he does not stimu'
late that very class bitterness and class
antagonism which Is thus Justly de-
nounced.
III We are to have success in solving
American problems we must have "A new
shirt i'm this country. I have spoken
OF the discipline created or develoI'ed
in his strife on the other side OF the
water. | have asked you to look behind
the horrors and the carnagc OF war,
that you might see the spectacle OF i'm
proved efficiency. Of perfected organizs-
ton. but | want you TO see something
Csc that Is far more significant than
organization or efficiency.
There in the trenches OF Europe. side
by side. are the rich and the poor. the
artisan and the professional man. the
man from the shop. the man from the
factory. the professor In the college. the
musician. the man of rank and the man
without rank. They are all together,
tied by bonds OF human interest, sacri-
ncing for each other. ready To dc for
each other. All the conditions which
ordinarily separate men from inter-
course with each other are gone. and all
the distinctions OF class are forgotten.
Every distinction Of rank or OF work is
out OF view.
"They are there. side by side. fighting
for their countries. willing In every way
TO spare each other possible misfortune
They are brethren in arms. whatever
they were before. They are on the Anal
level Of humanity. lighting for its life.
Europe will never be the same after this
AYR. We see men emerging from thces
trenches filed with a human brother
hood. not men filled with thoughts OF
class distinction.
New Fellowship Of Man.
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