Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-23
AND CAPITAL
SHOULD Be PARTNERS
President Takes This Stand
in Speech to Business
Men Today
BY Robert j. Bender,

(Inlted PresS stair CoreSpondent.)
Shadow Lawn, Long Beach, N. j.,
Sept. 23.-Addressing several thousand
persons who made pilgrimage to his
summer home, President Wilson this
afternoon spoke for the first time on
the campaign issues raised by Repub-
ican Nominee Charles Evans Hughes.
He dwelt chiefly ON the business is
sues. Prior to speaking, the president
had long conference with Attorney
General Gregory.
When the president appeared on the
porch of his home at 3:l5 'clock he
was enthusiastically applauded. On
the porch with him were Postmaster
General Burleson, Attorney General
Gregory, former Ambassador to Tur.
key Henry Morgenthau, Jacob Schiff,
Judge John n. Wescott, w. Parkhurst
Runyon and scores of other prominent
democrats.
America" said the president, "has
devoted itself to the energies and
achievements of peace. Business has
taken leading part in this.
there never was time when the pulse
of success beat so strongly in the veins
of business as it does today. America
has not played proportionate part in
the trade of the world and in time to
come chiefly because America is about
to release her energies, American bust,
ness is to enter new and greater
field than ever before.
"The chief cloud on the horizon in
the unsatisfactory relations between
capital and labor. There is only one
way in which relations can be made
satisfactory. That is to make gen.
eral partnership of business to make
for business success. So long as labor
and capital are not together American
business is held back We are too
much under the guidance of the lawyer.
He has regarded the relations between
capital and labor ss merely contrac-
tual. But there is heart beneath
the workers coat. Labor is not com
modify 1t is a form of cooperation.
If / can make man believe in me
can get ten times as much as il he
knew L were antagonistic.
"The laboring man should be q
partner of his employer. If the heart
is not in work, nothing is in it.
Il have just passed through a most
distressing experience. tried to ad
Just differences between railroads and
employees. I found suspicion or dis
trust on the part of each for the other
and while arbitration was being dis
! hol Ia,
Arbitration is an alternate of wal
an implement for use between hostile
forces. Therefore, it came upon mt
that the real problem of capital ant
labor was to bring both sides to be
lieve in each other.
"This thing had to be done when il
was DONE" the president went on il
discussing his entire course in the con
troversv including laying before con
gress the legislation he recommended
81 held for the eight hour dav, no
because the men demanded it, but be
cause the eight hour day is right, thu
president said.
'These men were dealing with on'
another as if there was no one else t.
be considered besides themselves. Th'
great point is what rights have th'
hundred million people of the Unite'
States. The business of government il
to see that its organization become
as strong as itself, as strong as thu
authority of society. The question nov
facing the American people is: How
are we going to organize to settle a
a partner the disputes between capita
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