The Green Forest tribune., 1917-11-23

mission to md out how the war car be won.
 He knows. as know, that the way to get peace as you want it takes mort than few moments.
 Raise U. S. Power
 If we are true friends of freedom we will see that the power of this coun try and the producing activity of th' country shall be raised to the highes degree, and nobody should be allowed to stand ill it's way.
 "0ur duty if we nre to do this great thing and believe that America is tht hcpe of the world we must stand to getr CT night and day.
 But while we are fighting for free dom, we must see that labor is free.
 And that means n number of things We must see that the conditions of la bor are rendered not more onerous during war, but see that the instru- ments through which labor conditions are improved must not be checked
 Praises Gompers.
 The president euloglzed President Gompers.
 T like to place my mind along side a mind that knows how to pull in har- ness" he said.
 "The horses that kick over tn traces will have to be put in cor ral."
 He continued: "To stand together means nobody must interrupt the progress of our energy; Interruption can he avoided without invasion of freedom.
 "Nobody has the right to stop pro cess of labor until all processes of council have been stopped.
 T might as well say right here that I am not talking to you alone. You do sometimes stop the forces of labor, but there are others who do the same.
 "You are more reasonable in larg- CT number of cases than capitalists. haven't said these things to them per sonally, because I haven't had g chance.
 "Everybody has got to transact husi- ness. I would like to see all of the critics exported. A settlement is hard to avoid when parties are brought.facc to face.
 eve must insist In every instance the parties must come into each oth- CTS presence.
 My counsel to you Is this:
 Let US show ourselves Americans hy not going off into separate camps. but by cooperating in releasing the world from bondage. We are all of the same clay and spirit and we can get together If we want to.
 "I would be willing to set that up as final test of an American. I have been very much distressed by the mob spirit that displays itself here and there in rhe country.
 Lawlessness Unjustified.
 q have no sympathy with men who take punishment into their own hands. I want to utter my earnest protest against lawlessness in any cause or anywhere. Democracy means first of all we can govern ourselves.
 "The man who takes the law into his own hands is not the right man to cooperate in the development of free institutions. Some of the processes that capital and labor take are very near to what I have described. We must accept and obey common c0un- sel.
 Some instrumentality of co-opora- ttan must be devised between labor and capital.
 "The reason I came from Washing ton is that I sometimes get lonely there. There are so many people in Washington that know things that aren't so and so few people that know what the rest of the city is thinking about.
 T wanted to talk to men who are mp against fhe reaf thing and say to them Pm with you if you're with me
 "The thing to do is not 10 thin about me personally, but the poWes and dignity of the things I represent"