Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-19
Especial correspondeneeD

NEW YORK CITY, May 1.-THE
spread of political democracy thruout
the world, the better development of
economic democracy in the United
States, the overthrow of kings every
where, and the assured self govern
ment of all small and homogeneous
nations are prophesied by Frank p.
Walsh as results of this world war
results which make even the awful
price not too great to pay.
"A few weeks ago we were far from
one mind as to the wisdom of America
entering upon this war" declared Mr..
Walsh at a recent dinner of the
Catholic club of Kansas City. Il
would be untrue to the thought that
has animated me always If ! did not
frankly declare that / was not among
the enthusiastic proponents of war
fare; and when this war is over which
God grant may be speedy, | shall
again be agains; war, always, for any
cause. under any circumstances what
soever. But our country has spoken;
when the president of the United
States signed the declaration of war
drawn by congress, every American
became in favor of the war. to be
prosecuted with vigor until victory
shall come to our arms"
Lessons of the War.
OF the hopeful lessons and oppor-
tunities that the war is presenting for
social justice and industrial equality
to endure beyond the war Mr.. Walsh
declared:
This war is teaching us valuable
lessons of a material character. We
are learning something of the coop
Grafton of men and women in produc-
tive industry. We are being taught
that when the life of the nation is at
stake men may be depended upon to
act with honest cooperation and with
true patriotism. We find all of the
clements of production thrown into
one definite channel for the good of all
the people, aye for the life of the
people The immediate result of this
cooperation may be cruelty expressed
in the manning of men and the taking
of human life. justified, at least theo-
retically, by the agencies of war, and
the craving of the entire nation. But
have we not learned that If men can
thus act together in n common cause,
where the end sought to be attained
is the killing of their fellow beings,
that away from the awful stress and
carnage of war, the same principle
may apply. and they can also act to-
gether for the love of their fellow men
and for the preservation of even the
smallest and weakest OF their breth-
rem? If, for instance, we can center
all the transportation facilities of the
country into one great drive for the
entire nation; if we can enter the field
of agriculture, that most diversified
department of productive industry,
and control its operations for the
preservation and welfare of all the
people; if we can take over the great
basic industries that have to do with
the very necessities of life for the
purpose of victory in bloodshed and
war, why can we not also do so in
times of peace for the purpose of life
and happiness for all?
Working at High Speed.
81 read in the press today that in
the city of st. Louis n contract was
let by our government for $4,000
pairs of shoes for the army, at cost
of something like three and half
millions of dollars. With great Sec
tion of our state going to the front, il
necessary to give up their lives, with
those Mt home working Mt high speed,
willingly abandoning all the ordinary
rules Of their crafts, for the purpose
Of speeding up production. SO that our