Denver labor bulletin., 1917-05-05

works to a higher education among
the poor, when the laborer can meet
the employer with brain accustomed
to working out problems and alert on
the demands in question, the troubles
may all be worked out by arbitration
instead of brute strength. The worst
strife now seems to be between the
on investigation it will be found that
they are, to great extent, uneducat-
ed or of the foreign element.
Organized labor is having a great
influence in our national and civic
affairs. The laborers are beginning to
be looked upon with regard for their
views and demands. The cry of hu-
manitarianism is bringing about such
laws as the eight-hour law, the guard
ing of dangerous machinery, and last
but not least the child labor law, which
freed over 100000 child slaves. As
happy as we are over the national
iasm when we find that it does not
affect our child labor problem-that
of the beet fields. Our legislature is
now considering a law prohibiting
children under fourteen years of age
from working in the beet fields. How
proud we will all be of our statesmen
if they make it one of our laws. But
we find that the most bitter opponents
of this law are found among the par
ents of these children. AS long as
such ignorance exists and we find
parents willing to look upon their
children as so much chattel, instead
of blessings sent from God, just so
long will we be confronted with these
unwholesome conditions.
But why talk about Conflicts be-
tween capital and labor? The system
that makes enemies of the employer
and the employees is radically wrong.
Labor and capital should be on the
best of terms. For one cannot exist
to benefit its possessor without the
cooperation of the other. OF what
use would q million dollars be to you
if you could not procure comforts and
service with 1t of what value would
your labor be if ii were not for the
capital backing it? Unless, indeed,
you should care to return TO the prlm-
tive life.
We all know that our best people
do not come from homes where there
are always chickering's and quarrel
ings, but from homes where all work
tremendously for the good of each
other. Let US hken capital to the
husband: labor to the wife; and the
general public to the children. So
long as husband and wl1e WOrk TO-
gether for the welfare of all concerned,
then is there true happiness. But let
the husband impose upon the wife's
good graces, or the wife refuse to per-
form her duties as helpmate, then
discomfort leads to strife and not only
are the husband and wife unhappy,
but the children are left to bear the
brunt of the suffering. So may a
whole nation suffer by strife among a
few of its citizens.
But better times are ahead. Both
labor and capital are beginning to
realize that it is more satisfactory
to work under a contract which has
for its basis justice. Not all jeff
Worth's dwell in books of fiction. We
find them in almost any community.
Men with means who have the welfare
of the general public in mind, but who
are misunderstood and prosecuted by
the ones they choose to benefit.
With the phenomenal success of
Henry Ford, whose whole system of
work is founded on justice, loyalty
and efficiency, we have the beginning
of new era.
/ love to dream of the days to come
when all men shall be united in a
grand brotherhood for better man
I kind and a closer relationship to God.