The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-12-07

anu ~ y" kNoNlAN
with mighty little assistance from
legislation. fts governing law In the
law OF evolution.
Years ago. when some of us older
fellows studied geography, the Unit.
eel states consisted OF numerous
states and territories On the map
some were green. some yellow. some
blue. some other colors. And We
learned that each state had two sen.
atorH who represented the people
who lived IN that particular blue. yei.
I low or other.colorvd patch. Each
state had 30 many members Of tho
house OF representatives. And our
laws were made by tho two houses
the senate and the house OF repre-.
nentativ~a.
Represented Interests
! No senator or representative rep
Resented anything Ia particular.
Each pretended 20 represent all OF
the pcople and interests In his par.
ticuiar state OF district
As I grew older. I saw dimiy
that certain senator's Who were
elected Go represent the state Of
New iaris because that was the
rule Of the game. really repre-.
scented certain lntrr~sfs-for ss.
ample. rallroads. transportation.
The transportation interest sim
ply had to be represented. but
there was no way To get repre-
seniaiion except 90 control tho
politics % tho state 40 the state
~ transport alton got busy and
controlled the state OF New. orb.
tho state OF Pennsylvania. etc.
The reason transportation control
led the blue or yellow patch on the
map. known a. New York. OF Penn
as lvania. or ohio. was that trnnapor
tauon was morr vital than the goo
graphical state the patch on uhs
u,np.
The people fought this unurpatior
Of their power. but In general thoy
lnH. OIL. transportation. coal. steel
food. cotton. wool. mining and other
industrial states were insistrni on
representation. and SO, a. Labor
too was iTsisfcnt hut cutie generally
iost because t Wasn't aa sell organ
ed nu the other iudurtr.ni interest
sud the other interests didn't are the
importance Of labor b~inE represent
80 In the news state.
"a Industry organized pushed O.
lB by ncccsaity'-thc trusts came And
We fought tho trusts. We tried "a
&c, Industrial peace by insisting on
industrial war composition. We
tried TO thwart organization and on
fore. competition by iaw. Industry
didn't always understand Jus; What
&, was trying to do II didnt under
stand rs own urge II didn't Ht
tempt organization %, tho WHOLE
which war the real answer 60 its
urEe bat tried 90 make a part IT'S
paft-the whole thing
All this war was going on when
vc were at peace with ali the world
Now that We are ~ war. wo arc or
raniKinE for pcars--at least RmonFH;
ourselves The now government. tho
new Industrial democracy. r. organ
lizing With wonderful speed and be-
cause ALL ~ ~ parts are orEaniz
ing and aiming At harmonious All
justmsut ~ the working relation ~
the parts with each other and the
whole.
And war l. responsible for II.
doubt whether any man had
the whole vision. unless II was
sprexldent Wilson himself Any
how. itfstartcd with the creation
81 the council Of national defense
and it, advisory committee
Tho genius % tho EreateEt men In
an OF the various Industries and In
tsrcHtA was gradually modified u
help prosecute the war. Industries
that once had 20 BtfY representation
IN government were INVITED To
ACCEPT representation in govern
ment during the prosecution OF the
war.
The result ia that we have now
at least for war purposes centra
government made up Of the repre-