The Coconino sun., 1917-01-05

capital in these various enterprises
the farmers who have felt their bene-
fit, and those who work in the mine
the shop, or field, will not fail to find
and to defend a community of inter
ests. Business and social intercourse
is revealing the necessary unity OF
all our communities and prompting
our people to mutual respect and CO.
operation.
Labor and Capital
A due regard for the interests and
future prosperity of all the people and
a full development of our industrial
and natural resources demand the es-
tablishment of correct principles in
our economic laws and better under
standing between labor and capital
This great problem is charged with
great difficulties and one which is of
highest Importance to solve on lines
of common sense and a devotion to
the right. We are living today in an
age of federation and combination,
Business men find they must work
through corporations, laboring men
find it necessary to work in fedora
tion, and both have become factors of
modern industrial life. Both kinds of
federation, capitalstic and labor, can
do much good; likewise they can do
much evil. Each must refrain from
arbitrary or dictatorial interference
with the rights of others. Organized
capital and organized labor must
know that in the end must be brought
into harmony with the other and the
interest of the gneral public; and the
conduct of each must conform to the
fundamental rules of obedience to the
law, of individual freedom, and of
justice and fair dealing to all. Every
employer, every wage-worker, must
be guaranteed his liberty and his
right to do as he likes with his pro-
perty or his labor, so long as he does
not infringe upon the rights of others.
Glass Prejudice Injurious
1t is of utmost Importance that en-
ployer and employee should endeavor
to appreciate each the view point Of
the other and the ultimate disastrous
result If either constantly maintains
and attitude of hostility and distrust.
Glass prejudice is more injurious and
destructive to industrial and social
welfare than sectional, racial or reli-
gious animosity. We can have good
government and enjoy prosperity and
contentment only upon condition that
we keep true to the principles upon
which this Nation was founded, and
judge each man upon his individual
merits and not as part of class.
II should be understood by all that
the only attractive field for business
investment, honest labor and con-
tented people is where law is the rule
of conduct and whre courts, not mobs,
execute its mandates. So far as the
Constitutional powers of the State re-
late to these matters of general and
vital moment to welfare of the State,
they should be exercised in conformity
with the principles herein set forth.
Sacredness of the Ballot
Recent events, wherein public secur-
ity threatened, compel me to refer to
the sancity of the ballot7box. The
first condition and obligation of good
citizenship is to promote and demand
honorable methods with the suffrage.
The man who has come to regard the
ballot-box as a juggler's hat has re-
nounced his allegiance. A party sue
cess, that is achieved by unfair me-
thods or by practice that partake Of
revolution, is hurtful and transitory,
even from a party standpoint. We
should hold our differing opinions in
mutual respect, and, having submit
ted them to the arbitrament Of the
ballot, should accept an adverse judge
ment with the same respect that we
would have demanded Of our oppo-
nents if the decision had been more in
our favor. No political party can
longer pursue advantage at the ex-
pense of public honor, or by rude and
indecent methods, without protest and
fatal dissatisfaction in its own body,
Arizona's Heritage
We, as a people, have a government
worthy of our full respect and affec-
ton, a domain magnificent in extent
good to look upon, a place for happy
homes and full of generous sugges.
tions to enterprise and labor Goo
has placed upon our head crown OF
wonderful sunlight, and has laid al
our feet wealth beyond calculation
Let us not forget that we take these
gifts upon the condition that justice
and mercy shall hold the reins Of
power, and that our upward progress
in every avenue of hope shall be fre'