Denver labor bulletin., 1918-08-10

a different world greets him. Demo-
cracy has come to be something more
than phrase.
At a Long Table.
HE sat in his office on the eighth
floor of the labor department office
building in Washington a few days
ago, sat on one side of long board
table, and explained what the war
labor board wanted to do. As one of
the joint chairmen of the board his
explanation has the quality of author
ity.
walsh talks concisely, definitely,
but not with the thin allowance of
imagination that betrays so many
concise men. Instead, his speech
has a pleasant amplitude about it,
tho failing nowhere to hug the line
toward his point.
1.-The theory that generally pre-
vailed before the war; he began, was
that the wages for labor were fixed
by supply and demand. As an ex-
PLANTATION of economic processes that
theory is sham and delusion. Many
other influences creep in to set aside
any possible authority that economic
principle might have. In the large
industrial centers, where most of the
workers are gathered, the wage is
fixed by the great employers. For
instance, in Chicago it is fixed by
the great packing interests, by the
International Harvester Company and
by the Link-Belt Company.
Right to Fight for It.
1.-The effect of this defenseless po-
sition of the worker upon industry
and the life of the nation is manifest.
Every man has a right to living
wage, roof over his head, enough
to eat and drink. If he hasn't these
he has the human right to fight for it.
If society will not let him fight for
it, he is left to work and sweat all
his life, with nothing to look forward
last 1t is terrible end to look for
ward to. To make sure that society's
work will be done we bolster up these
men with associated charities and pub
lie hospitals.
1--WE mean to substitute something
else for that. The work of this war
labor board, the end it is trying to
achieve, stands for economic justice.
The board has laid down certain prin-
ciples on which labor and its employ
ers will stand. During the war we
need continuous stream of produc-
ton. There can be no gaps in it.
ment and discord. The war is the
country's first object. You have read
the report of the war labor confer
ence board, that there shall be no
strikes or lockouts in war time, that
workers shall have the right to or
ganize, that there shall be no hmita-
ton by the workers on production,
that living wages shall be paid and
decent hours of employment fixed.
This board is here to see that these
Just and equitable bases of industrial
progress are observed thru the coun-
try
Built for Hard Hitting.
she is compact man, closely knit.
without room for waste strength or
energy. His face might be described
contradictorily as an Irish face built
on the Greek system. 1t is a round
ing face, but seems gathered every
where for economy of power. The
nose takes every advantage Of being
a nose, but refuses to go any further
than that. His ewes are not too deep
ly set, placed Just at the proper
depth to inspire confidence. Little
lines of humor radiate from them.
More energetic lines run down from
the tip Of the firm nostrils to the side
Of the mouth. And the mouth is firm
and full. opening sometimes in con-
versation, which is vigorous, to dis.
close unostentatious rows Of strong,
regular teeth. The total impression
is Of q man built for hard hitting.
"He has done lots Of it. He could
have been = Democratic governor Of