Arizona republican., 1918-09-03

not properly fed or clothed. And just prior to 1897 they organized and de- termined to have recognition from the coal operators and to have voice in the fixing of the wages, hours and con- ditions. This move was met with re- sentiment on the part of the operators and they attempted to crush the mln- CTS movement. They were honest about their opposition to the miners, fearing, as some fear today, that If the miners were allowed to organize that they would dominate the industry. And finally they decided to meet the representatives of the coal miners and were surprised to find that they wanted to build up, not only their own lives both physically and mentally, but the industry as well. They determined that they would do nothing to harm the industry and that the wage of lne miner should be based on existing con- ditions. They pointed out to the op- orators that it would put stop to the local uprisingS and stabilize industry so that the operator would know just how to go about his business without any periodical strikes or stoppages ot work.
 Made Agreement
 "The result was that these two forces entered into mutual agreement that has lasted all these years ana should you go into the coal lleios oi Illinois, Indiana, Ohio or Nes,sih | Pennsvlvania and try to disorSanize those miners the severcst opposition volI would get would most likely be from the coal operators themselves. | They know what the joint agreement means 10 them and they will not allow i any influence to disrupt it. And again' to show you the value of that move
 ment: when we entered the war II was
 recessarv to create the fuel admins
 tration. and instead of that body meet ins thousands and thousands of ln- diyidual miners and operators. with as many ideas. they simply vert 10 the
 heads of the two organizations anu all
 of the necessary arrangements were made to safeguard our people ana na- tion And the two sides play fair with
 each ether. Distrust does not exist and
 those who attempt unfair tactics rom
 either side are relegated to the oul-
 side. It is a sound movement and based
 on correct principles and stands as one
 of the greatest achievements of any
 branch of the people of this or anJ
 other countdy.
 Can Be Applied Here ,..;
 That same system can be appheo
 to the mines of Arizona. and Tn my
 judgment in one years time all or tht
 hitter feeling and hatred and dlstrus'
 that now exists in the copper lndus-
 try of this state vii have been repiacec
 hv natience and faith and kindly
 feeling for each other And let me
 ask YOU this: are the past perform
 ances in this industry the best you car
 offer to the people comprising thl!
 government? It seems to me Una
 that would be a paltry gilt IL Woui' not make for peace and progress, an' it is not what the boys over there eA pect. They are willing to do you , fighting, and all they ask you for |
 the material to fight with.
 50 I say to you, my friends. tha ; this industry must be placed on thu
 right basis for our national protection . and in travelling over the state ant , talking with the men on both sides o , this question I honestly believe tha they will adopt such a method and s'
 arrange their affairs that anything Il
 the nature of the recent unpleasant ness will have been made impossible. , Think of Women
 ? And my friends, we must give som | consideration to our women ana cnli
 dren. We feel that we have the high , est tyne of women on earth and w 5 must not hesitate in giving them ever I possible protection. We cannot forge
 the work of the beastly Hun when h , ravaged the women of Belgium an r France. They marked those wome for life and left them worse than deao { There was no limit to their brutality f They told those women that the , would put the fear of Germany in tn
 hearts of the women all over thi s earth. have a wife and four beautiful , children and I would rather see ther q burning in oil, yes. 1 would touth tn
 match to them myself than to ever le Q them get into the clutches of the Ger I man soldiers.
 Q Our nation will make progress jus e in proportion to the progress made b - our women. We cannot make domesti
 slaves and mere accessories out (
 them and expect to have a healthy, in s telligent race of people. They nee |, far more consideration thatn they hay been given in the past or else we al I not entitled to a better future. An the children, too, must be given ths
 same consideration. They must hay i. their play day and their day in schoo 2 I know that the ladies of the Revolt If tfOn QlQ not WOTk idIuel lOT lHe Cdus |, of freedom than our women of toda
 are working. Those Red Cross gir if now on the battlefields of France wi " come back with honors almost equal :, the honors of our bravest soldiers. " We Must Go Through
 4, q am not unmndful that this war ', terrible in the extreme. The huma "a mind can scarcely grasp the awfulne of it. We had hoped that it might ha' been avoided but it is here and we a la in it and we must go through uni -o human justice is fully established al ,o German militarism and autocracy | forever banshed from the earth. 70 We might say that out of this w |? a new type of people are being bor at In the trenches of France you W I'd find Jews and Gentiles. Catholics al of Protestants. Atheists and Agnostit
 scientists, doctors, chemists, workin
 men. all of them fighting the comm is enemy. breathing the same though ii and fighting for the same ideals. Al to over on this side, not only in Washin le ton but throughout the nation, We fiji ,d those same men. only more in eN al dence, capital and labor. serving rs committees and boards, both state a Is. national. And they. too. are breathi ne the same thoughts and holding out ey the same ideals. Those men are r re saying: I'll not meet you; we ha