The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-14

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| of peace But / should judge that it was
| clearly within the constitutional power OF
! the congress to make similar permanent
! provisions and regulations with regard to
| An goods destined for interstate COM
merce and to exclude them from inter-
! state shipment II the requirements of the
law are not complied with.
Some such regulation is imperauVely
| necessary.
II would materially add TO the serv-
| iceabilty Of the law, for the purpose we
now have in view. II 1t were also pre-
scribed that all goods released from stor-
age for interstate shipment should have
| plainly marked upon each package the
| selling or market price at which they
went into storage BY this means the
purchaser would always be able to learn
what profits stood between him and the
producer or the wholesale dealer.
The world must pay for the appalling
destruction wrought by the great war,
and we are part Of the world. We must
pay our share For Ave years now the IN
dLstry of all Europe has been slack and
disordered. The normal crops have not
been produced, the normal quantity OF
manufactured goods has not been turned
out
Not until there are the usual crops
and the usual production OF manufactured
goods on the other side of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi-
lions, and L was upon the former rondi-
tons. not the present that our economic
relations with Europe were built up.
We must face the fact that unless we
help Europe 10 get back TO her normal
life ana production a chaos viii ensue
there which will inevitably be communi-
Gated 70 this .ountry, For the present, ii
Is manifest we must quicken not slacken,
our own production.
U. S. Must Hold World Steady.
We, and we almost alone now hold the
world steady Upon our steadfastness and
self-possession depend the affairs of ma
lions everywhere. 1t is in this supreme
crisis-ths crisis for all mankind-that
American must prove her mettle.
In the presence OF a world confused, dis
tracted, she must show herself selfpos-
sessed self-coutaned, capable OF sober
and effective action She saved Europe
by her action In arms; she must now save
il By her action In peace.
In saving Europe she will save herself,
as she did upon the battletields OF the
war. The calmness and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems Of peace will be the final test
and proof Of her place among the peoples
OF the world
And IL only in our own interest We
must help the people overseas Europe is
our biggest customer We must keep her
going or thousands OF our shops and
scores Of our mines must close. There is
no such thing as letting her 90 to ruin
without ourselves sharing in the disaster.
In such circumstances face to face
with such tests, passion must be discard
ed Passion and disregard for the
rights of others have no place in the
counsels OF a free people. We need light
not heat, in these solemn times Of self
examination and saving action
Everyone who is in real touch with the
silent masses of our great people knows
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are sim there. firm against vio-
lence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
| am serenely confident that they viii
readily find themselves, no matter what
the circumstances. and that they will adj
dress themselves to the tasks of peace
with the same devotion and the same
stalwart preference for what is right that
they displayed to the admiration Of the
whole world In the midst of war.
Sinister influences at Work.
And / enter another confident hope.
have spoken today chiefly of measures
of imperative regulation and legal COM
pulsiou, of prosecutions and the sharp
correction Of selfish processes; and these
no doubt are necessary.
But there are other forces that we may
count ON besides those resident In the
department of Justice, We have just
fully awakened 10 what has been going
on and 10 the influences, many Of them
very selfish and sinister that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
iutolerahle burden on the mass Of our
people
To have brought it all into the open
viii accomplish the greater part Of the
result we seek.
/ appeal with entire confidence to
our producers, our middlemen and our
merchants TO deal fairly with the peo-
pie. 1t is their opportunity to show
that they comprehend, that they in
tend to act Justly. and that they have
the public interest sincerely at heart.
Labor Must Consider.
believe. too, that the more eX-
IRENE leaders of organized labor Will
presently yield to sober second
thought, and like the great mass OK
their associates, think and act Ike
true Americans They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse.
not bettrr-worse for them and for
everybody else,
The worst thing. the most fatal
thiug-that can be done now is to stop
or interrupt production, or TO interfere
with the distribution OF goods by the
railways and the shipping of the
country
There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be-
tween capital and labor, in respect
OF wages and conditions Of labor and
other things even more far-reaChing
and J. for one, am ready to 80 into
conference about these matter with
any group of my fellow countrymen
who know what they are talking about
and are willing to remedy existing
conditions by frank counsel rather
than by violent contest
General Interest First,
No remedy is possible while men are
in q temper, and there can be no set
Element which does not have as it's
motive and standard the general in
terest
Must All Work Together.
Threats and undue insstence upon
the interest of single class make set
Element impossible believe as /
have hitherto had occasion to say to
the congress. that the Industry and HE
Of our people and OF the world viii
suffer irrcparable damage II employers
and workmen are to go on in a perret-
ual contest as antagonists They
must. on one plan or another. be ehec-
lively associated Have we not stead
! mess and self possession and business
4 SENSE enough to work out that result2
/ In the meantime and i'm the
! days OF readlustmeut ana recupcration
! that are ahead Of us-lot US resort
more ana more TO frank and intimate
! codnsol and make ourselves a great
and triumphal nation, making our
selves a united force in the life Of the
world II viii not then have looked 10