Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-02-16
THREE LEAGUES
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the worlds supply and the worlds
demand unhampered by any pri-
vate transportation arguments,
should stabilize and control prices.
1t may be interesting here to add
the local demands of labor. The
French labor demands were made
this week at the express request of
Premier Clemenceau.
AKIN TO LABOR PLAN.
These demands do not differ ma
terially from the demands of labor
in England and in Italy. The re-
Spouse of the French labor council
may be set down as the demands
of European labor, and Clemen-
ceau in France, Lloyd George in
England and Sonnino in Italy are
more or less pledged to them.
Clemenceau a few years ago was
as radical as John Spargo in
America, and Lloyd George was
the most radical statesman in Eu-
rope five years ago. Sonnino is
too astute to oppose the drift of
the times. Here are the formu-
lated demands:
II. Official recognition of syndi-
cal organizations.
"2. Intervention in all labor re-
Iations.
"3. Participation in management
and control.
rs. Transformation Of political
into economic administration.
"5. appropriation Of beaurooracy
and substitution for it of technical
qualifications in each economic do
main.
IS. The general labor federation
has, therefore, demanded the for
nation Of a national economic
council, seconded by regional eco
nomio councils. To these councils
tho direct delegates of the working
classes will, with the representa-
tives of other groups, bring at once
their technical capacity, their
knowledge of circumstance and
their suggestions for a scientific,
rational organization of tho labor
market and methods of production.
They will thus take part in deter.
mining with full knowledge and In
agreement with the interested par.
ties themselves, tho conditions I'M
der which labor will be called upon
to produce the maximum output
and effort. The old order of things,
injurious to technical progress and
to the development of the posi-
bilities of consumption. must dis
appear. The idea of command in
the industrial domain must yield
to the more democratic one Of en-
lightened discussion.
az. The Standardization and ra-
tional organization which we de-
mand, the elimination OF routine
and arbitrary methods. the reju-
yenation Of methods, and the har-
nomination OF means, can be the
outcome only Of bold, audacious
policy which sets aside private in
terests, breaks down individual re-
sistance and keeps only In view the
general interest. The right of la
Dor Is at the very base of the eco
nomic and social reconstruction to
which events have called the coun-
try"
NEW ERA ADJOINING.
BY these demands, common to
every European country, and well
within realization, we see that in
making the world safe for democ-
Cacy we have started to do some-
thing vastly more revolutionary
than to send a white-haired otd
despot cringing into Holland with
his babbling son. We have begun
a new era in the world-even If it
doesn't internationalize itself at
this peace conference.
Now If the new era In Europe
does not internationalize itself at
this conference it will be held in
national bounds by the idea Of
balance of power. That idea rep
resents a third expression of the
league of nations. The balance of
power would establish an alliance
between England, America, France,
and Italy. That alliance would gov
ern the world-honestly. of course,
equitably. of course, according to
the viewpoint of the alliance. but
always with the autocratic author
ity OF the alliance. Questions OF
political advantage Of the smaller
nations would be settled to the
political advantage of these four
nations. Questions of economic ad-
vantage between these four nations
would be settled by arbitration and
compromise but questions Of eco
nomic advantage. as related to the
smaller states, as between them
selves or in relations with their ell
ders and betters, would be settled
by the benevolent despots as best
suited to the preservation of civil
ization in terms Of the quadruple
alliance. The balance of power
would consider the finance Of the
world, the shipping of the world.
the raw materials of the world, the
boundaries of the world as private
affairs Of the parties to the ball
ance of power and IL gradually one
of the parties concerned felt him
self being wronged it would try to
make an alliance inside the alli-
ance and then-bang! would go
that international sixpence!
AMERICANS UNADvlSED.
Aud now there abideth these
three phases of the league of ma
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