The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-30
Necessity for Strikes Ended.


4The tantalizing feature Of the labor
problem Is to fix and determine lust
~ what point wholesome public opin-
ion should tolerate the exercise of the
power to resort TO strikes, Upon this
phase OF the subject | submit the fol-
lowing thought
When workers were struggling to be
recognized, when organized labor was
not treated with respect az such and its
rights were denied or grudgngly adj
mittedI and only granted when COM
pulsion had been asserted, il was then
necessary that society at large bear the
great losses and Inconvenience inflct-
ed npon II by strikes. But now that la
Dor Is organized and deals, not through
weak and helpless individuals, but
through strong and well equipped agen-
,fes ii can hardly be questioned by
anyone giving serious thought to~the
subject that strikes should be prohibit
ed by law and made impossible in those
industries in which the organization OF
the workers is recognized and in which
speedy and fair arbitration is provided
for.
"What ] mean to say is this. That a
strike should be prohibited by law nj
least until vote by the laborers on
the result of fair arbitration, honestly
attempted. can he taken and considered
BY the organization.
However. labor cannot be seriously
asked to take this fair view of its at
titude and obligations to society, unless
and until the employers OF labor he.
come equally broad minded and faithful
70 their trust.
While local increased productions to-
gether with Just solution Of the diff
culiies between capital and labor, will
be most helpful in solving the pressing
problems of reconstruction, we must
now turn our vision to the observation
OF An ominous national condition and
finally to a survey OF those economic
perils which grip Europe and threaten
the world.
Cannot Be Hermits.
"The United States is not isolated
Europe, overrun and converted into a
valley of desolation cannot contribute I'd
happy and contented America
Let no American feel that he can
escape relationship to critical develop.
Inents on the continent That is abso.
lutely impossible, and. being impossible
we should seek to understand the sig.
niflcance OF the deplorable condition,
Which confront us. II we are wise
broad minded and enterprising. our re
ward viii be wealth and potentiality be.
yond the dreams OF avarIce or ambition
III we are not our brothers keeper
we are at least our brothers companion
Z tAShi tst NitWUbl ant
In order to save ourselves we must b,
our brothers. helper, Europes pressin,
peril is indeed our immediate concern
for out Of her peril our serious prob
lens arise. One OF the great finaneier
OF the day has accurately and truth
fully said: The real treaty OF peac
will be that plan by which warrior,
Europe obtains the raw materials, III
rolling stock, the supplies and machner
necessary for her rehabilitation
sThe United States at this momen
carries position of unparalleled ad
vantage, unique in that II combines tn
greatest capital. one-third Of the none
tary gold of the world, and the creates
endowment of natural and agriculture
resources. In enabling Europe to obtai
essentials from us, let US not lull our
selves into the notion that we are bene
fitting her any more than ourselves
While at the. moment. and only for IN
moment, we are suffering from under
production, we do normally produce bill
lions Of dollars worth Of staples an