South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-11-10
ReU. A. w. EeHS Discusses
Present Industrial Unrest

plies labor. Here is needed a bridge.
Capital viii furnish the materials
but it cannot build the bridge alone.
Labor can furnish the man power
but it cannot build the bridge alone.
There must be cooperation between
the two. And that is impossible
where hatred exists.
Honest Men arc Rich.
It is an error to think that TO be
rich there must be robbery. No
doubt there are many wealthy men
who ought to be in jail but are not
Profteering has not been punished
in way to scare anybody. But it is
wrong TO believe that all wealth is
criminal. Yet there are men who
are shouting: Labor creates wealth
and puts the goods in the store. The
worker should not pay but take"
Such a cry forgets the fact that la
Dor could do nothing without brains
Are brains TO be unpaid? Maudsley
invented the slide rest for the piston
of the engine and doubled its pow
er. Mccormick invented the reaper
and multiplied the power of the
sickle a thousand fold. Handel rem
dered an oratOrio to a great audi
ence. After il was over the organ
boy who had pumped the organ de-
roandad 95 per cent of the receipts
as he had worked the hardest. He
did not know that Handel had put
sixty years of genius and training in
to that occasion. In other words he
did not estimate the value of brains
In the race for wealth many men
succeed because they use brains
where others only use Drawn.
Another error is TO think that ev-
cry employer is trying to cheat the
people. There is a concern in Ohio
which pays the highest wages in that
district. In addition the concern Of
fers it's employees free schools, free
libraries. free club rooms, free rest
rooms and shortened hours Yet agi-
tators 60 among those employees and
tell them that their employer is con-
science stricken and pretending TO
give the workers these conveniences
when in reality he was holding back
more which the workers ought TO
have. That is the spirit that threat
ems this nation.
Labor Needs Leaders.
There are some things that labor
needs. II needs competent leaders.
The working men are in the MAORI
ty. They can furnish good leaders.
From the ranks have come men of
ability and character. Labor will
enhance its standing when il recOg-
nizes such and follow their counsel.
The toiler should take advantage
OF the shorter hours to improve him
self. In Minnesota there was a boy
working in a country depot. He
spent his leisure hours in reading
books on railroading. One day a
man waiting for a train conversed
with him, reported his knowledge to
the superintendent and attracted his
interest in the boy. The lad was adj
vanced gradually until now he is at
the head Of a great railroad system.
While others spent their leisure in
the saloons he spent his in self i'm
provement.
Workmen should remember that
eXorbitant wages will hurt the toll
er. A man builds an apartment
house. He pays double for labor. He
charges double the amount OF rent
The cost of living is doubled and the
toiler feels the burden the heaviest.
Such are some OF the problems in
the industrial world that cause unrest
and threaten our national safety.
Poor School system.
Again. note that our public school
system is precarious The public
school system Of America was found
ed by the Presbyterian church. It
was intended 20 prepare men and
women for the best citizenship. II
is better for a nation OF illiterates 10
be governed oy a car than 10 be
self governed. Witness Russia To
equip men for the best grade OF citi-
zenship is the object OF the public
schools. But we must confess that
the present system does not measure
up 10 that standard. The fault is
not with the teachers who operate
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