El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-24
NEW INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE WILL
SUCCEED IF TT GOES AT 1T RIGHT

THE industrial conference called BY president VIII
son to meet December in Washington promises to
take up for discussion the disputed points between capital
and labor where the old conference left off Its chances
Of improved for the that ali the dele
gates VIII represent the public not any particular group
as was the case IN the recent conference Its funconng
power viii be esseued BY the fact that neither capital
labor win be represented and action taken VIII IN any
way be binding But it viii afford opportunity for
free and full discussion, and this ought to long way
toward eventual solution.
The point On which the old conference went to pieces
labors night bargain collectively viii likely not form
much Of issue II the conference The fact that ont
Of IS delegates to the old conference only 1s opposed the
principle Of collective bargaining, and that all but Of
these were fTom the employer group, while at the same
time 10 Of the p employer delegates on record in
favor Of recognizing this principle shows that before labor
viii take any coEzance Of the conference action this
thing must be conceded This the conference is expected
with labor conceding the EMPLOYERS the right TO en-
ploy whom they Will regardless Of union membership the
chief gaps between the two classes would to be al
Hdged The chief trouble likely come over the
fear government regulation This something both CAPT
tai and labor dread Capital Is wholly willing that labor
should be regulated but wants operate its own business
it sees fit and labor takes the stand, with the
the last conference capital would gladly have reoog
nsed unions i the unions would have consented fed
eTai charter federal license system But they knew
labor would counter with demand for federal charters
for al large industrial doing interstate business
So capital vas afraid to 90 record for collective bar
gaining
The fact is neither capital nor labor wants to be con
rOled in the public interest Each freedom Of action
labor TO strike when it likes and capital install lockouts
and b0ycotts In either the public is the sufferer
Not until both capital and labor recognize the principle
that they both servants Of the public viii industrial
peace Both must Learn that the people run this
country And the people not Of any elass-they
are the consumers the who pay the bi-aways the
who pay always the who suffer from strife The
government represents the public and the public looks to
the government to take its part.
Governments established amenE men for the pro
lection Of men for the Advancement Of any particular
class And when the time that the government
extend its functions into the private affairs Of any parcu
lar class classes, the time has in the United
States, there should be hesitancy.
Anything is better than anarchy, and while there is
much to be said against government control the time for
argument passes when the nation is threatened
Very recently the government showed its strength
when great strike threatened to parayze industry To
the striking miners II said the public interest should be
served first When the situation demands IT, the govern
ment should assert itself N the staunch way to capt
tai And when the industrial conference reassembes its
first thought must be Of justice to the public Of
promise between the eontendng classes Therein lies the
solution Of the industrial problem in America.
the Mexican fiscal guards could only devise some
means Of compelling visitors to leave their bTeaths and
their behavior IN Juarsz 'tWould be satisfactory.
In these days when man feels certain he can commit
crime and get away with it. seldom hears Of John
Doe warrant