New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-12

of the nation itself. Do we gain
strength by Withholding the remedyf
Is it not the business Of statesmen to
treat these manifestations of unrest
which meet us on every hand as evil
dences of an increasing disorder and
TO apply constructive methods where
ever necessary, being sure that in the
application of the remedy we touch
not the vital issues of our Industrial
and economic life? There can be no
recession of the tide of unrest until
constructive instrumentalities are sci
up to stem that tide.
Labor Not a Commodity.
Governments must recognize the
right of men collectively to bargain
for humane objects that have at their
base the mutual protection end well
fare of those engaged in AL indus
tries. Labor must not be longer treat
ed as n commodity. 1t must be re-
garded as the activity Of human
beings, possessed of deep y~earnings
and desires.
The business man gives mis- best
thought to the repair and replenish-
ment of his machinery, SO tnat its use
fulness will not be impaired and its
power to produce may always be at
its height and kept in full vigor and
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paid to the human machine, which
after all propels the machinery of the
world and is the great dynamic force
that lies back of all industry anC
progress. Return to the old standards
of wage and industry in employ meni
is u~nthinkable.
The terrible tragedy of war which
has just ended and which has bro light
the world to the verge of chaos and
disaster would be in vain if there
should ensue a return TO the condi.
tions of the past. Europe itself.
whence has come the unrest which
now holds the world at bay, is an e
ample of stand-patiSm in these vital
human matters which America might
well accept as an example, not to be
followed, but studiously to be avoided.
U. S. Should Take Lead.
Europe made labor the differential,
and the price of it all is enmity and
antagonism and Frustrated industry.
The right of labor to live in peace and
comfort must be recognized by gov
ernments and America should be the
first to lay the foundation stones upon
which Industrial peace shall be built
Labor not only is entitled to an ads
quate wage. but capita, should recei.s
a reasonable return upon its invest
ment and is entitled 10 protection at
the hands of the government in every
emergency. No government worthy OF
the name can play" these elements
against each other, for there is Il mu-
tuality of interest between them which
the government must seek To express
and to safeguard mt all cost.
The right of individuals to strike is
inviolate and ought o to be inter
fered with by any process of govern
ment, but there is IA pre-eminent right
and that is the right of the govern.
ment TO protect all of its people and
to assert its power and majesty
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