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operative and manifest only in a
new organization OF industry. The
genius Of our business men and the
sound practical sense Of our workers
can certainly work out such q part
nership when once they realize ex-
aetly what il Is that they seek and
sincerely adopt a common purpose
with regard to 1t.
LeEtslafien Affecting Labor.
Labor legislation lies. Of course.
chleny with the States: but the new
spirit and method of organization
which must be effected are not to be
brought about by LEGISLATION so much
as by the common counsel and volun-
tary cooperation of capitalist, man.
ager and workman. Legislation can
90 only very little way In command
ing what shall be done. The organiza-
ton OF industry Is a matter Of cor
porate and Individual initiative and OF
pracucal business arrangement Those
VINO really desire a new relationship
between capital and labor can readily
md a way to bring II about: and
perhaps Federal legislation can help
more than State legislation could
The object of all reform In this es-
sential matter must be the genuine
demonstration of industry. based upon
a full recognition of the right of those
who work. In whatever rank. to par
tlcipate In some organic way in every
decision which directly affects their
welfare or the part they are to play
In Industry. Some positive legislation
Is practicable. The Congress has al
ready shown the way to one reform
which should be worldwide. by estab-
hshing the eight hour as the standard
day in every field of labor over which
II can exercise control 1t has sought
To find the way to prevent child labor.
and will, 1 hope and believe, presently
find 1t.
1t has served the whole country
by leading the way in developing
the means of preserving and safe
guarding life and health in danger
Gus Industries. 1t can now help in
the difficult task of giving a new
form and spirit to industrial or
ganization by co-ordinating the sew
eral agencies of conciliation and ad-
tustment which have been brought
into existence by tbs difficulties and
mistaken policies of the present
management of industry. and by
setting up and developing new Fed
eral agencies of advice and informa-
tion which may serve as a clearing
house for the best experiments and
the best thought on this great mat
ter. upon which every thinking man
must be aware that the future de-
Nelopment of society directly de-
pends- Agencies of international
counsel and suggestion are present.
ly to be created in connection with
the league of nations in this very
held: but il is national action and
the enlightened policy of indi-
Niduals. corporations and societies
within each nation that must bring
about the actual reforms The
members of the committees on labor
in the two houses will hardly need
suggestions from me as to what
means they shall seek to make the
Federal government the agent of
the whole nation in poining out and
IL need be. guiding the process of
reorganization and reform.
Returning Soldiers Interests.
I am sure that it is not necessary
for me to remind you that there is
one immediate and very practical
question of labor that We should meet
in the most liberal spirit We must
see to it that our returning soldiers
are assisted in every practicable way
fitted in the daily work of the coun-
try. This can be done by developing
and maintaining upon an adequate
scale the admirable organization ere
ated by the Department of Labor for
placing men seeking work; and it
can also be done. in at least one very
great field. by creating new oppor-
tunities for individual enterprise. The
Secretary of the Interior has pointed
out the way by which returning SOL
diers may be helped to find and take
up land in the hitherto undeveloped
regions OF the country which the Fed
sral government has already prepar
sd or can readily prepare for cultiva-
tion and also on many of the cut
over or neglected areas which lie with
in the limits of the older States. and
I once more take the liberty OF rec
ommending very urgently that his
plans shall receive the immediate and
substantial support OF the Congress.
In Industrial Field.
Peculiar and very stimulating con-
dItfons await our commerce and in
dustrial enterprise in the Immediate
future Unusual opportunities will
presently present themselves to our
merchants and producers in foreign
markets. and large fields for profit
able investment will be opened to
our free capital But ii is not only
of that that / am thinking; it is not
chiefly of that that l am thinking.
Many great industries prostrated by
the war will wait to be rehabilitated
in many parts Of the world where
what will be lacking is not brains or
willing hands or organizing capacity
Ii hFTf hfraa
and raw materials and capital 1 be-
Iieve that our business men. our mer-
chants. our manufacturers and our
capitalists will have the vision to see
that prosperity in one part of the
world ministers to prosperity every
where: that there is in a very true
sense a solidarity of interest through
out the world of enterprise. and that
our dealings with the countries that
have need of our products and our
money will teach them to deem us
more than ever friends whose neces-
stiles we seek in the right way to
serve.
Merchant Marine.
Our new merchant ships. which
have in some quarters been feared
as destructive rivals, may prove
helpful rivals. rather. and common
servants. very much needed and
very welcome. Our great shipyards.
new and old. will be so opened to
the use of the world that they will
prove immensely serviceabIe to
every maritime people in restoring.
much more rapidly than would
otherwise have been possible. the
tonnage wantonly destroyed in the
war / have only to suggest that