Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-13
INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE
 IS S0LE: BASIS 0F
 AN ECONOMIC PEACE
Secretary Wilson Makes h. teresting Observations
 In Annual Report


 In Annual Report
 Washington, Dec. 10.-There can be no permanent industrial peace that is not based on industrial jus tice, Secretary Wilson declared today in his annual report. Re viewing the present disturbed in dustrial situation. the secretary said the means had been found .ar regulating all the other relations of mankind and that human incei- ligence could find tTh>. method of adjusting the relationship between employer and employe with justice to both.
 Declaring that just, as interna tional wrongs might reach a point making war a necessity, so indus trial wrongs might accumulate un- til they provoke arr industrial con, flict, the secretary said the sta bility of industrial relations rest ed on mutual counsel.
 "Just as the peace of nations is promoted by frank and friendly intercourse" he said, "so may the peace of industry be maintained by the same methods. "But this intercourse can not come about un- less there is first recognized the right of collective bargaining. The public interest demands that it oe universally recognized, for the primary interest of the public le in peace.
 "The denial of organization '4 9 denial of the orly means of peaceable settlement that the wage earners have
 Calling attention to the present prominence of labor organizations of a revolutionary or lawless type the secretary declared that the re- sponsibility for them must fall up- on the employer who opposes the organization of lawful trade un- ions. More and more do indus trial disputes menace the public as we'll as employer and employc, the secretary said, adding that the right to strike should be 8 mears of defense and rot weapon of defense.
 "The right of any man to cease working for another for any rea- son that is sufficient to himself is the basic element of human lib- erty" he said. >"The right of any person to. refuse to operate his plant at any time he desires to do so is the exercise of property guaranteed by the constitution. It does not follow that because these rights exist it is necessary to ex- ercise them. They must neverthe- less be safeguarded."
 Turning to the question of the high cost of living, the secretary said increased wages did not al. ways bring the desired relief. h. creased productivity, making more material available for wages and taking the means of increased compensation out of the profits of the employer was the onlv way in which the standard of livirg of the wage earner could be improv- ed, he declared.
 Reviewing the activities of the various bureaus of the department the report said 254,273 aliens came to American shores during the ifs cal year ending June 30, and that 245,647. of them were admitted and S,626 excluded, The number admitted the year before was 211,- S53. Aliens departing during the last fiscal year numbered 216.23t, as against 193,26S the year before. During the last years the bureau of immigration estimated that 36 aliens left the country for every 100 admitted.
 Aliens admitted during the past year were in possession of sums of money aggregating S15,S31 PAY, an average of SIP per person.
 Aliens expelled under depart mental process during the year numbered 3,60S, compared with l. 569 in 1918. The total number of aliens deported, including those refused admissio nand 34 Chinese Ideported under the exclusion laws was HIPS as againat S,916 in 1918.
 '"The number of admissions 10 citizenship during the past year was larger than any preceding year. amounting to 217,35S." he report said. Leaving out of con- sideration the year 1918 this was a far greater number than was admitted in any two years during