Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-09
TFNSM IN AMERICA IS PREVALENT PERIL TO NATION
sisson Quotes Department of Justice In ',a m for Fair Treatm ent of Labor and Gov
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 will be destroyed, prosperity will be conficsated without payment to the rlghtful owners; security will be inn possible, for Bolshevism does not rec ognze capital or management but as serts the right of unskilled labor to take over all mills and factories: laws will be annulled and our whole social system thrown into chaos, Government will be transferred from the elected representatives of the people into the hands of committees, or Soviets, with out any central authority-without leg islatures, congresses or president; women and children will be the prop erty of the state-one of the Soviets has already decreed that all women over eighteen must register at a bu- reau of free-love and there hold them- selves subject to the will of any man who may order them to follow him; and religion will vanish when respect for law and for women and children vanishes. Bolshevism Worships not the God of our fathers, but License. Do we want these terri ble conditions to prevail in this pros- porous, free land? Does the American laborer want them?
 "Labor has as great a stake as any other element of our people in the pre- servation of an orderly, organized so- ciety in which there shall be respect for the school, for the church, and for a government of laws rather tran of men, as we'll as full proection for life and property.
 '1 do not advocate an unjust work ing day; for from it. am firm be- liever in wise division between work and recreation, as offering the ideal life for labor, or capitalist. But would abolish. as eminently unfair, the pueudo eight-hour, which, in reality, is a ten-hour day with time-and-a- half pay for the additional two hours. Let us honestly establish a bona fide basis for the working day. Let us be scrupulouslY fair with labor, but let us insist that labor be equally fair.
 "One of the most fallacious theories advanced to mislead labor is the oft fuoted statement that all wealth is the accumulated product of labor The simple fact is that the wealth of the world has been created by intelligence, labor by itself barely preserved life. All that means human progress, the wealth, the welafre, and the happiness om man has come more from the brain of man than from his hand. Each is entitled to reward in proportion as it serves.
 And another vital problem confront ing business men is that regarding the relations which shall be established af- ter the war between Government and industry. It will undoubtly be neces- sarv to retain a certain amount of con- trol over industry until the process of readjustment has proceeded to t he stage where such agencies are no long, CT needed or desirable. But the fun- damental issue involved in theproblem is whether we shall return to the poli- cy of private ownership and manage ment of industries generally. or wheth- CT we shall experiment with state so- cialism. Apropos of this question it is interesting to note that Government operation of the railroads has already resulted in a loss of $7555 .OOO ,OOO, in spite of greatly increased freight and passenger rates.
 Stringent Government control in peace times would certainly constitute deadly menace to commercial and in- dustrial interests. It would strife competition, undermine ambition, and discourage initiative. It would offer no incentive to high endeaver. A reasonable protection of the public welfare by the exercise of proper CO., operation on the part of the Govern ment is quite another matter.
 "Uuder such a system we should, in- deed, have national reconstruction reconstruction which would create un- derstanding and recognitnon of cound principles and methods, a high sense of justice and fairness, and a general cooperation for the best results at- tainable for all concerned and for the nation, which has new and great part to play in world affairs.
 "The obvious intention on the part of come political adventurers to force Government ownership of transporta- tion and wires, if possible, indicates the direction of the wind. In pursuit OA SuCu CCOuOAC WAI.O CIlC- WlSpS- uIlUal- anced minds are led astray and would lure us on into the bogs of Bolshev- ism. The facts of human experience and human nature have always proved safer basis for human relations than the tisue of dreams or the visions of what opght to be. Justice and fair dealings are not impossible in world of sound economies, and these stand ards furnish us sounder platform than dangerous radicalism, or parlor socialism, or political expediency If the spirit of common equity and req. son can dominate the relations be. tween capital and labor and pervade government bureau and legislative hal as well as business office and bank we may hope for a readjustment tc the conditions of peace which will bring prosperity to our own people oj all classes, and render useful service co the entire world.