The sun., 1919-09-10

United States, have 10 see to II, II
you will permit a vulgar expression.
that no one monkeys with the
machinery.
1 understand that one of the ex-
cellent suggestions that was mem
toned by your Governor Is that you
look into the cold storage. There
are other kinds of storage besides
cold storage. There are other ways
. Of covering the reserve stock OF
goods. You can manage by a con-
tract that isn't put on pager to see
that the goods are doled out 20 ae
to bring the highest prices.
We might as well sit UP straight
and look facts In the face. gentle
men. The laboring men ,of the
world are not satisfied with their
relations with their employers. OF
course, do not mean to say
that there is universal dissatis-
faction, because there are situations
In many instances Of satisfaction,
but am now speaking OF the general
relations between capital and labor.
Everywhere there 10 dissatisfaction,
much more on the other side OF the
water than on this side.
One point I wish to make is that
the world is looking to America to
set the standards with regard to
the conditions OF labor or the rela-
tions between capital and labor, and
It is looking to us because we have
been more progressive In those mat
tiers. We have got to have con-
etructive programme with regard to
labor and a method by which we will
relieve the strain Of what you can
call the cost Of living.
I am not dogmatic about this mat
ter I can't presume that know
how II should be done. know the
principle upon which Il should be
done. The principle IL that the inter-
est Of capital and the interest OF la
Dor are not different. but are the
same. =
You can't any longer regard labor
as commodity. You have got to res
gard II as a means Of association and
when that Is done The production OF
the world Is going to - forward by
Leaps and bounds.
why Is It that labor organisations
seriously limit the amount Of work
they have In hand to dor 1t 10 be-
cause they are driving hard bargains.
They don't feel that they are your
partners at all. And SO long as labor
and capital are antasonistic production
is going to be at its minimum. Just
so soon as they are sympathetic and
cooperative 1t is going to abound, and
that will be one Of the means OF
bringing down the cost Of living.
America, though we do not like to
admit II, has been very provincial in
regard to the worlds business. When
we had to engage in banking transac-
lions outside of the United States we
generally did It through English
banks or more often through German
bankers and here, all of a sudden, we
are called upon to handle the bulk
of international exchange. We have
to learn 1t and we have to learn It
fast.
Difficulties of Adjustment.
We have got to have American in
strumentalities In every part of the
world. II you want to trade you
have to have somebody to trade with.
All the world problem and the
great difficulty just now is getting
our minds adjusted to the world.
Some of the difficulties that are being
encountered about the treaty of the
League of Nations are not so much
prejudice, but the thing which Is so
common and inconvenlent, Just down
right ignorance. Ignorance, / mean.
of the state of the world, and Amer
ica's relation to the state of the
world. We have got to play our part
and we have got to play II either
as board of directors or as outside
spectators We can play II inside or
on the curb. and you know how in
convenient 1t is 10 play II on the curb.
The facts are marching upon us
and God lie marching with them. You
cannot resist them and you must
either welcome them or else subse-
quently and regretfully surrender.
Everywhere I have been on this trip
the majority of the committee that
mas received me has consisted of Re-
publicans, and nothing has pleased
me so much. II were a scheming
politician, and any one wished to pre-
sent me with the peace of the world
as a campaign issue 1t would be very
welcome. But everybody knows that
we are all Americans. The Democrat
and the Republican underneath are
of the same stuff. Labels rub of
with the SLIGHTEST effort.