Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-09-01
No Cause for Alarm
u Justice Is Done
i. Declares Hugh Falqn.
(By Hugh Frayne.)

As a result Of the great world war
the labor problem has been more
prominently brought to. the attention
OF the people Of our country than
ever before, and those who have never
given this vital subject more than
passing notice have been brought to
realize that the whole social structure
rests upon labor, and unless labor is
fairly treated and its rights fully rec
ognized there can not be a recon
s%truction Of industrial and social con-
ditions that will be fundamentally
sound or that will remove the grow
ing feeling Of unrest Nid the spread
OF extreme radicalism in the coun.
try.
That there is a keen social unrest
spreading among the workers
throughout the land no one san deny
and to treat 1t with indifference is a
very serious mistake. Many Of the
common necessities Of life are becom-
ing prohibitive to the working man
and his family on account Of the high
cost OF living;~so much so that many
families are compelled to deny them
selves those things which are neces-
sary to sustain life. Values and prof
Its are entirely too high; much of it
might be calssed as p~rofiteering.
The purchasing power Of the
american dollar has deprecated to
a point where it is now only worth
half OF It's full standard.
All Must Share Burden.
To prevent this grow ing unrest that
Bolshevism is the responsibility Of
every one Of US who believe that sane
methods rather than insane should be
applied. How is this to be accom-
plished? BY what plan or system
can the country be brought back from
a war to q peace basis without SER
ously affecting the Who'll esocial fab
rio? Are we to return to the old sys.
tenn of industrial war caused by the
to- deny labor the right to organize
or to have any say in the making of
the conditions under which it will be
employed? Is the Nandard Of living
OF the American working man and his
family to be placed at a point where
he or they must deny themselves
many of the common necessities in or
der to live at all? The old idea of a
living will have to be revised so that
the station of the worker, shall be
enjoyed by him and his dependents.
LIES comforts must be graded up
wards in future. Exploitation Of all
kinds must If we are to have
a better world and a better life. La
Dor believes that 1t is entitled to this
as it did most to save the world for
democracy.
The world needs balancing and
America must furnish her share. and
perhaps the largest Of the Influence
in that direction; we must be safe
and sane conservatives. It is neces-
sary that the leaders & this country
should realize that the high tension
which is now upon the people, despite
the end Of the great war, must be re-
lieved. It is intensely necessary, not
only for Dur own sakes but for the
sake of all the people Of the world.
that as soon as may be possible we
should be put on a peace basis.
In the readjustment and stabilza-
ton Of business and industry, which
must be gradually brought about with
the least danger of displacement, the
labor problem in all its phases must
be taken into considerations; any at
tempt to adjust one without the 9TH
er is bound to result in creating a
chaotic condition to the 9 ll-being Of
the country.