The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-12

fare of those engaged In all Industries.
Labor must not be longer treated as
a commodity. IL must be regarded as
the activity of human beings pos
sessed of deep yearnings and desires
The business man gives DIS pes'
thought tn the repair and repienisn-
ment Of his machinery, 80 that It's use
fulness will not be impaired and IT'S
power to produce may always be al
its height and kept in full vigor ana
motion. No less regard ought 10 De
paid TO the human machine, which
after all propels the machinery OF the
world and is the great dynamic force
that lies back Of oil industry and pro-
gress. Return to the old standards
of wage and industry In employment
are unthinkable. The terrible tragedy
of war which has just been ended and
which has brought the world to the
verge of chaos and disaster would be
I'm vain IL there should ensue return
to the conditions Of the past. Europe
itself, whence has come the unrst
which now holds the world at bay. is
an example of standpatism in these
vital human matters which America
might well accept as an example, not
TO be followed, but studiOusly to be
avoided. Europe made labor the dif'
ferential, and the price of 1t all Is
enmity and aDtagonism and prostrat-
ed industry. The right Of labor to live
in peace and comfort must be recOg-
nized by governments and America
should be the first to lay the founda-
| OF which in6nQfrtQI
peace shall be built.
Justice for All.
Labor not only Is entitled to an ade-
quate wage, but capital should receive
a reasonable return upon its invest
ment and is entitled to protection at
the hands of the government in every
emergency. No government worthy OF
against each other" for there Is q
mutually of interest between them
which the government must seek to
express and to safeguard at all cost.
The right of idividuals to strike is
inviolate and ought not to be inter
; tered with by any process of govern.
, ment, but there is a predominant right
/ and that is the right of the govern
: ment to protect all of its people and
, ! TO assert its power and majesty
against the challenge Of any class
| The government, when it asserts thai
right, seeks not to antagonize class
T, but simply to defend the right of the
1 whole people as against the irreparablt
harm and injury that might be done
E by the attempt by any class to usurI
, a power that only government itsel
has right to exercise as protection
+ to all.
: In the matter of international dis
: putes which have led to war; states
men have sought to set up as rem
edy arbitration for war. Does this no
: point the way for the settlement of in
y !, dustrial disputes, by the establish
y ment of tribunal, fair and just alik
u to all, which will settle Industrial dis
; putes which in the past have led t
:. war and disaster? America, witness
!. ing the evil consequences which hav
. followed out of such disputes betwee
: the contending forces, must not ADM
- itself impotent to deal with these ma
~ tiers by means of peaceful prOcesse!
Surely, there must be some method G
bringing together in a council Of peac
and amity these two great Interest,"
r. out of which will come happier da
~ Uf peace and cooperation, day ths
Z VIII make for more comfort and hal
II piness in living and more tolerab
h condition among all classes of me
s. Certainly human intelligence can d
Ok wise some acceptable tribunal for a.
u justing the differences between capit
III ana labor.
> Must Guard Democracy.
~ This is the hour of test and tri
m for America. BY her prowess al
a strength, and the indomitable coura,
Nv OF her soldiers, she demonstrated h
no power to vindicate on foreign fiel
mt her conception Of liberty and justic
or Let not her influence as mediat
between capital and labor be weaken
he and her own failure to settle matte
Is OF purely domestic concern be pr
At claimed to the world. There a
X those in this country who threat
If direct action to force their will up
M majority. Russia today, with
W. blood and terror is painful obje
He lesson of the power of minorities.
hit makes little difference what minor
gs, it is; whether capital or labor, or a
ur- other class; no sort of privilege "
re- ever be permitted to dominate Il
lg; country. We are a partnership
Ill nothing that is worth while. We &
18th a democracy, where the majority 6
is the masters, or all the hopes and %
of poses of the men who founded d
to government have been defeated a
forgotten. In America there is
les ON way by which great reforms {
We be accomplished and the relief sou,
ers by classes obtained and that is throI
on the orderly processes Of representa-
to government. Those who would y
ger pose any other method of reform
an enemies Of this country. America y
eau not be daunted by threats nor lose
Inc composure or calmness in these ,
oie tressing times. We can afford in
rial midst Of this day Of passion and
I'M rest, to be selfcontained and sure. !
re instrument of all reform in Ame,
lol' is the straight road of justice to
ISM classes and conditions Of men. 4
TIC have but to follow this road RI roo