The Lakeland evening telegram., 1919-09-20
PRESIDENT SAYS LABOR ANC
CAPITAL HOLD SAME
INTERESTS.
SPEED UP PRODUCTION
Workers In West Cheer Wilson's
Words When He Explains Some
Reasons For High
Living Cost

w HSOu WuciCNCi uC otopo oh his
journey through the country. He has
become the outstanding prophet OF
the workers, they believe, as well as
the leader of the worlds aspirations
for permanent peace. His address
before the Minnesota legislature yes
torday in st. Paul struck highly
hopeful note for those who toll with
their hands and in that city, in Min.
neapolis and again here, labor has let
him know its appreciation Mr.. Viii.
sons talk to the Legislators had to
do with the high cost of living, but
the relations between the workers
and the employers was his central sub,
ject I'VE are face to face" he said,
with a great industrial problem, the
relations between chose who employ
and those who are employed. The
working men of the world are dissat-
isfied with their relations to their
employers. There are some exceptions,
mostly in this country. The situation
is more acute on the other side Of the
waters.
"The worlL is looking to Us to set
standard, and we have got to have
constructive program that will be
followed all ever the world.
Capital and Labor's Interests Are One
1.-THE interests Of capital and labor
are the same. We can no longer re
gard labor as a commodity, but must
regard it as an association Of physi.
cal skill and vigor with the enter
prise of those who represent capital.
you Of organized labor have lin
tied the amount Of work you have
done and have driven hard bargain,
because you don't feel that you are
partners. When you do, production
will go forward by leaps and bounds"
Tremendous applause greeted these
remarks, as the president made them.
and those who read them later Joined
heartily in approval. There must be
discussion between employers and en-
ployed, the president said, and his in
timation seemed to be that the pro-
ducers must receive a larger share
Of the profits from what they pro,
duce. Mr.. Wilson has said that the
international labor conference arrang-
ed for by the worlds statesmen in
Paris will take place In Washington
next month, whether the peace treaty
with the League Of nations Is ratified
by America or not, and 1t is under.
stood that he, provided America has
formal share in the proceedings, will
be one of the leading figures in It;
workers in this section believe he
will be strong in his advocacy Of their
cause.
Several Reasons For High Cost Of
Living.
The president gave the Min
nesota legislators several reasons fol
the high cost of living. Man power
he said, had been sacrificed on the
battlefield. All the processes Of pro
duction, except for war purposes, hat
been slackened or stopped. Nearly
all energy had been along channels
not suited tc normal needs: labol
must be redistributed so that 1t ma.
produce what people need to eat an,
wear and for purposes Of peace.
Must Get Back To Normal Processe
Back of all this is the fact tina
we have not learned what the tasi
of peace is to be. The world will no
settle down until it knows what pal
the United States is to play in tn
peace program" Mr.. Wilson said
He explained that we must get bac
to normal processes Of manufactur
and distribution; our own railway
and terminal ports cannot now handl
our own business, he said, but W
must handle not only that, but assis
in increasing the manufacturing an
distributing functions of the worlt
Cold storage systems must be locke
into as the cause of high prices her,
the president said, but other sort
of storage as we'll" He said som
persons had found it impossible |
dole out goods SO that they were nj
released fast enough to bring price
down." and this condition should
closely scrutinized
Splendid military parades and gre;
outpourings of citizens greeted NJ
Wilson in st. Paul and Minneapoli
and the heartiest sort of WELDON
was given him when he reached th
city.