Evening journal., 1919-05-20
The Presidents MESSAGE

another.
"Or, what perhaps amounts 20
The same thing, calculate by what
form and degree OF coercion they
can manage 10 extort on the one
hand work enough TO make enter
prise profitable. on the other JUS
tioe and fair trestment enough 10
make life tOlerable. That bad road
has turned out a blind alley. It is
no horoughfsrc 10 real prosperity.
We must ind another, leading In
another direction and TO a very
different destination. II must lead
not merely 10 accommodation but
also 10 genuine cooperation and
partnership based upon a real COM
munity OF interest and participa-
ton in control.
"There Is now in fact a real com
munhy Of interest between capital
and lsbour but 1t has never been
made evident in action. 1t can be
made operative and manifest only
in a new organization Of industry.
The genius of our business men
and the sound practical sense OF
our workers can certainly work
such a partnership out when once
they realize exactly what IL is that
they seek and sincerely adopt
common purpose.
labor legislation lies, OF course,
chiefly with the States, but the
new spirit and method OF organ
izing which must be effected are
not % be brought about by legis-
lation so much as by the common
counsel and voluntary cooperation
OF capitalists, managers snd work
man. Legislation can so only A
very little way In commanding
what shall DO done. The organ
ization OF industry is matter OF
cooperate and individual initiative
and OF practical business arrange
ment. Those who really desire A
new relationship between capital
and lsbour can readily find way
10 bring 70 about; and perhaps
Federal legislation can help moro
than State legislation could.
The object Of all reform in this
essential matter must be the gen
uine characterization OF industry,
based upon 4 full recognition OF
the right Of those who work, in
whatever rank, 70 participate in
some organic way in every decision
which directly affects their welfare
or the part they are 20 play in IN
dustry. Some positive explanation
Is practicable. The Congress has
already shown the way % one re-
form which should be worldwide,
by establishing the eisht-hOur day
as the standard day in every field
OF labour over which Il can eXer-
else control. 10 has sought % find
the way 20 prevent child lsbOur
and Will, hope and believe, pres
entity ind II. It has served the
whole country by leading the way
In developing The means or pre-
serving and Safeguarding lie and
health in dangerous industries. IL
can now help in the difficult task
OF giving a new form and spirit %
indusrisl organization by cO@or-
dinating the several agencies Of
Cancellation and sdiualment which
have been brought into existence
by the difficulties and mistaken
policies OF the present management
OF industry and by setting up and
developing new Federal egencies OF
advice and information which may
serve as a clearing house for the
best experiments and the best
thought on this great matter upon
which every thinking man must be
aware that the future development
OF society directly depends. Agen-
cies OF International counsel and
suggestion are presently % be Gre
ated in connection with the League
Of Nations in this very field; but
Il is national action and the en-
lightened policy Of individuals, cor
porations and societies within
each nation that must bring about
the actual reforms. The members
of the committees on abour in the
two houses viii hardly need suS-
gestions from me as 10 what means
they shall seek to make the Federal
government the agent Of ihe whole
nation in pointing out and. II need
he. guiding the process Of reor-
gsnization and reform.
II am sure that IL is not neces-
ssry for me 10 remind you that
there Is one immediate and very
practical question Of labour that
we should meet in the most liberal
spirit We must see 20 IL that our
returning soldiers are assisted in
every practical way % ind the
places for which they are fitted in
the daily work Of the country.
This can be done by developing and
maintaining upon an adequate scala
the admirable organization Gre
ated by the Department OF Labor
FOR placing men seeking work; and
10 can also be done, in at least one
very great field by creating new
opportunities for individual enter
prise. The Secretary Of the Inter
Tor has pointed out The way by
which returning soldiers may he
helped 20 find and take up land
in the hitherto undeveloped re-
gions Of the country which the
Federal government has already
prepared or can readily prepare
for the cultivation and also on
many OF The cutover or neglected
areas which lie within the limits
OF the older States and I once
more take the liberty OF recon-
mendation very urgently that his
plans shall receive the immediate
end substantial support OF the
Congress.
Peculiar and very stimulating
conditions await our commerce and
Industrial enterprise in the i'm
mediate future. Unusual opportun-
tiles will presently present them
selves 20 our merchants and pro-
ducers in foreign markets. and
large fields for profitable invest
ment will be opener 10 our free
capital But Il Is not only OF that