The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-09-04
LET ALL NEXT ON COMMON
GROUND

The fight Is on for industries, in |
vestments of capital and safe and |
sound economical conditions as
against the stream of theoretical and
radical thought eing spread of the
land by political and labor agita-
tors. When one looks at the prob
lens confronting this country and
posed, a little conservatism will not
hurt.
We have strongly urged the day
when employee and employer will
meet on more common ground and b.
mediation and cOnciliation elimi-
nate the wasteful strike.
On the other hand we are not n
bit afraid to condemn labor radical
ism and advise against our country
becoming subserviant to a labor die
tatorship any more than we would be
afraid to advise against an employer
dictatorship.
The two sides of this question are
squarely before the American people
oday in the case of the railroad EN-
ployees and the packers. one rep
resents the so-called side of labor.
and the other the so-called side OF
capital Special privileges granted
TO either group are equally danger
Gus to free American institutions.
Il is folly to blink at the fact that
the railroad men attempt dictation
That is plainly intimated in the
statement of b. M. Jewell that, If
congress should pass the bill of Di-
rector General Hines estabi' 'shing a
committee on wage increases. "we1l
tie up the railroads SO that they Will
never run again"
The question is not whether rail
road mems wages shall be increased
or whether they shall share profits
The question was well stated by Sen
ator Thomas when he said:
"a segment OF the American peo-
pie has pointed its finger at the
American congress and said: "You
must legislate thus and so or we will
strike and tie up all transportation
and industry"
In the case of the packers there Il
no crime or injury to the American
people in the mere organization of I
great meat packing industry an!
more than there is in the organization
of a great railroad union such as II
now in existance unless such organi
zation begins by right of might &
crush legitimate competition and die
tate to the public.
It has been more popular to attacl
an organization of capital than an or
ganization of labor for the attacking
party is usually politician and h
gets more votes by attacking capital
than by attacking labor policies.
II so-called labor leaders backe
by brute force, attempt to establish
class rule by dictation II is time Z
call halt.
If the packers are guilty OF comb
nations In restraint of trade we hav
laws to correct the evil and punis
the guilty without flooding the cour
try with a new volume of socialist
legislation as proposed.
We believe in a square deal fo
both labor and capital but we do nj
believe in special privileges for eithe
Our theory is that. prosperous IL
dustries OF all kinds mean busine,
and bread and butter for all of ,
and that the public should be more II
terested in maintaining sound ec
nomic conditions encouraging to Il
dustrial development, investment
capital and creation of payrolls. ths
in too much experimental legislatit
with its ever increasing tax burdel
which tend to discourage the man tr
ing to do something.
We care not for the color OF
mans hair. his skin or his religio
What we do want is pure America
ism and less junkerism. !. w. w isl
Bolshevism and all the other ism
which breed and cause strikes al
discomfort.