Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-11

1ust now the usually conservative
cap,,,et Cfomuers seems to be slipping
under the strain in the midst OF eN-
citing contentious in the storm CEN
tars and is approving of actions taken
AGAINST his advice; protesting against
n court decision, not intended to OPP
rress his following, but to save the
whole people from being affected py
tlispute between capital and LABOR
That Gompers would go the limit that
radicals desire is doubtful. lie Is
the general Of a federated army ana
may but desire to keep forces aligned
preserve the morale and have the rec
ord straight by protesting against an
nulling principle needed for apph-
cation in future strikes likely to IN
,olye others than miners unions.
However, the more conservatism III
labor is swept away, and confidence
in such men as Gonpers lost by the
people who have trusted to such III
fmence for moderation and restrain
If radicalism, the more will the puph'
demand of it's officials and the gov
ernment in the way of resistance anc
control.
Public opinion is finding expires
sion in many directions as steps arr
taken to overcome the BolsheVlk ten.
denotes which have been developed
in the reactionary period since the
war. Bulldozing methods of employ
ers or employees, in big corporations
ar little. have about reached the
limit. so far as the public Is con
cerned. and the attitude Of the people
who are most injured in these strug'
giles between capital and labor Is
rapidly changing to one of resent
ment.
Unfortunately for labor, the radi'
Gals of the United States have taken
advantage of the unsettled condluoh
TO inject their impossible theories oil
government into the heretofore sane
na1icies of the great working class
But it is still the hope of the peopl'
that conservative labor leaders VII
crush the menace that has grown VI
through the intrusion of the disturb
ing elements from overseas, who nav
utterly failed to appreciate the llo
erty and opportunity vouchsaled
them in this country.
"The public, walked from Its leth
argy, is a dominant, irresistible pc"
OF. before which politics cringes sur
1nnlN1Gt
present-day conditions
He continues: ut is not an 'eas
thing to arouse the American pubii
Two or three months ago there was
favorable feeling toward labor--a
IMPRESSION that it was not getting ]
proportonate share of profits IN u
great era of money making which
Going on. and various plans of prom
sharing were being considered.
Then came the Boston police strlR
This rudely Jared the whole countr
The developments of the steel strl
and unearthinE of a red plot mix
with it thoroughly aroused the pc
pie. The public is alert to the dang
and the authorities are ready TO co
with it. But while there are ST
uncomfortable developments hf
and there, there are likewise indie
tions of more sanity and an acu
Americanism. where for some III
there had been an atmosphere OF ra
icaIism foreign to our institutions a
our common heritage.
The !, w. W. the Reds and all
other undesirable elements IN
United States are going to f!nd
presently that millions of Ameri'
workingmen and women will not ?
NIT the overturning of an IDEAL 10
of government handed down to us
heroic ancestors and perpetua
through the blood and sacrlflce
thousands of their sons. Thefe
be no doubt of the ultimate outco
Industrial peace will be ACHE
through a recognition of the inner
weakness of the theories which n
been widely promulgated by thoue
less and reckless men having no
interest in this country or in the pl
ervation of its splendid institution
The people are talking no"
they will make themselves he
through all the turmoil Of a rest
element of the country's popula
led by or composed of foreign-n
radicals without sympathy for An
ican ideals.
China's oldest maid declares