Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-12-02
Will SON ASKS CONGRESS
TO PUT CURB ON n. C.l.
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! 10 industrial standards and conditions
against which the average workman
! had revuted, Ii Is, therefore. the
! ask of the statesmen of this new day
! Of change and REIMBURSEMENT 10 recog-
ni2e world conditions and 10 seek to
ring about through Legislation cou-
| litionS that Will mean the ending of
| rge long antagonisms between capital
nd labor and that viii lead 10 the
| building up of a comradeship which
viii result in greater contenlment
among the masses Of workmen bnG
but also a greater production and
prosperity 10 business itself
TIE Workman demands an adequate
wage, sufficient to permit him TO live
n comfort, unhampered by he fear
: poVertN and want in his old age
L. demands the right 70 live and
Le right 10 WORK amidst sanitary sur
ruundingS and the right to provide
or his cni 'dren's wants in the mat
ar of health and education II is
his desire 10 maze conditions Of his
ife ANA the lives Of those dear 10
lim tolerahle and easy 10 bear The
Establishment OF the principles re-.
;arding labor offer us the way 10 In,
dustrial peace and conciliation No
other road lies open to US.
Men Have Right to Bargain
Governments mus recognize the
isht Of men collectively to bargain
or humane objects that have at their
base the mutual protection and Wei
are OF those engaged in all indus
'lies Labor must not be longe:
-aa %
te regarded as The activity OF human
Deings possessed OF deep yearningS
nd desires. The business man gives
Ms best thought to the repair AMI
epleni- hment OF his machinery, so
mat its usefulness Will not be I'M
paired and its power to produce may
always be al its height and kept in
Ipll SigOr ana motion. No less re.
sard ought 70 be paid the human
machinery. whiG h after all propelS
the machinery OF the world and Is the
great dynamic force that lies back of
all industry and progress Returns
10 the old standards OF wage and in
dustry are unthinkablc. The terrible
ragedE OF the recent War would bn
n vain il there should ensue a re-
urn to the conditions OF the past |
Europe itself, whence has come m /
rest that holds the world at pay. Is |
an example OF Standpattism in these !,
vital human matters which America /
might well acept as an example not
20 be followed but studiously TO be-
avoided. Europe made labor the dill |
erential and the price OF it all is Ell.
atty and antagonisms and Frustrated |
u, tph lab
peace and comfort must be recog. !
lized by governments. and America !
Mould be the first to lay the tounda
ion stones upon which labor unrest |
viii be built.
Capital and industry mist be Ike
Use guarded and protected Nof
oyerument worthy Of the name can
Jay these elements against eacl
ther, for there is d mutuality of in
rests between them which the gov
nment must seek to express and TO
afeguard at all costs. +
Within Rights to Strike.
The right OF individuals TO strike
= inyiolate and ought not to be inter
cred with by any process OF govern
nent, but here is predominant right,
and that is the right OF the govern
nent TO protect its people against the
,hallenge Of any class. The govern
nent when it asserts that right seek
lot % antagOniZe d class but simply
o defend the rights of the whole peo-
de against the irreparable harm and
injury that might be done by any class
ing tC u-ulp d power that IS only
ne governme ntS.
America, witnessing the evil con-
;equenCeS which have followed out G,
UGH disputes between the contending
Orces, must not admit Itself impOtent
% deal with the matters by means
II peaceful processes.
This L. the hour OF test and trial
or America By her proves AMI
'trength and the indomitable courage
# her soldiers she demOnstra ed her
JOWer to vindicate her conception OF
liberty and Justice. Let not her in
iuence as a mediator between CAPT i
al and labor be weakened aud ner y
Wn failure to settle matters Of purely n
he world There are those who II
urea Ell direct actiCn to force their II
sill upon the majority. Russia Is a
.inlul object les son OF the power Oft
1t makes little dif1erencei
What minority it is, whether capital or
q Dor or any other class, no sort or
privilege will be permitted to dOmi-
tate this country. We are partner
nip or nothing that is worth while
Ne are a democracy where the ma
Gritty are the masters, where all the
lOpeS and purposes OF the men who
Ounded this government have been
defeated and forgotten. Those who
you'd propose any ether metnod OF