Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-21
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which must he effected are not to bt
brought about by legislation so much
as by the common counsel and vOlun.
tary cooperation Of capitalist, man
ager and workman. Legislation can
go only very little way in command
ing what shall be done. The organi-
cation of industry is a matter Of cor
porate and individual initiative and
Of practical business arrangement
Those who really desire a new rela-
tionship between capital and labor
can readily find way to bring il
about and perhaps federal legislation
can help more than state legislation
could.
Demo(ratization of Industry.
| The object OF all reform in this es-
sential matter must be the genuine
characterization of industry, based
upon fun recognition of the right
( of those who work, in whatever rank
I to participate in some organic way
/ in every decision which directly af-
/ feCts their welfare or the part they
are to play in industry. Some posi-
| tive legislation is practicable; The
! congress has already shown the way
! 10 one reform which should he world
] wide, by stabllshing the ght-honr
! day as the standard day in every field
| Of labor over which it can exercise
! control. Ii has sought to find the
| way to prevent child labor, and will,
! ] hope and believe. presently find it.
/ 1t has served the whole country by
! Leading the way in developing the
/ means Of preserving and safeguard
/ ing life and health in dangerous in
/ dustries. 1t can now help in the diff
! ficult task of giving new form and
! spirit to Industrial organization by
| co-ordinating the several agencies Of
| cancellation and adjustment which
| have been brought into existence by
the difficulties and mistaken policies
/ Of the present management Of indus
! try and by setting up and developing
new federal agencies of advice and
| information which may serve as a
clearing house for the best expert
ments and the best thought on thls
! great matter, upon which every think
I ing man must be aware that the flu
turc development of society directly
depends.
! Agencies of International counsel
| and suggestion are presently TO be
created in connection with the league
| of nations i'm this very field: but it is
national action and the enlightened
| policy Of Individuals corporations
| and societies within each nation that
must bring about the actual reforms
| The members Of the committees on
| labor in the two houses will hardly
need suggestiOnS from me as to what
| means they shall seek to make tho
federal government the agent Of the
whole nation in pointing out and, if
need be, guiding the process of reor-
ganization ana reform.
| am sure that it JIG not necessary
for me to remind you that there is one
immediate and very practical question
of labor that we should meet in the
most liberal spirit. We must see to 1t
that our returning soldiers are as
sisted in every practically way to find
the places for which they are fitted
in the daily work of the country. This
can be done by developing and main
tanning upon an adequate scale, the
admirable organization created by the
/ department of labor for placing men
seeking wOrkt and it can also be done,
in at least one very great field, by
creating new opportunities for indi-
vidual enterprise. The secretary OF
the interior has pointed out the way
by which returning soldiers may be
helped to find and take up land in
the hitherto UndevelOpcd regions Of
the country which the federal gov
eminent has prepared or can readily
prepare for cultivation and for many
Of the cut over or neglected areas
which lie within the limits of the
older states; and ! once more take
the liberty Of recommending very
urgently that his plans shall receive
the immediate and substantial sup
mort Of the congress-
Commerce of Future.
Peculiar and very stimulating con-
ditions await our commerce and in
dustrial enterprise in the immediate
future. Unusual opportunities will
presently present themselves to our
merchants and producers in foreign
markets and large fields for profit
able investment will be opened to our
free capital. But it is not only of that
that | am thinking; it is not chiefly
of that that | am thinking. Many
great industries Frustrated by the war
wait to be rehabilitated in many parts
of the world where what will be lack
ing is not brains or willing hands or
organizing capacity or experienced
skill, but machinery and raw mater
ials and capital. | believe that our
business men, our merchants, our
have the vision to see that prosperity
in one part of the world ministers to
prosperity everywhere; that there is
in very true sense Il solidarity of IN
terest throughout the world of enter
prise and that our dealings with the
countries that have need of our
products and our money will teach
them to deem us more than ever
friends whose necessities we seek in
the right way to serve.
Our merchant ships which have inl
some quarters been feared as destruc-
tive rivals, may prove helpful rivals !
rather, and common servants very
much needed and very welcome Ouri
great shipyards, new and old, will bel
so opened 10 the use of the world, that
they viii prove Immediately servicea- |
bic to every maritime people in re-
storing, much more rapidly than
would otherwise have been possible,
tonnage wantonly destroyed in the
war | have only to suggest that there !
are many points at which we can IA |
cllitate American enterprise in foreign
trade by opportune legislation and
make it easy for American merchantsI
to go where they will he welcomed as
friends rather than as dread antag
onists. America has a great and hon /
orable service to perform in bringing
the commercial and industrial UNDER
takings of the world back to their old /
scope and swing again, and putting a
solid structure of credit under them. /
All our legislation should be friendly /
to such plans and purposes. And
credit and enterprise alike will be