The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-09-05
WILSON HAS CALL
ISSUED FOR. meet
THEY WILL DISCUSS QUESTION
OF PUTTING WAGES ON A
NEW FOOTING.
WANTS CAPITAL AND LABOR
Pleased With Results So Far in Cut
ting Cost of Livine-Appeals to
I Citizens to Do All Possible to
Promote Production.

Washington, d. president Wilson
in Labor day message to American
workers announced, that he would
call in the near future conference
of representatives of labor and Nm
dustry ito discuss fundamental means
of lettering the whole relationship
of capital and labor and putting the
whole question of wages upon another
footing"
Text Of Message.
The Labor day message as made
public at the White House follows:
Il am encouraged and gratified by
the progress which is being made in
controlling the cost of living. The
support of the movement is wide
spread and l confidently look for
substantial results. although | must
counsel patience as well as vigilance
because such results will not come
instantly or without teamwork.
Let fe again emphasize my appeal
to every citizen of the country to
continue to give his personal support
in this matter and to make it as
active as possible. Let him not only
refrain from doing anything which
at the moment might tend to increase
the cost of living, but let him do all
in his power to increase production;
and further than that let him at the
same : time himself carefully econo-
mize in the matter of consumption.
BY common action in this direction
we shall overcome a danger greater
than the danger of war. We will
hold steady situation which is
fraught with possibilities of hard
ship and suffering to a large part of
our population; we will enable the
processes OF consumption and we will
speed the restoration of an adequate
purchasing power for wages.
Grattfied at Support.
Il am particularly gratified at the
support which the governments
policy has received from the repre-
sentatives of organized labor and l |
earnestly hope that the workers gen.
orally will emphatically indorse the
position of their leaders and thereby |
move with the government instead of |
against it in the solution of this great |
domestic problem.
II am calling for as early a date
as practicable conference in which |
representatives of labor
and those who direct labor will dis
cuss fundamental means of lettering
the whole relationship of capital and
labor and putting the whole question
of wages upon another footing.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON"
Meet Late in September.
The proposed conference, it was
stated authOritatively tonight, would
be called to meet soon after Presi-
dent Wilson returns at the end of
September frof his speech-making
tour OF the west. 1t was thought
likely that the meeting would be held
at the White House as was the re-
conference of governors
and mayors last spring.
Proposals that conference between
abor and employers be held has been
Urged from number of Quarters.
secretary Lane expressed the belief
n a statement few days ago that
he president should call such a meet.
ng. Resolutions are pending in both
houses of congress urging that work
ITS and employers be brought to-
,ether.
In the presidents promise to call
abor-capital conference officials saw
of the tension existing
lmong organized labor. Coming on
he eve of Labor day it was believed
t would have most beneficial eff
ect.