South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-23

be great and leading help but after all this great
truth. Legislation alone can settle nothing
have great habit this country Of pass
ing laws imagining that conquers an our ills
Every time anything goes wrong. somebody shouts
I'VE need law" and the legislature or the congress
passes one The characterization of industry how
ever bringing capital and labor into partnership
calls for a Laws written in the human heart. rather
than on the statute books. Pres't Wilson this
gospel that have been preaching these
many years. We know Of mans state Of mind that
we could be more pleased find running in the
vein. md though the more capitalstic junk
ers" may damn from their housetops. the presi-
dents attitude is quite compensatory After all the
capital and labor problem must he solved out Of the
hearts and souls Of. the apialist the 1aborer
The law can propose methods and safeguard those
methods where employed. but unless the sense of
industrial justice is there that the honest pur
pose. the readjustment is doomed 10 brazen sham.
Call 10 brotherhood man. what you like
there it is You take it, leave it alone but
quite the president put IT, regardless of the
benefcence OF legislation unless capital and labor
cooperate. find a community Of interest and
ndence. they going continue less at
each others throats. isn't atogether a matter
Of dollars. a question Of wages II S "a question OF
self-respect The Iabor-employing autocrat. means
sense of freedom equality justice revots it The
Wihelms of American industry must go.
The labor dictator. who from his throne of
dustry inspired by his ego1sn autocratic DISPOSE
ton. and aristocratc self-conce thinks he can
considerable time in the future appropriate the
service, and appropriang the service bury the tai
ents Of his employees. has another think coming The
curse of caste must go. Capital and labor are mem
bers one body. Neither can exist without the
other. Ones place al just necessary and
Just truly aristocratio the other The
Of respect belongs character intelligence and the
quality Of service. well as stock certificates which
is exactly what the president meant when he said
we cannot 20 any further i'm our present
direction. We have already gone far We
cannot live right life a nation achieve
our proper success Industrial community
if capital and labor 10 continue TO be
tagonistc instead of being partners; if they
continue distrust another and contrive
how they get the better of another
cor what perhaps amounts the
thins. calculate by what form and degree OF
coercion they can manage 20 extort on the one
hand work enough to make enterprise profta-
BILE the other justice and fair treatment
enough make life tCierable That bad road
has turned out a bad alley 1t thorough
fare to real prosperity. We must find another
leading in another direction and to very diff
ferent destination. II must lead not merely 10
accommodation but also to a genuine coopera-
ton and partnership based upon a real COM
munity Of interest and participation in control"
Men have tried it. and succeeded. Men have prom
Used il too, and then he'd out it, giving to unrest
dissa tsfaction resentment and the tendency
industrial nihilism that many recruits Men.
and especially working men, grow desperate when
they find themselves deceived Perhaps man in
all better understands the source of unrest
this country, president. and his message
may well serve as one. in this respect to all the
people and capital and labor especially same as
il does to congress