South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-09


y a world condition. du
pends upon transportation facilities.
and shipping
Railroads Inadequate.
Our railroads al this moment are
not adequate 10 moving the COM
merce OF the country. and
here and there they run through a
little neck, for example the Penn
sylvania system at Pittsburg. whore
everything is congested. YOU are
squeezing a great commerce through
a little opening
The problem grows the more YOU
think Of il. so that what we think
and put our minds 70. is an interna-
tional problem: First OF all. 20 re-
store the commerce Of the world:
and get the manufacturing Of the
world going again. And we have got
10 do that largely
Then, we sitting I'm legislatures
like this and in the congress Of the
United States have 20 see 10 IT, III
YOU VIII permit vulgar expression.
that nobody monkeys with the pro-
cess. applause.
understand that one OF the ex-
cellent suggestions made by your
governor IS that you look into the
matter OF cold storage
Well. there are other kinds OF stor-
age too. besides cold storage. and
there are all sorts OF ways Of gov
erning concentrated reserve stocks
of goods
Discusses Control
You don't have 20 keep every
thing though you can keep the cold
hand OF control on il.
You can manage by an effort that
needn't be put on paper 20 see 90
il If that things are doled out TO the
market so that they won't get there
50 fast as TO bring the price down.
Face Industrial Problem.
We have got 10 realize that We
are face 10 face with a great indus
trial problem which does not center
in the United States. IL centers else
where. but We share IL with the
other countries Of the world.
That is the relation between capi-
tai and labor; between those who
are employing. and those who are
employed: and We might as we'll ST.
up straight and look facts IN the
face.
The laboring men Of the world
are not satisfied with their relations
with their employers or course 3
don't mean 20 say that there is unI-
versal dissatisfaction. because here
and there and elsewhere in many
cases fortunately there are very sat-
isfactory relations. but / am now
speaking Of the general relationship
which exists between capital and
labor everywhere.
The point ] wish 20 make is that
the world is looking 10 America 70
set the standard with regard to the
condition of labor and the relations
between labor and capital. and 10 is
looking 10 us because we have been
more progressive In those matters
than others.
Although sometimes we move
very slowly and without undue eau
ton, and as "a result of our pro-
gressiveness. the ruling interests
among our workinEmen are conser-
vative in the sense that they see it
is not In the interest OF labor 10
break up civilization. and progress
sive, in the sense that they see that
la constructive program and not
destructive program has O. be
adopted
By progressive do NOT mean
man not ready 10 move. but man
ready 70 move. who knows where ne
is going, a man who has workable
program.
Need Constructive Program.
Very Well then. we have got 10
have a constructive program with
regard 90 labor and the minute va
get IT. we viii relieve the strain alI
over the world. because the world
VIII accept our standards and fol-
low our results.
/ can't presume that know how
r ought 20 be done; 7 know the prln-
ciple upon which it ought t0 be done.
The principle IS that the interest
Of capital and the interest ~ '-H-
or are not different bat the sama
and that the men OF business sense
ought 20 know how 90 work out an
organization that VIII express that
identity OF interest. tAppiauseI.
You can't any longer regard lan-
or as a commodity Applause.