Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-09-12
WORK And WEALTH.
TO Be PARTNERS
eREsiDEhJ sAYs LABOR AND
CAPITAL HOLD THE SAME
~ INTERESTS.
SPEED Up PRODUCTION
Workers in West Cheer Wilson'S
Words When He Explains Some
Reasons for High Living Co.'S.

Bismarck, N. D.. Sept. 10.--A new
note OF approval is now discernible
among the cheers of the thousands of
Americans who greet President VII.
son wherever he stops on his journey
through the country. He has become
the outstanding prophet of the work
ers, they believe, as we'll as the leader
of the worlds aspirations for perma-
nent peace. 3>
His address before the Minnesota
Legislature yesterday In st. Paul
struck high and hopeful note for
those who toll with their hands, and
in that city, in Minneapolis and again
here labor has let him know its ap-
probation. Mr.. Wilson's talk to the
legislators had to do with the high
cost of living, but the relations be-
tween the workers and the employees
was his central subject.
1--WE are face to face" he said,
"with a great industrial problem-the
relations between those who employ
and those who are employed. The
working men of the world are dlssat-
isfied with their relations to their en-
ployers. There are some exceptions,
mostly in this country. The situation
is more acute on the other side Of the
water.
1.-THE world is looking tc us to set
standard, and we have got to have n
constructive program that will be fol-
lowed all over the world.
"The interests of capital and labor
are the same. We can no longer re.
gard labor as IL commodity, hut must
regard it as an association of physical
skill and vigor with the Enterprise of
those who represent capital.
"You Of organized labor have limited |
the amount of work you have done and |
have driven hard bargains, because
you don't feel that you are partners.
When you do, production will 60 for
ward by leaps and bounds"
Tremendous applause greeted these
remarks as the President made them
and those who read them later joined
heartily In approval. There must be
discussion between employers and en-
ployed, the President said, and his in.
timatiOn seemed to be that the pro-
ducers must receive n larger share of
the profits from what they produce.
Mr.. Wilson has said that the interna-
ton labor conference arranged for by
the worlds statesmen in Paris will
take place in Washington next month
whether the peace treaty with the
League Of Nations is ratified by Amer
lea or not, and it is understood that he,
provided America has formal share in
the proceedings, will be one of the
leading figures in it. Workers In this
section believe he will be strong in his
advocacy Of their cause.
The President gave the Minnesota
legislators several reasons for the high /
cost Of living. Man power, he said, 4
had been sacrificed on the battlefelds.
All the processes Of production, except
Tor war purposes, had been slackened
Dr. stopped. Nearly all energy had
,een along channels not suited to nor
nal needs. Labor must be redis-
:rlbuted so that it may produce what
,eOple need to eat and wear. And for /,
purposes of peace.
Back of al this Is the fact that we :
AVE not learned what the basis of :
)eace is to be. The world will not ..
ettle down until it knows what part :
# the United States is to play in the
,eace," Mr.. Wilson said. He explain
d that we must get back to normal
Of manufacture and distri-
luton. Our own railroads and ter
ninal ports can not now handle even
ur own business, he said, but we
nust handle not only that, but assist
T. increasing the manufacturing and
lStrlDutlng FUNCTIONS OF tle world, III
odd storage systems must be looked
nto 9s the cause of high prices here
'he President said, ''but other sorts Of
forage as well. He said some per-
ons had found it impossible to "dols
ut goods so that they were not re-
eased fast enough to bring prices
own" and this condition should he
losely scrutiniZed.
Splendid military parades and
reat outpouring of citizens greeted
lr. Wilson in st. Paul and Mime
polls, and the heartiest sort of well
ONE was given him when he reached
MS city.