The daily banner., 1919-05-21

communities and The Industries which
How are they to be given their right
advantage as citizens and human be
ingS?
We cannot 60 any further in our
present direction. We have already
gone too far. We cannot live our
right life as Il nation or achieve our
proper success &S an indus rial com
munity if capital and labor are 10 CON
tinue TO be antagoniSttc instead of BE-
ing partners: if they are To continue
To d:StruSt one ano her and rOntrivr
loW thev can get the better of one an
other Or. what perhaps amounts to
the same thing, calculate by what form
and degree of coercion ihey can mHn-
age tn eXtOrt on the one hand work
enough to make enterprise profitable.
on the other Justice and fair trta ment
enough 70 make life tolrrable.
That bad road has turned out Il
blind alley II is no thoroughfare to
real prosperity. We mus find another
Leading IN another direction and to Il
very different destination. 1t must
lead not merely to accOmmOda Zen. but
also to Il genuine cooperation and
par nsrship based upon real com
mnnity of interest and participation
in control.
There is now in fact a real com.
mrnity of interest between capita
ard labor. but ii has never been made
evident in action. 1t can be made
operative and manifest only by a new
organization of ind .iStry. The genius
of our Business men and the sound
nractical sense of or workers can
certainly work such Il partnership out
when once they realiZ" exactly Wha.
it is that they seek and sincerely adon
common purpose with regard to II
-. Il
chiefly with The StateS: bUt the new
spirit and method of organization wlici'
nlll<t be effected are not To he brOu%h
about by leg Station So much as by
the common counsel and voluntary 60
opelqltinn of canitnliSt. manager anG
workman. Legislation can 90 only =
very little way IN commanding wha
shall he done.
TIL, organization of industry il II
matter of corno:a+e and individual
in.tiative and Of practical business ar
rareement. Th"Se who really deSir'
new relationship Ec.Ween capital an
lah"r can re;'.i;ly find Il way TO br,n:
it about: an:i pprhaDS federal legs
ton can help more than state leg
tion could.
De.nocratize Industry,
The obiect # all reform in this -.
Sentlai /na tf EluSl ne tne GEM u
demorru fi.ftinn of industry, haSp,
uron IL fnll r"rog titton of the ri@h
of thaSe whN "'o'k. whatever rank. t.
participnte II sOr'C organic way i
every h"r's On which directly affect
Their ,i'plf"r1 =" III Fart they are :.
play in Industry. Some positive Leg,
In-'"' * ava a.'ic.:hi". The con 'r,.
has already shown the way to one T.,
forr, 49,. : Id ' q world wide. J.
= Il, 4 IL,
stars'ari day III every field of lu'Io
q. s'!,'rh Il r;in cre"rise cCntro!.
has sought to find The way TO preven
child labor, and will, 1 hope and be-
lieve, presently find it.
1t has served the whole country by
leading the way in developing the
life and health in dangerous indus
tries. 1t can now help in the difficult
task of giving II new form and spirit
to Industrial organization by co-ortlin-
dting the several agencies of cOncilll-
alton and adjustment which have been
brought into existence by the differ
ences and mistaken policies of The
present management If industry, ana
by setting up and developing new fed
eral agencies of advice and in:Orma
.tion which may serve as Il clearing
house for the best experiments and the
best thought on tn great matter. up,
on which every thii King man must be
aware that the future development OF
society directly depends,
Agencies of interna ional counsel
and suggestion ar" presently 10 he
created in fonnPct;rn with the 'Cug.ie
of nations In this very field, In i is
national action and ,he eni@hren"l
policy of individuals. corporations a Il
societies within each nation thl. m :
nrng about the ac ual r. forms. III
members of the comm: eeS on labor in
he Two houses Will hardly need Su"-
SSsionS from me as To what means
ahcy shall seek 10 make the federal
gWernmcnt the agent of the whole M
tssa in pointing ont and, If need be.
1gsi.t!n ng The process o. ion
and reform.
| am sure that il is not ne e;>i.iy
for me to remind you tia. :he"e IS
one immediate AMI very p"a -:icahla
question of labor that We should meet
in the most liberal spirit. We must
see to 1t that our returning soldiers
are assisted in every practicable way
70 find the places for which they are
fitted in the daily work of the cOun-
Try. This can be done by developing
and maintaining upon an adequate
scale the admirable organization Gre
ated by the department of labor for
placing men seeking work: and it can
also be done in at least one very great
field, by creating new opportunities
for Individual enterprise.
The secretary of the interior has
pointed out the way by which return
ing soldiers may be helped to find and
take up land in the hitherto undeyelop-
ed portions Of the country which the
federal government has already pre-
pared or can readily prepare for cul-
tivation and also on many of the cut
over or neglected areas which lie
within the limits of the older states:
and l once mora take the liberty of
recommendation very urgently that
his plans shall receive the immed ate
and substantial support of the con-
greSs.
Commercial Reconstruction.
Peculiar and Yery stimulating con-