New Britain herald., 1919-12-02
of those dear to him tolcrable easy to bear.
 Way to Industrial Peace.

us Ile way to industrial peace and conclliation. No other road lies open to us. Not to pursue this one is longer to invite enmities, bitterness and an- tagonisms which in the end only lead to industrial and social disaster. The unwilling workman is not a profitable servant. An employe whose industrial fife is hedged about by hard and un- just conditions which he did not(create and over which he has control, lacks that fine spirit of enthusiasm and volunteer effort which are neces- sary ingredients of great producing en- tlty. Let us be frank about this sol emn matter. The evidences of world wide unrest which manifest them selves in violence throughout the world bid us pause and consider the means to be found to stop the spread Of this contagious thing before it saps the Virility of the antion itself. Do We gain strength by withholding the remedy? Or is it not the business of statesmen to treat this matter of un- rest which meets us on every hand with evidences of an economic disOr- der and to apply constructive remedies wherever necessary being surer that in the application of the remedy we touch not the vital tissues of our in
 
 can be no recession of the tide of un- rest until constructive inStrum ental- ties are set up to stem that tide.
 Governments must recOgniZe the right of men collectively to bargain for humane objects that have at their base the mutual protection and welfare of those engaged in all in dustries Labor must not be longer treated as a comm odity. It must be regarded as the activity of human beings possessed of deep yearnlngS and desires. The business man gives his best thought to the repair and re- Dlenishment of his machinery so that it's usefulness will not be inn paired and it's power to produce may always be at it's height and kept in full vigor and motion. No less re- gard ought to be paid to the human machine which after all propels the machinery of the world and is the great dynamic force that lies back of all industry and progress. Return to the old standards of wage and in dustry is unthinkable. The terrible tragedy of war which has just ended and brought the world to the verge of chaos and disaster would be in vain if there should be a return of the conditions of the past. Europe it. self, whence has come the unrest which now holds the world at bay is an example of standpatism in this vital human matter which America might well accept as an example not to be followed but StudiOusly to be avoided. Europe made labor the differential, and the price of it all is enmity and antagOnism and pros trated industry. The right of labor to live in peace and comfort must be recognized by governments and America should be the first to lay the foundation stones upon which in dustrial peace shall be built.
 Labor not only is entitled to an adequate wage but capital should re- ceive @ reasonable return upon it's investment and is entitled to pro- lection at the hands of the govern ment in every emergency. No gov ernment worthy of the name can play the elements against each other for there is mutuality of inter- est between them which the govern ment must seek to express and safe guard at all cost.
 Recognizes Right to Strike.
 The right of individuals to strike is inViolate and ought not to be inter- fered with by any process of govern ment, but there is a predominant right and that is the right of the gov ernment to protect all of it's people and to assert it's power and majesty against the challenge of any class The government when 1t asserts that right, seeks not to antagoniZe a class but simply to defend the right of the whole people as against the irrepar- able harm and injury that might be done by the attempt by any class to usurp a power that only government itself has a right to exercise as a pro- tectiOn to all.
 In the matter of international dis putes which have led to war, states men have sought to set up as a rem- edy arbitration for war. Does this not point the way for settlement of in dustrial disputes, by the establishment of a. tribunal, fair and just alike to all, which will settle industrial disputes which in the past have led to war and disaster. America, witnessing the evil consequences which have followed out such disputes between the contending torces must not admit itself impotent to deal with these matters by means of peaceful processes Surely there must be some method or bringing to- gether in @ council of peace and amity these two great interests, out of which will come q happier day of peace and co-OperatiOn, a day that will make for more comfort and happiness in living and a, more tolerable condi- ton among all classes of men. Ger 'tainly human intelligence can devise some acceptable tribual for adjusting the differences between capital and la bor.
 This is the hour of test and trial for America. By her proWess and Strene-tl and the indnnl ia hle cnl1r-