The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1919-12-12


lead to industrial and social dis
x.
The unwilling workman Is not a
proflfabie servant An eniploye whose
Industrial life is hedged about by hard
and unjust conditions which ne DID
not create and over which he ms no
lacks that 1lne spIf1t OF en-
inl and volunteer effort when
ne necessary ingredients OF
producing entity Let US pc
about this solemn matter Inc
ices of worldwide unrest which
st themselves In violence
lout the world pld US cause
consider the means to be found
STOP the spread OF this contagious
ihg De1ore II saps the very Vitality
OF the nation itself. DO we gain
strength by withholding the remedy!
IL is not the business OF statesmen
10 treat these manifestations OF I'M
rest Whlcn meet us on every hano as
evidences OF an economic disorder
ana TO apply constructive remedies
Wherever necessary, being sure that
IN the application of the remedy we
loheh not the vital tissues OF our III
dusfriai and economic lifeY There
resi- until constructive Instrumental
ties are ser up TO stem mat tide.
Right to Bargain Collectively.
Governments must recognize the
right of men to bargain collectively
for humane objects that have at their
base the mutual protection and wei
fare of those engaged in all indus
tries. Labor must not be longer
oil Il
regarded as the activity of human
beings, possessed of deep yearnings
and desires. The business man gives
his best thought TO the repair and re-
Punishment of his machinery so that
its usefulness will not be impaired
and its power to produce may always
be at its height and kept on the full
vigor and motion. No less regard
ought to be paid TO the human ma
chine, which, after all. propels the
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 indus
try In employment are unthinkable
The terrible tragedy of war which has
Just ended and which has brought the |
world TO the verge of chaos and dis |
aster would be in vain If there should |
ensue return of the conditions of |
the past. Europe itself, whence has |
came the unrest which now holds the |
world at bay, is an example of stand |
patism in these vital human matters |
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
Dr IL all Is enrnity and antagonism
ma Frustrated industry. The right OF
aDor TO live in peace and comfort
must be recognized by governments,
ina America should be the first to
ay the foundation stones upon which
ndustrlal peace shall be built.
Can Play No Favorites.
Labor is entitled to an adequate
wage. but capital should receive a
return upon its investment
md is entitled TO protection at the
lands of the government In every
No government worthy of
he name can play" these elements
gainst each other, for there is a
nutuality of interest between them
which the government must seek to
xpress and to safeguard at all cost.
The right of individuals TO strike
HlslOldle anu ouSIl uOt 70 ne inter
cred with by any process of govern
lent, but there is a predominant right
nd that is the right of the govern
lent TO protect all of its people and |
0 assert its power and majesty
gainSt the challenge of any class. | /
NE government when it asserts that
light. seeks not to antagonize a class
ut simply to defend the right of the
hole people as against the irrepar-
BILE harm and injury that might be
one by the attempt by any class to | +
surp power that only government !
self has right to exercise as pro- .
,ction to all in the matter of inter- :
ational disputes which have led to !
ar, statesmen have sought to set up |
5 a remedy arbitration for war. Does
lis not point the way for the settle {
ent of a tribunal. fair and lust alike :
all. which will settle industrial dis
ties which in the past have led to :
ar and disaster? America. witness {
q the evils which have followed ont l
such disputes between the contend r
q forces. must not admit itself e
,potent to deal with these matters bv !,
cans of peaceful processes Surely !,
ere must be some method of bring :