The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-13
BY Rev. Newell Dwight Hills

| While the American people have been
| reading about pagcants in London and
Paris. in Rome and Brussels. new
! idea, almost revolutionary in its nature.
has been developed that may change our
world. Of labor and capital. Men every
] whore have hcrn disturbed by the wax
!! ing revolutions in Russia. Poland. LII
! thuanin, Siberia and Germany. And yet.
/ despite all tho blare Of trumpcts. and
the salute Of cannon in the capitals of
| Europe there has been inauSuratcd in
I silence. and without publicity. new
and revolutionary idea. that may ulti-
| matcly mean as much for human prog
ross as tho Magma Charter. or the
| French revolution.
without In any way disturbing the
legislative powers Of the House of Com
mons. so trade pnrliaments have nech
! inauguratcd In Great Britain. This to-
| tally new thing. in the political world Is
| n labor-ca pital legislation. consisting Of
!; wurkingrcn and capitalists. half-and-
half. All the disputed problems that
! hitherto have eliminated in riots.
, strikes. lock-outs. arson. and partial
law. arr now sent to tho "I.ahor-capita tai
| Parliament" where decisions are ar
rived at the parliament sitting as a
! I.
the "Labnr-rapita1 Parliament, sitting
as n Legislative body. These decisions
have the full authority Of law. At last
the lion and. the lamb, the wolf and the
on have become friends. IT seems
strange that the industrial world has
gone on for a century without thinking
Of tho I.ahor-Capital Parliament. To-
day the idea is as new, AS starting ana
revolutionary as sclf-Govcrnm"nt III pol
i!ics was one hundred and thirty years
ago.
The first "Iahor-capital Parliament
was organized by the pottery trade OF
Great Britain: then followed tn" parma
mont Not only has Great britain Amer
industry: later came the parliament OF
brass founders: then or IN" cotton an"
wool trades. and now there are iIltF>
d, pa rliamcn,s in England. II is unknown
who first conceived this idea. but, as
! Darwin and Wallace published their
: articles announcing the theory Of cvolu-
ton. at practically the sam" time. and
as RrU and Cray sent their applications
! for patent on IN" tclcphons in prac-
! ,irally the same mail, so IT seems that
|! tho Cedhurys and the RowntrccS both
! made nlans for n labor-capjtal parlIn-
ment. Not only has Rreat Britain Amer
; icanized her ships az 10 the new equip
mcnts and the new hours. hut England
| is now leading tn" world in the recon-
! struction Of the business OF n1anutac-
turing. One Of the results IS the dis
. appearance Of tn" red flag clement, and
; tho eclipse Of thu aEiators and The hot
| heads, who lived on class haired. For
The time being the "1-abor-capital Par-
lament" in So different industrial
sroups. is working as smoothly as 4
! brand new automobile. The idea IS ms
| startling as the first cable. or the Nray.
| nr the announcements as TO radium.
I Never have the leaders of thought in
! Great Britain launched bigger idea
! Every civilized country is Interested in
! the outcome. For centuries labor and
| capital have been arrayed against each
other like two castles. with cannon
! loaded In the muzzle. or as the common
! people and Charles tn" First were
! aGainst each other in 1916. Who knows
! but the labor.capital parliament may
do as much for the world Of industry as