Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-08-09
N EDITION.

vill be the final test and proof OF MT
place among the peoples OF tneb wOrlo.
europe Our Biggest ustomex
And, II only in our, own insefe ~
must help the people 0vsrses We must
lEeen her eoinR or thousands OF Y
shops and scores Of our mines must
cInae. There Is no such, thing ashiet-
TIM her no to ruin without ourselves
/ sharing In the disaster.
In such circumstances, race 70 hases
with such tests. passion PC as
caraad. passion and disregard for the
RIGHTS of others have no place "a tne
councils Of a. free people. We need
iirht. no heat, in these solemn times
OF REORGANIZATION and saving cGon
Must BE No TIreats.
There must be no threats: Let
there be only intelligent oMnse anu
let the best reasons win, NOT tne
inst Sestroyed the arbitrary force OF
a military junta. twill live UNDER
no other. All that is arbitrary and
coercive is in the discard. Those who
seek to employ it only prepare their
We cannot hastily and overnight
revolutionize all the processes Of our
to do SO. These are days Of deep ex-
element and of extravagant speech,
Int With us these are things OF the
surface. Everyone who is in real
touch with the silent masses. Of our
great people knows that the old strong
fires and steady self control are still
there. Arm against violence, or any
distempered action, that would throw
their affairs into confusion: I am
serenely confident that they will read
lily find themselves. no matter what
the circumstances, and that they will
address themselves to the tasks of
peace with the same devotion and the
same stalwart preference Tor what Is
right they displayed to n admira-
ton of the whole world in the midst
Of raj
And I enter another confident hope.
I have spoken today chiefly OF meas
ures Of imperative regulation and
legal compukion: Of prosecutions and
the sharp correction of selfish pro-
~cesses: and these no doubt are nee
essary. But there are other forces
that we may count on, besides those
resident in the Department Of Just
ice. We have just fully awakened to
what has been going on n to tbs
influences many Of them very selfish
and sinister, that have been produce
ing high prices and imposing an in
tolerable burden on the q OF u
people. To have brought it all into
the open will accomplish the greater
part Of h result we seek. I appeal
with entire confidence to our produc-
ers. our middlemen, and our mer-
chants to deal fairly with the people.
1t is their opportunity to show that
they comprehend, that they intend to
act justly, and that they have the pub
lie interest sincerely al heart. And.I
have no doubt that housekeepers all
over the country and everyone who
buys the things he daily stands in
need of, will presently exercise a
economy, a more DISCERNING mi care
as to the market in which he buys or
the merchant with whom he trades
than he has hitherto exercised.
I believe, too, that the more ex-
IRENE leaders Of organized labor will
presently yield to a sober second
thought, and like the great mass of
their associates. think and act like
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical
worse, not better-worse for them
and for everybody else. The worst
thing, the most fatal thing that can
be done now is to stop or interrupt
production or to interfere with the
distribution Of goods by the railways
and the shipping of the country. We
are all involved in the distressing re-
SultS OIL Nile NA6H Coet VI lAV4ti8 dno
We must unite in, not divide, to, cor
rect 1t. There are many things that
ought to be corrected in the relations
between capital and labor in respect
to wages and conditions of labor and
other things eve more far reaching,
and I for one, am ready to go into
conference about these matters. with
who know what they are. talking
about and are willing to remedy ex-
listing conditions by frank counsel
rather than by violent contest. No
remedy is possible while men are in
a temper, and there can be no settle
ment which does not have as its
motive and standard the general in
t%erests. Threats and undue insisr-
ence upon the interest of a single
believe as / have hitherto had oc-
casion to say to the Congress. that
the industry and life OF our people
and Of the world will suffer irrepar-
able damage IL employers and work.
men are to go on in a perpetual con-
test, as antagonists. They must, on
one plane or another, be effectively
associated. Have we not s%teadiness
and self possession and business and
business. sense enough to work out
that result? Undoubtedly we have.
and we shall work 1t Out. In the
meantime-now and in the days of
readjustment and recuperation that
are ahead Of us-let us resort more
and more to frank and intimate
counsel and make ourselves a great
and triumphant nation by making
ourselves a united force In the life
of the world. 1t will not then have
looked to us for leadership in vain.
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