Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-26
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Iabnr'. American p,oy,.,,


Ia" American Fcdrrntlon ~ .abor
mas pl'H'u'"i 10 IN" Hrnhtr commit.
10" on labor platform Tor recon.
"rucilun which In an Argument
rather ihAu an appeal, ana which IL
expressed With such restrain that
hlH-'n IN amy ~ the many rnnten
uous points raised -hnuld be- oauaiiy
n"d"ru'r Labor Itself cannot expect
lhai th"fo should he ~ dissent ~
~ points first place IN given 10 In
tiHiencn That wages should not be ~
huo"d, In many cases should he
raised aud conditions ~ employment
heit"ted The American standard
OF w" must b" maintained ana I'M
proved who ever proposed that "
should ho feduced' capital certainly
wants labor to he strong and ef.
nrlent. ana would prefer 10 pay high
wages. High wages mean high
prices, and hlEh standard ~ life
Tor capital M well ha Tor labor Labor
may regard tho point which II most
stresses and emphasizes hE unsni-
mouHlv approved subject only 90 eco.
nnmic confederation. which apply 20
lphor and capital alike. regardless OF
either statutes or labor -dlctz
wages ana prices should b. ss
high as tho traffic viii hear. and can
b" no higher Hours should be ~
snort ~ In practicable on tho same
standard, ana can be no shorter
Capital ana labor alike want and
need 10 Keep shops open for selfish
as well aH humane considerations.
when shops shut wages and profits
stop, IN New YORK as well us nerlln
T l'eirngtad Ana shops must shut
N shortening hours reduce product,
NJ raising wages stops the sale OF the
product labor sees tn. point. but
nllll has the idea that wages can ba
forced from capital There II not
wcn IN enough In tho world 10 keep
that plan going long Just RE truly
and surely hs farmers depend upon
yearly crops labor must depend upon
tho operation Of the factories Tho
National Industrial Conference board
has Just reported that tho adoption
Of q bt-hour week reduced produr
ton In every factory employing over
100 hands, and Increased production
with moderate and various results
only In tho case Of small and reln-
lively inefficient factories IAbors
proposal on this point is acceptable
In principle, but labor cannot evade
tho economic objections In detail
1ahor's contention that labor
should he allowed to orgpnire and
bargain collectively II almost unani-
mously admitted and IN operation. It
In no objection TO unionirn ,hat "le.
Hitimnte" activities are asserted. Hut
labor itself must se. the distinction
between allowing labor freely Ia or
gnnizo and 40 whatever In lawful and
enactinG that whatever unions do II
lawful. Tho position OF unionisn
would bc stronger n II did not 40
readily approve unlawful ana In
humane acts because dono by unions
or ratified when done without nu-
thority. There In AN obnoxious par
tisanship OF labor ar well as Of cap
itai. and n is tho interest ~ both TO
.'~str~in whatever dircredits eithcr.
Iabor's proposal for the extension
NJ farmer proprietorrhip and hous-
Ing i'm mprovement Nv government as
sistapce has been anticipated Land
workers have only to use the farm
loan law To enlarge their class with
the approval of all. Idle land IL an
econbmic fault white there are
hungry workers ready TO til the soil.
Tho men OF tho federation would
prevent tho extennion OF the tenant
clssS on rhrmr NJ" 'nev sWere
that all over tho country tenant
farmers, taking advantage or the
loan act are becoming fsrm owners
All want FARMERS 10 DC prosperous
and crops good nut the proporai
FOR IN" Progressive increase OF taxes
on income and land should be kept
from confllct win the followingtpro-
posal that taxation shouId rest light
" on constructive enterprise There
In need for That In thls state sIh'-
ooo.o taxes annually nave been
placed on active capital, with ten
dency toward making capl'nl shrink
from activity lust aS excessive taxes
will discouraR. farm work. Land
cannot he Increased ns capital may
he, and the single hnd Tar mas ele-
ments OF danger hut the Idea or
posed. Regret, however, must be eN-
fostering tho fnrmer class u not op-
pressed NJ hhors adoption OF the
proposal Tor inheritance taxes 10 an
extent which romo design TO abolish
inheritancca the feudal Idea that
the property or the deceased helonrs
TO the sovereign, ana that IN. family
succeeds by HIS grace, ~ not consist.
cnt with the modern idea thet the
state IL creation or mo people. Tor
their benefit, and has no divine
rights or prerorauvcr IN property
Natural herr take from their an
ces'ofs or relatives, not from the
state. Heirs get thelr riTht Nv be
iu9 horn. not nv being rltlrenH Tne