The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-25
WORK AND WEALTH
TO Be PARTNERS
PRESIDENT SAYS LABOR AND
CAPITAL HOLD THE SAME
INTERESTS.
SPEED up PRODUCTION
Workers In West Cheer Wilson's
Words When He Explains Some
Reasons for High Living Cost.

DN MI. SIbllltHS news u,
Bismarck, n. d., Sept. 10-A new
note of approval is now discernble
among the cheers Of the thousands Of
Americans who greet President VIII
son wherever he stops on his journey
through the country. He has become
the outstanding prophet OF the work.
erS, they believe, as well as the leader
of the worlds aspirations for perma-
nent peace.
His address before the Minnesota
Legislature yesterday in st. Paul
struck a high and hopeful note for
those who toll with their hands, and
In that city, in Minneapolis and again
here labor has let him know its APP
probation. Mr.. Wilson's talk to the
legislators had to do with the high
cost of living, but the relations be
tween the workers and the employees
was his central subject
1--WE are face to face" he said,
"with a great industrial problem-the
relations between those who employ
and those who are employed. The
working men of the world are dissat-
ployers. There are some exceptions,
mostly in this country. The situation
| &c nth Ci Ia of n
water.
"The world is looking tC us to set n
standard and we have got to have
constructive program that will be fol-
lowed all over the world.
1.-THE interests of capital and labor
are the same. We can no longer re-
gard labor as n commodity, but must
regard it as an association of physical
skill and vigor with The Enterprise Of
those who represent capital.
"You of organized labor have limited
the amount Of work YOU have done and
have driven hard bargains, because
you don't feel that YOU are partners.
When you do, production will go for
ward by leaps and bounds"
Tremendous applause greeted these
remarks as the President made them
and those who read them later joined
heartily in approval There must be
discussion between employers and EN-.
ployed, the President said, and his in.
timation seemed to be that the pro
ducers must receive a larger share of
the profits from what they produce
Mr.. Wilson has said that the intcrna.
ton labor conference arranged for by
the worlds statesmen in Paris will
take place in Washington next month
whether the peace treaty with the
League Of Nations is ratified by Amer
lea or not, and Il is understood that he,
provided America has formal share IN
the proceedings, Will be one of the
leading figures in It, Workers in this
section believe be will be strong in his
advocacy Of their cause
The President gave the Minnesota
legislators several reasons for the high
cost Of living. Man power, he said,
had been sacrificed on the battlehclds.
All the processes Of production, except
for war purposes, had been Slackeneu
or stopped Nearly all energy had
/ been along channels not suited to nor.
NAL needs. Labor must be rediS-
tributed so that il may produce what
people need to eat and wear. And for
purposes of peace.
Back of al this is the fact that Wv
have not learned what the basis of
peace is to be- The world will not
settle down until it knows what part
of the United States is to play in TIVE
peace Mr.. Wilson said He explain
ed that we must get back TO normal
processes of manufacture and diStri-
button Our own railroads and ter
minal ports can not now handle even
our own business, he said, but we
must handle not only that, but assist
In increasing the manufacturing and
distributing functions of the world
Cola storage systems must be looked
into as the cause of high prices here
The President said, but other sorts Of
storage as we'll. He said some per
sons had found it impossible to doll
out goods so that they were NOT re-,
leased fast enough to bring prices
down." and this condition should be
closely Scrutinized.
Splendid military parades and
great 0utpouring Of citizens greeted
MIR Wilson in ST. Paul and Mime
apoIis, and the heartiest sort of a vel
come was given him when he reached
this city.
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