The Monticellonian., 1919-05-30

brought by legislation so much IS hy me common counsel and voluntary cooperation of ealdtaliSf, manager and workman. Legislation caH so only very little way in commanding what shall be done. The organization of in HuNtfN k q matter of corporate and Iha'HldHal initiative and of practical business arrangement Those who re- aHE desire new relationship between capital and labor can readiIy find a way to bring il about: and perhaps federal legislation can heh, more thaD state legislation could.
 Industrial Characterization.
 he object Of all reform in this es- Sehtiai matter must be the genuine characterization of industry, based up on full recognition of the right of th@Se who work, in whatever rank. 10 participate in some organic way in every decision which directly affects thelr welfare or the part they are to piaE lh Industry. Some positive Iegis- f'tIon is practicable The congress mas already shown the way to one re- form which should be worldwide, by establishing the eight-hour day as the standard day in every field of labor over which it can exercise control Ii mas sought to find the way to prevent child labor aud will. I hope and be HeNe, presently find it. II has served the whole country by leading the way Tn developing the means of preserving and safeguarding life and health in dangerous industries. It can now help Ill the difficult task of giving new form and spirit to industrial orgnniZa- tioh by co-ordnating the several agencies of concliation and adjust ment which have been brought into ex. lStenee by the difficulties and mistaken pollcieS or the present management of industry. and by setting up and devel- oplng new federal agencies of advice and information which may serve as q clearing house for the best experi- ence and best thought on this great matter. upon which every thinking man must be aware that the future de veiopment of society directly depends. Agencies of international counsel and suggestion are presently to be created Tn connection with the league of na- tIons in this very field; but it is na- tional action and the enlightened pol icy of individuals. corporations and so- cieties within each nation that must bring about the actual reforms The members of the committee on labor in the two houses will hardly need sug- gestions from me as to what means they shall seek to make the federal government the agent of the whole na- tiCn in pointing out, and if need be. guiding the process of reorganization and reform
 Duty to Returning Soldiers.
 ''I am sure that il is not necessary for me to remind that there is one immediate and very practical question of labor that we should meet in the most liberal spirit. We must see to it that our returning soldiers are assist ed in every practicable way to find the places for which they are fitted in the daily work of this country. This can be done by developing and maintaining upon an adequate scale the admirable organization created by the department Of labor for placing men seeking work; and it can also be done, in at least one very great field by creating new opportunities for in diVidual enterprise. The secretary of fba inf hoe pOiptpH Out fba ISay by which returning soldiers may be helped to find and take up land in the hitherto undeyeloped regions of the country which the federal govern ment has already prepared or can readily prepare for cultivation and also on many of the cut-over or neg lected areas which lie within the linn, it's of the older states; and l once more take the liberty of recommend- ing very urgently that his plans shall receive tlie immediate and substantial support of the congress.
 "Peculiar and very stimulating con ditions await our commerce and in dustrial enterprise in the immediate future. Unusual opportunities will present themselves 10 our merchants and producers in foreign markets, and large fields for profitable investment will be opened to our free capital. But it is not only of that that I am thinking; it is not chiefly of that that I am thinking. Many great industries prostrated by the war wait to be re- bahiIitatad in mDny uartS Df inc world where what will be lacking is not brains or willing hands or or ganiZing capacity or experienced skill but machinery and raw materials and capital I believe that our business men. our merchants. our manufactur- CTS. and our capitalists will have the vision to see that prosperity in one part of the world ministers to pros-' perity everywhere: that there is in very true sense solidarity of inter- est throughout the world of enter pfise. and that our dealings with the countries that have need of our prod ucts and our money will teach them to deem Us more than ever friends whose necessities we seek in the right way to serve.
 Future Commerce.
 Our new merchant ships. which have ill some quarters been feared as destructive rivals may prove helpful rivals. rather. and common servants very much needed and welcome. Our
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