The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-12

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marketing. Such a law would AFFORD
welcome opportunity % effect other
much needed reforms In the business
OF interstate shipment and I'm the meth
DDS Of corporation which are engaged
In IL but for the moment i confine my
recommendation to the object immedi-
ately IL hand, which Is To lower the
cost Of Living.
No one who has observed the march
Of events in the last year can fall To
note the absolute need of definite
program to bring about an Improve
ment In the conditions Of labor. There
can he no settled conditions leading
to increased production and a redue-
ton in the cost of living If labor and
capital are to be antagonists instead OF
partners. Sound thinking and an hon
est desire to serve the interests of the
whole nation, as distinguished from
the interests of class, must be ap-
piled TO the solution of this great and
pressing problem.
Must Remove Grievances.
The failure of other nations to con-
slider this matter in a vigorous way
| has produced bitterness and jealousies
and antagOnisms, the food of radical
ism. The only way to keep men from
agitating against grievances is to re-
move the grievances. An unwilling
ness even to discuss these matters pro
duces only dissatisfaction and gives
comfort to the extreme elements In our
country which endeavOr to stir up dis
turbances In order to provoke govern
ments to embark upon course of re-
taliation and repression. The seed of
revolution Is repression. The remedy
for these things must not be negative
in character 1t must be constructive.
1t must comprehend the general inter-
est. The real antidote for the unrest
which manifests itself is not suppress
sion but a deep consideration of the
wrongs that beset our national life
and the application of remedy.
Congress has already shown It's
willingness to deal with these indus
trial wrongs by establishing the eight
hour day as the standard in every field
Of labor. 1t has sought to find a way
to prevent child labor. 1t has served
the whole country by leading the way
in developing the means of preserving
and safeguarding lives and health In
dangerous industries. 1t must now
help in the difficult task of finding
method that will bring about a gen
uine characterization of industry, baseC
upon the full recognition of the righ
, of those who work, in whatever rank
to participate in some organic way il
every decision which directly affect.
!, their welfare. 1t is with this purpose
to-, ,;,,I cd 4.
meet in Washington on December l t.
consider these problems in all thei
broad aspects, with the idea of bring
!. ing about a better understanding be
tween these two interests.
!. !, The great unrest throughout tn
? world, out of which has emerged de
, mand for an immediate consideration
: of the difficulties between capital an
labor, bids us put our own house i
order. Frankly, there can be no pei
manent and lasting settlements bt
: tween capital and labor which do nc
t recognize the fundamental concept
f for which labor has been strugglin
l. through the years. The whole worl
J. gave It's recognition and indorsemer
l. to these fundamental purposes in tn
X league of nations.
t. To Speed Production.
). The statesmen gathered at We
. sailles recognized the fact that worl
:. stability could not be had by rever
ing to industrial standards and cOnd
% tons against which the average worl
'1 man of the world had revOlted. 1t |
- therefore, the task of the statesmen I
:, this new day Of change and readjus
ment to recognize world conditions ar
:, to seek to bring about through legi
- lation conditions that will mean Il
y ending of .age-long antagonlsms b
20 tween capital and labor anu that vi
=, u hopefully lead to the building up of
- comradeshlp which will result not on
- in greater cOntentment, among Il
- mass of workmen, but also bring abO
10 a greater production and great
prosperity to business itself.
% To analyze the particulars in t
% demands of labor Is to admit the ],
tice of their complaint in many ms
q tiers that lie at their basis. The wOr
" man demands an adequate wage, S,
~ ficient to permit him to live In co
. fort, unhampered by the fear of pc
=, erty and want in his old age.
q. demands the right to live and the rig
~ to work amidst sanitary surrounding
-, both in home and in workshop, 81
-, roundings that develop and do not
-. tard his own health and well bein
gu and the right to provide for his CT
~, dren's wants in the matter of hea
~ and education. In other words, it
his desire to make the conditions
his life and the lives OF those dear
him tolerable and easy to bear.
~. The establishment Of the princip
ny regarding labor laid down in the CO
M nant of the league of nations off
us the way to Industrial peace and c
~ ciliation. No other road lies open
,no us Not to pursue this one is lon
to invite enmities, bitterness and
tagonisms which In the end only Il
to Industrial and social disaster. Z
ion unwilling workman Is not profita
lat servant. An employee whose industl
for life Is hedged about by hard and
Of Just conditions which he did not /,
Iur- ate and over which he has no cont
tor lacks that fine spirit of enthusis
'os- and volunteer effort which are