Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-10-10
BIG LABOR MEET
OPENS At CAPITAL
New Magma Charta, Is Industry
Plea by Leaders.
SECRETARY WILSON SPEAKS
IN Address to Poor ard Rich, He De-
cIares Industrial Peace Must Be
Founded on Justiee-List of
Delegates Made public.

Founded on Justiee-List of
Delegates Made public.
Washington, Oct 7.--Opening of the
industrial conference called here by
President Wilson, Secretary Wilson
of the department of labor told the
delegates representing capital, labor
and the public that splendid oppor-
tunity for service to mankind lay be-
fore them.
A road to stable relationships be-
tween capital and labor must be found,
he said, adding that surely human in
telligence could devise some accept
able method of adjusting that relation
ship.
After expressing regret that Presi-
dent Wilson could not be present, Mr..
Wilson said the world faced the most
difficult peace-time problem it had
ever had to deal with because of the
wastage of war. The material re
sources of the world had been inn
paired, he said; the power of replace
ment of the things destroyed had been
seriously impeded and industry dis
arranged. This, with financial infla-
ton In all commercial countries, had"
played havoc with the relative values
of money, wages and commodities" he
added.
Bring High Cost of Living.
"The effect of these things has been
reflected in the high cost of living"
Mr.. Wilson continued, land the conse-
quent demand for higher wage rates
to meet the increasing burden of the
family budget.
yet increases in the wage rate do
not always give relief.
"'The more productive we are the
sooner we will replace the wastage of
war; return to normal price levels and
abolish the opportunity for profiteer-
ing.
For that reason we are all interest
ed in the maintenance of Industrial
peace, but there can be no permanent
Industrial peace that is not based upon
industrial justice Surely human intel
ligence can devise some acceptable
method of adjusting the relationship
between employer and employee.
.Upon your shoulders rests a splen-
did responsibility. Before you the
doors Of opportunity are open. If you,
in the abundance of your combined
wisdom and experience, can produce
an acceptable document of this char
acter, the results of your work will
find place in the hearts of men like
the Magma Charta, the Bill of Rights,
the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States and
the emancipation proclamation"
Representatives of all the railroad
workers unions, including the four big
brotherhoods, will participate in the
conference. Timothy Shea of the fire.
men announced after a conference of
the union heads.
Revised List Of Delegates.
The revised list of delegates an
nounced is as follows:
For the Public-Bernard B. Baruch,
New York; Robert S. Bookings ST.
Louis; John d. Rockefeller, Jr., New
York Ebert H. Gary, New York; DR..
Charles w. Eliot, Cambridge, Mass;
John Spargo, New York; Q. b. Brad
flute, Xenia, o.; Ward M. Burgess,
Omaha, Neb.; Fuller R. Galloway, La
Grange, Ga; Thomas L. Chadburne,
New York; H. B. Endicott, Dedham,
Mass. Paul L. Felss Cleveland, o.;
Henry S. Dennison, birmingham,
Mass. George R. James, Memphis,
Tenn. Thomas D. JONES' Chicago; A.
A. Landon, Buffalo, N. Y; E. I. Mere
dith. Dies Noines, la. Gavin McNab,
San Francisco; L. D. SWEET. Carbon
dale, Colo; Louis Titus, San Fran
cisco; Charles Edward Russell, New
York; Bert NJ Jewell, Washington;
Lillian VALID, New York; Gertrude
Barnum, Berkeley, CAL; Ida M. Tar
bell. New York.
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
Subsidiary A. Wheeler, Chicago;
Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia Her.
bert f. Perkins. Chicago; John j.
Raskob, Wilmington, Del. Homer L.
Ferguson, Newport News, Va.
Farmers Organizations-J. N. Title
more, Omro, Wis; T. c. Atkeson,
Washington G. S. Barrett, Union City.
Ga.
Investment Bankers Association of
America-Edga L. Marston, New
York; Howard w. Fenton, Chicago.
Organized Labor, for the American
Federation of Labor-Samuel Gompers
and Frank Morrison, Washington
Daniel j. Tobin, indianapolis Joseph
f. Valentine, Cincinnati; w. D. Ma
han. Detroit, Mich. T. A. Rickert, Chi
cago: Jacob Fischer, Indianapolis;
Matthew Woll, Washington Mrs. Sara
Conboy, New York William Fl. john
ston, Washington; Paul Scharrenberg.
San Francisco; John H. Donlin. Wash
ington, and NJ. F. Tighe, Pittsburgh.
For the Four Railroad Brotherhoods
w. E. Sheppard, conductors; w. G,
Lee, trainmen Timothy Shea, firemen.
and FL. E. Wills, engineers.
National Industrial Conference
Frederick P. Fish. Boston; j. w.
| OLeary, Chicago; S. Pemberton
Hutchinson, Philadelphia; Edwin
Farnham Green, Boston, and L. F. Lo-
rec. New York.
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