New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-12

storage for interstate shipment should
have plainly marked upon each pack
age the selling or market price al
which they went into storage. BY this
means the purchaser wotld always be
able to learn what profits stood be-
tween him and the producer or the
wholesale dealers.
/ would also renew my recommended
ton that all goods destined for inter
state should in every case
where their form or package makes il
possible, be plainly marked with the
price at which they left the hands OF
the producer.
We should formulate a law requiring
a federal license of all corporations en-
gagged I'm interstate commerce and EN-
bOdying in the license, OF in the condi-
tons under which it is to be issued,
specific regulations designed to secure
competitive selling and prevent uncon-
scionable profits in the method of mar
keting.
Such a law would afford a welcome
opportunity to effect other much need
ed reforms in the business of inter
state shipment and in the methods of
corporations which are engaged in it
but for the moment | confine my rec
concentrations to the object immediate
ly in hand, which is to lower the cost
of living.
Capital and Labor Must Be Partners.
No one who has observed the march
of events in the last year can fail to
note the absolute need of Il definite
program TO bring about an improve
ment in the condition of labor. There
can be no settled conditions leading
to increased production, and a reduc-
ton in the cost Of living If labor and
capital are to be ~antagOnistic instead
OF partners. Sound thinking and an
honest desire to serve the interests OF
the whole nation, as distinguished from
the interest of a class, must be applied
to thes Olution of this great and press
ing problem.
The failure of other nations to con
has produced bitterness and jealousies
and ~antagonisns, the food of radical
ism.
Give Workers Rights.
The remedy for those things must
not be negative in character. 1t must
be constructive. 1t must comprehend
the general interest. The real anti
dote for the unrest which manifests
itself is not suppression but a deep
consideration of the wrongs that beset
our national life and the application
of a remedy.
Congress has already shown its
willingness to deal with these indus
trial wrongs by establishing the eight
hour day as the standard in every
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 a method that will
bring about n genuine democratiza-
ton of industry, based upon the full
recognition Of the right of those who
work, in whatever rank, to participate
L., ~, arnanfa pyax In ntnsy Ia,fgfn.
which directly affects their welfare.
1t is with this purpose in mind that
| called a conference to meet in Wash
ington on Dec. !, to consider these
problems in all their broad aspects,
with the idea Of bringing about Il bet
understanding between these two
interests.
Endorses World League.
The great unrest throughout the
world, out Of which has emerged a de-
mand for an immediate consideration
Of the difficulties between capital and
labor, bids us put u own house in
order. Frankly, there can be no per-
manent and lasting settlements be-
tween capital and labor which do not
the fundamental concepts
for which labor has been struggling
through the years. The whole world
Its recognition and Endorsement
to those fundamental purposes in the
of Nations.
The statesmen gathered ut Yer
sailles recognized the fact that world
stability could not be had by reverting
TO industrial standards and conditions
against which the average workman
Df the world had revolted. 1t is, there
fore, the task of the statesmen OF this
day OF change and readJustment
TO recognize world conditions and to
seek to bring about through legisla-
lion conditions that will mean the end
Ing OF age-long antagonisms between
and labor and that will hope
'ully lead to the building up of a com
'adeship which will result not only in
contentment among the mass
If workmen but SO bring about a
production and a greater pros
Derity to business itself.
Workman's Right to Live Decently.
To analyze the particulars in the
demands of labor Is TO admit the jus
ice Of their complaint in many mat
ers hat lie at their basis. The work
nan demands an adequate wage, suf-
icient to permit him to live in COM
ort, unhampered by the fear of pow
'rty and want in his old age.
He demands the right TO live and
he right TO work amidst sanitary sur
o%undings, both in home and in work
hop, surroundings that develop and
not retard his own health and well
and the right TO provide for