Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-03
PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE
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gathered at Versailles recognized the 1 fact that world stability could not be ! had hy reverting to industry standards |
 and conditions against which the aver- |
 age workman of the world had revelt7 l ed. It is. therefere, the task of the l statesmen of this new day of change | and readjustment to recognize world l conditions and to seek to bring about. 1 l through legislation, conditions that will ! mean the ending of age-long antagon- | isms between capital and labor that l | will hopefully lead to the building up of a oomradeship which will result not only in greater contentment among the
 .mass of worimen, but also bring about a greater production and a greater prosperity in business itself.
 To analyze the particulars in the de- mands of labor is to admit the justice of their complaint in many matters that lie at their basis. The workman demands adequate wage. sufficient to permit him to live in comfort. unham
 peEed by the fear of poverty and want
 1 in old age, He demands the right to live and the right of work amid sani-
 tary surroundings both in home and in
 workshop, surroIindings that develop
 and do not retard his ewR health and
 well-being: and the right to nrovide
 1 for his ehildren's wants in the matters
 of health and education. In other
 | WpFIS, IL IS HIS ueSlTR to make the GOH-
 diuons of his life and the lives of those
 dear to him telerable and easy to hear.
 The establishment of the principles regarding labor laid down in the cove
 nant of the league of nations offers us the way to industrial peace and con- ciliatien. No other read lies open to ,. us. Not to pursue this one is longer to invite enmities. bitterness and antag-
 ] Qnisnls, which in the end only lead to . iT, " c+ria1 q nd chaiaJ c}a te,
 willing workman is not a profitable servant An employe whose industrial
 life is hedged about by hard and unjust conditions. which he did net create and
 over which he has no control. lacks that fine snirit of enthusiasm and
 volunteer effort which are the neees- s sarY ingredients of a great producing entity. Let us he frank about this s solemn matter. The evidences of world. t wide unrest which manifest themse1ve. !. in violence throughout the world bic ! us pause and consider the meaps to bt 3 found to ston the spread of this con. t tagious thing before it sans the very s vitality of the nation itself
 Do we gain strength by withholains Y the remedy? Or is it not the brsines! 9 of statesmen to treat these manifesto tions of unrest which meet us on eyer1
 hand as evidences of an economic dis Q order and to apply constructive reme z dies wherever necessary. being sur, o that in the application of the remed, r we touch not the vital tissues of ou $ industrial and economic life? Ther, Y can be no recession of the tide of in 2 rest until constructive instrumental = ties are set un to stem that tide
 y Right of Collective Bargaining.
 . Governments must recognize tn, V right of men collectively to bargain f for humane objects that have at thei base the mutual protection and wei Is fare of those engaged in all industries i Labor must not be longer treated as d commodity It must be regarded al s the activity of human beings, possess ,- ed of deep yearnings and desires. Tn e business man gives his best though d to the repair and replenishment oi r his machinery, so that it's rsefulnes t will not be impaired, and its power |, r produce may always be at it's neigh p ana kept in full Yiger and motion. NJ n less regard ought to De paid to tn, l. human machine. which after all pro h pels the machinery of the world ant Q is the freat dynamic force that lie! g back of all industry and progress.
 " Return to the old standards of wag
 and industry in employment is un k thinkable, Phe terrible tragedy of Va :? which has just ended and which ha IS brought the world to the verge 0 IS chaos and disaster would be in vail Q if there should ensue a return to tn, T conditions of the past. Europe itseli