Evening star., 1919-10-07

great problems that you Will nave
to handle; but ] must ask, and very
sincerely. for your help.
my parliamentary law. If it is
brought into the light, will prove
to be very rusty. because it is great
many years since I went to high
school. If am at all too patient. or
remember that you have reached out
nito the highways. SO to speak. and
brought me in here. and, therefore,
am your guest.
Regrets Presidents Absence.
IT cannot say anything that would
add to or supplement the noble word
that was delivered to you yesterday
by Secretary Wilson. A fairer, more
dignified and more eloquent express
sion of the attitude of mankind to-
ward mankind has not been made
within my hearing.
"I wish that it were possible that
the President might have given you
the stimulating influence not only OF
his presence. but of that true word
which he always speaks. That ID
denied US now, but possibly IL may
not be denied. The word comes to
House that before your deliberations
are through, it may be possible that
you may yet hear directly from him.
Whether that Is SO or not. you are
to go - with your work in the spirit
This world is a torn-up world. It
has suffered a great deal in the last
fve years We do pot want 1t to
suffer any more. The voiSes -af de-
st1nction have been bee sths let lSoss % e 5iss as
their way too long.
"riiis conference 10 one OF construc-4
tion. It 10 the first forward step
taken in the United States toward
tional progress, instead OF council
of national defense.
II want to see your work go on.
know. believe. the enemies that have
to be met. Like you, I have been
reading for the last few weeks the
been written by Ludendorh and Won
Tirpitz, and as read those come to
the conclusion that the two things
that brought about this war were fg-
norance and arrogance, and that the
war would not have taken place but
edge of what others thought perhaps
an inability to put themselves in the
place of>others. and for spirit of i'm
perialistic arrogance which says: We
are right. We are to be masters Of
the world. Follow our way and take
whatever fate comes
THAT was the force of destruction;
| that spirit was the enemy of mankind
which brought about such great dis
aster: and now we are to find a way
by which the forces then let loose, the
forces then exemplified. ignorance and
arrogance. shall not have their way
in this country in any matter, polit-
fcal. industrial or social.
Not Fearful Of Revolution.
men talk about revolution and the
possibility Of revolution in the United
States. They forget that we have had
our revolution. There can be no rSvo-
luton in a democracy such as ours.
because we had revolution which
placed sovereign power in the hands
of the people. and once and for all
we passed that gate.
Men say that this problem OF labor
and capital Is unsolvable. You can
not say that to me. In my depart
ment is the bureau of patents, and
each year, as I read the reports, 1 see
that in America we produce more in
ventions each year than the two
| largest countries Of the world. and as
| / read those figures 1 say to myself:
A people that have that practical
| imagination. that amount of genius,
cannot be met with a problem that,
in time. they cannot solv e.
Men talk in this country Of class,
ana a class war. Why, gentlemen.
Who is to be the next President Of
the United States? Whoever he is,
you will find that he is some boy that
years ago worked for wages; and
there can be no class where such q
thing is possible.
Here for Practical Work.
What is the practical work before
this convention? Do you gentlemen
Know any way by which capital and
Iaoor can be brought to work to-
gether harmoniously and with satis-
!actlon TO both? Has there been any
invention in the United States that
mas given an answer to that uues-
tion! II there has we want to know
| Has there been in any plant in the
United States. in any Industry, a
way found by which men and the saw
ings OF men can be brought to work
together SO as to bring satisfaction
| 10 each and to give a larger service
70 the world! Do we. with all QUE ex-
perience and all our reading-do you.
gentlemen. representing Thousands Of
millions OF dollars invested in indus
tries, gentlemen representing millions
| OF men In fndustry-do you know Of
, cases where harmony exists, whore
peace prevails. where conditions are
| c~>soAy' Al you 90, IQen you arc
| TO De called upon to present these
conditions to this convention and the
machinery by which they have been
brought about, that the United States
] may know what has been done; be-
| cause. above 1t all. there is the land.
There is one overload in the United
| States and that Is the people of the
| United States. Those people are en-
| titled to know what has been done.
and they are entitled to exact from us.
If it is possible to get 1t from us. a
way by which things that are wrong
! can be righted.
Cannot Standariize Men.
| But I have no idea that we will
find one way; because the troubles
that exist today do not arise out of
mere physical conditions. They arise
largely out Of the inner yearning of the
man himself. Man wants to be recog-
] nized as thinking man. q participant
in life. You cannot standardixe man
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