The Southern herald., 1919-08-15

all goods destined for Interstate COM
meFce and to exclude them from inter-
state shipment II the requirements Of the
law are not complied with.
Some such regulation is imperatiyely
necessary.
iceablllty of the law. for the purpose we
now have in view, II It were also pre-
| scribed that all goods released from stor-
age for interstate shipment should have
plainly marked upon each package the
selling or market price at which they
went into storage. By this means the
purchaser would alwaysebe able to learn
what profits stood between him and the
producer or the wholesale dealer.
The world must pay for the appalling
destruction wrought by the great war,
and we are part Of the world We must
pay our share. For five years new the in
dustry Of all Europe has been slack and
disordered. The normal crops have not
been produced; the normal quantity Of
manufactured goods has not been turned
| out
Not until there are the usual crops
and the usual production Of manufactured
goods on the other side Of the Atlantic
can Europe return to the former condi-
tons; and 1t was upon the former condi-
tions, not the present, that our economic
| relations with Europe were built up.
We must face the fact that unless we
help Europe to get back to her normal
| life and production a chaos will ensue
thsre which will inevitably be communi-
| Gated to this country. For the present, II
Is manifest. we must quicken, not slacken,
our own production.
v. b Must Hold World Steady.
We, anC ~, ",rncst alone now hold the
world steady. Upon our steadfastness and
self-possession depend the Affairs of ma
| tions everywhere. 1t 10 In this supreme
crlsis-this crisis for all mankind-that
American must prove her nettle.
In the presence Of a world confused dis
tracted, she must show herself self-pos-
sessed self-contained, capable Of sober
and effective action. She saved Europe
BY her action in arms she must now save
1t by her action In pSacs.
In saving Europe she win save herself,
as she0 did upon this battlehelds Of the
war. The calmneRS and capacity with
which she deals with and masters the
problems of peace win be the final test
and proof Of her place ameng the peoples
Of the world.
And II only In our own interest we
must help the people overseas. Europe is
our biggest customer. We must keep her
going or thousands of our shops and
scores Of our mines must close There is
no such thing as letting her 20 to ruin
without ourselves sharing in the disaster
In such circumstances, face to face
with such tests passion must be discard
ed. Passion and a disregard for the
rights Of others have no place In the
counsels Of a free people. We need light,
not heat, in these solemn times of self
examination and saving action.
Everyone who is in real touch with the
silent masses OF our great people knows
that the old strong fiber and steady self
control are still there, firm against vio-
lence or any distempered action that
would throw their affairs into confusion.
/ am serenely confident that they will
readily find themselves. no matter what
the circumstances, and that they viii ad-
dress themselves to the tasks Of peace
with the same devotion and the same
stalwart preference for what is right that
they displayed to the admiration Of the
whole world in the midst Of war.
Sinister influences at Work.
And enter another confident hope.
have spoken today chiefly Of measures
Of imperative regulation and legal COM
pulsion. OF prosecutions and the sharp
no doubt are necessary.
But there are other ferces that We may
count on besides those resident In the
department Of justice. We have Just
fully awakened to what has been going
on and to the influences, many Of them
very selfish and sinister, that have been
producing high prices and imposing an
intolerable burden on the mass. OF cur
people.
To have brought 1t all into the open
will accomplish the greater part Of the
result we seek.
appeal with entire confidence TO
our producers, our middlemen and our
merchants to deal fairly with the peo-
pie. 1t is their opportunity to show
that they comprehend. that they in
tend to act justly, and that they have
the public interest sincerely at heart.
Labor Must Consider.
believe, too, that the more ex-
treme leaders OF organised labor will
presently yield to sober second
thought, and like the great mass OF
their associates think and act like
true Americans. They will see that
strikes undertaken at this critical time
are certain to make matters worse.
not better-worse for them and for
everybody else.
The worst thing, the most fatal
thing-that can be done now is to stop
or interrupt production, or to interfere
with the distribution Of goods by the
railways and the shipping of the
country.
There are many things that ought
to be corrected in the relations be-
tween capital and labor, in respect
of wages and conditions of labor and
other things even more far-reaching
and /, for one, am ready to go into
conference about these matter with
any group Of my fellow countrymen
who know what they are talking about
and are willing to remedy existing
conditions by frank counsel rather
than by violent contest
General Interest First.
No remedy is possible while men are
in a temper, and there can be no set
tlement which does not have as Its
motive and standard the general in
terest
Must All Work Together.
Threats and undue insIstence upon
the interest Of a single class. make set
tlement impossible. l believe, as !
have hitherto had occasion to say to
the congress- that the industry and life
of our people and of the world will
suffer irreparable damage II employers
and workmen are to go on in a perpet-
ual contest, as antagonists They
must, on one plan or another, be effec-
lively associated. Have we not stead
mess and self-possession and business
sense enough to work out that resultf
In the meantime-aow and in the
days of readjustment and recuperation
that are ahead OF us--let us resort
more and more to frank and Intimate !
counsel and make ourselves a great