The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1919-12-19
lives Of those dear TO him tolerable an
easy TO bear.
Collective BARGAINING Right.


Governments must recognize the
right of men collectively to bargain for
humane objects that ave at their base
the mutual protection and welfare OF
those engaged in all industries. LABOR
must not be longer Heated as a COM
modify. 1t must be regarded as the
activity Of human beings, possessed OF
deep yearnings and desires. The busi-
ness man gives his best thought 10 the
repair and replenishment of his ma
chinery, SO that its usefulness will not
be impaired and it's I'VE to produce
may always be at it's height and Kept
In full vigor and motion.
No less regard ought to be paid to
the human machine, which. after all,
propels the machinery OF the worlu
and is the great dynamic force tha'
lies back Of all industry and progress.
Return TO the old standards or wage
and industry in employment are un-
thinkable. The terrible tragedy OF war
which has just ended and which mas
brought the world TO the verge OF
chaos and disaster would be In VAIN IL
there should ensue a return to the con-
ditions of the past.
Labor not only is entitled TO an ade-
quate wage, but capital should receive
a reasonable return upon It's invest
ment and is entitled TO protection at
the hands OF the government In every
emergency. No government worthy OF
the name can play these elements
against each other. for there is a mu-
tuality Of interest between them which
the government must seek 10 express
and to safeguard at all cost.
The right Of individuals TO strike is
inviolate and ought not to be inter
fered with by any process OF govern
ment, but there is a predominant rlght
and that is the right Of the govern
ment to protect all Of its people and 10
assert it's power and majesty against
the challenge OF any class. The gov
when II asserts that right,
seeks not to antagonize a class but
simply TO defend the right OF the
whole people as against the irreparable
harm and injury that might be done by
the attempt by any class to usurp a
power that only government itself has
a right 20 exercise as a protection 10
all.
Hour Of Test and Trial.
This Is the hour Of test and trial for
America. BY her prowess and strength
and the indomitable courage of her sol
diers. she demonstrated her power to
vindicate on foreign battlefelds her
conception OF liberty and justice. Let
not her influence as a mediator be-
tween capital and labor be weakened
and her own failure to settle matters
Of purely domestic concert be pro-
claimed to the world.
There are those In this country VINO
threaten direct action to force their Will
upon a majority. Russia today, with It's
blood and terror, is a painful object les
son of the power of minorities. 1t makes
little difference what minority II is;
whether capital or labor, or any other
class; no sort OF privilege will ever be
permitted to dominate this country. We
are a partnership or nothing that is worth
while.
We are a democracy where the ma
jority are the masters or all the hopes
and purposes Of the men who founded
this government rave been defeated and
forgotten. In America there is but one
way by which great reforms can be &C
complished and the relief sought by
classes obtained. and hat is through the
orderly processes of representative gov
eminent. Those who would propose any
other method Of reform are enemies of
this country.
America will not be daunted by threats
nor lose her composure or calmness in
these distressing times. We can afford,
in the midst of this day of passion and
unrest, to be self-contained and sure.
The instrument OF all reform In America
Is the straight road of justice to all
classes and conditions OF men. Men have
but to follow this road to realize the full
fruition OF their objects and purposes. Let
those beware who would take the shorter
road of disorder and revolution. The
right road is the road of justice and or
derby process.