Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-05-23
RAILROADS, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
SYSTEMS To Be RETURNED TO OWNERS

based upon real community Of inter.
est and participation ia control.
For Cooperation.
There is now, In fact q real com
munity OF interest between capital and
labor, but Il has never been made cyl-
dent IN action. II can be made opera
tive and manifest only in new organ
izatiOn OF industry. The genius OF our
business men and the sound practical
sense of our workers can certainly
work such a partnership out when once
they realize exactly what II Is that
they seek and sincerely ADOPT "a com
mon purpose with regard 10 H.
Labor Legislation Hes. Of course.
chiefly with the states but the new
spirit and method OF organization
which must be effected. are not 10 be
brought about by legislation so much
as by the common counsel and yOlun.
tary cooperation Of capitalist, man
ager and workman. Legislation can
go only very little way IN command
Ing what shall be done. The organi-
zatiOn Of industry in a matter Of cor
porate and individual initiative and Of
practical business arrangement Those
who really desire new relationship
between capital and labor can readily
/
haps federal legislation can help more
than state Legislation could
As to Rights Of Labor.
The object OF all reform In this es-
sential matter must be the genuine
characterization Of Industry. based
upon fun recognition Of tie right Of
those who work. In whatever rank to
participate ia some organic way IN ev-
their welfare or the part they are to
play IN industry. Some positive leg
islatiOn * practicable. The congress
has already shown the way to one re-
form. which should be worldwide, by
establishing the elght-hOur day as the
standard day In every field of labor
over which IL can exercise control. II
has sought TO find the way to prevent
child labor ana will. | hope, and be-
lieve, presently find IL. II has served
the country by leading the way in de-
yelOplng the means of preserving and |
safeguarding life and health In dan /
gerous Industries. lt can now help /
in the difficult task of giving new /
form and spirit 10 Industrial organiza- /
ton by cO-ordinatlng the several agen- 1
cies of Cancellation and adjustment, I
which have been brought into exist.
ence by the difficulties and mistaken
policies of the present management of /
industry, and by setting up and devel-
Opng new federal agencies of advice
and Information which may serve as a
clearing house for the best experiments
and the best thought on this great
matter. upon which every thinking man
must be aware that the future devel-
opment of society directly depends.
National Policy.
Agencies of international counsel
and suggestion are presently to be ere
ated in connection with the league of
nations In this very field; but IL Is ma
tional action and the enlightened policy
of individuals, corporations and socie-
ties within each nation that must
bring about the actual reforms.
The members of the committees on
labor In the two houses will hardly
need suggestions from me as to what
means they shall seek TO make the
federal government the agent of the I
whole nation in pointing out and. If
need be guiding the process of reOr-
ganlzatiOn and reform.
Must Aid Returning Soldiers.
am sure that it Is not necessary
for me To remind you that there is
one immediate and very practical
question of labor that we should meet
In the most liberal spirit We must
see TO IL that our returning soldiers /,
are assisted in every practicable way
to find the places for which they are /,
lifted In the daily work of the coun- /,
Try. This can be done by developing /,
md maintaining upon an adequate /,
scale the admirable organization Gre :
lted by the department of labor for /,
placing men seeking work and IL can \
also be done in nj least one very great !
ield. by creating new opportunities for
enterprise.
Land for Nations Defenders. v
The secretary of the interior has h
pointed out the way by which return h
ne soldiers may be helped to find and II
AXE up land In the hitherto undevel- y
ped regions OF the country which the d
ederal government has prepared or q
nm readily prepare for cultivation and n
or many of the cutover or neglected Il
reas which lie within the limits OF y
he older states and | once more take
he liberty OF recommending very ur-
emily that his plans shall receive the .,
and substantial support OF !.
he congress. I,
Foreign Trade. er
Peculiar ana very stimulating con- al
itions await our commerce and indus 4
rial enterprise in the immediate fu- pl
urc. Unusual opportunities win pres Il
ntly present themselves to our mer- e,
hants and producers IN foreign mar Ia
cts and large fields for profitable in x,
estment viii be opened to our free I'll
apital But II Is not only of that
lut | am thinking 10 IL not chiefly
( that that | ann thinking Many great Il.
'u,'s''tes pivsl.".sv ~ w va W. te
NJ world where what will be lacking -
not brains or willing hands or or ~
snixing capacity or experienced skill, !.
nt machinery and raw materials and ~