Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-12
| lives of those dear to him tolerable and
easyyto bear.
| Collective Baroainind RiQht.

lives of those dear to him tolerable and
easyto bear.
Collective Bargaining Right.
Governments must recognize thu
right of men collectively to bargain fol
humane objects that have at their base
the mutual protection and welfare OF
those engaged in all industries Labor
must not be longer teated as 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 to the
repair and replenishment of his ma
chinely, so that it's usefulness will not
be impaired and it's power to produce
may always be at its 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 world
and is the great dynamic force that
lies back of all industry and progress
Return to the old standards of wage
and industry in employment are un-
thinkable. The terrible tragedy of war
which has just ended and which has
brought the world to the verge of
chaos and disaster would be in vain if
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 its 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 mu-
tuality of interest between them which
the government must seek to 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 right
and that is the right of the govern
ment to protect all of it's people and to
assert its power and majesty against
the challenge of any class The gov
ernment, when it asserts that right,
seeks not to antagonize 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 to exercise as a protection to
| 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 battlefields het
| conception of liberty and justice. Let
| not her influence as 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 who
| threaten direct action to force their will
upon majority. Russia today, with its
| blood and terror, is a painful object les
| son of the power of minorities. 1t makes
| little difference what minority it is
whether capital or labor, or any Other
| class; no sort of privilege will ever be
| permitted to dominate this country. We
| are partnership or nothing that is worth
| while.
| We are democracy where the ma
| jority are the masters or all the hopes
| and purposes of the men who founded
| this government have been defeated anC
| forgotten In America there is but one
way by which great reforms can be &C
complished and the relief sought by
classes obtained, and that is through the
| orderly processes of representative gov
| ernment. Those who would propose any
other method of reform are enemies O.
| this country.
| America will not be daunted by threat!
nor lose her composure or calmness il
these distressing times We can afford
in the midst of this day of passion anC
| unrest, to be self-contained and sure
| The instrument of all reform in America
is the straight road of justice to al
classes and conditions of men. Men hav'
but to follow this road to realize the full
fruition of their objects and purposes. LIE
those beware who would take the shorte
road of disorder and revolution. Th
right road is the road of justice and or
derry process.