The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-02

America should be the first to Law ~.
4 foundation stones upon which inNrs
/ trial peace shall be built Labor ~
| only is entitled to adequate W.
| but capital should receive a reassr
able return upon its investment ~
| is entitled to protection at the hand.
OF the government in every em.n:
gency.
"The right Of individuals to strik.
! is inviolate and ought not to be n.
! terfered with by any process Of gov
| eminent, but there is predominan,
right, and that is the right OF tha
government to protect all of its neo.
/ pie and to assert it's power and ma.
| jesty against the challenge OF any
class. The government when IL a.
serts that right seeks not to antayon.
nize a class. but simply to defend ths
right of the whole people as against
/, the irreparable harm and injury that
might be done by the attempt by any.
class to usurp power that only
the government itself has right 10
exercise as protection to all.
I'm the matter of the international
disputes which have led to war, states.
men have sought to set up as rem.
edy arbitration for war. Does this not
point the way for the settlement Of
industrial disputes by the establish.
ment of tribunal. fair and just alike
to all, which will settle Industrial dis
putes which In the past have led tn
war and disaster Certainly human
intelligence can devise some accent
able tribunal for adjusting the differ
ences between capital and labor.
Hour Of Test and Trial.
This is the hour of test and trial
for America BY her prowess and
strength and the indomnitable courage
of her soldiers she demonstrated her
power to vindicate on foreign battle
fields her conceptions of liberty and
Justice. Let not her influence as a.
mediator between capital and labor be
weakened and her own failure to set
tie matters of purely domestic CON
Germ be proclaimed to the world
There are those in this country who
threaten direct action to force their
viii upon a majority. Russia today
with its blood and terror, is painful
object lesson OF the power of minori-
ties. 1t makes little difference what
minority IL ID, WACtAcI Cdpltdl OF
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 majority are the masters. or all
the hopes and purposes of the men
who founded this government have
been defeated and forgotten.
I'm America there is but one way
by which great reforms can be &C.
conplisheq and the relief sought by
classes obtained and that is through
the orderly processes of represents
tive government Those who would
propose any other method of reform
are enemies OF this country, Ameri
ca will not be daunted by threats nor
lose her composure or calmness IN
those distressing times. We can az
ford, in the midst of this day OF pas
sion and unrest, to be self-contained
and sure. The instrument OF all re.
form in America is the ballot. The
road to economic and social reform In
America is the straight road Of jus.
tice to all classes and conditions Of
men. Men have but to follow this
road to realize the full fruition Oh
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
orderly process"