The labor world., 1919-12-06
WILSON DEFENDS.
ORDERLY / ! ! CHANGE:
President Would Protect Peace
tA Advocates, Would Be :.
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Pleads For Labor.
No one who has observed the march
OF events in the last year can fail to
note the absolute need of a definite
program to bring about an improve
ment in the conditions of labor. There
can be no settled conditions leading
to Increased production and reduc-
tion in the cost Of living If labor and
capital are to be antagonists instead
OF partners.
The real antidote for the unrest
which manifests Itself is not suppress
sion but a deep consideration of the
wrongs that beset our. national life
and the application of remedy.
Congress had already shown it's will
nngness to deal with these industrial
wrongs by establishing the eight-hour
day as the standard in every field of
labor. 1t must now help in the diff
cult task of finding method that will
bring about a genuine democratiza-
ton Of industry, based upon the full
recognition of the right to those who
work, In whatever rank, to participate
In some organic way in every decision
which directly affects their welfare. It
is with this purpose in mind that I
called a conference to meet in Wash
lngton on Dec. 1. to consider these
problems in all their broad aspects.
with the idea of bringing about a bet
ter understanding between these two
interests.
Adjust Our Own House.
The great unrest throughout the
world, out Of which has emerged a.
demand for an Immediate considera,-
ton of the difficulties between capital
and labor, bids us put our own house
in order.
10 analize the particulars in the
demands Of labor is to admit the jus-
tlce OF their complaint in many mat
! ters that lie at their basis. The work.
| man demands an adequate wage, suf-
1lclent to. permit him to live in COM
FORT unhampered by the fear of pov-
erty and want in his old age. He de-
mands the right to live and the right
to work amidst sanitary surroundings,
| both in home and in workshop.
The establishment of the PRINCIPLES
| regarding labor laid down in the cove
| nant OF the league of nations offers us
the way to industrial peace and con-
| citation. No other road lies open to
US. Not to pursue this one is longer
| TO invite enmities, bitterness, and an
| tason1sms which in the end only lead
10 industrial and social disaster.
government must recognize the
J right of men collectively to bargain
FOR human objects that have at their
base the mutual protection and well
! 1are Of those engaged in all indus
tries
For More Democracy.
! Return to the old standards of wage
ana Industry in employment are un-
thlnkable. Europe itself. whence has
come the unrest which now holds the
world at bay. is an example of stand
patlsm in these vital human matters
which America might well accept as
an example, not to be followed but
| stud1ously to be avoided.
! LABOR not only is entitled to an
adequate wage. but capital should re-
celve a reasonable return upon it's in
vestment and is entitled to protection
| at the hands o fthe government in
every emergency. No government
worthy of the name can "play these
| elements against each other"
The right Of individuals to- strike
| IS lnVlolate and ought not to be inter-
| Tered with by any process of govern
| ment, but there is 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.
In the matter of international dis
| putes which have led to war, states.
men have sought to set up as a re-
| medy, arbitration for war; Does this
| not point the way for the settlement
or industrial disputes? Certainly hu-
man intelligence can devise some &C.
ceptable tribunal for adjusting the
dfrrerences between capital and labor,
! For the Good of All.
| This is the hour of test and trial for
America. 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 :thei1
will upon a majority, 1t makes little
difference what minority it is;
whether capital or labor or any othe,
class; no sort or privilege will ever
be permitted to dominate this coun-
| try.
We are a democracy, where the
majority are the masters, or all the
hopes and purposes of the men whe
founded this government have beer
defeated and forgotten. In America
there is but one way by which reforms
can be accomplished and the re-
lief sought by classes obtained ant
that is through the orderly processe.
of representative government The
instrument Of all reform in America
is the straight road Of justice to al
classes and conditions of men. Lei
those beware who would take tl11
shorter road of disorder and revolu
ton. The right road is the road o1
justice and orderly process.
GET SICK OF THE FARCE.