The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-15

rated they fall. We must do every
thing We can te help m good business.
for on it depends national prosperity.
La hor and capital la this country must
work together In order 20 meet ths
problems which are gclne 1a follow
this worlds war We de ret wish an
autocracy' Of either capital or labor.
/ hut a real democracy In both char
aoterjzed by spirit OF corporation
and heipfalness.
we must inject moro az the huma
{ element into our relations with those
about US. whether they be nur asscci-
ates or our suhordsuates~~- more gath
ering abon: the table and diScuss;rs,
! matters fully and frankly We MIST
( recognize that She workiugman is
neither A machine nor q cowr1o dItV.
! hut that he IS ? collaboration with
capital Individual capacity and am
/ hiTion must receive e0c"nraeemsnt
and recognition The employer must
recognize The dignity and status ~
/ the worker and every consideration
due hisn- The closest possible Goa
tact and the fullest understanding
should be maintained between en-
pipyer and employe.
ARRANGEMENTS for the adfustn1 ent
Of grievances must he provided, whish
will work smoothly and promptly. We
! must do all we car to improve the
workers living conditions. 70 make
his surroundings decent and attrae-
tive with his family during the hours
OF daylight He should receive a
wage that not only permits him 70
keep body and soul together, hut en-
! ables him to lay by something for
the future
TT these conditions are TO be OH
y~t- -
recognize that high wages can only
( be maintained under conditions of
high production and high efficiency.
Capital must be paid IN accordance
with the risk Of the enterprise: those
who direct. who rian. must he paid.
Labor must be adequately paid. an
after this. If anything remains. comes
t the question ef equitable division
! The more progressive. intelligent, and
far-seeing are already beginning TO
give to labor share Of this excess
a share varying with its amounts.
p Urges Full Co-Opcrn tion.
The main thing Is for labor and
! capital to pull together in the present
great crisis, remem boring that only
through cooperation. frank and full
understanding and mutual concessions
can the wheels Of industry be kept
going.
we must realize that tho time has
come 10 spend and he spent. We must
fteer I'D ajl those .tMea~mros af t,ar4ft
/ which have been established during
4 the war and all those economies n
which our mon and women have co
/ operated So Loyalty II We do this we
shall soon make good the losses Of
/ the war. Aoree$=af,-s4e shah est4l.-
7 1sh conditions which will lie most
+ helpful to our country and ourselves.
! We want TO buiTt up spirit Of cn-
/ operat ion and hoIpfulneas which will
make II impossible for the forces of
disorder 10 show themselves here. and
, II they do. will email BILE us 10 nut them
! down promptly with a strong hand,
for We must impress upon our people
that true liberty IS found within the
law and. not outside Of It.
There is room i'm this country for
but one flag, and that is he American
flag Put down the Red flag II
stands for nothing which our. ~overn =
ment stands for. IT is against every
thing We have struggled for II il
against the integrity Of the family
tho state, tho nation. r only floats
whore towards are in power II rep
resents everything which we want TO
avoid
These are times NJ dangerous
n
tween ordered government and chaos
arc down in Some nations and trem
hing in others. We must stand
sauarelv on our feet here Avoid tho
/ dangerous doctrines Of the hour that
are Incorporating under the banner
OF Liberal Ideas and Progress II
liz no time now for undcriuE action.
1.-THE world must once moro get on an
even Keel and settle down after tho
upheavals Of the great war II is time
now 10 keen our feet on the ground.
| The experience Of the training
camps brought out very forcihIv .he
desirahility of having but one lanru-
age in our grade public schools and
that language should he the lane1,-
age OF the Declaration or Tnaepcn
dence. or the constitution of Wash
ineton, jefferson. Lincoln. Cleveland.
and Roosevelt 1t is the language Of
the best democracy.
Favor Budget System.
We must bend our energy 10 the
uphuilding Of good business and the
economical and intelligent conduct OF
national affairs. We should adont
budget system. "a it will be CON
ducive TO an economical administra-
ton Of public business.
! We must adopt a sound system
or conser7S tion of our natural re-
sources, In order that they may be
| passed on 10 the generations to come.
( we should not waste these resources
hAt taf4h a INTEL GENT ascot 4tt..,t,- and
replacement wherever possible, SO
that those who come after US may
avail themselves of these sources of
nnending wealth and power
! Ne must provide for the better
| physical development of our youth.
for the draft has shown the existence
or physical conditions which arc
alarm tne-Iconditi which fncapaci-
tated half of our men of military age
! Tor hard military service. This is
serious from 4 military standpoint.
but it"r- infinitely more serious from
the standpoint of industrial efficiency.
II we are TO build up a spirit ~
national solidarity. which can orly
come through the building UP Of ma
tionaI intelligence. based on char
acter, and If we are TO build MP and
Keep alive the America we visualize.
we must pay more attention 10 our
schools. We must begin by paying
| those who are charged with the in
strucuon of our youth much better
salaries than they are at present ra-
ceiVing, The teachers. to whom we
turn over our children and our youth