Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-12-05
lives Of those dear to him tolerabls ana
easy TO bear
Collective Bargaining RIaht.

! lives of those dear TO him tolerablo and
easy 10 bear
Collective Bargaining Right.
Governments must recognize the
| right of men collectively TO bargain for
humane objects that have az their base
the mutual protection and ,zeifare OF
those engaged in all Industries. Labor
must not be longer t>eated as COM
modify. It must be regarded as the
activity OF human beings, possessed OF
deem yearnings and desires The bust
ness man gives his best thought to the
repair and replenishment OF his ma
chinery SO that its usefulness will not
be impaired and its 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 uh-
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 epsue return to the con-
ditions of the past
Labor not only is enAtled 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 a mu-
tuaIity 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
raent. but there is a predominant right
and that is the right of the govern
ment to protect all Of its people and to
assert its power and majesty against
the challenge of any class. The gov
eminent. when II asserts that right
seeks not to antagonize a class but
simply to defend the right OF the
whole people as against the irreparaOle
harm and injury that might be done by
power that only government itself has
q right to exercise as protection to
all
Hour Of Test and Trial.
This is the hour or test and trial for
America BY her prowess and strength
and the indomitable courage of her sol
dlers she demonstrated her power to
vindicate on foreign battlefields her
conception of liberty and justice. Let
not her influence as q mediator be-
tween capital ana labor be weakened
and her own failure to settle matters
of purely domestic concert be pro-
claimed to the wGrld.
There are those IN this country who
threaten direct action to force their will
upon a majority. Russia today, with its
blood and tesfor is a painful object les-
son of the power of minorities. It 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 a partnership or nothing that is worth
while
We are a democracy where the ma
jority are the masters or all the hopes
and purposes of the men who founded
this government have been defeated and
forgotten In America there is but one
way By which great reforms can be ac-
complained 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 Of
this country.
America will not be daunted by threats
nor lose her composure or calmness in
these distressing times We can afford.
in the midst OF this day of passion and
unrest to be self-contained and sure.
The instrument of all reform in America
is the straight road of justice to all
classes and conditions of men. Men have
but to follow this road to realize the full
fruitiou of 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 or
derby process