Evening star., 1919-12-02
paired and its power to produce may
always be at its height and kept in

paired 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 unthinkable. 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
conditions of the past. Europe it
self. whence has come the unrest
which now holds the world at bay.
is an example of standpatism in
these vital human matters which
America might well accept as an
studiously to be avoided. Europe
made labor the differential, and
the price of it, all is enmity and
antagonism and prostrated indus
try. The right of labor to live in
peace and comfort must be recog-
nized y governments and America
should be the first to lay the
dustrlal peace shall be built.
Can't "Play" Capital and Labor.
Labor not only is entitled to
an adequate wage. but capital
should receive reasonable re-
turn upon it's investment and is
entitled to protection at the hands
OF the government in every emer-
gency No government worthy of
the name can play" these ele-
ments against each other, for there
n111ft1o1itv M int
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
interfered with by any process of
government. but there is a pre-
dominant right and that is the
right of the government to protect
all Of its people and to assert it's
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 it
self has a right to exercise as
a protection to all.
In the matter of international
disputes which have led to war.
statesmen have sought to set up as
a remedy arbitration for war.
Does this not point the way for
the settlement of industrial dis
putes. by the establishment of a
tribunal. fair and just alike to all,
putes which in the past have led to
war and disaster? America, wit
Messing the evil consequences
which have followed out of such
disputes between these contending
forces, must not admit itself impo-
tent to deal with these matters by
means of peaceful processes. Sure
ly, there must be some me ethod of
bringing together in council of
interests. out of which will come a
happier day of peace and coop
Grafton, a day that will make men
more hopeful and enthusiastic in
their various tasks. that will make
for more comfort and happiness in
living and a more tolerable condi-
tion among all classes Of men.
Certainly human intelligence can
devise some acceptable tribunal for
adjusting the differences between
capital and labor.
A"eIICaS dOuf OF Trial.
. This is the hour of test and trial
for America. BY her prowess and
strength and the indomitable cour-
age of her soldiers, she demon
strated her power to vindicate on
foreign battlefields her conceptions
of liberty and justice. Let not her
influence as a mediator between
capital and labor be weakened and
her own failure to settle matters
of purely domestic concern be pro-
claimed to the world
There are those in this country
who threaten direct action to force
their will upon majority. Rus
sia today. with it's blood and ter
ror. is a painful object lesson of
the power of minorities. 1t makes
little difference what minority it
is. whether capital or labor or
any other class, no sort of priv
ilege will ever be permitted to
dominate this country. We are a
partnership or nothing that is
worth while. We are democracy,
where the majority are the mas
ters. or all the hopes and purposes
of the men who founded this gov
ernment have been defeated and
forgotten. In America there is but
one way by which great reforms
can be accomplished and the re-
and that is through the orderly
processes of representative gov
ernment. Those who would pro-
pose any other method Of reform
are enemies of this country. Amer
lea will not be daunted by threats
nor lose her composure or calm
ness in these distressing times
We can afford. in the midst of
this day of passion and unrest. to
be self-contained and sure. Tie
instrument of all reform in Amer
lea is the ballot. The road to
economic and social 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 fruition
of their objects and purposes. Let
those beware who would take the
shorter road of disorder and rev.
olution. The right road is the road