The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-18
WORK Imp1lTA
i u Be PARTNERS
prsssdsss whoa sAy, Capital
AAd IAhsr Hold ~ Same
interests: "SPssd up
Production"

~ tnS AtvWrns y spfctri. neW
tBs ~ Clemens News Bureau,
note n approval Ia nov dirorrnlhle
among the cheers OF The thousands OF
Americans who greet President VA
son wherever he stops on his Jour,
ass shroush sh< ccunsry. Ne has b..
come the o0lstandlns prophe, of the
workers.. they believe. a. well "a the
leader ot The world. aspirations Tor
permanent peace. Ills address before
he Mlnnessta lsslsissurc ,ea,esda, la
! ~ raui struck highly hopeful no, .
tor those Who ioll with their hands.
and In that city. In Minneapolis, and
asain here. labor has lei him know
10 appreciation Mr. wilson's talk
to the Legislators had 10 do with the
hish cost cf living, ha, ,he relations
between the workers and the empia,.
efs ~ss hls central subject we ara
face 10 iacc" ne said. with gre.,
Industrial pfubl~m. the relations h~.
tween thoee who employ and fLesc
~ho are employed, The worklnR man
Of The ~orld are dssstIsned with their
relations 10 their employer. There
are some exceptions. lnesily IN this
country, The situation III more acute
on tho other aide OF the water.
World Leeks 70 U. q.
The worid is looking 20 us to set
= standard, and Ne have 80, 10 has.
. constructive pgosram that viii b.
followed All p,et the world. The in
t~rests OF capital aud labor arc the
same. We can no longer regard labor
- a commodity, but must r~sard II as
an association Of physical skill and
sisor with the enterprise of those ho
repfes~nt capital You OF organized
labor have limited the amount of work
YOU have done and have driven hard
bargains, because ssu don't feel that
sou are partners when YOU do, pro
ducllon will ~ forward BY leaps and
bounds" Tremendous applanse greet
ed those remarks a. the President
made them and those who read them
iater Joined heartily In approval.
Labor Conference Next Month. /.
There must b. discussions between
employers and employed. tho rresi-
tcnt said. and his inilmation seemed
10 be that the producers must re-.
cciv~ . larger share Of the profts
from what they produce. Mr. Wilson
has ssid that the International labor
conference ARRANGED fof b. the worlds
statesmen In Parts will take place in
Washington merit month whether the
pssce treaty with the League OF Ns-
Iona IA ratified BY Am,I lea or not.
and II ID understood that he. provided
America has a formal share In tho
viii be- one of the lead.
lng figures In H. WORKERS In thia
section believe he viii be strong In
his advocacy OF their cause Tho
President gave the Minnesota iegis.
lstofx several reasons for the high
coat Of living. Nan power he said.
had been sacrificed on the battlefield
All the processes OF production, ex.
sept for war purposes, had been
slackcncd o. stopped. Nearly all en-
srsy had been along channels not
mised to normal needs, Labor must
bs redistributed 10 that II may pro.
luce whst people neesi 10 cat and
wear. and for purposes of peace
RsadIustmsnt Necessary
Back OF all this II the fact that ws
have not learned What the basis Of
peace II to be- The world viii nor
settle down until II knows what part
the rnited States n 10 play in ths
peace" Mr.. Wilson vsld lie explain.
"a thst ~ must get back 10 normal
processes Of manufacture and disfri-
butiOa: our own railways snd ter
minal ports cannot now handle even
our own business. ne sabd. hut We
must handle not only that but assist
in increasing the manufacturing and
functions Of the world.
rcld storage sysieina must be looked