Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-10-09
BIG LABOR MEET
OPENS At CAPITAL
New Magma Charta, Is Industry
Plea ofIeaderS.
SECRETARY WILSON SPEAKS
In Address to Poor and Rich, He De-
cIares Industrial Peace Must Be
Founded on Justice-List of
DELEGATES Made Public.

Delegates Made Public.
Washington, Oct. 7.-Opening of the
industrial conference called here by
President Wilson. Secretary Wilson
of the department of labor told the
| delegates-re capital, labor
and the public-that a splendid oppor-
| tunity for service to mankind lay be-
| fore them.
A road to stable relationships be-
tween capital and labor must be found
he said, adding that surely human In
telligence could devise some accept,
able method of adjusting that relation
| ship.
After expressing regret that Presl,
dent Wilson could not be present, Mr.
Wilson said the world faced the most
difficult peace-time problem it had
ever had to deal with because Of the
wastage of war
Bring High Cost of Living.
"The effect of these things has been
reflected in the high cost Of living,
Mr.. Wilson continued, ''and the cOnse-
quent demand for higher wage rates
to meet the increasing burden Of the
family budget.
"Yet increases in the wage rate do
not always give relief.
''The more productive we are the
sooner we will replace the wastage OF
war, return to normal price levels and
abolish the opportunity for profiteer'
ing.
''For that reason we are all interest
ed in the maintenance of industrial
peace, but there can be no permanent
industrial peace that is not based upon
industrial justice. Surely human intel
method Of adjusting the relationship
between employer and employee.
upon your shoulders rests Splen
did responsibility. Before you the
doors of opportunity are open. If you
in the abundance of your combined
wisdom and experience, can produce
an acceptable document Of this char
acter, the results of your work will
find a place in the hearts of men like
the Magma Charta, the Bill of Rights
the Declaration of Independence, the
Constitution of the United States and
the emancipation proclamation
List of Delegates.
The list of delegates announced is
as follows:
For the Public-Bernard B. Baruch
New York Robert S. Brookings, ST.
Louis; John D. Rockefeller, Jr, New
York; Ebert H. Gary, New York; DR.
Charles w. Eliot Cambridge, Mass.
John Spargo, New York; o. e. Brad
flute, Xenia, o.; Ward M. Burgess,
Omaha, Neb.; Fuller r. Galloway, La
Grange, Ca; Thomas l.. Chadburne
New York HI. B. Endicott, Dedham
Mass; Paul L. Felss, Cleveland, O..
Henry S. Dennison, birmingham
Mass; George r. James, Memphis,
Tenn. Thomas D. Jones, Chicago; A.
A. Landon, Buffalo, N Y; E. T. Mere
dith, Des Moines, Ia; Gavin McNab,
San Francisco; L. d. SWEET, Carbon
dale, Colo; Louis Titus, San Fran
cisco; Charles Edward Russell, New
York; Bert M. Jewell, Washington ;
Lillian Valid, New York; Gertrude
Barnum, Berkeley, CAL; Ida M. Tar
bell, New York.
Chamber of Commerce of the United
Subsidiary A. Wheeler, Chicago !;
Ernest T. Trigg, Philadelphia Her
bert F. Perkins, Chicago; Jvhn J.
Raskob, Wilmington, Del; Homer L.
Ferguson Newport News, Va.
Farmers Organizations-J. n. little
more, Omro, Wis; 7. C. Atkeson,
Washington G. S. Barrett, Union City,
Ga.
Investment Bankers Association of
America-Edgar L. Marston, New
York; Howard w. Fenton, Chicago.
Organized Labor, for the American
Federation of Labor-SamueT Gompers
and Frank Morrison, Washington :;
Daniel j. Tobin, Indianapolis; Joseph
+. Valentine, Cincinnati; w. D. Ma
han, Detroit, Mich. T. A. Rickert, Chi
cago; Jacob Fischer, Indianapolis !;
Matthew Woll, Washington; Mrs. Sara
Conboy, New York William III. John
ston, Washington; Paul Scharrenberg,
San Francisco; John II. Donlin, Wash
ington, and NJ. F. Tighe, Pittsburgh.
For the Four Railroad BrotherhoOds
w. E. Sheppard, conductors; w. G..
Lee, trainmen Timothy Shea, firemen,
and Fl. E. Wills, engineers.
National Industrial Conference
Frederick P. Fish, Boston; J. w.
O'Leary, Chicago; S. Pemberton
Hutchinson, Philadelphia Edwin Farm
ham Green, Boston, and L. F. Leree,
New York