The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-11-16
4 SECURE INDUYIuAL PEACE.

II fnohng more than mere eoned'nce 'ha
fermeA Justice OF tho supreme court, Charles "
Hughes speaking before the worlds Christian citisen
ship gathering the andots for boshcv@r. set out
precisely tho same cure for Industrial unrest advo'
Gated by The World three weeks ago In its article.
-rhe Strike an Enemy to Civilization" It n convino-
ing proof that every Of straight thinking mind
will after . study Of the subject. arrive at precisely
the conclusion. Justice Hughes said:
~ ths community provide: Jus. ne mean. % for III:
wrongs ! Il shoud have tho right to prevent
concerted attempt. that !. throush any .ort OF
force demands under threat of widespread suffering
and want"
Following this line Of thought the eminent New
York torst deduces that both employer and smploys,
In return for some tribunal In which their Svisv-
sness can be instantly heard and decision rendered
mus, be prepared to reinauish their right to ethsr
strike hand practice the lookout on tho other
The processes OF Justice imply" said Justo.
Hughes, that tho parties to the dispute cannot
take the law into their own hands and sacrifice
the peace and well being OF the community TO their
) ontsntiona The decisions Of such n tribunal must
be binding and the violations OF agreements be-
tween collective barxSiner' must bo AnHwerao's
There can be question of the accuracy Of such
conclusion. u h true that most thinking mon are
graphing with this question Bu, 1t Is also
that too Nany approach 1t In an attitude OF com
promise That will not do II must bs met II must
be settlsd--once and for all Al Justice Hughes well
says
We have made little progrcm In providing the
machinery for Industrial Justice and In this respect
corresponding to that OF trial by battle and trial by
ordeal In the early law OF procedure But We
cannot 20 indefinitely in this way.
There has long been AN Heightened public opinion
with rcspcc, to tho relationship between employer and
empoye The giant forces which have recently shown
themselves threatening thu very exhence OF govern
ment and the life Of the people, have turned that
lightened public opinion into aroused and alarmed
public opinion.
There is but one remedy, though 1t can come in two
ways The remedy apploation OF the rule OF
to all Industrial disputes. This can be had either
through the voluntary action OF labor In announcing
Its readiness all times submit Its propositions 10
arbitration, through the peoples representatives in
the legislature creating court for that purpose and
requiring by law that all such Disputes shall he taken
TO that court Tor adjudication.
but the strike must go. Hecauss It Ia nothing but
class appeal to the law Of might In utter disregard OF
the rule OF law OF right The great
or American citizens very sollcous concerning the
people who work The farmer, khc merchant tho
clerk the manufscturer-an avocaaons are Interested
In the working man receiving only a living wage,
but a that will permit reasonable accumulation:
and reasonable hours amidst decont surroundings.
Public opinion viii sustain every movement In this
direction
But public opinion thoroughly understands that cvo.
luton and revolution u the handmaiden Of con
strucvc achievement that what each worker receives
for days work some other worker mus, produce. that
there are lave that ot man legislative edct
aside. And public opinion In America viii
never hear with approval the command you must"
from any other lips than those OF s accredited gov
ernmcntal representatives,
Let labor outlaw the strike by declaring liz cardinal
principle 20 b" arbitration, and then make
SELF responsible for It, contracts aud public opinion
Will give u more In the next decade than can secure
In the next century otherwise