The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12

rIbss % lBbutiug class Tor mo-
Iinruius whole lie and teachings
WIS continual protest against fHy
recognition ~ rl17s Iu hWH. .n
llfs liis uuyioldiug opposition To-
tho Institution. uf slavery was hI4'l
on THAT t"nu,
NOT \ CIAsS-CONSCIOUs LABOR
4, should be understood that the
principals ,uuu,IAIcd hy Lincoln
Wcrc by him applied 70 an mon who
labor The labor that Lincoln knew
and saw was clfhrr bound 10 inyni
untAry HorvltuIg by the chains or
slavery or WAS sober faced and Sc
tluus under lIH recognized ubllEts
uuus 20 tho nation, Attempting 10
1.-Two on hair luJf rfudRiuEiJ
thrown H. by slave owning capital
Ilc knew nothing ~ tho diamond
apuuFlod nglatpr nud walking del"
Entr whose solo purpure A 10 STIR
an Iudustrinl strife. OF NJ the in
trouchod ullgu'hv a. iho head of
labor ORGANIZATIONS lhat by durrsa
attempts to dictate 60 tho supreme
political power.
Nor was no familiar either In fact
or theory. with "a cihsa OF lnbororB
threatened ths security Of the nation
by pIacticins inettioiency and de-
creaaad holding their
own members down 20 low Siead
level Of production, instead OF en-
couruginE all IN rise 10 a constantly
higher level of efficiency and In
creased production. Lincoln cham
piuned labor that was "lnCapa-
Bic OF being fixed Tor life In the con
dltion of a hired lhborer."
MUST RESPECT IT'S CONTRACTS
Labor. II II Ia to continue to iusti-
~ its organization ana merit the
OF public opinion, must
be responsible for Its contracts. lt|
f. a faot that very great many Of
the strikes Of tho last few months
have been In violation OF existing
Tho German idea Of con
tracts and obligations WIS followed
TO the letter.
Thus, the strike and lockout In
the printing and allied trades OF
New York city, was precipltated by
members OF organized labor disre-
gnrding existing contracts. They had
no support from their national or
who, in fact, Joined with
the employers In supporting looka
out for the purpose Of bringing the
radical union men 20 their proper
nlleglAncs TO thsir organization |
laws and officers.
ALL LABOR NOT RADICAL.
There In n conviction In the mind |
OF the public that tho defiance OF
organized labor for law, for gov
crnmcnt, for the rights of other fac |
tions Of society--for tho rights OF
other lnboring people, and for the
interests OF society aa whole
wherever that interest conflicts with |
the arbitrary purposes of the'unions. |
is not so much symptomauc OF the
fixed determination OF labor as "a
class. ais II Ia OF class OF labor. |
But II remains for tho conservative,
home loving and country-loving
members OF organized labor to dem-
onstrate the fact.
Public opinion In disposed 10 be
lieve that n true, IL wants 70 belisvo
Il In true hut above everything elise
II demands to be shown that II Ia
true. And as fair test II proposes
TO stamp every labor organization
that opposes orderly arbitration OF
interests. fair to capital and fair 10
that large majority belonging TO
neither class" that Lincoln spoke for,
as representing an element ready to
pursue It's selfish and lawlcss In
terests to the extent even OF sub
vertlng government and organized
society
Patriotism MUST PREVAIL
There can bo no question as 20 the
tendency OF the present conflict
Lahorlng men themselves say It
loads Ia civil war. Neither can
there he the slightest question as to
the outcome after God Almighty
alone knows what This govern
ment. AS II was handed US. viii he
preserved and pCrpotuated No
majesty greater than the will OF the
American people. expressed IN con
stltutional ways, will he tolerated TO
exist beneath tho stars and stripes.
That In final And aa was said ON
the ave OF another irrepressible con.
fiict. 40 let II be said now but In
quotation marks;
in your hands, my dissatlsf1ed
fellow couutrymen, and not In
mine, IL the momentous Issue of
civil war. The government viii
not aSsail you. You can have ne
conflict without bting yourselves
the AREreHsors.
And that other tender and almost
pathetic appeal Tor tho reign Of rea-
son.
We are not gnomIes but friends,
We must not he enemies Though
. passion may have strained 10 must
not break our huudH OF affection.
The wNsIlu chords uf memory,
stretching from every battlefield
and patriot grave 90 every living
heart and hcnrtstono all uvrr this
broad land. viii yet swell thu
chorus of tho union, when again
touched, as surely thoy viii boz.
by tho better angels ut our nature.
OutlawrN VI AN kinds must go
The arbitrary strike. with lt- wuntun
waste ot material Hs well ls spiritual
possessions. must br abandoned We
demand no moro az tabor than We
40 OF capital and mo- more from
both hlu We DO from every other
citizen beneath ,he tlr I'm orderly
tribunals. where right Nor might
rrlEuy lci ug sotl'" aI dIHruiHs
How idle to- prtr about tho period
uf universal peace among fhr nations
when We have uof imposed fhH terms
OF domestic peace uuHu ourselves
80 man who thrta lu terms NJ
class has right tH pos heard upon
this subject only those who rr-
fus" 90 consider rho appeals of class
and keep constantly IU mind the
larger purpose 90 popular govern
m.Hf and liberty under fHs Unrs...
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