The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-09
DIVERSIFIED LAWS
URGED IN MESSAGE
President Wilson Raps
Promoters of Violence
in the Nation
CUT COST OF LIVING
Continued from last issue)
RIGHTS Of Labor

right OF men cOllectlNeiy " Ddi gam
for humane objects that have at their
base the mutual protection and well
fare Of those engaged in all industries.
Labor must not be longer treated as
commodity. 1t must be regarded as
the activity Of human beings pos
sessed of deep warnings and desires.
The business man gives his best
thought to the repair and replenish-
ment Of his machinery, so tlsat its use
fulness will not be impaired 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 pro-
gress. Return to the old standards
Of wage and industry in employment
are unthinkable. The terrible tragedy
Of war which has just been ended and
which has brought the world to the
verge of chaos and disaster would be
in vain if there should ensue return
to the conditions of the past. Europe
itself, whence has come the unrst
which now holds the world at bay, is
an example of standpatism in these
vital human matters which America
might well accept as an example, not
TO be followed, but studiously to be
avoided. Europe made, labor the diff
ferential, and the price of it all is
enmity and antagonism and prostrat-
ed industry. The right of labor to live
in peace and comfort must be recog-
nized by governments and America
should be the first. to lay the founda-
ton stones upon which industrial
peace shall be built.
Justice for All.
Labor not only is entitled to an ade-
quate wage, but capital should receive
a reasonable return upon its invest
ment and is entitled to protection at
the hands of the government in every
emergency. N0Ggovernment worthy of
the name go 'play these elements
against eech other" for there is a
mutually of interest between them
which the government must seek to
express and to safeguard at all cost.
The right of idividuals to strike is
inviOlate and ought not to be inter-
fered with by any process of govern
ment, but there is predominant right
and that is the right Of the govern
ment to protect all of its people and
to assert it's power and majesty
against the challenge of any class.
The government, when 1t asserts that
right, seeks not to antagonize a 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
power that only government Itself
has right to exercise as protection
to all. t-
In the matter of international dis
putes which have led to war, states
men have sought to set up as a rem
edy arbitration for war. Does this not
point the way for the settlement of in
dustrial disputes, by the establish
ment Of a tribunal, fair and just alike
to all, which will settle Industrial dis
putes which in the past have led to
war and disaster? America, witness
ing the evil consequences which have
followed out of such disputes between
the cOntending forces, must not admit
itself impOtent to deal with these mat
ters by means of peaceful processes.
Surely, there must be some method of
bringing together in a council Of peace
and amity these two great interests,
out Of which will come a happier day
Of peace and cooperation, day that
will make for more comfort and hap
piness in living and more tolerable
condition among all classes Of men.
Certainly human intelligence can de-
wise some acceptable tribunal for adj
justing the differences between capital
ana labor.
Must Guard Democracy.
This is the hour Of test and trial
for America. BY her prowess and
strength, and the indomitable courage
Of her soldiers, she demonstrated her
power to vindicate on foreign fields
her conception Of liberty and justice
Let not her influence as 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. Russia today, with its
blood and terror is q painful object
lesson of the power of minOrities. II
makes little difference what minority
1t is; whether capital or labor, or any
other class; no sort Of privilege will
ever be permitted to dominate this
country. We are a partnership OF
nothing that is worth while. We are
democracy, where the majority are
the masters, or all the hopes and pur
poses Of the men who founded this
government have been defeated and
forgotten. In America there is but
on way by which great reforms can
be accomplished and the relief sought
by classes obtained and that is through
the orderly processes Of representative
government. Those who would pro
pose any other method Of reform are
enemies of this country. America will
not be daunted by threats nor lose hel
composure or calmness in these dis
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