The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-12-12

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to Industrial peace and Cancellation.
No other road lies open to us. :
Governments must recognize the right
of men to bargain collectively for hui
name objects. -" Labor must no
longer be treated as commodity"
1.-THE right of individuals to strike
is inyiolate." continued the message.
.and ought not to be interfered with
by any process of government, but
there Is a predominant right, and that
is the right of government to protect
all Of its people and to assert its
power and majesty against the chal-
lenge of any class"
The President was referring to the
governments recent injunction against
the coal strike.
Warns of RadicaIism.
The message closed with pointed
reference to radicalism and Red doc
trines and referred to Russia today
with it's blood and terror" as pain
full object lesson on the power of
minorities."
There are those in this country"
said the message, ''who threaten dr.
rect action to force their will upon a
majority. 1t makes little diff
ference what minority it is, whether
capital or labor or any other class;
no sort of privilege will ever be per-
mitted to dominate this country"
Orderly processes, the message de-
clared, We're the only. ones by which
relief and reform could be obtained.
"Those who would propose any 9th
err method of reform are enemies of
this country" the message said.
"* = Let those beware who take
the shorter road of disorder and revo-
lution.!'
Labor not only is entitled to an ade-
Cuate wage, the message states, but
capital should receive a reasonable re-
turn upon It's investment and is en-
titled to protection at the hands CT the
government in every emergency.
When Strike Must Give Way.
The right Of individuals to strike is
invioIate and ought not to be inter
fered with by any process of govern
ment, declares the President, but there
is a predominant right and that is
the right of the government to protect
all of it's people and to assert its pow
er and majesty against the challenge
of any class. The government, when
It asserts that right, seeks not to an.
tagonize class, but simply to defend
the right of the whole people as
against the irreparable harm and in
Jury that might be done by the at.
tempt by any class to usurp power
that only government itself has right
10 exercise as protection to all.
In conclusion the message says:
'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 battle
fields her conception Of liberty and
Justice. Let not her influence as
mediator between capital and labor be
weakened and her own failure to set
tie matters of purely domestic con.
Germ be proclaimed to the world.
Fears Not Direct Action.
"There are those in this country
who threaten direct action to force
their will upon a majority. Russia
today, with its blood and terror, is a
painful object lesson of the power OF
minorities. 1t makes little difference
what minority it is, whether capital
or labor or any other class. No sort
of privilege will ever be permitted to
dominate this country. We are
partnership or nothing that is worth
while. We are a democracy where
the majority are the masters, or all
the hopes and purposes of the men
who founded this government have
been defeated and forgotten.
"In America there Is but one way
by which great reforms can be ac-
complished 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 her composure or
calmness in these distressing times
We can afford, in the midst of this
day Of passion and unrest, to be- self
contained and sure. The Instrument
of all reform in America is the
straight road OF justice to (all classes
and conditions of men. Men have but
TO follow this road to realize the full
fruition Of their objects and purposes.
Let those beware who WOULD take the
shorter road of disordea kQd revolu-
ton. The right road Is road ot
justice aud orderly pro