The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-22

plan means anarchy and it's rule of
force.
Toll Is Foundation.
1t must be understood that toll
alone makes for accomplishment
and advancement, and righteous
possession is the reward of toll.
and its incentive. There is no
progress except in the stimulus of
competition. When competition
natural, fair, impeliing competition
is suppressed, whether by law,
compact or conspiracy, we halt the
march of progress, silence the
voice of aspiration and paralyze
the will for achievement. These
are but common sense truths of
human development.
Warns Labor.
The chief trouble today is that
the world war wrought the destruc-
ton of healthful competition, left
our storehouses empty, and there
is minimum production when our
need is maximum. Maximums, not
minimums, is the call of America.
1t isn't a new story, because war
never fails to leave deQleted store
houses and always impairs the eff
ficiency of production. War also
establishes its higher standards for
wages, and they abide. ! wish the
higher wage to abide, on one ex-
plicit condition-that the wage
Garner will give full return for the
wage received. 1t is the best as
surance we can have for a reduced
cost of living. Mark you. l am
ready to acclaim the highest stand
ard Of pay, but l would be blind
to the responsibilities that mark
this fateful hour if l did not eau
ton the wage-earners of America
that mounting wages and decreased
production can lead only to in
dustrial and economic ruin.
Appeals for Production.
I want, somehow, to appeal to
the sons and daughters of the re-
public, to every producer, to join
hand and brain in production, more
production. honest production, pa
triotic production, because patriotic
production is no less a defense of
our best civilization than that Of
armed force. Profiteering is a
crime of omission. We must work
our most and best. else the destruc-
tive reaction will come. We must
stabilize and strive for normally,
else the inevitable reaction will
bring its train of sufferings, disap-
pointments and reversals. We
want to forestall such reaction, we
want to hold all advanced ground.
and fortify 1t with general good
fortune.
Industrial Understanding Needed,
Let US return for a moment to
the necessity for understanding,
particularly that understanding
which concerns ourselves at home.
I decline to recognize any conflict
OF interest among the participants
In Industry. The destruction OF
one 10 tho ruin Of the other, the
suspicion or rebellion of one un-
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conflict 10 disaster, in understand
ing there 10 triumph. There is nc
issue relating to the foundation on
which industry Is builded, because
industry Is bigger than any eie-
ment in its modern making. But
the insistent call Is for labor, man.
agement~ and capital to reach I'M
derstanding.
Human Side Comes FIRST,
Tho human element comes first
and I want the employers In In.
dustry to understand the aspira.
tons, the convictions, the yearnines
Of the millions Of American wage.
earners, and l want the wage-earn.
ers to underst1nd the problems
the anxieties. the obligatioas OF
management and capital. and all Of
them must Rudefstand their rela-
tionship to The people and their OBJ
legation to the republic, Out Of
this understanding will come the
unanimous committal to economic
justice. and in economic justics
Lies that social justice which 10 the
highest essential to human happk
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