Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-23
Al5uau.raus Morning Journal Friday, July %, 1920

2 Qay WorIQ needS understanding
J There can be no peace saw
} through composed differences, an
: the submission of the individual t
: the viii and veal of the many. An
: other plan means anarchy and it
: rule of force.
, 1t must be understood that tot
! alone makes for accomplishment
and advancement, and righteou
possession Is the reward of toll. ant
: its incentive. There is no prog
ress except in the stimulus o
competition. When competition
natural, fair, impelling competition
is suppressed, whether by law
compact or conspiracy. we halt tn,
march of progress. silence the voice
of aspiration. and paralyze the will
for achievement. These are bu'
common sense truths of human
development
Chief Trouble Today.
The chief trouble today is thai
the world war wrought the de.
struetion of healthful competition
left our storehouses empty, and
there Is minimum production
when our need is maximum. Maxi
NUNS, not minimums. is the call
of America. 1t Is not new story
because war never fails to leave
depleted storehouses and always
impairs the efficiency of produc-
ton. War also establishes Its
higher standards for wages, and
they abide. I wish the higher
wage to abide, on one explicit con-
/ 1iftNv No 40 will
give full return for the wage re-
ceived. 1t Is the best assurance we
can have for reduced cost OF Nv
Ing. Mark you, am ready to ac-
claim the highest standard OF pay.
but I would be blind to the re-
sponsibilities that mark this fate
full hour IL / did not caution the
wage earners of America that
mounting wages and decreased
production can lead only to indus
trial and economic ruin.
I want, somehow. to appeal to
the sons and daughters of the re-
public, to every producer, to JON
hand and brain in production. more
production, honest production. pa
triotic production, because patrt-
otto production Is no less defense
of our best civilization than that
Of armed force. Profiteering Is a
crime of commission. under pro-
duction is a crime of omission. We
must work our most and best, else
the destructive reaction will come.
We must stabilize and strive for
normally, else the inevitable reac-
ton will bring In Its train suffer-
ings, disappointments and reversals.
We want to forestall such reac-
ton, we want to hold all advanced
ground, and fortify it with general
good fortune.
Necessity for Understanding.
Let us return for moment to
the necessity for understanding,
particularly that understanding
which concerns ourselves at home.
| decline to recognize any conflict
of interest among the participants
In industry. The destruction of one
is the ruin of the other. the suspic-
ion or rebellion of one unavoidably
involves the other, In conflict is
disaster, in understanding there Is
triumph. There Is no issue relating
to the foundation on which INDUS
try Is builded. because industry 10
bigger than any element in It's
modern making. But the inslstent
call is for labor. management and
capital to reach understanding,
The human element comes first,
and l want the employers in in
dustry to understand the aspira-
tons, the convictions. the yearn-
ings of the millions of American
wage earners, and / want the wage
earners to understand the prob
lens. the anxieties. the obligations
OF management and capital, and all
of them understanding their reia-
tionship to the people and their
obligation to the republic. out OF
this understanding will come the
commital to economic
justice, and in, economic justice lies
that social Justice which Is the
highest essential to human happi-
ness.
Manifest Inequalities.
am speaking as one VINO mas
counted the contents OF the pay
envelope from the viewpoint OF the
worker as well as the employer.
No one pretends to deny the IN
eoualities which are MANIFEST III
modern industrial life. They are less
In fact than they were before or
and grouping on either
Side revealed the inequalities, ana
has wrought more JUS
t;ce than statutes have compelled,
INT the ferment Of the world rivets
our thoughts on the necessity OF
solution, else our gen.
GRAFTON will suffer the experiment
which means chaos for our DAY 10
re- establish Gods plan tor the
great tomorrow.
Speaking our eympathies, utter
,rg the conscience of all the people,
mindful OF our right to dwell anna
the good fortunes of rational
con science impelled advancement,
NC hold the majesty of righteous
with liberty under the
law. to be our avoidance Oh cIlaos,
and we call upon every cillzei ~. %
the republic to hold fast 70 .na s
which made us what we are. a
we will have orderly goverh,lieiin,
safeguard the onward march 10 al
The menacing tendency OF the
day is not charseaoIe
Wholly to the unsettled and FEVER
cd conditions caused by the Wa
The manifest weakness IN popuiaI
lies in the temptation
70 appeal to grouped citizenship ior
,oIitical advantage. There IS no
preater peril. The constitution
no class and recos-
tea ~ proup. It broadly in
slndes all the people, with specific
for none, and the high-
,st consecration we can make TO-
lay is a committal of the re hsa,3n-
AN party to that saving consti. u,
.ionaiism which contemplates an
merica as one people. and no,as
ust government free from mi,u s
,nce on the one hand and unmoseu
,y intimidation on the other.
Mus. Not Throttle Lioerues.