Evening journal., 1920-09-08

prices had increased his expenses by
an amour. equal TO $500 for each
worker in his plant, none OF them
had ever suffered financially on ac-
count OF IL.
In he course Of his speech ne also
assailed prOnleerlng, declaring that
stage assaults" withou. action had
dscrcdited the policy OF the Demo
cratic administration toward the
prOn.eer.
Nails Old FalsehOOd.
Il have not come TO you Today with
speech OF promises" said senator
Harding. IL do not pledge you the
! impracticable. / can only preach The
gospel Of understanding practically
applied
Il believe in ulionism. believe In
collective bargaining. / believe the
/ two have combined 10 speed labor
toward It's Just rwards. But l do not
/ believe in labOrs domination OF busi-
ness or government any more 'hal,
believe that capital shall dominate.
We had our time at thai, and we
| learned ihe danger and ended II. We
do not want to substitute one class
for another We want TO pu. an end
TO classes.
we live in an era OF collective
endeavor. Capital red the way and
| labOr's organization was not only
natural, bu. Necessary. II has done
more than serve It's membership, l.
mas riyeted the thoughtful alien ion
/ of America 20 social Justice and
brought he fruits thereof
ION this always significant holiday
/ I preferred TO talk before my FELLOW
towlsmen with whom / have worked
SO many years. wanted TO looh
you in he face and ask for the
sponsor for that miserable old false-
hood about a dollar a day .beine
enough for any wOrkingman. II tht
author was seeking TO apply it to me
/ think be mus. have meant d0ual
an hour. You sec ] have been
dweler among you for 3s years. Par
/ OF that time / was a wage earnel
myself-all the time have been
laborer-and for more han 30 years
have been an employer as we'll. IA
borer, and mal can't preach ~
doctrine and practice another
Let me renew that public NJ
ance in which l spoke OF high wayei
and said / wished the existing nigl
scale to remain, on one explicit con
Idi.ion-that for the high wage ihI
American workman shall give TO hll
task he highest degree Of efficiency
! am not advocating. the driving
slavish period OF toll, which sap
mems energies. but I hold hat tn
Stacker. the lOafer on th Job, Is no
only the greatest obstacle 10 labor
Advancement. but he Is cheating hl
fellows more than he docs his en-
F"it is utterly false TO assume tha
labor and capital are in deadly con
nic.. II is not important TO esiab
lish which element comes first, sine
! each is essential 20 the other. W
do know ina. labor, the human ele
ment. Is Of deepes. public concern
The deplOrable side Of modern 10
dustry is that too many men ar
toillng like machines at work. NJ p
ought 10 have pride in lhe mn
done. The big inspiration in Ire
10 get on When men tell you tlli
is the privilege OF the feW' the'
challenge your Intelligence.
~ am sorry ,he old. intimate con
tact between employer and employ
IS gone. / wish we could have m
/ intimacy restored, not in the oh
way. but through a joint commute
OF employers and employes-1ot Y
run the business, but 20 promo
and maintain the muiuallty Of in
terest and The fulles. understanding
Herein lies the surest remedy 10
most OF our ills.
I'VE cannot have compulsory. arb
. ration. because an parties must cor
sent 10 establish arbitration and en-
force Is conclusions. I thi1k We ca
have. and ought % have, volfion'
arbitration. The best thought OF th
day commends this way TO se,tl'
ment
saThe wage scale which conten
z nlaies a rental cost In ole piaf
! might be wholly inadequate 10 me-