The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-22
Appeals to Producers.

J want, somehow, to appeal to the
sons and daughters of the republic, to
every produce to Join hand and
brain ln production, more production.
honest prCduCuuu patriotic produc-
ton, because patriotic production is
no less a defense OF our best civiliza-
ton than that Of armed force. prohteer-
ing is a crime OF commission under
production is a crime OF omission We
must work our most and best, els, the
destructive reaction viii come We
must stabilize and strive FOR nOrmaICy.
else the inevitable reaction viii bring
It's train OF sufterings, disappotntments
ana rcNcrsals. We want to furcstall
such reaction. We want to hold all ad-
vaucrd ground, and fortify it with gem
cru good fortune.
Let as return for a moment IN the
necessity for understanding particu-
larry that understanding which con-
Germs ourselves at home. | decline to
recognize amy conflict OF interest among
the participants in industry The de-
struCtion ~ one is the ruin Of the
other tho suspicion or rebellion OF one
unavoida Oily involves the other In con-
tltCt is disaster, In understanding there
is triumph. There is no Issue relating
90 the foundation on which industry Is
buildod, because industry is bigger than
any element in it's modern making But
the insistont call is for labor, man
agement and capital to reach under
standing.
The human element comes first. and
| want the employers In industry to
understand the aspirations, the CON
Vlctlons, the yearnings OF the millions
Of American wage-earncrs. and want
the wage earners to understand the
problems, the anNicties, the obligations
OF management and capital, and all Of
them must understand their relationship
to tn" people and their obligation 10
lac % Ia u
ing will come the unanimous commit
tai 10 economic justice. and in economic
justice lies that social Justice which
is the highest essential to human hap
piness.
am speaking as one who has counted
the contents of the pay envelope from
the viewpoint Of the Garner as well as
the employer. No one pretends to deny
the inequalities which are manifest in
modern Industrial life. They are less
IN TACT than they were before organiza-
non ana grouping on either side re-
vealed the inequalities, and conscience
mas wrought more justice than statutes
nave compelled, but the ferment of the
world rivets our thoughts on the ne
cesSlty OF progressive solution, else our
generation will suffer the experiment
which means chaos for our day 10 re-
establish Gods plan for the great to-
Speaking our sympathies, uttering
the conscience of all the people, mind
iul OF our right to dwell amid the
good fortunes of rational, conscience
impelled advancement, we hold the ma
jesty OF righteous government with
liberty under the law. to be our avoid
ance OF chaos, and we call upon every
citizen OF the republic TO hold fast TO
mat which made us what we are and
We viii have orderly government safe
guarded the onward march to all we
ought to be.
The menacing tendency OF the pres
ent day Is not chargeable wholly to
the unsettled and fevered conditions
caused by the war. The manifest weak
ness In popular government lies in the
temptation TO appeal to grouped citizen
snip Tor political advantage. There is
no greater peril. The constitution con-
templates no class and recognizes no
group. 1t broadly includes ali the peo-
PIE, with specific recognition for none.
ana the highest conservation we can
make today is a CommittaI of the Re-
publican party to that saving consti-
tuuonalism which contempiates all
America RI one people, and holds lust
government free from influence on the
one hand and unmoved by intimidation
on the other