The Princeton union., 1920-09-09
HARDING ON LABOR
The Senator breaches a Gospel of
Understanding" Between the
Employer and Empl0ye.


Bargaining But Is Opposed
to Labor's Domination.
Senator Harding's speech on Labor
day at his home in Marion is worthy
of the careful perusal of every voter.
It is not the speech Of a Gcmagogue
making extravagant promises which
cannot be fulfilled, but the utterance
of a thoughtful man, who recognizes
the problems Of both labor and capi-
tai and advocates legislation which
will work for the permanent good Of
employer and employe. Read the fol-
lowing excerpts carefully and you will
feel this is the type of man whom
you may trust:
81 wish I could paint the gospel of
loyalty to work and interest to accom-
plishment. 1t is the ambition to sue
ceed, the determination to do the most
and best-these speed men on to the
heights. The pity is that we do not
have enough Of it under modern condi-
tiuns. There is too much mechanical
grind, too little contact between en-
ployer and employe, too little under
standing Of their mutuality of inter-
est and their joint triumph in success.
I hail with equal satisfaction the work
man who has pride in the factory and
it's output, and the employer who has
pride and sympathetic interest in his
workmen.
II want to stress the need of pride,
There is little enough to inspire under
our modern system, and I want to
magnify all there is. And above all
else want American workmen to feel
that American products are the best
in the world. There is only touch of
satisfaction to say our output is big
gest, but it sets the heart aglow to
proclaim Americas output is the best
For Collective Bargaining.
81 believe in unionism, I believe in
collective bargaining, Il believe the two
have combined to speed labor toward
its just rewards. But do not believe
in labor's domination of business OF
government any more than I believe
that capital shall dominate. We had
our time at that and we learned the
danger and ended it. We do not want
to substitute one class for another, we
want to put an end to classes.
eve live in an era Of collective en-
deayor. Capital led the way and la
boris organization was not only natur-
al but necessary. It has done more
than serve its membership, it has
riveted the thoughtful attention of
America to social justice and brought
the fruits thereof.
Cummins- Esch Bill Endorsed.
"This brings me to the subject of
railway legislation and the enactment
of the Cummins- Esch bill restoring the
railways to the lawful owners. We
owed it to the railway owners to re-
store their property, seized for war
service, just as we owe the return of
the peoples money invested in govern
ment loans. In free and thoughtful
America we do not take advantage of
wars tumult to change the regular
order of things. am we'll aware that
many able railway workers and advo-
Gates of the socialist plan preferred
to take the railroads and put them un-
der the operation of the employees,
but that was not keeping faith with
America or American promises. We
were honor bound to make the return.
I favored it for the additional reason
that I do not believe in government
ownership. -.
Profteering.
81 want to see profiteering isolated
and punished. It is moral wrong
and economic robbery. Stage assaults
on profiteering, mostly dealing with
petty offenders, do not deeply impress
the country, and sugar agreements
which add billion to our sugar bills
for year do not indicate knowhow
which entities the bunglers to keep
their jobs.
No Party Indifferent.
s'Do not let anyone ever tell you
that any political party is insensible
to the cause Of labor" the candidate
continued. "Parties are the agencies
of government, and men who assume
public responsibility are deeply snx-
ious about the common veal. Dema-
gogue or agitator, most of whom are
agitating for the profit therein, "red'
or reactionary, all of them belle the
high intent and genuine concern of
parties and government for the high
est GOOD fortunes of all fhn ,ennlo