Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-26

priyai. ownership of property. not
morcly as an inherent right which ia,
ages have fully Sustained but ais
from the vastly larger consideration Of
public advantage. Aud We may De SUR
tnat had not private ownership II
property long ago justified itself from
the standpoint ~ Sbuhllc veal there
would not he such ownership 81 prop.
erty today have pointed out how
the rauroads are. In reality publicly
owned And all property, whether VI"
realize II or not. n 80 owned when IL
serves the public. The only question
Is how best 10 serve That paramount
Interest.
"wo have been through the throcs
~ Government viriualiy
Government ownerahip-Of the rail.
roads That was justified as war OK.
pedient but the people of THIS coun.
iry, venture. will long remember the
Inconvenience, and the colossal expense
4 that cXpcIimcnt. hut IN this criti
cal period. with its fcrment VI sOc!.
olngiral discomfort following ~ a nat
ural phenomenon the violent psychic.
Logical reaction of the war. the danger
lcalism and ulira.ConScfvatisiu. Both
possible panaccas for our economic
Ills. We must guard against ultra.ad
lcalisn and ultrn.cnscrvatisn. Both
provoke class strife and breed Bolshe.
vism. Both are enemies " the public
welfare.
1.-THE reaotionary element among
employers should remember that the
ourtailmcnt VI production In order To
force wages down and sustain prices
will inevitably react an "a boomerang
Their eventual luss VIII more than OFT
set their Immediate gain General pros
perity rs the best antidote Tor indus
trial unrest and dangerous radical ten
denotes.
Labor. too. must bear In mind that
II has Tar more 10 lose by curtailing
OUTPUT un the false theory thnt de
creased production per innn creates
more Jobs. II should realize that the
best way To sustain wage levels In 10
give a fair days effort for fair days
wage
The Future Strength 81 Organized
Labor.
II do not oppose organized labor
whan Its object IN the hettering ~ in
dustrial conditions by legitimate
means. believe that In 20 far a. o.
ganized labor. In whatever form On un
der whatever name Il cares To func'
ton. arcomplishcs that purpose u isI
performing an invaluable service To-
this country aud the world at large.
hut the future strength and success Of
organized labor lie not along the path
81 /Onomic faliacy and sophistry.
such as that represented by the nbor-
tive movement 90 Nationalist" indus.
try. the Plumb plan 10 turn the rail
roads over 10 the Railroad Brohcr
hoods under the guisc 81 Government
ownership. and by resort to general
strikes and sabotage. II must uphold.
and not destroy. law and order.
o.. Our Golden Opportunity.
America today IN the worlds great
est granary aud the worlds greatest
workshop. With bumper crops now be
Ing harvested and tho universe still
demanding our products In quantities
such as no country has ever before
been asked 10 supply. we face our most
prosperous period in the mediate iu'
ture. Let us not destroy that splcn.
did prospect by industrial a. class
strife. This In a time for constructive
rcadiusimenis - industrial differcncea
on y basis Of national welfare and nat.
icnai policy. Ours " the golden oppor
,unliy Of the most golden period In all
history. I 81 MS gct together. then. am
capitalize IT, wonderful possibilities
and We can do that only by getting TO.
gethcr."