Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-15
OLE HANSON SAYS
THIS IS NO TIME
TO ROCK THE BOAT
Man Who Nipped Revolution in
the Bud in Northwest Talks
"Amcricanism" at Playhouse.
PLEADS FOR TEACHERS

! Oic ~ the man who as Mayor of Seattle
nipped III the bud the only real revolution
that grew out of all the talk of soviet rule
and syndicalsm and Boshevism that
was so rampant for awhile and was so
especially in evidence in the section from
which the speaker halls.
Ole IS some tallSer and carries n message
OF real Americanism TO his hearers. He
knows his subject and he knows how to
talk IT., as he knew how to handle and did
handle the crisis facing him as Mayor of
Seattle, when it seemed that the thou
sands of L. w. W.s had the stage set for
at least a successful beginning of srevolu-
ton they hoped would SPREAD from that
corner TO every section of the country.
But they had not reckoned with the Mayor.
The Mayor, being n good American,
knew that the great mass OF workers IN
the industries Mt Seattle and other north
western cities were also good Americans.
With the aid of / 500 United States Army
rifles and that many good men TO use
them, and a proclamation that all indus
tries would be protected in operating and
that every workman would be secure in
returning 20 his Job. the revolution"
fell fiat But all that is history, with which
most newspaper readers are familiar.
Those who heard Hanson talk yester-
day heard logical discussion of the
causes underlying all tho unrest and alb
normal conditions now troubling the
country. And IL was discussion well
worth hearing-and ending with q plea
for men and women 10 do their duty TO
the United States of America
The speaker was here under the auspices
of the Manufacturers Association. Since
his successful handling Of a critical con-
- al s.E ha I.-
in various cities IN all sections of the
country, having been IN thirty or more
states.
Mayor William G. Taylor presided
over the meeting, and introduced the
speaker. On the stage in the line were
G. ID. Garretson, Rev. X. ". Trapnell,
George NJ Miller, Harry j.. Speakman.
Attorney General David J. Reinhardt,
Harry Johnson and number OF other
prominent men.
MIR. Hanson, during his talk. brought
home to the audience a realization of
their personal duties in helping to Ameri-
canize America. Among other things he
showed the results of contsnted labor He
told his auditors chat they are the employ
ers of labor, in that they pay the wages OF
all city employees, including the teachers
in the public schools lie showed
where the teachers throughout the colin-
try in 1918 received on an average about
81 IS day, and that they have made very
little gain now, the average being only
Sl.6l. "How can YOU expect to get
efficient work from discontented teacherp9'
he asked. lie made il plain that IL WAS
not only the duty but also necessary to
pay the teachers, as well AS all other city
employees, for the value of their service.
for only In consentInent and efficiency
can good results he accomplished.
Nov is not the time to rock the boat,
Mr.. Employer or MIR. Emplove," said
MIR. Hanson. This isn't time for strikes
or lockouts. This Is 4 time when, If YOU
have any dispute or misunderstanding.
YOU should put your feet under the table
like American citizens and settle your dis
putes as Americans should. Get together
and be square men and fair men. Be
Americans. Let us increase our produc-
tion, because increased production means
more wealth to divide, Let us paw fair
wages. let lis have fair conditions. lett
do a fair days work. In word, let us bc
square with each other. and the Red,
the radical, the syndicalist, viii pass
from us, as he has passed before, to be
forgotten in the happiness that is right
fully ours and so easy of attainment"
CAUSE or UNREST.
What has brought about this unrest
IN this country" asked the speaker
why has labor made, In the last few
months, SO many unjust, and often out
rageous, demands? Why did the coal
miners Of this country take their six
shooters from their pockets and tell a
hundred million of their fellow citizens
Unless you surrender, we will freeze and
starve YOU to DEATH" II seems 10 me
that it is primarily because the old in
vincible law Of supply and demand is
operating twenty-four hours a day.
Through the operation of this law, labor !
has come into possession of sudden and
vast power, and labor is using that power.
IN many instances in a relentless and |
ruthless manner.
When the great war broke out we |
were rich. The world was rich The ware t
houses were full, wealth was outpoIring |
from the mlnes-and having these things /
from the factory, field, mill and mine we
were rich. We had the necessities of life
and IN abundance, and we had those |
Injuries that make life tolerable and man
civilized. 1t is true that many people
believe the country is rich today simply
because of the great sums of money de-
Il
hat you cannot eat or wear bank deposits.
The wealth of this country consists of
is resources, which the hand of labor.
he strength of capital and the brains of
have worked on and turned
nto the things that man needs for his
ife and his comfort.
"When the war broke out Europe had
as million people, and for ten years be-
ore that war Europe was compelled to
import from other continents food for
90 million of these people. And the war
anne to curse the world, and the men
# Europe by the millions dropped their
,lows, to rust III the unfinished furrow,
brew their unwiped tools on the bench. |
eft their open books on the table, left
heir patients, their clients and trlIdged
o the trenches.
while Europe made guns, shells and
oisoned gas, she called on the world to
aed and clothe her. In the fullness of
ime we joined In the great war, and four
llllions of the best of our land went to :
raining camps and training ships And ,
S in Europe. other millions ceased pro- !
ucing wealth and began to produce
lunitions. Considering these facts, you :
an get an impression of the stoppage of !
'ealth In this country occasioned by the
'ar. But perhaps you cannot so readily S
lsualize the future. /,
'Itmay helpyou wher say that it will be :
IN years before there are as many men, 8
omen and children in Great Britain as
lere were In l914-in 1880 Great Britain
Ill be there she was fifteen years pre- S
Iously. As a nation she has lost fifteen I
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