Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-15

shortage Of goods brought about by five
years Of munition making and tho acc,iinti-
lated wants Of the world for five years
wo have u shortage Of labor, manual and
mental, for we buried our labor in long,
wide grave that reaches from Belgium to
Bagdad. A hungry, thrcadbare world
is clamoring for goods, n bouseless world
is begging for shelter, and labor suddenly
| finds itself in position To mako any
demand however prcpostcrolis, with a
fair expectation Of getting what 1t wants.
1t is my contention that labor today
is doing just exactly as the great lawlesss
corporations did many years ago, and 1t IL
my firm belief that the outcome OF labor
attempt Mt social and economic dominn-
tlon will be the same ms that of these great
corporations, now SO completely brought
under the dominion of law and public
opinion"
TALK COVERED WIDE RANGES.
Mr.. Hansons talk covered wide
range in going into conditions IN the
country-the unrest high cost OF living,
strikes, lockouts, sabotage, etc, and the
substance of the remedy he suggested WIS
the application of the American spirit in
dealing with all questions, and the nse OF
American energy, everybody getting to
Whthf aiisl uoIlH " tiit daf y No'h ,o' "
fair days pay.
He said he believed that labor has
Travelled along the same road as had been
travelled by the great corporations in
their dealings with the American public
they have pushed the pendulum too far
on the other extreme, until they have
excited enrnity of the people, the long
suffering, patient, oft-timcs muddled
public, the public upon which both labor
and the corporations must rely for their
support. The public viii stop the upward
push of the pendulum rs they did twenty
years ago. and they will move it back TO
the zero of Justice and fairness. But we
must not make the same mistake; we must
not pass the fair mark, as we did IN the
case oi the corporations, because II we do
we will pay the same penalties az we are
paying today. And labor must look 10 it
that IL docs not exasperate this public,
that II does not wrong business, for by
wronging business YOU wrong tho public.
Now lahors wages must be based
fundamentally on standard of living
and that standard must bear q definite
relation to other standards There are
certain limits beyond which the standard
may not fall. and certain limits beyond
which il may not he raised. II either OF
these limits IL passed, reaction sets IN.
Teach Americansm in your home.
said MIR. Hanson, but don't stop there
Garry it into your schools The public
schools, one Of the greatest achievements
of democracy. Sec that yoGr teachers
are good Americans pay yotir
teachers what they are worth. Don't for
heavens sake, pay your teachers less
than YOU pay your school ianitors and
hremen. Pay your teachers well, they are
priceless. Don't make their calling n sor,
of an economic dug-out in which girls
wait only until they have chance TO get
married. Make it profession, az il
really is make IT profitable profession.
as well as an honorable profession, and the
money yuu invest in your school teachers
will be repaid many fold.
let us be Americans first, last and all
the time. Let ms see TO II that our children
are Americans. Europe is all right. Nor
way 'is all right, but | am an Amer lean
Perhaps we have responsibilities IN Europe,
IN Fiume. Danzlg. or in Shantung, but |
am against them all and for the United
States ! am for the people Of this country
against all the people of the world. white.
red. black or yellow. | want Ia see that
the government of tho United States
of America ia conducted primarily for the
people of the United States of America
and for nobody else on the face of God s
earth