The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-06
Believe in Ul.ionism but
Oppose It's DONNA
tion," Harding Says


a gospel of understanding" be-
tween employers and employees
Senator Harding said In a Labor
Day speech here that although he
believed in unionism and c0llective
bargaining he opposed labor's DOM
ination Of business or government"
as determinedly as he would op-
pose domination by any other class.
Voluntary arbitration he declared
to be the real ideal solution Of la
Dor troubles, and g advocated joint
committees Of employers and em-
ployes mot to run the business"
but to promote mutual understands
ing. He asserted that no one could
deny a laborer the right to quit his
employment, but that adjustment oc
labor problems should be on the.
basis Of justice to every one.
Endorses Cummins Bill.
Senator Harding also endorsed
the Cummins-Esch law restoring.
the railways to private operation.
an dsaid' he could not approve OF,
the socialist plan,' which proposed
that properties be placed UNDER
control of the employees.
Citing his own experience as an
employer, the candidate said he
never had any trouble with his em-i
ployes in his newspaper establish
ment, and added that although!
print paper prices had increased
his expenses by an amount equal to
$500 for each worker in his plant,
none Of them ever had suffered
financially on account Of 1t.
Opposes Labor's Domination.
II have not come to you today
with a speech of promises" said
Senator Harding. Il do not pledge
you the impossible. and do not
mean to suggest the impracticable.l
can only preach the gospel Of
understanding practically applied
l believe in unionism. l believe In
collective bargaining, I believe the
two have combined to speed labor
toward its just rewards. But I doi
not believe in labor's domination OF
business or government any more.
than l believe that capital shall
dominate. We had our time at that,
and we learned the danger and end
ed it.
Good Wages for Good Workers
"Let me renew that public utter,
ance in which / spoke Of high,
wages. and said wished the exist.
ing high scale to remain, on one,
explicit condition-that for the high
wage, the American workman shall
give to his task the highest degree
of efficiency. l am not advocating
/, the driving, slavish period OF TOLL
which saps mems energies, but =
hold that the Stacker, the loafer on
the job, is not only the greatest OBJ
stacle of labor's advancement, but
he is cheating his fellows more than
he does his employer.
THE deplorable side Of modern
industry is that to- many men are
toiling like machines at work. Men
ought to know a pride in the thing
done. The inspiration in life is to
get on. When men tell you this Il
the privilege Of the few, they chal-
lenge your intelligence
| Against Government Ownership.
| After declaring against compul-
sorry arbitration, Senator Harding
said:
This brings me to the subject Of
railway legislation and the enact
ment of the Cummins-Esch bill re-
storing the railways to the lawful
owners. We owed to the railway
owners to restore their property.
seized for war service. just as We
owe the return Of the peoples mon
ey invested in government loans.
|, l favor It for the additional
reason that l do not believe in gov
ernment ownership.
II do not pretend to say the rail-
way act is perfect, indeed. I know It
is not.
This law does not contain an
anti-strike clause.
II want to see profiteering iso-
lated and punished. It Is q moral
wrong and an economic robbery,
Stage assaults on profiteering, most
lily dealing with petty offenders, do
not deeply impress the country"
4 ARREST 10 IN WRECK PLOT.
!. Springfield. H.. Sept 6.-Nine