The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1920-07-22

/ day the worlds reserve force IN the
great contest for liberty through So
curitys and maintained equality Of op-
portunity and its righteous rewards.
Ii ID folly 10 close our eyes TO out
standing facts. Humanity Is reStiye,
much Of the world is In revolution. the
agents Of discord and destruction
cave wrought their tragedy in pathe-
tic Russia. have lighted their torches
among other peoples. and hope TO see
America IS a part Of the great red
ecnfagration. Ours is the temple Of
liberty under the law, and it is ours to
call the Sons Of Opportunity TO IT'S
| defense. America must not only save
herself, but ours must be the appeal
ing voice TO sober the world
More than all else the present day
world needs understanding There
can be no peace save through compos-.
ed differences, and the submission IF
the individual to the viii and veal OF
| the many. Any other plan means an
| archy and its rule Of force.
Ii must be understood that toll
alone makes for accomplishment and
advancement, and righteous possess
ion is the reward of toll, and its in
centive. There is no progress except
in the stimulus Of competition. When
competition natural, fair, impelling
competitions suppressed, whether
by law. compact or conspiracy, we
halt the march Of progress. silence
the voice of aspiration, and paralyze
the will for achievement. These are
but common sense truths of human
! development.
The chief trouble today is that the
world war wrought the destruction Of
healthful competition, left our store
houses empty, and there is minimum
production when our need is maxi
mum. Maximums, not minimums, is
the call of America. 1t isn't a new
story, because war never fails to leave
depleted storehouses and always i'm
pairs the efficiency of production. War
also establishes its higher standards
for wages, and they abide. wish the
higher wage TO abide, on one explicit
condition that the wage-earner will
give full return for the wage received.
1t is the best assurance we can have
| for reduced cost of living. Mark
you, am ready to acclaim the high
est standard of pay. but would be
blind to the responsibilities that mark
this fateful hour if I did not caution
the wage-earners of America that
mounting wages and decreased pro-
duction can lead only to industrial and
economic ruin.
/ want, somehow, to appeal to the
sons and daughters of the republic, to
every producer, to join hand and
brain in production, more production,
honest production, patriotic produc-
tion, because patriotic production is
ne less a defense of our best civiliza-
ton than that of armed force. Pro-
! fiteering is a crime of commission,
reproduction is a crime of omis-
sion. We must work our most and
best, else the destructive reaction will
come. We must stabilize and strive
for normalcy, else the inevitable re-
action will bring its train of suffer-
ings, disappointments and reversals.
We want to forestall such reaction,
we want to hold all advanced ground.
and fortify it with general good
| fortune
Let US return for a moment to the
necessity for understanding, particu-
larly that understanding which con-
| Germs ourselves at home. I decline to
recognize any conflict of interest
among the participants in industry.
A "A - = L. -
the other, the suspicion of rebellion
of one unavoidably involves the other.
In conflict rs disaster. in understand
ing there is triumph. There is no is
sue relating TO the foundation on
which industry is builded, because in
dustry is bigger than any element In
its modern making. But the insistent
call is for labor. management and
capital to reach understanding.
The human element comes first, and
/ want the employers in industry to
understand the aspirations. the con-
| victions, the yearnings of the mill
ions of American wage-earners, and
/ want the wage-earners TO under
stand the problems, the anxieties, the
obligations of management and capi-
tai, and all of them must understand
their relationship TO the people and
their obligation to the republic Out
of this understanding viii come the
unanimous committal to economic JUS
tice, and in economic justice lies that
social justice which is the highest es-
sential to human happiness.
/ am speaking as one who has
counted the contents of the pay en-
velope from the viewpoint of the
Garner as we'll 'as the employer. No
one pretends to deny the inequalities
which are manifest in modern indus
trial life. They are less in fact than
they were before organization and
grouping on either side revealed teh
inequalities, and conscience has
wrought more justice than statutes
have compelled, but the ferment of
the world rivets. our thoughts on the
necessity of progressive solution, else
our generation will suffer the expert
ment which means chaos for our day
to reestablish Gods plan for the great
tomorrow.
Speaking our sympathies, uttering
the conscience of all the people, mind