The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-06
mo PROMISE TO
BOR--HARDINC|
Nominee Opposed to Domino
ton of Business or Govern
ment by Any Class.
is BELIEVER IN UNIoNIsM

Marion. o.. Sept 6.-PreachIng
gospel of understanding" between EN-
y rers and employees, Senator Harding
NJ in Labor Day speech here tina
= hough he believed In unionism ant
Effective bargaining, he opposed ia
bor's domination OF business or govern
'ment' as determinedly as he would op
pose domination by any other class
Voluntary arbitration was declared b.
the republican nominee to be the idea
solution of labor troubles, and he ad.
vocated joint committees of employer
and employees. mot to run the bust.
ness, but TO promote mutual under
standing. He asserted that no one
could deny laborer the right to qui
his employment, but that adjustment
Of labor problems should be on the
basis OF Justice to every one.
Senator Harding also Endorsed the
Cummings Esch law. restoring the rail-
could not approve OF the socialist
plan," which proposed that the prop
critics be placed under control OF the
employees.
FIRST LABOR ADDRESS.
The republican Candidate deIIv.
cred his labor address, his first OF
the campaign, to several thousand
persons at Lincoln park. His audi.
enee was composed mainly Of work.
ers and employers. To those who
came expecting to hear what he was
going TO do for labor, senator
Harding declared he had no prom.
ises.
Citing his own experiences as an en-
ployer the candidate said he never had
any trouble with his employees in his
newspaper establishment and added that
although print paper prices had In
creased. his expenses by an amount
equal to $500 for each worker In his
plant. none Of them ever had suffered
financially on account OF It.
AssaIls Protteerlns.
In the course of his speech he also
assailed prohteering, declaring that
stage assaults" without action had
discredited the policy OF the democratic
administration toward the profteer.
i have not come to you today with a
HsfSns of SS Sa Ds ssS
impossible and | do not mean to sug-
gest the impracticable. can only
preach the gospel of understanding prac-
tically applied.
II believe in unionism. / believe In
collective bargaining. believe the two
have combined to speed labor toward
Its Just rewards. But do not believe
in labor's domination Of business or
government any more than / believe
that capital shall dominate. We do not
want to substitute one class for an
other. we want to put an end TO classes.
I'VE live In an era OF collective en-
deavor. Capital led the way. and labor s
organization was not only natural. but
necessary. II has done more than serve
its membership, II has rlveted the
thoughtful attention of America to So
cial Justice and brought the fruits
"on this always significant holiday 7
to look YOU in the face and
ask for the sponsor for that miserable
DID falsehood about a dollar a day be-
ing enough for any working man. II the
author was seeking to apply II to me,
think he must have meant dollar an
hour. You see I have been dweller
among you for g years. Part OF that
time l was a-gage Garner myseIf--alI
the tue I have been laborer-and for
more. than thirty years save been an
,mploye as well as laborer. and a man
can't preach one doctrine and practice
smother.
Stacker Cheats His Fellows.
Let me renew that public utterance
n which | spoke OF high wages, and
said wished the existing high scale TO
-emain. on one explicit condition--that
'or the high wage. the American work
nan shall give TO his task the highest
iegree of efficiency. ! am not advoeat-
ng the driving, slavish period OF toll.
which saps mems energies. but I hope
hat the Stacker. the ioarer on the job
s not only the greatest obstacle to
abor's advancement, but he is creating
his fellows more than he does his en-.
,loyer
1T is utterly false to assume that
abor and capital are in deadly conflict.
I Is not important TO establish which
element comes first, since each Ia es-
ential to the other. We do know that
abor, the human element, IL OF deepest
,ublic concern. The deplorable side OF
modern industry Is that too many men
re toiling like machines at work. Men
ught to know pride In the.thing done.
The big Inspiration In life Is to get on.
When men tell you this Is the privilege
4 the few. they challenge your intel
igence.
Il am sorry the old. intimate contact
'etween employer and employe is gone.
wish we could have the intimacy re-
tored. not in the old way. but through
ONT committee Of employees and en-
Ioyers. not to run the business. ,Y.t
o promote and maintain the rn'tuailtv
Z interest and the fullest Understandings.
Herein lies the surest remedy for most
I our Ills.
NolItionsl Arbitration.
We cannot have compulsory arbitra-
ion. because all parties must consent to
stahlish arbitration and enforce it's
onclusions. think we can have and
ught TO have volitional arbitration. The
est thought Of the day conlmends this
ray 70 settlement.
The wage scale which eontemplates
rental cost in one place might he
Wholly Inadequate TO meet the cost in
mother and a nationnlized scale would
york an In tusfiCs This mint was de-