South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-30

0vcrtIrnlng the foundation OF the
republic. and without destroying
tho only guarantees on which order,
lilo rty and Progress can possibly
rest2 ] believe they can and that
employers. executives. foremen and
workmen, cOmpetently informed
enerEiz~d sympathetic and keenly
DESTROYS TO get az the truth. can CO.
operate for an adequate national
surplus with as much n rmony as is
consistent with the keenly healthy
discomfort with things as they are.
which is the genius of the American
people. And that great people is
just ~ ready 10 serve notice ON all
whom IL concerns-labor. labor
leaders. employers, legislators and
presidents-that it has Just one
great reservation. viz. the right to
make it's own mistakes
Continuing, Mr. Calder said Am
erican and alien alike should be en-
couraged in self-eXpression and gem
erously aided TO use their self
determination intelligently And al
though there IS no plan TO offer
there is simple remedy which
takes its start from that old Chinese
prOverb. If YOU want keep the town
clean let every man sweep before
his own door"
The Remedy.
The remedy is quite old fashioned
and rather out of date il IS educa-
ton "a slow bat sure one. but capa-
bile i'm these hustIing days or accel-
Grafton with several speeds Educate
the employer, the management, tho
foreman the workman the minor,
the public and industrial councils
where they exist i'm the art Of CO.
operating tor am adequate surplus;
and we might even in sanguine
moment extend the endeavor TO con-
-rCss
"The three great essentials that
men have had TO provide from the
earliest days are food, shelter and
clothing, and the three trades have
been agriculture. building and tex
tiles These are the elementary
trades
You 90 down TO the tropics ana
look for the man who doesn't have
his brow and YOU find a man with 4
thick skull and a dark skin. who has
the yam fruit dropping into his
stomach. who wears very little i'm
the way of clothing and who finds
the tropical foliage a good enough
shelter; and when YOU take another
look at him and look away again
YOU can't distinguish very well be-
tween that man and a baboOn or a
gorilla AS YOU come up into the
higher latitude where the climate
does not permit such a lazy exist
euce we find the higher type Of man.
Ii is impossible for a man to try to
be happy and cut out the work Of
life"
Mr. Calder pointed out that de-
mOcracy ia industrial relations has
sprung out of the humanitarian
movement and progressive economic
thinking The workman likes the
thing welfare but ne hates the word.
and IL is camoufaged and called
mutual interest. and although it is
given "A different name it is really
just good business.
Industrial Progress.
In speaking on the philosophy Of
industrial progress. Mr.. Calder said:
History shows that great economic
and social forces flow like a tide
over communities communities
that are only half aware Of what
is happening to them. and wise
statesmen are those who foresee
what time is bringing and who try
to shape institutions and mould the
thoughts of men and their purposes
in accordance with the chance that
is silently coming on. The unwiSe
are those who do nothing whatever.
constructively, i'm that process. and
who greatly imperil the future of
mankind by leaving great questions
TO be fought out between ignorant
change on the one hand and ignor-
ant opposition on the other That
is our problem today to bring intel
uEence TO bear on industrial ques-
Ions-to settle them i'm man 90 man
fashion and 20 do if by scientific
method. We never did anything in
safety until we knew the facts. We
merely insur ID against accidents.
In conclusion Mr.. Calder said that