The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-10-22
II50'1'..LI...I..1I.IGE Talks
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RepubIican Vice President
Candidate Campaign
ing in South

i'll ciIAHLoTTE, N. c., Oct. "a
Imerica Is synonymous with SER
Vice, declared Governor Coolidge in
an address here today brimful OF
faIlusions to the honor and dignity
s3oe work. He said he spoke OF ser
Vice IN the spiritual as we'll as the
material sense and continued:
SgThat people will fail which de-
votes itself exclusively to the, &C
formulation, OF wealth and which
fhokes property the chief end OF
man. sdas people will become
I EaeaalTed bY the ideals OF right
md 3tiStIRe. and liberty"
The Republican party, he sald,
4 k'cherishes no decisions that any
Z Scheme OF government or any
/ chanRe IN the organization OF so.
Y Getty could relieve the people from
tie necessity OF work. The rules
81 nature cannot be set aside. OBJ
BarYed they point the way to sue:
6cags and character" Successful
democracy, he said, can be achieV-
only at the price OF constant eL,
EoTt,p 1t Is law to disregard
which, he continued, us to invite
destruCtIan and anarchy" and to
I hhBarYa which is to develop pow
ar and government"
X ThB@Amer1oan people, the Cover
nor went on, have always exalted
labor, whether OF the head or hand.
srhe Old, Europe, he said, sharply
differentiated between its peoples
and established their rank and so
,sclRl R6sition by the kind Of work
,Sbarformed. I'VE shall have no
,jnph artificial standard here" he
tfkSAFS NFna ySu fhn fitlnr nf the EOi1
and the skilled mechanic are mea-
5ured BY athe same regard as are
4 al6 doctor or lawyer or banker. We
Il d&mand that each of us shall do
mis- work and do 1t with nll his
SKIN and might and energy, and we
can demand promptly in return
That the conditions under which
Ella work Is done shall be fair and
decent, with adequate reward for
3accompl ishment."
Z Touching on the alleged need OF
greater production which, he de-
3acrIbed as "the cure Of profttecr-
"Tna world is never very far
ahead Of starvation; bitter exper-
aenCe has shown us the mere shade
That exists between fuel and freeZ-
dug. I'VE, who have the fields and
The mines and who are blest with
order HlEnder law, have supreme
duty to ourselves and to humanity
las a whole. That duty is to So
cure maximum output in agrlcul-
fure and industry and in return to
nay the reward to which such aC-
(tion Is Justly entitled. Production
da most moral obligation, n well
saB a material necessity. 1t Is the
sure cure OF prOtlteering. To evade
1t Is to in1ure ourselves US well
AS our fellow man.
We: have been living under
ltremahdo rising tide of wages.
Our progress in this respect in the
last four years has almost exceeded
.sthe progress made in all previous
time. It has put existence on Il
new standard. Never before was
There anything to compare with 1t.
SThis has raised a grave question
as to whether production has been
equal to distribution, whether wag-
?eS are being earned by the COM
bined enterprise of labor, manage
ment and capital, or whether they
are being paid in part out of CAPT.
1ta1. Wages can increase as long
as they are earned. When not
harmed but paid from capital, dis.
saGter Is at hand, a disaster sure
10 bear with the greatest sever
.tty on the wage Garner and his
dependents.
& "There are two things that are
Important to wage earners. The
:nrSt is to put sufficient effort in