Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-04-01
TWO SPEECHES GIVEN HERE
Address Given TO LabOring Men
of Local Factories Satur-
day Noon.

Saturday was Leonard Wood day
I'm Gratiot county, hundreds of voters
from all parts of the county, greet
ing Major General Leonard A. Wood
during the morning of that day in his
rapid circle of the three principal
towns of the county, st. Johns, Ithaca
and Alma.
That Major General Wood made a
strong impression on Gratiot people
and secured many friends among the
Republicans of the county, was free
~ acknowledged, after his visit here
His addresses in the three cities were
cleancut, free from reference to his
opponents for the nomination, and
brought out points relative to the
government that strongly impressed
his audiences in the three places.
The feature of the swing through
Gratiot county was the big Wood
luncheon at 1900 noon Saturday at
the Republic Cafeteria, which was
attended by nearly five hundred peo-
pie, nearly all of whom were Alma
residents.
Major General Leonard Wood ar
rived in st. Louis on the first leg of
his jaunt through the county at SOP
a. m. Saturday and gave a short ad-
dress to nearly 800 residents of that
city and surrounding territory.
The Alma Masonic band, which had
been engaged for the occasion met
Wood and his party in St. Louis, and
went from there TO Ithaca where an
address was given at $3.50, at a com
munity meeting, which was attended
by nearly 1000 people. He was
given a highly enthusiastic reception
there.
From Ithaca the Wood party came
to Alma, where at 1880 an address
was given to the employees of the
Republic, and to such others as de
sired to hear him, in the final repair
shop of the large Alma factory.
In this address Major General
Wood took up to some extent the
problems of capital and labor, which
are confronting the country.
In part he said:
Then we have the questions of
labor and capital. There is a lot of
lnsincerity on both sides in discuss
ing these questions. The whole thing
comes down to an application, in the
relations between those who work
and those who direct the work. of the
basic principles of the Golden Rule.
do unto others as you would have
them do unto you.
Honesty, Honesty on the part of
the employers and when | say hon
est, | mean by that a man who is
honest enough TO give those who
work for him good wage, a living
wage, a wage which with thrift and
industry will enable him to lay aside
something for stormy day, TO mar
~, to have a family and to give his
children chance in the world We
have not only TO let people live, but
if we are the right kind of men and
women we must help them to live.
You will find, at least have
found. and ! know you will find that
% per cent of American labor is
square, and wants TO run straight.
They are under alien leadership in
most instances where you will find
trouble.
Down at Gary / found that the
real agitators there, the trouble max
ers, those who were preaching viol-
ence were not Americans. They were
importations from overseas. The
type of man we want TO get rid Of.
found in the ranks of the mob there.
and there was a big and ugly mob,
q good many men in uniform that
mad on their shoulders the devices of
the fighting divisions that have COW
cred our national military reputation
with glory overseas. | called them
out and said what are YOU men do
ing here ?" They answered. almost
IN one voice, "We are trying to keep
tnese people from their wrong doing"
asked them, "Do you belong to or
ganlzed labor" There were three of
them and they answered in one voice
ies' sir. One of them who had
been non-commissioned officer stem
ped out and said "Yes. General we no.
long to organized labor. but wa ha-
long TO America first. We ara irvine
Z TO keep these people from acts of
NlOitiCt.
There you have little trainiro
which comes from the army and tbo
spirit of loyalty which YOU find =,
the great bulk of American worL.
pen. 1t is worth our while to give n
little more attention to smoothing
out these questions and to seeing TO il
that American labor has American
leadership, and that these insidious
elements Of discord which drift into
t.ns country and try TO take advant-
age Of every industrial crisis to pres
ent some movement against ordered
government, do not lead American
labor and that they are not allowed
to live in this country.
Give man an opportunity to
work; assure him when he earns
something il is going TO be his. Help
him TO work. Impress upon those
who work that they are entitled TO a
good days wage, and that they are