The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-22

- lCIusSA NSSS ~ az $50 -
Ii am ready to acclaim the highes,
STANDARD for pay, but ! would be
blind 10 the responsibilities thai
4 mark this fateful hour Il did no,
caution the wage-eafnars Of Amer
| ica that mounting wages and de
creased production can lead on.
10 industrial and economic ruin.
| want, somehow, 10 appeal -
the sons and daughters Of the re-
Ipub!ic, to every producer, to JOIN
Ihand and brain IN production, more
production, honest production, pa
| trio.ic production, because patriot
| ic production is no less a defense
OF our best civilization than the,
Of armed force. ProtiteeTing is .
Icrime Of omission. We must worS
our mos. and best, else the de
structire reaction. Till come. We
aust stabilize and strive for nor
E1alcy, else the inevitable reac
| ton will bring ita train Of suffer
iEgs, dlsappolntments and roVeTs-
ass. We want to fo:estsll such re-
action, We want 20 hold all adyanc-
ed ground, and fortify It with gen.
eral good fortune.
Let us return for a moment to
the necessity Tor UNDERSTANDING.
! particularly that understanding
(which concerns ourselves at home
4 decline to recognize any conflict
Of interest among the participants
IN Industry. The destruction o.
one Is the ruin Of the other, the
spspicial OF rebellion Of one IN
aycitably involves the other. In
conflict is disaster. in understand
ing there Is triumph. There Is no
issue relating TO the foundation Oh
| which Industry is buided. because
industry is bigger than any ele-
ilent in its modern making. But
htte insistent call Is for labor, man
agernent and capital to reach TN
derstanding.
| The human element comes first.
and | want the employers in in
! iustry to understand the as2ira-
ions, the convictions, the yearn-
inss Of the millions Of American
J wagee4ners, and | want the wage
sarners to understand the prob
lems, the anxieties, the obligations
Of management and capital, and
all Of them must understand their
relationship TO the people and
! their obligation 70 the republic.
Out Of this understanding vii!
come the unanimous cornmittal to
economic justice, and p economic
Justice lee that social Justice
which Is the highest essential to
human &ppiuess.
| an speaking as one who has
couatei TIE contents Of the pay
| envelope from the yiswpoir. Of
itha Garner as well as the employ
| Or. No one preterds % deny TIE
iaeogpalIiies which are maniiect in
modem. inllstriei lie. They are
, less in fact than they we're be-
fore organization and groa7;ng on
either side revealed the inaGuali-
tiles. and conscience has wrorght
more Justice than statutes have
| compelled but the ferment OF the
word rivets our ;heughts on the
necessity OF prcgFessiYe solution,
Else our generation viii suffer the
IexpeEiment which means chaos for
! our day 10 reestabilsh Gods plan
for the great tomorrow.
( Speaking cur sympathies, utter
Ing the conscience CT al! the PEG
/ pie. mindful Of our rights TO dwell
amid the good fortunes Of ration
al, corscience-impellcl advance
nent, We hold the majesty Of
righteous government, with liberty
under the Law, to be our avoid
ance Of chaos, and we call upon
every citizen of the republic to-
hold fast TO that which made US
what We are, and We will have
orderly government safeguard the
onward march 10 all we ought to
be.
The meraciug tendency of the
present day is not chargeable
wholly 10 the unsettled and fever
| cd, conditions caused by the war.
The manifest weakness in popu.
{, lar government lies in the tempta.
ton 10 appeal to grouped citizen
snip for political advantage. There
is no greater peril. The constitu.
ton ccltemplates no class and re-
cognizeS nc group. Il broadly in.
clcdes all the people, with specl.
lie recognition for none, and the
highest conservation we can make
today is a committal Of the Re.
publican party to that saving con.
stitrtioralism which contemplates
al America as one people, and
| holds just government free from
influence on the one hand and IN.
moved by intimidation on the
other.
/ It would be the blindness Of
folly 10 ignore the activities In our
own country which arc aimed to-
destroy our economic system, and
to commit US to the colossal trae.
edy which has both destroyed all
freedom and made Russia impo.
tent. This movement Is not to
be halted in throttled liberties.
We must not abridge the freedom
Of speech, the freedom Of press, or
the freedom Of assembly, because.
| there Is no promise in repression.
These liberties are as sacred az
the freedom OF religious belief, as
inyiolable as the rights Of life and
the pursuit Of happiness. We hold
to the right to crush sedition, to
stifle q menacing contempt for
law; 10 stamp out a peril to the
safety Of the republic o.its people.
when emergency calls because
security and the majesty Of the
law are the first essentials OF Lib.
erty. He who threatens destruc.
tion Of the government by force
or flaunts his contempt for lawful
authority, ceases to be loyal citi-
zen and forteits his rights to the
freedom Of the republic.
Let 1t be said TO all Of America
that our plan OF popular govern
meat contemplates such orderly
changes as the crystalllEed intelli.
gence Of the majority o. our people
think best. There can be no mold.
| ficetion Of this. underlying rule,
but no majority shall abritge the
rights ola minority. Men have q
right to question our system IN
| fullest freedom, but they must nj.