The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-07-23

These are but common sense truths OF
human development
The chief trouble to-day In that the
world war wrought the destruction OF
healihful competition, left our store
houses empty and there Is q minimum
production rhea oar~Eeea IL maximum.
Maxlmurns. not minimuns. is the call
OF America. II isn't a new story, be-
cause war never fails TO leave depleted
storehouses and always impairs the ef-
fioiency OF production. War also estab-
fishes lts higher standards for wages.
and they abide. Ywish the higher wage
10 abide on one explicit condition
that the wage Garner will give full
return for the wage received. Il is fhe
best assurance we can have for n Ie-
dueed cost OF living. Mark you. an
ready 10 acclaim>ths highest standard
OF pay, but would be blind 10 the
responsibilities that mark this fatefuI
hour II / did not caution the wage
earners OF America that mounting wages
and decreased production can lead only
TO Industrial and economic ruin.
Must Produce More
Il want, somehow, TO appeal 70 thA
sons and daughters OF the republic
TO every producer. to joln hand and
brain In production, more production
honest production, patriotic production
because patriotic production Is no less A
defence OF our best civilization than that
OF armed force. Profiteering Is a crime
.of commission. underproduction Is a
crime OF omission. We must work our
most and best. else the destructive re-
action will come. We must stabilize
and strive for normally. else the in
evitable reaction will bring It's train OF
sufferings. disappointments and re-
versals. We want to forestall such re-
action. We want 10 hold all advanced
ground. and fortlfy It with general
good fortune.
LET us return for a Homen: to the
necessity for understanding, particularly
that understanding which concerns our
selves at home. decline to recognize
any conflict OF interest among the par
ticipants in industry, The destruction
OF one Is the ruin OF the other. the
suspicion or rebellion OF one unavoidably
involves the other. In conflict Is dis
aSter. in understanding there is triumph.
There Is no issue relating 10 the founda-
tion on which industry is builded, be-
cause industry is bigger than any ele-
ment in its modern making. But the IN
slstent call Is for labor, mana cement
and capital to reach understanding.
Human Element First.
'The human element comes frs. and
want the employers in industry 20
understand the aspirations. the con-
victions, the yearnlngs OF tho millions
OF American wage earners, Rnd want
the wage earners TO understand the
problems, the Rnxietles. the obligations
of management and capital. and all OF
them must understand their relationship
to the people and their obligation to the
republic. Out OF this understanding will
come the unanimous commIttal TO
economic Justice. and in economic justice
lies that social Justice which is the
highest essential to human happiness.
Knows Views of Garner.
II am speaking as one who has
counted the contents OF the pay en-
velope from the viewpoint OF the Garner
as well as the employer No cne pre-
tends TO deny the inequalities which
are manifest In modern industrial life.
They are less in fact than they were
before organization and grouping on
either side revealed the inequalities. and
conscience has wrought more justice
than statutes have compelled, but the
ferment OF the world rivets our thoughts
on the necessity Of progressive solution,
else our generation will suffer the ex-
pertinent which means chaos for our
d0V IN hItch rndfa far VhA
great tomorrow. s....
speaking our sympathies, uttering
the conscience Of alt the people, mind.
full Of our right to dwell amid the good
fortunes OF rational. conscience impelled
advancement. We hold the majesty OF
righteous government. with liberty under
the law. 10 be our avoidance 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 or
derry government safeguard the onward
march TO all we ought to be.
'-The menaclng tendency OF the pres
ent day Is not chargeable wholly TO the
unsettled and feyered conditions caused
by the war The manifest weakness in
popular government lies in the tempta-
ton to appeal to grouped citizenship for
political advantage. There 10 no greater
peril. The Constitution contemplates no
class and recognizes no group. II
broadly includes all the people, with
specific recognition for none. and the
highest conservation we can make to-
day is a commlt;al OF the Republican
party to that saving constitutionalism
which .contempl2tes ali America as one
people, and holds just government free |
rom influence on the one hand and un- |
moved by intimidation on the other.
1T would be the blindness OF folly /
10 ignore the activities In our own coun- |
try which are aimed to destroy our |
system. and to commit Us to |
he colossal tragedy which has both |
destroyed all freedom and made Russia |
Impotent. This movement Is not to be !
halted In throttled liberties. We must |
not abrldge the freedom of speech. the |
freedom Of press or the freedom of as
sembly. because there is no promise In |
THESE liberties are as sacred as the |
freedom OF religious belief. as inviolable |
Is the rights Of life and the pursuit OF
happiness. We do hold to the right |
70 crush sedition, to stlfe menacing
for law. to stamp out peril
10 the safety OF the republic or lis peo-
DE when emergency calls, because Sc
,urity and the majesty OF the law are
he first essentials Of liberty. He who
threatens destruction OF the Govern
nent by force or flaunts his contempt
or'lawful authority ceases 40 be loyal
'itizen and forfeits his rights TO the
reedom of the republic.
Orderly Changes Needed
Let It be said to all Of America that
'ur plan of popular government con-
empla.ss such orderly changes as the
fystalllzed intelligence of the majority
Il our people think best. There can be
10 modification OF this underlying rule.
'ut no majority shall abrldge the rights
4 minority. Men have right to
question our system in fullest freedom.
'ut they must always remember that