East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-07-22

10 see America rs q part uf the great
Red conflagration ours Is tho tenn
iple OF liberty under the law. and It is
ours TO call the sons ~ opportunity
TO It's defense. America must not only
savo herself, but ours msgst he the APP
pealing voice 20 sober the world,
More than ali else the porsent day
world needs understanding. There
can he no peace save through COM
posed differences, and the submission
OF the individual to the will and veal
OF the many. Any other plan means
anarchy and its rule of force.
II must be understood that toll
alone makes for accomplishment and
advancement. and righteous osses-
sion is the reward of toll, and its in
centive. There is no progress except
in the stimulus of competition. when
competition--na natural, fair, impelling
competition is suppressed, whether
by law, compact or conspiracy, we halt
the march of progress, silence the
voice of aspiration, and paralyze the
will for achievement. These are but
common sense truths of human de-
velopment.
The chief trouble today is that the
world war wrought the destruction of
healthful competition, left our store
houses empty. and there is a mimi
mum. AIaNimums, not minimums, is
the call of America, 1t isn't new
story. because war never fails to leave
depleted storehouses and always inn
pairs Tthe efficiency of productions
War also establishes its higher stand
ards for wages, and they abide. wish
the higher wage to abide. on one eX-
plicit condition-that the wage-earner
will give full return for the wage re-
ceived 1t is the best assurance we
can have for a reduced cost of living.
Mark you, / am ready to acclaim the
highest standard of pay, but l would
be blind TO the responsibilities that
mark this fateful hour if | did not eau
tion the wagle-earners of America that
mounting wages and decreased pro-
duction can lead only to industrial and
economic ruin.
1 want, somehow, to appeal to the
sons and daughters of the republic,
to every producer, to join hand and
brain in production, more production,
honest production, patriotic produc-
ton. because patriotic production is
no less a defense of our best civiliza-
ton that that of armed force. Profi- |
teering is a crime of commission, un-
is a crime of omission.
We must work our most and best, else
the destructive reaction will come We
must stabilize and strive for normalcy,
else the inevitable reaction will bring
its train of suffering disappointments
and reversals. We want to forestall |
such reaction, we want to hold all adj |
vanced ground and fortify it with gen.
eral good fortune.
Human Element First
Let US return for a moment to the (
necessity for understanding, partfcu-
larly that understanding which con-
Germs ourselves at home. l decline to !
recognize any conflict of interest
among the participants 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 disaster, in understand
ing there is triumph. There is no is
sue. relating to the foundation on
which industry is builded, because in
iustry is bigger than any element in
is modern making. But the insist
mt call is for labor, management and
,apital to reach understanding.
The human element comes first,
md want the employers in industry
o understand the aspirations, the con-
'ictions, the yearnings of the millions