The Washington times., 1920-09-06
HARD|NGTA[KS
OF i. S. PER|ES
Warns Capital and Labor
Against Endangerlng Worlds
"Best Country"
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,hsar what he was going to do for
labor, Senator Harding declared he
had no promises. Neither labor or
capital. he said, should aspire 10
domination In government
"I believe in unionism." said Sep
ator Harding. 81 believe In colleo-
tive bargaining. believe the two
have combined to speed labor TO its
just rewards. But l do not believe
in lsbor's domination OF government
any more than ] believe that capital
should dominate.
WOULD END CLASSES.
1--WE had our time at that, and We
learned the danger and ended II. We
do not want TO substitute one class
for another. We want TO put an END
to classes. .
II wish the existing high scale Of
wages 10 remain on one explicit con-
Iition-that for the high wages the
American workingman Will give 10
his task the highest degree OF eni-
cheney. There isn't any other way
to keep wages high and lower the
cost OF living.
The menace OF the present day is
inefficient production. ] am not ad-
vocating the driving. slavish toll
which saps mems energies. but l 90
advocate honest, efficient return Tor
proper pay.
..The Stacker, the loafer on the job,
is not only tho greatest obstacle to
labor's advancement, but he Is cheat
ing his fellows more than his employ
or. The workman who deliberately
adds to cost robs q fellow workman
who must buy. and impedes the way
to that ideal condition where wage
exceeds the cost of living.
Let no one beguile you with
dreams of idleness or the abolition OF
employer and employees. Work 10 the
sublime luxury OF life. There Will be
employers as long &s there Is leader
ship among men.
'-The big inspiration in life Is to
get on. We cannot get an all alike
God Almighty never intended 1t to be
20. or he would have made US all
alike"
OLD RELATIONSHIP GONE.
The principal cause OF Industrial
unrest. Senator Harding said, was the
drifting apart Of employer and en-
ploye. The old relationship Is gone.
Turning to the settlement OF in
dustrial disputes, he said:
AS an eminent labor leader has
said..All strikers sooner or later are
settled around a table; why not get
together around a table before Tho
strike beginsT
1--WE cannot have compulsory arbi-
tration. but think we can have and
should have volitional arbitration
The best thought Of the day COM
mends this method Of settlement"
Senator Harding praised the Cum
mins-Esch railroad law and the re-
turn of the railroads to their ownefA
The Government" he said. ~has
enough to do without invading the
field of private activity, at least until
the Government demonstrates its ca
pacity for efficiency. I do not believe
In government ownership"
The cost of living. Senator Harding
said. must be reduced. but it will not
be reduced at the cost of tho American
workingman or by bringing Ameri-
can standards down to the Old World
level.
1--WE can reduce the cost Of govern
ment by quitting the play of politics
with the nations bread and butter.
Stage assaults on profiteering do not
impress the country, and sugar agree
ments, which add a billion to our
sugar bills for year, do not indicate
a know-how which entities the
bunglers to hold their jobs
MAKES NO PROMISES.
81 do not come to you today with
a speech of promises. I cannot pledge
you the impossible. I can only preach
the gospel of understanding prac-
tically applied.
I'VE cannot prosper one group and
fmpoverish another. We cannot have
and must not have a menacing class
consciousness.
"Our system Is right; it is the judg-
ment of the ages, and here in Amer
lea we have wrought the supreme
achievement. There are abuses, per-
haps ever will be. Our business is to
strike at greed, outlaw robbery, and
correct abuses without destroying the
temple in which we abide.
Il do not blow you a bubble Of
imaginary equality of men and wom-
en-, but l do proclaim equality Of op-
portunity, proved in America and
making America the best land OF hope
in all the world. The fair chance is
here. 1t isn't in any particular craft !;
isn't alone in the closed shop; 1t is
not in revolutionary proposals of
those who threaten destruction in re-
turn for liberty's blessing. 1t is in
honest cndeavor. thrift, and a reso-
Lutte determination to get on in the
world.
Inc ucpiorADlc Slde OF modern in
dustry. with gigantic factory and the
productive machinery, is that too
many men are toiling like machines
at work. There ought to be more IN
. days work than the mere grind
and the pay therefor, even though
the pay is generous. Men ought to
know pride in the thing done.
SHOULD BE INSPIRATION.
Thcre ought to be Inspiration to
skill and glory in accomplishment
One ought to have before him the
goal OF being best in his line. The
mere fulhllment OF the requirements
to hold job never made a supcrin-
tendent or reached a captaincy in
all the world OF employment Con-
tentmcnt with a Job. with eyes riv-
eted on pay day, without enthusiasm
10 accomplish or desire to excel,
never made an advance for any man
anywhere.
an the broad sense labor's business
is selling its skilled or unskilled en-
deavor, and the basic cost Is the cost
OF living. What labor receives over
and above cost OF living is pay for its
nrrparatiop and a-nrnAt for