Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-06
COX SAYS LEAGUE
WILL SERVE BOTH
/. FARM AND LABOR
Nominee Pledges Himself
Specifically to Increase
Postal Salaries.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
FOR LABOR ADVOCATED
Declares Millions Are Starving
While America Has Resources
to Help Them.
BY the Associated Press.

to Help Them.
| BY the Associated Press,
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR
GROUNDS. September 6.-Labor and
agriculture were timely subjects
discussed here today by Gov. Cox
OF Ohio, and he declared that inter-
| ests of both would be served by
success of the league of nations.
Measures to increase farm pro-
duction acreage and labor supply
| were advocated by the democratic
presidential nominee. and he declared
again for collective bargaining by
labor He also pledged himself
\ specifically to increase salaries for
postal employees. The governors ad-
! dress at the state fair was the first
OF three scheduled here today on his
visit to st. Paul and Minneapolis on
his western tour. Numerous recep-
| tions were also arranged
| Interests of labor and agriculture.
Gov. Cox declared to his fair ground
audience. are intertwined and inter-
dependent.
Calls League Issue Not Partisan.
Referring to the league of nations
with statement that it was not q
political question except when turned
to partisan uses. Gov. Cox said:
Millions OF men. women and chill
dren in devastated regions of Europe
America has the ability and resources
to provide for them ALL But this
provision can be made only when
reconstruction Of the world has been
undertaken under definite plan. AL
though our soldiers achieved a vic
tory in the great war, and by their
direct contribution brought the war
70 close. We still do not have peace
Until that peace is accomplished,
little headway can be made. Not only
| stake, but the material welfare Of
| our own country is vitality affected.
Waste and extravaganza must con-
tinue until by the ratification of the
treaty of peace we and the other
countries OF the world know definitely
where we stand"
Labor vitany Interested.
Turning to the labor question. Gov.
Labor IL vitality interested in the
plan Of readtustment which will be
adopted. There are those who think
the answer to present dffficulties lies
q. the adoption Of plans of the past:
u.
not OF that class. think that the
solution. is in the dawn of a new
day. when the human soul and the
human body shall count for more
than the sordid dollar :
SO long as men work for hiree
there will be differences of opinion
between those who labor and those
VINO employ labor. Industrial dis.
putes cannot be avoided, but indus-
trial disputes can be prevented from
h0
when both parties to the dispute can
be made to understand that goyern-
ment Is fair and that neither one nor
the other may gain an ADVANTAGES
Public opinion rules in America, and
public opinion will always settle in
dustrial conflicts IL the game be pIav-
ed in the open.
Mile Pest on Road Of Progress.
Labor day came to be as one of
the mile posts on the road of progress.
But Tor progressivism Labor day
could not have been. Reactionists
would not recognize it. The reactions
lists are in various groups. They con.
Sist primarily of the holders of priv
1ege. privilege conferred by laws.
In>'y strive not only to retain exist
ing privileges. but to secure addi
tionai ones. Special interests is only.
another term for privileges. The priv.
i1eged few are assisted by those who.
education. permit the elimination of
the majority rule. Special privileges
are aided by the extreme radicals who
propose things that are either un.
workable or advanced ahead of their
time. By misguided advocacy of in
appropriate things they deceive many
earnest citizens who desert from pro-
gressivism.
Labor should have the right to or
sanize and through representatives
OF their own choosing negotiate col
lective bargaining. This right never
has been denied capital. Care must
be exercised that government at ne
time be made oppressive in maintain
ing the laws of the land. 1 have said
that public opinion will settle indus
trial disputes, and to this end believe
the government should provide for
proper investigation in all cases,
with provision for the filing of the
facts without prejudice. so that the
public may have full information. The
right to free speech and free press
and the right of orderly assembly.
guaranteed by the Constitution, must
never be infringed.
Forgotten IN Our shores.
TOO long have we urged the down
trodden of other lands to come to us
As laborers without giving a thought
to their proper absorption in the melt
ing pot. Once on our shores they have
been forgotten until by our own
neglect they have become a serious
menace through lack of education and
of our ideals. Ameri-
canization must be seriously under
taken by the government. with in
5iStence upon full cooperation by the
employers of this labor"
Urging adequate remuneration for
employees, Gov Cox said
hat IL elected he would sign a bill
granting the long-suffering and IoyaI
postal employees the relief they so
-ichly deserve in the way of appro-
,riate and adequate wages"
Discussing agricultural problems
Sov Cox reiterated many suggestions
made in his speech OF acceptance, i'm
,luding federal reclamation aid, agri-
cultural extension and home building
Equal Advantages Of Education.
"In working out the problems of Amer
can farm life." he said. "the extension.
II transportation systems, the building
# good roads and the creation of mod
m school facilities in the country. which
,ring the boy and girl on the farm the.
that are offered to the boy
nd girl Of the city. go hand in hand.
t is now possible also to bring even the
most remote rural district the enter
ainment facilities to be found in the
more populated centers Farm work
hould no longer be drudgery Labor
aying machinery long since reduced the
,eriod of toll in the fields. II is now
possible to apply the same r1oSliod to
make more enjoyable the existence of
he farmers wives
The governor also reiterated his ad