El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-22

the highest standard Of pay. but
] would be blind TO the reSpOu-
sibilities that mark this fateful
hour n / did not caution the wage
earners of America that mounting
WHEes and decreased .oduction
can lead only TO indu-trial and
economic ruin
4 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-
tion than that Of armed force
Industrial Understanding.
The human element comes first,
and I want the employers in industry
TO understand the aspirations. the
convictions, the yearnings Of the mill
lions Of American wage earners, and
want the wage earners to under
stand the problems. the anXieties. the
obligations Of management and capt.
tai, and all of them must understand
their relationship to the people and
their obligation to the republic
-Out Of this understanding viii
come the unanimous commital 70 eco
nomic justice, and in economic Jus
tice lies that social Justice which is
the highest essential TO human hap
piness-
THE menacing tendency OF the
present day is not chargeable wholly
to the unsettled and fevered condi-
tons caused by the war. The mani
fest weakness in popular government
lies in the temptation to appeal TO
grouped citizenship for political ad-
vantage. There is no greater peril.
The constitution contemplates no
class and recognizes no group II
broadly includes all the people, with
ion
highest conservation we can make to
day is a committal Of the Republican
party TO that saving constitutional
ism which contemplates all America
as one people. and holds Just govern
ment free from influence on the one
hand and unmoved by intimidation on
No Place for Anarchy.
He who threatens destruction Of
the government by force or 1launts
his contempt for lawful authority
ceases to be a loyal citizen and for
feits his rights to the freedom Of the
sLet it be said to all Of America
that our plan Of popular government
contemplates such orderly changes
as the crystallized intelligence OF the
majority OF our people think best
There can be no modification Of this
rule, but no majority shall
y
sMen have right to question
our system In fullest freedom, bat
they must always remember that
the riEhtsNOf freedom imposes the
obligations which maintain II.
I'VE do not oppose but approve col
lective bargaining because that is an
right, but we are unaI-
terably insistent that its exercise
must not destroy the equally sacred
right Of the individual, in his neces-
sary pursuit OF livelihood Any
American has the right to quit his
employment, so has every American
the right TO seek employment. The
group must not endanger the individ-
ual and We must not encourage
groups preying upon one another,
and none shall be allowed to forget
that the governments obligations are
alike 10 all the people.
Railway Rehabilitation
1.-THE importance OF the railway re-
habiiitation is so obvious that refer
snce seems uncalled for.
1T is little use to recite the story /
II development, exploitation. govern
nent experiment and its neglect gov
arnment operticn and its failures. The /
nadeuuacy Of trackage and terminal /
facilities. the insufficiency Of equip /
nent and the inefficiency OF opera /
-ion-au bear the blightinE stamp OF /
governmental incapacity during fed /
sraI operation. The work OF rehabin- !
-ation under the restoration Of pri-
-ate ownership deserves our best en-
3ilIions are needed in 4
new equipment not alone to meet the /
rowing demand for service, but to j
restore the extraordinary deprecia-
ion due to the strained service Of
var.
1--WE have no more pressing prob
en- A state Of inadequate transpor-
alton facilities, mainly chargeable 10 4
he failure OF governmental expert
nent, is losing millions 10 agriculture, /
{ is hindering Industry, II is menac-
ng the American people witt a fuel
shortage little less than peril.
Cost of Living.
zone cannot speak o. industry and /
commerce, and the transportation on |
which they are dependent without an
earnest thought Of the abnormal cost
II living and the problems in its
wake.
Eight years ago, in times OF peace.
he Democratic party made 1t an issue
Ind when clothed with power that
party came near &c its accomplish
nent by destroying the peoples ca
lacity 10 buy.
Gross expansion Of currency and /
,redit have deprecated the dollar
ust as expansion and initiation have
iiscredited the coins OF the world.