The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

pfoDienS IN an organized way, through
It's chosen agents. is just as essential
| as is the right of capital to organize.
70 maintain corporations, to limit the
Liabilities of stockholders. Indeed. we
| nave come to recognize that the lin
! TIED liability of the citizens as mem
Der of labor organization closely
parallels the limitation of liability
OF the citizen as a stockholder In
| corporation for profit. Along this line
of reasoning we shall make the great
| est progress toward solution OF our
| problem of capital and labor
Just as 1t is not desirable that
| corporation shall be allowed to i'm
| pose undue exactions upon the pub
| lie, so 1T is not desirable that a labor
organization shall be permitted to ex-
act unfair terms of employment or
! subject the public to actual distresses
just as we are earnestly seeking for
| procedures whereby to adjust and set
| tie political difficulties between ma
ens w Mith 1on resort to war; sc SO se W
| tie the differences between organized
capital and organized labor without
resort to the forms of warfare which en-
strikes, lockouts, boycotts. and the
like.
carefully regulating the organizations
and operations of industrial and
| financial corporations so we might
well have plans of conference, of com
mon council. of mediation, arbitra-
/ ton and judicial determination in con-
| troversies between labor and capital
To accomplish this would involve the
| code of practice in dealing with such
/ affairs With right privileges, i'm
munities and modes of organization
thus carefully defined. it should be
| possible to set up judicial or quasi
/ judicial tribunals for the considera-
ton and determination of all disputes
which menace the public welfare.
| Holds Strike Out of Place.
/
| the strike, the lockout and the boy
| colt are as much out of place and as
/ disastrous in their results as is war or
armed revolution in the domain of pol
itics. The same disposition to reason
| ableness, to Cancellation, to recogni-
| ton of the other sides point of view.
nized tribunals and processes ought to
! make it possible to solve the one set
of questions as easily as the other.
/ / believe the solution is possible.
The consideration of such a policy
| would necessitate the exercise of care.
| of elaboration in the construction
rights, dealing with the relations of
! employer and employee. This founda-
| ton in the law, dealing with the mod
ern conditions of social ana economic
| life. would hasten the building of the
| temple of peace in industry which a
| rejoicing nation would acclaim.
| Advises Land Reclamation.
| After each war, until the last, the
| government has been able to give
homes to it's returned soldiers, and
| large part of our settlement and de-
| velopment has attended this generous
| provision of land for the nations de-
| tenders.
There is yet unreserved approximate
| ~ 200,000.00o acres in the public do
main, 20,000,000 acres of which are
known to be susceptible of reclama-
| ton and made fit for homes by pro-
| vision for irrigation.
Point to Swamp Lands.
Contemplating the inevitable and de-
| sirable increase of population, there is
of consideration. There are 100000 acres
| of swamp and cut-over lands which
| may be reclaimed and made as valuable
| as any farm lands we possess. These
f! states, and the greater. proportion is
owned by the states or by private citi-
Zens. Congress has report of the sur
vey of this field for reclamation, and the
feasibility is established. l gladly recon-
mend federal aid, by way of advances
where state and private participation is
assured.
Homemaking is one of greater benefits
1 which government can best own. Meas
ures are pending embodying this sound
| policy to which We may well adhere. 1t
| is easily possible to make available per-
manent homes which will provide, in
turn. for prosperous American families
! without injurious competition with estab-
llshed activities or imposition on wealth
| dASduy dCQuItu
Plea for Aid to Russia.
| While we are thinking of promot-
l am sure there is room in the sympa-
| thetlc thought of America for fellow
human beings who are suffering and
| dying of starvation in Russia. Sc
! we're drought in the valley of the Vol
ga has plunged 100000 people into
griev9ins ia famine dn.., Our voluntary
the utmost to save the lives of chill
! dren in this area, but it is now evil
dent that unless relief is afforded,
| millions. Americans cannot be deaf
to such call as that.
We do not recognize the government
of Russia, nor tolerate the propagan-
da which emanates therefrom, but we
do not forget the traditions of Rus
sian friendship: We may put aside
! politics and fundamental differences
in government. The big thing is the
| call of the suffering and the dying.
Unreservedly 1 recommend the appro-
| pr1ation necessary to supply the Amer
lean relief administration with 10000,
600 bushels of corn and 10000 BUSH
els of seed grains, not alone to halt
the wave of death through starva-
ton, but to enable spring planting in
areas where the seed grains have been
exhausted temporarily to stem starva-
ton.
The American relief administration
is directed in Russia by former off,
GERS of our own armies, and has full
ly demonstrated it's ability to trans
port and distribute relief through
American hands without .hindrance or
loss. The time has come to add the
governments support to the wonderful
erosity of the American private purse
l am not unaware that we have suf-
fering and privation at home. When
it exceeds the capacity for the relief
within the states concerned it will
have federal consideration. 1t seems
to me we should be Indifferent to our
own heart promptings and out of ac-
cord with the spirit which acclaims
the Christmas-tide if I'VE do not give
tighten this burden of woe upon a
people blameless and helpless in fam
inc peril.
There are full score of topics con-
corning which it would be becoming
to address you, and on which I hope
to make report at later time. I
have alluded to the things requiring
your earlier. attention However, z
out suggested amendment to the or
ganic law.
Opposes NontaxabIe Bonds.
Many of us belong to that school of
| thought which is hesitant about alter
| ing the fundamental law. I think our
| to seek nontaxable investment, and
the menacing increases of public debt
| federal, state and municipal, all justi-
| fly proposal to change the Constitu-
| ton so as to end the issue of nontax-
| able bonds. No action can change the
| status of the many billions outstand-
| ing but we can guard against future
| announcement of capitals paralysis,
| Indebtedness would be beneficial
| throughout our whole land.
| Such change in the Constitution must
| be very thoroughly considered before SUBJ
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