Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10

iow-cIliEcnN ! am native n the state
Of Ohio. resident Of the state Of Kan.
ans, hut a citizen 81 the whole blamed
United States. I ran put one n those
hatiands on my hat and 80 out
amongst you here and you wouldn't
know that 4 am from Kansas or Ohio
know that because on three separate
occasions itsiay have been asked
What 10 ydur town"
! am to tnlk o. you about n subject
which perhaps IL not a. as much inter
ost 10 YOU here In Texas az Il ~ In some
PARTS % the United States. but u Dr.
n problem that u Worldwide ana n o.
a problem which affects every uart ~
the United States. In fact every pi.'
Of The civilized world You have hal
n little cnNflencc with Il down here.
understand. You had a strike down no
Galveston Tha, ~ the first Kanslf
port for the shipping q vhcgt. ",
found Il out because We sent sl man,
box cars giiltd with wheat down toward
Galveston. Because tho port was closed
by reason a the STRIFE. thoy mad
wiEat binf uni 81 those ears and thrt
never gut hack 10 hr.nf another load
We hive an Industrial situation
which haa grown up during The iast. ] f.
Will say. fifty years n roos hack.
think. that Tar. ard Il came about M,
urally. With modern inventions. with
the Invention - the rtusn engine mol
ern methods ~ makiug steel. with TO-
development ~ M. railroads. Wit
steam NAVIGATION, and with nnnia
"a other great improvements along thni
line. the time came when tho liiti0
ope-man shop was mo- longer practical
when the uite.nian transportation con.
iEny was no hngur practical. vhDt
capital. In order 10 handl" tho bushes
Of an Increasing population. had 10 cor !
HreRate. IL had 10 h'cume organlzrd
and ~ the mod.rn business rurpumt.ou =
developed, Ia a corporation a gr.a /,
numhcr Of men put their capital tor,tE
e. and that capital Is managed and con
irolled BY a Boatd of Directors. prob :
bly, through superintendent OF mar
'Eer, md that capital sometimes mount, i
INTO the millions And ~ a grcat IN
iustry develops and that industry esu
lloys hundreds and thousands of ahl,
ng men. so the answer 10 The rr,a
corporation which has developed In mod J
IN times was the labor union. CAP. Z.
AL employing labor spoke with ono
'olce, II was organized. Labor In il, y
Inorganized state was helpless. Il d. v
'ended solely upon capital for IT, en- ~
loymcnt, and ~ l Eay lccitlmaiely ana Il
roperly the labor union was the nm
wcr that WIS evolved e. the great buf ~
hess corporation. ~
Employer and Employe =.
Now therc u a certain confllc, n ~
nterest between employer and e,n ~
ioye. The managsr 81 the corpora =.
on that employs s.oe0 men II concern -.
q chiefly with producing dividends To- ~,
nc siockholders whom h. represents II,
nat Is his first duty and II ~ proper
hat II should BE- on tho other hand 81.
Ne men employed In tina, Industry arr
'ncerned chiefly with the wakes tina =.
y PAD 70 labor. the wages ana III. M,
orNing conditions. No there IN q con
lct 81 Interest there. II YOU had no. :
ID 30 much already this afternoon An =
gard 10 I. W. w.Ism and radicailspi n
"a socialism and 80 on. might 20 On
"a say u YOU that there might hav,
IN no serious conflict between en-.
nyer ana empluye had q not been fot
: ideas that have bccn poured into
ears Of the laboring pcoplc Of This
nn,ry Until they have been made a. III
iieve TINT the why that they nigh. III
osper Was by compelling chrital a. de- III
= or 20 do that 20 advance the v.st,, ii
the shorier day and tho poorer day.
Boishcyism
ne spirit OF socialism. and later tho
RI Of Bolshevism through false lead.
MP. TO a large extent. Is the cause
the great Industrial conflict which III
been going on IN this country.
u1isnt 80 on and say 10 you
at many things about the need az
ne legislation 20 control that situa.
D. but think Il Is not necessary
mas become recoFnized 80 oiearl.
y there Is a conflict there which N
aso1e AL ruin the country. AsI
before, you probably do no, reaily
they 90 IN the East; ! know We
y IN kansls. You take a state iIk,.
ssAenusetis with It's great industries
n The vast number q men who warA
wages. and strike 81 an industrial
iiict pafalyzes the entire cummun
We ma one incident M In Kansas
cAos'd US 10 realize the condition.
maybe u IL an incident with which III
hre al familiar. Because We are
lfalFse state and must DEPEND upo,
for fuel. ANA because n c,.r,ai,
VINO happened 10 b. The head -
=. HDor trust. . class % lai,os,fv IN
ca IN mining coal with a cruelty
On u almost unbelievable, land bv
way. he n very much the same k,p5
character az Big Biu Hnvy.oo1
you have heard ~ much abouf
THIS aftefnooni. said. Not n Dopnd
'ual snail BE- produced Ia this ur,i
state until say 81 shall BE- dom.
uoub'e came about. Our coal min.
region Is one hundred per cent. ~
ized ana be was In position whrr,
word was the law. II was a, IN,
inning q November. one ~ tho colJ
->oNehntFfs We ever had. and run
on INTO the coolest Dsccmbar W.
mad anu the time came when
9 was actual suffering In the land
TINS man was appealed 10 10 nj.
small quantity % coal "a n.
uced TO warm a hospital N his
city and he refused 20 do even
when the schools were ,los.-l
all over tho state. when pnilie
les were rendering only naYs sar
when the churches weru closea