Evening star., 1921-07-03
SEES CAPITAL JOIN
HANDS WITH LABOR

take account of stock and learn what
1t was that got us into trouble. and
| how we are to avoid that trouble in
the future.
"Adversity is a stern teacher. and
we are dull. indeed. II from this hard
experience we have not learned anew
the lesson Of prudence and thrift. and
saving and moderate spending. But
about even these valued principles l
believe we have learned the neces-
sity of work, of hard. honest. unfiag
ging work. During the prosperous
times we thoughtsntirelyo of what we
| could get. 1t brought US disaster
Now we see that the way back to
prosperity is to work back. We must
think of what we give for what we
get"
Cooperation In Industry.
The Secretary said that another
lesson that had been learned was
that of working together. He said
that the question of working fel-
lowship between employers and en-
ployes had been regarded too much
as an ideal never to be attained;
II know better" he continued.
! with my own eyes I have seen bet
! ter. Countless good Americans who
| employ are putting into everyday
practice fellowship. or way OF
| working together in harmony. that
! brings them not prosperity only. not
only fatter pay envelopes on one side
and better business or the other. but
it brings to both sides that content
! ment to work which we all want 70
see made general throughout Amert-
and employees BOTH know we'll that we
cannot be a successful business na-
! ton without II. Harmony seldom ad-
vertises itself Strife alone does that.
| THE great body of American In
dustry does move forward harmoni-
| those
who have saved and prospered and
| now own factories. and those whose
i ownership OF a clean pair OF hands
| will lead to ownership OF factories II
| they likewise toll and save and use
head as well as hands. That harmony
we hear little of because of the noise
I of occasional industrial strife among
| us.
I'm the year 1919. on the heels of
this most devouring of all wars. we
kept 2S7.000 manufacturing plants in
| operation, some of them night and
employees we turned out a product
valued in that year at s60.0O0. .0O0. 900.
| Early in the boom year Of 1920. we
did even better. And yet at this mo-
ment we dare to be downhearted. A
people capable of such endeavor has
six months. doubling its ability to re-
| cover from the effects Of its own dis
coura cement
The great volume of wealth. this
rapid advance. we have been able
| to achieve in fifty short years by in
tense application of genius for the
| mechanics of industry. Now / be-
! lieve we are to create a new era in
, the worlds progress by applying our
| national genius to the huma MICS. the
human side. Of industry. We had been
making our country one vast ma :
l n hoc hn Ivoy to-
that all our industrial ills have sprung
from lack Of single cog in that ma
| chine. single cog. but the most i'm
portant of all. The missing cog has
been the element of simple humanity.
| Now, with our characteristic energy,
we are Fastening to supply that ele-
ment. Greatly as we have been build
ing. our material resources have still
been only partly recovered. Our hu-
man resources have hardly been
| touched"
WorI<men Deserve the Best.
| retary said:
The American workman has given
| or his very best to our amazing ma
tional development He deserves the
best in return. Everywhere the wise
| among our employers have come to
see the full measure of the workman's
| deserts. living wage, yes. By all
HiedHS. Even t1dt Is not enough. Give
| the American workman the means to
live life according to his well known
standards. We like to boast of those
standards Of his. the highest in the
world. Help him to maintain them.
Make him purchaser. Give him the
chance to rear family. Give him the
wherewithal to educate his children.
He wants and needs recreation for
himself. Yet this. too. is not; all
However we'll we may pay the work.
er. we are treating him still as an en-
ploye. We need to think more of him
as man. as a co-partner in business.
The humblest workman likes recogni-
ton.
1T is easy to tell off these matters
that are out Of order. Some Of them
look hopeless of remedy. Most of
them will take time and patience for
their adjustment. AS 1 said before.
freight rates need to come down. and
can come down, but only as the whole
complicated system Of railroad work
and wages is adjusted. Yet there are
things that we all can do. those who
employ. those who work and those
who wait for houses. We can cease to
be slackers. all of US. We can all join
to push for new banking laws to re-
lease the needed money"
Copyright. 1921. by The Washington Star.)