Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-07-08

words often misQuoted, frequently
misconstrued and almost always
turned into platitude. They contain
nevertheless the very ego of a nation
evolving towards world leadership
through balanced and equitable
social order. These words strike the
very keynote of world evolution
balance, adjustment, and harmony;
the very antithesis of disintegra-
ton and class warfare.
Those Of US who have eyes to see,
and hearts to respond to the great
world spirit, do not dare to take these
words that ring down through the
years and turn them to petty uses.
No group or party has any right to
|monopolize this great utterance. The
people" Of America mean the people
Of America; it does not mean those
who w0rk with the hands to the ex-
clus.on Of all others, nor does 1t
mean the respectable, conventional
middle Glass;" nor the economically
wealthy, overlooking others; it does
not mean any Of these alone, be-
cause it means all of these. This is
the great Americanism OF today. Do
we realize It?
We can never hope to solve our
many urgent problems until we have
swallowed and digested this ito
many unpalatable truth. We have
watched a good many experiments
that have sought to separate and is-
olate one group OF the American peo-
pie from the rest and persuade them
that their interest Ia. In dominat-
ing and subjugating their fellows. We
have watched organized groups of
capitalists seek to control great bod
IL OF producers and consumers; we
have watched organized political ma
chinery seek by cajolery or coercion
! to gain spurious majorities; we have
watched organized labor use for its
own ends the same autocratic meth
DDS 10 condemns in others. And all
this because we are not yet SUFFICIENT
Ily American to realize that the "peo-
ple" means and includes every group
in this great nation and not just
the one to which we ourselves be-
long.
In the light Of this truth how
much effort, and how many words we
waste; professional patriotism seek.
ing to uncover radical propaganda
IN every movement or uterance that
IL not along the good old sterotyped
lines. Professional laborism seek
ing to tar all employers with the same
brush without regard to personal
ideals or actions. Each and every
antagonistic group arguing from the
particular to the general. taking
words and phrases and wrestling
them to suit individual ends; utterine
half-truths and using words without
regard to context and application
One thing and one only will end 1t all
Fellowship, the real thing, not
merely cooperation Of all employees
against all employers; not labor sol
is against capital; not the proletar-
Hat against are Hnancier.
Consolidated America! The people
OF America. nnanciers, lproletariat
producers, consumers, employers and
employes-capital and labor In one
vast cooperative commonwealth e
make America a going concern, with
II sound economical political system
that will give each memebr OF thii
great corporation stake in the coun'
try.
l. Remeber this cannot be achieved
by putting capital out of business
nor even by change Of management
1t cannot be done by crushing" the
labor movement and supressine
every radical" utterance. 1t can %
done by wiping out old artificial lines
| Of cleavage. by q literal acceptance o.
the principle of cooperation. and II
succeeds in proportion to the sincerity
OF the purpose and integrity OF the
parties concerned.
Most Americans come from Mis-
souri,, they want to see thing dem
onstrated.'
Many smile increddlously. som'
guffaw in contempt at the idea OF
practical working system OF coop
GRAFTON between operator and EN-
ploye (the Capital and Labor OF the
stump orator. yet practical schemes
on this basis have been working sue
cessful for some time past in various
Arts Of America. The Harvester CO.
Of Chicago. the National Cash Reg
star Co. OF Dayton, the Garment