The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-10-26
IS LIVING WAGE
UNREASONABLE
SECRETARY OF LABOR SAYS
AMERICAN PEOPLE EARN
AID DESERVE MORE
Labor Day Address Delivered At Det.
rot by Secretary Of Labor Davis
Is Heard BY Large Crowd;
Warns Employers

Detroit, Mich.-Dedication Of Labo,
day. 1921, to the relief of the nations
Unemployed was proposed by Secretary
of Labor Davis Monday in an address
to the workers of Detroit.
In the past, Labor day has been
holiday in honor of the man who tolls"
declared Secretary Davis. This year
it is a year that millions Of our people
would rather celebrate, not by taking
a holiday, but by going back to work
a. job"
The dedication Of the day to the re-
lief of the unemployed, estimated by
the labor secretary to number NEARLY
six million" should carry with it, he
said concerted effort on the part
OF all Americans, be they employees or
employers" AS means of partial re-
lief, the secretary proposed the under
taxing Of public works. the distribution
of work in mills" so that all may have
jobs for at least part of the week"
above all we need to shake off fear
ard take on faith and courage" Mr..
Davis asserted, For the lack of that
courage we are nc-lecting any number
OF large undertakings that would give
4 mighty shove TO the great stalled en-
CINE of American production
The secretary in his address directed
h0 ~ tho no
ton, declaring:
Don't set your wages by the hun.
CRY crowd at the gate to your mill.
That is only temporary wage. Dur
Ing the war the pendulum swung over
to the side of the employees. Now it
has swung hack to your side. Play
fair now ard you will do more to
stabilize your business and bring good
feeling than anything else you can do.
Keep in mind the fact that those men
who are swarming around your gates
looking for work are the same human
beings as yourself They have the
same aspirations for their families that
YOU have for yours. Regulate matters
now for the future and play the part
of far sighted wisdom
To labor the secretary held out the
assurance that in spite of the occa-
s.onal 'hardboiled employer no true
American business man entertains a
serious thought Of crushing the work
mems organizations. Let the open
shop mean what is says-'open to all.
he added.
ANY employer knows that crushing
the unions cannot be done. In the -avst
place, he knows that,k would not De
safe in any case. We want no Russia
in this Country. no hordes Of dis"rgah-
lied. leaderless men. reduced TO such
state of starvation that charity must
e. to their aid"
Opposition ~ 'ho n-'n"'N'e 81 we
living wage also waS expressed ny ir'
u. Wis.
Il am against the living wage ne
said. ut is not enough. We need 70
hear something of the saving wage II
is not enough for man merely 10 eN'
s'st. to meet the cost OF living. Wh"'.
ever it is, 70 pay the rent ana BUY l0u
and clothing for his family \ MAN
like the American workman needs ne
earns, and he demands someffin- moe
than that He wants 10 save ana Is
should be able 70 do it
According 10 the Grand 'un'''n,
Colorado. Sentinel. the Radi"" COM
nany of Colorado, one Of thy ArSeS'
ca,nottte operators in The country ann
owner of the kearnS property IA l'r,,'
valley south of Moab. has ordered the
Immediate resumption OF work "'
It's holdings with full force. l'H:'n-
the mast TWO months the cH''HinF
has been operating with only anou'
one hundred men, considered half y
crew. The recent orders will result
in the immediate employment or IN
other hundred or more men.