The New York herald., 1921-12-07

or subject the public to actual dis
tresses in order to enforce it's terms.
Finally. just as we are earnestly
seeking for procedures whereby to
adjust and settle political differences
between nations without resort to
war, so we may well look about for
means to settle the differences be-
tween organized capital and organ
lied labor without resort to those
forms of warfare which we recog-
niZe under the name OF strikes,
lockouts, boycotts and the like.
AS we have great bodies of law
carefully regulating the organization
and operations OF industrial and
financial corporations. as we have
treaties and compacts among nations
which look to the settlement of diff
ferences without the necessity Of
conflict in arms, so we might we'll
have plans of conference OF common
counsel of mediation. arbitration
and Judicial determination In con-
troversies between labor and capital.
To accomplish this would involve
the necessity to develop thorough
going code of practice in dealing with
such affair. 1t might be well to
frankly set forth the superior inter-
est of the community. as a whole, to
either the labor group or the capital
group. With rights. 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 dis
pltes which menace the public well
fare.
In an Industrial society such as
ours the strike, the lockout and the
boycott are as much out of place
and as disastrous in their results as
is war or armed revolution In the
domain Of politics. The same dis
position to reasonableness, to con-
Citation, to recognition Of the other
sides point of view. the same pro-
vision Of fair and recognized tribu-
nails and processes, ought to make 1t
possible to solve the one set OF 1ues-
tions as easily as the other. | be-
lieve the solution is possible.
The consideration of such a policy
would necessitate the exercise OF
care and deliberation In the con-
struction of q code and a charter of
elemental rights. dealing with the
relations of employer and employee.
This foundation in the law, dealing
with the modern conditions of social
and economic life, would hasten the
building of the temple of peace in
industry which a rejoicing nation
would acclaim.
After each war until the last the
Government has been enabled TO
give homes 20 its returned soldiers,
and a large part of our settlement
and development has attended this
generous provision Of land for the
nations defenders.
There is yet unreserved approxi-
mately 200.000000 acres in the pub
lie domain, 20.000,000 acres of which
are known to be susceptible Of re-
clamation and made fit for homes
by provision for irrigation.
The Government has been assist
ing in the development of its re-
naming lands until the estimated
increase in land values in the irri-
gated sections Is full s500,000, 900
and the crops of 1920 alone on these
lands are estimated TO exceed $780,
900. 900. Under the law authorizing
these expenditures for development
the advances are to be returned.
and it would be good business for
the Government to provide for the
reclamation of the remaining 0,000,-
900 acres in addition TO expediting
the completion of projects long
under way.
Under what is known as the coal
and gas lease law, applicable also to
deposits OF phosphates and other
minerals on the public domain. leases
are now being made on the royalty
basis, and are producing large rev.
enues to the Government. Under
this legislation 10 per centum OF all
royalties is 10 be paid directly to the
Federal Treasury, and Of the re-
mainder 80 per centum Is to be used
for reclamation OF arid lands by irri-
CATION and 40 per centum Is to be