Arizona republican., 1921-04-15
GOLDEN RULE IN. DISPUTES. URGED BY DAVIS.

CHICAGO, April 14-A plea for a fair deal for capital. decent living wage for labor, larger profits for >1armers through lower railroad rates Ind settlement of all industrial dis sutes through conferences with the Golden rule as the basis of settlement szsas made last night by Secretary of Labor Davis in an address.
 He warned labor that if it is to fake share in the organization and policies of the nation it also must take share in the national responsi- bilities and declared that labor must see that transportation conditions were such that the farmer could make a fair profit.
 He upheld the right of capital as we'll as labor to be given a fair chance in presenting its side of all contro- versies and then warned capital that 8 decent living wage for labor was necessary.
 He expressed wish that a law would be passed giving him power to conduct national building inquiry. declaring he would spare neither the profiteering contractor nor the cor rupt labor leader.
 From time to time large employ CTS of labor. and some of them justly so, have been made the foot ball of muckrakers," he said. They have been painted in every color save that of the lily and when they have striven to give their side of the case, they have been charged with the dread crime of ,propagandists.
 There is at least one thing they must be given credit for-the desire to keep the wheels of progress going. They are beginning more and more to realize how essential their business is to public good.
 sIt is much better for labor and capital to get together and settle their differences and I am sure they will reach an agreement much easier than by having the secretary of labor or anyone else adjust their differ ences.
 Neither side should try to put anything over on the other. Each should recognize the rights of each other and both the rights of the pub lie.
 Give the men and women a decent living wage, for the way to make a loyal American is to make America mean something to him in the way of a happy home. family circle, food, clothing and self respect. To grind the life out of him is. to make a poor patriot.
 Labor for generations had been fighting defensive fight for its rights. 1t has reached the stage where it proposes to take a share in the responsibility of the organization and direction of the policies of the nation. Its viewpoint must become constructive If it is to continue to share the confidence and prosperity of the nation, it must share in the responsibilities. It must realize any plan of action or policy that proposes to confer privileges and benefits on one group that are not to be extended to all others will inevitably fail.
 The farmer markets his labor in the form of food and at present at very low prices. The farmer will not continue his food production on that basis. Workers must recognize this situation. They must see to it that transportation charges are so .ad, justed that the farmers product may reach its normal market without in curing an expense so great as to eliminate the possibility of an ade- quate return They must recognize r<Ihe fundamental equality of the labor that enters into food production and that enters into manufacture, com nlerce, and industry, and that to be prosperous a nation must be so or ganized that each group receives its proportionate share."