Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-04-06

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individia. suicide. Tho energy of. in
authority only those. functions ana
those powers which in the common
Judgment and experience ot MANKIND
can best be successfully accomplish
cd by government and retaining all
else to themselves, is the basis OF all
successful civilization.
The ideas Of Socialism take from
man his highest rights, the rights to
think. to work and livc-for himseii.
In the words Of Leo XIII:
Socialism is to be utterly rejected
because contrary to the natural rights
Of mankind"
Minimum Wages.
Among sophomore economists the
in some form by the state would set
tie all social and economic ills. 1t
has been tried and failed from 6 to
age in so far as we nave recorded
human history. 1t is unsound, I'M
economic, unsocial and unavoidable.
The ancient Babylonian king, Ham
murabi, the author of n OF the old
est codes of law, of which we have
record approximately 5000 years ago.
into his code Of laws n fixed the
wages of surgeons, Of veterinary sur
geons. Of contractors who, if they
built a house and it fell down must,
at their cost. rebuild the house that
fell; of builders Of boats, OF the hire
of oxen, of mich cows, of the wages
of field laborers, of herdsmen, n
others.
The hire Of a laborer from the be-
ginning of the a to the fifth
month was fixed at one rate and from
the sixth month to the close OF the
year at a lower rate. The wages OF
artisans, potters, tailors, stonecutters.
carpenters and rOpemakers were
fixed by the law of Hammurabi, the
tablets Of which law were set up IN
different parts Of the kingdom for all
to read and heed
Attempts at wage fixing and. that
which would logically follow, h fix
ing Of the price of the products of Ia
Dor were tried in the most ancient of
times in Greece, in Rome, in Eng
land and France, in the early history
of this country, only to be cast aside
as impossible and unavoidable.
Yet they REQUIRED proposed as pan
aceas for economic ills, ills which
nothing but work and thrift can cure.
Industrial Relations.
No discussion of the relation of in
dustry and the state would be meas
urably complete without some refer
ence to the subject of industrial rela-
tons. The state owes it to its citizens
to keep the channels of public serv-
ice and public communication free
from interruption growing out Of in
dustrial disputes.
Inc citzen mas the rignt 70 exPec'
OF the state ina II snail piotect mn
IN the norma pursuit OIL ms luhua'
mental rights to contract 1or MS serV'
ices aho 10 pc secure IN tne ENJOY
ment OIL the 1ru1ts anu enhoiu"eht
tnereoI:
individual INA unit VIII
ana accept as the !uhoa'
mental truths tnat 1alr oea4lne Is d
inc oase OF az social me:
ta) inat such aeaiine requires tlAa
each Individual snal! not conscious!
h b;- ~ $3.50 ~ a~n,,nt ~ n,arL n.
! NAV perform in a given time con
sistent with the preservation of hi
health and efficiency: that only thu,
! can he make that contribution to so
cia! success from which he has
right to expect fair treatment fron
others: \
!; OBJ That he shall not limit or /,
any way handicap the opportunity o
desire of others to become proficien
in any trade or endeayors in tn,
shortest possible time, nor permi
others 80 to do.
(c) That he shall not oppose prOg
ress in mechanism or methods where
by the work of the world may tn
more readily be performed, or tn