Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-04-10

have a duty a. safeguard tho wages ~
labor and the continuity 81 employment
ia the Eamo why that they have aife.
guarded the Investments and the Te'
turns upon capital. .
told you little while ago that I
could b. good Texan n ! had onc ~
YOUR hat hands. I think that Texas II
ono ~ the best states IN the Union. Why
du ! ANY that? Because ! have been M
fortunate aA 70 meet tho fine, high
Grade citizenship down her" | doesn't
make any difference how much cotton
YOU raise or how many cattle you en-
port or what you do down here. " you
don't raise men and women II will all
to Ter naugh, This last thought that
want a. leave with you Ia that the state
does owe duty 10 prevent industrial
strife. industrial warfare. not only be-
cause ~ the general public and what II
suffers but also In order that there
shall be- some safeguard thrown around
ihc earnings II labor and the returns
upon capital. M that this private war.
fare win not he going ON with all liz
dostructlvcneH. and In order that the
homes u the land may be- protected.
What Democracy Means
had the pleasure ~ speaking nj n
club In Cleveland the other day TO which
Mr., Stone ~ the Railway Engineers
aud Mr.. Lee ~ the Railway Conductors
belong. They were the fellows that
put over the Adamson law. I said. dc.
mocracy means Q government Of, for
and by the people. while b0lsheyiSn.
broadly sparkling. means government
NJ. for and by class. That little min.
GRITTY ~ men known M the -Four BiE
Brothcrhoods. the railway service. with
$4,000 mon--a little minority. true. but
20 placed M 10 h. tremendously pow.
crful--scrved notice upon the govern.
inent II the United States M the most
critical time IN our history, with o
worldwide conflict going on. NJ time
when We didn't feel that we could az.
ford 10 yet into q strike at home. and
served notice upon Congress that u
they didn't pass the Ad1maon law NJ
u certain date they would strike and
parnlyzc the Internal commerce " the
country. That was not democracy. n
hey had been Democrats In the sense
that ! am and YOU are. for We are all
alike In that. they would not have done
that We have got 10 get over tina, Idea
about sticking 10 parties TO much. You
heard what the man from Colombo sid
they did h the Democrats In Colorado
and Montana. rather what they tried
20 do and didn't. and what they actu.
ally did tn the Republicans up In North
Dakota. Aud ! saId. "if they had been
Democrats they would have said 90 the
President and 10 Congress. II you don't
pass this law which VIZ are demanding
because We believe II IL right. we viii
ga 10 the pcoplc In the next general
election and We viii ask the people 20
eject a President and n Congress that
viii pass t. That would have been
DcmWracy." when they saId. "If you
don't pass Il We will strike" that was
n condition which threatened the PEG.
PIE. threatened TO ruin the business OF
the country and bring sorrow and sui.
fcrlng into the homes 81 the land, and
when they did that they were bolshe-
VISITS and told them no In their own
club. tApplauscl.
What we need In this country II
plain speaking. and ! have tried a.
speak plainly 10 you. wish had lots
more time and YOU had more energy.
| think We have started In Kansas
something hope viii BE- success
The. lawyers In the country iamhastcd
that Kansas law worse than anybody
else at first. They said II was a state