The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-02-04

VIII De Settleu Dy our DTlnBlnB dDOut
peace with Germany, which will open
her market to us. Germany's indem-
nifty will be definitely fixed by the
Allies, which must be done before
Germany will place the empire in a
working condition. Europe will take
our surplus Good times will come
with the protective tariff and the
practice of the strictest economy by
Congress.
Congress Not Against Labor.
While Congress is rapidly going
ahead with its double program of
saving big sums of money and at the
same time getting things done, 1t is
safe to say that it will not join in
any movement to help destroy the
labor movement by joining in any
general attack by manufacturers up
on the employment of union labor.
81 know of nothing more short
sighted" says Senator ]. s. Freling-
huysen, of New Jersey. one of the
closest friends of the President-elect
than the present tendency on the part
of many manufacturers to utilize the
dull period in business to make war
on the labor unions under the guise
of a movement for the open shop
wherein it means a shop closed to
union organization. Labor unions
have done much to bring about bet
ter hours and wages and better work
ing conditions. Wage earners have
the same right to organize for their
own good as manufacturers and bus
mess men generally have to organize
for their own benefit.
Warming Against Hotheads.
"The great body of our workmen
deprecate such criminal measures as
have been practiced by the 1. w. w.
and the Western Federation of Min
ers and such crooked methods as
adopted by the building trades lead
ers in New York City. Such menaces
must be prevented and the labor
unions must help to wash their hands
of them. But the Republican party
when entering upon the full power of
the government should re-
mind our manufacturers that they
must not judge our entire American
labor movement by the hotheads and
and should likewise remind
our wage earners that American bu-
siness is not to be judged by the re-
dictionaries who would entirely sup
press the right of labor to organize. |
There is a middle ground or method
by which we may harness the vast en-
ergies of American labor and the pro-
ductive might of American capital to
the task of making America supreme
among all the nations of the world in
capacity. When we find |
that method we shall lead the great |
est commercial revival in history, |
soon to follow upon the present per-
iod of liquidation for the energies of |
the earth have been quickened by |
war and those energies will be turn
ed to commerce.
''The principle of collective bar
gaining should be acknowledged in |
interstate commerce, but unions |
should be made to live up to their |
agreements when made. The fallacy |
hat labor creates value and that la
Dor is therefore entitled to the full |
return on the value it creates, which
IS the basis of most of our socialis
lie propaganda, should be met with |
education as to the real part which |
both labor and capital play in indus
ny and as to the worth of initiative
N our institutions. The Department |
Of Labor should not be conducted as
IN adjunct of the American Fedora
ion of Labor nor as a vehicle for the
views of those who favor non-union
labor entirely. 1t should be admin
stored for the benefit of all our wage
everywhere, and the Repub-
ican party should so utilize it in the
Jour years to come that it will actual
y better working conditions and at
he same time actually assist in the
lpbuilding of the prosperity and eff
iciency of American industry"
Swats Coal PrOfiteers.
Following upon the enactment by
ho House of assistance to the farmer
hru the emergency tariff measure
md to the laborer thru the limita-
ion Of immigration, Senator Calder
has introduced drastic bill with
which to swat the coal profiteer and
hereby assist the poor and downtrod-
zen ultimate consumer, of which
here are lesions throughout the land.
The bill authorizes the President
o deal in coal and control its pro-
luction, movement and distribution
N the event of any emergency, so as |