The Washington herald., 1922-09-23

Haywood Brown once remarked
that. when the silk worm told the
SOW that you couldn't make n silk
thread out of sow's ear, neita..r
could you make a pork chop out of
a silk worm.
Graham Wallace, that great So
cial philosopher, has summarized
one of our great problems by stat
ing that nation which does not
learn cooperation must perish.
Cooperation must take various
forms. The lowest unit or rather
the smallest unit is the family and
the largest and most comprehensive
unit Is the State. But between
those two units there must grow
out of our complicated society. with
problems too numerous to be
stopped by an interfering govern
ment. many other units Of co-opera-
tion. We find them In the factories;
we found them in the building
trades industry: and now we are
learning that the methods of CO.
operation in the building trades in
dustry have not yet been broad
enough to handle the great prob
lem which 1t has before 1t and that
in spite of the existing units of
cooperation. it has fallen into
many abuses which have brought
it a very large amount of public
discredit.
Men must unite to achieve indi-
vidually. This organization is a
manifestation of the consciousness
on the part of all interests con-
tained in the building trades that
To-. l.
place between each Individual in
terest in the industry, but that
these different groups of different
interests must learn to cooperate
together in order that their inter-
relations may be properly solved
upon a broad basis for the good OF
the public at large.
Deter Controversial Questions.
The task. in my Judgment. Is a
very serious one. because between
II and the complete attainment of
its ideals there are many contro-
versial questions of very serious
moment. which may be deferred
for the time being but which in
the end must be met and dealt with
il We are ultimately to attain what
we are seeking.
II we hope to specify too much in
detail what we hope to attain, we
might find ourselves unduly cir
CumscribIng the work: we might
find ourselves assuming the posi-
ton of doctrinaires, or we might.
as the Irishman put it, disunite
ourselves before we unite by the
Introduction of controversial sub
jects of a very fundamental ma
ture. We AL have to recognize
that there are some of these prob
lens so serious that we must ap-
proach them as a good housewife
approaches a bad egg.
NV own thought is that this
movement aims TO secure every
thing which can be attained by CO.
operation without transcending the
law and that nothing but expert
enCe will pick out for us the proper
line and boundaries of each indi-
vidual activity. We must go for
ward with a faith which | call the
democratic faith. the faith in peo-
pies capacity for self-Covernment.
a faith in that human nature which
leads us to believe that Il We meet
together and reason together we
" IL ltdTH 10 InlnN. leel ana act To-
:sether.
MY endeavOr is going to be to
outline some Of the concrete pur-
roses of this organization and to
make it possible to put in various
pigeon holes. not for the purpose
Of forgetting or discarding but for
the purpose OF proper consideration
VIXEN the time arises, these various
problems which this orga nization
has got to meet.
Statistics AND Stnnda Ira ton.
The collection OF statistics. which
give the people connected with its
Industries the information upon
which they can formulate inteIli-
gent acts. is a function with whicn
no one will quarrel. 1t is perfectly
obvious that Standardization NAV
pay a great part in connection
with YOUR work and. as the Secre-
tary of Commerce. stated. may leal
to the development of a nomenci.-
cure which will reduce frauds and