The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-04
SAYS COUNTRY
MUST FIND WAY
TO END STRIFE
Secretary Dauis Puts
Stress on Need
Of Peace.

Mo0seheart, ILL.,. Sept I've
must and will find a way to end
this fraticidal strife in industry"
said Secretary Davis Of the labor
department in a Labor day address.
I'VE mus and will find means to
settle these industrial disputes
without recourse to the futile arbi-
trament of force. American indus
try must find a method that will
avert these industrial disasters
and that will give to the American
workman an adequate wake, saw
ing wage.
I'VE must see to it that the
worker is guarded against the loss
Of wages, the employer against the
loss Of profits, and the public
against loss Of service which
comes through these suspensions
of work. We must put an end to
the suffering and privation, the
bitterness sand hatred, which these
conflicts engendar, and which
tend to poison our whole industrial
system.
II venture to say that not one
industrial dispute out of a thou
sand has ever been permanently
settled except in one way-by the
negotiations of reasonable men, in
"a reasonable frame of mind, who
sat down to discuss the issues in a
spirit of fairness and cooperation.
Must Negotiate.
I'VE must ultimately come to the
state of negotiation for settlement.
Il am a firm believer in the ul-
timate fairness and justice Of man
kind. / believe that no differences
between employer and employe
are so great that they can not be
adjusted, no gulf so wide that it
can not be bridged, if both sides
will gather around the council ta-
BILE in a spirit of earnest cO-opera-
ton. Experience backs this be-
lief"
American labor has made great
strides in the past year, he said;
| it has fought off all attempts to de-
crease wage levels set up during
the war, and safely passed a war
crisis.
Continuation of high wage lev
! els, Mr.. Dvis predicted, would
bring prosperity in the United
States because it would increase
the nations consuming power.
There have been industrial con-
flicts, he said, in referring to the
mines, rail and textile strikes,
which have meant "incalculable
! loss," and losses that will reach
every man, woman, and child in
America"
No Disturbances.
Carbondale, ILL.,, Sept. 4.-(By
the Associated Press. Union
men from southern Illinois coal
fields were gathering here this
morning for their celebration of
| Labor day. This city is bedecked
| with flags and has taken on a real
holiday aspect. Union officials es-
timated that approximately 10000
union men would be in the city for
the parade.
While public officials did not an
ticipate any trouble during the Gel
| ebration, strict precautionary
measures have been taken in order
to cope with any situation that
might arise. twenty-five extra po-
licemen and deputy sheriffs are on
duty and the Illinois Central rail-
road, it is understood, has 60 extra
guards watching its property and
guarding employees.
State Senator W. J. Sneed, presi-
dent of the Herrin sub-district of
the Illinois Mine Workers; John B.
Frey cf Cincinnati, editor of the
| Iron Moulders' Journal, and Pro-
fessor John B. Shryrock, of the To-
cal State Normal School, are sched-
uled to speak.
| Rumors that preparations were
being made for disturbances were
frequent but most were found to
be erroneous.
The only disturbance here last
night was an attack on Willard
Neal, round house employe of
the Illinois Central railroad COM
pany, who was severely beaten.