The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-15

tho constitution. IN other words government
should devote its energies to protecting every
citizen VINO dcsiror to work we'll as an prop.
ory from tho ravagos Of the vicious element
Of both sides TO tho contrary
THAT is as mr 40 government may proceed
consufuuou1E 1t ls as far as government
should want to proceed, unless and until there
be- % Willingness on the pare OF labor 10 recos-
n,lo tho primacy Of government in os,abllsh-
Ing an orderly tribunal wherein tho causes ~
thoso eternal conflicts may De adiudirotcd
peacefully
However well intcnuor'd President Hard
iugs compromise proposal TO tho coal strikers
may he. o. rs bascly unsound ana certain to load
ln the end 10 additional trouble ana dIaaa'Is-
faction. u puts the government into the con-
troyrrsy without settling that controversy:
moro than thnt. II puts government into the
controversy as weak and apoIorctlc ihIrr thus
ufcrcnunlly at least establishing tho contention
of the labor ollgnrchy. that un!onlsu and not
tho United States government is supreme In
such matters.
Tho met that tho labor olearchy constantly
seeks to bring about governmental intcrvcn-
ton I'm thoso controversies rests on a reason
that ls ~ uuueuol sgulnoaucc. That reason s
discovered in tho happy experience tho labor
ougarchy has had with government In such
role during tho past four or five years. with
every gesture uf government was one Of apology
to the labor oligarchy thus embolIcnlng - 20
make the blue sky rs limit in prefcrrlnF de-
nonds, social revolution its threat y its do
mands wcru not directly mot
Labor until n had experienced tho plastic
,I,dng OF President Wilson. wns ns bitterly
opposed 10 governmental Intervention In It's
controversies with capital bs u is today opposed
10 every suRgostion OF compulsory arbitration
or judicial determination ot ii- controversies
Since that time II has constantly sought to se-
cure governmental Intervention. relying on the
potency Of precedent to bend the political agcn-
clos OF tho republic to it' own advantage
President fInrdnE's proposal that the coal
miners resume work at tho wage scale prevail
ing April / and that they continue work until
a board of arbitration reaches decision, would
but stavc Oft tho evil day. For It Is IL
logical to suppose that anything would
have been accomplished whom tho arbltcrs de-
cislon had been registered unless that decision
gave to the labor ollgarchy It's maximum de-
mands The wage scale OF April I. based on
war-perlod conditions. gave miners $3.50 day
in union mines But in nonunion districts
where the mines have been operating steadily
the wage is E35O n day.
The simple truth--nnd It must bo accepted
either willingly or unwIllingly. sooner or later
is that neither tho coal nor railroad industry OF
this nation, not to mention others is capable OF
sustaining the labor policies carried over from
the war period by labor ollgarchy made do
hant by too much governmental pampcring.
The rtghts and interests OF the so per cent Of
population which is constantly without organ
izRtion either az labor or capital. must be re-
spected. This unorEanlzed 80 per cent cannot
go on paying war prices for its fuel, for It's
transportation and FOR It's various other neccs-
stiles when the products that It soils have un-
derEonc the deflatlon consequent upon the busi-
ness shrinkagc following tho war.
No matter what the experience necessary TO
effect final determination OF the issue, now
is the time to begin Government should stand
adamant on IT'S constitutional ohugpttons--to
maintain law ana order, TO protect property
and afford to every citlzcn his constitutional
rghts--the union man the right TO quit work
when hc plcascs, the nonunon and tho union
man alike, the right to work whenever he de-
sres to do and find fob
For government to interfere IN the direct
controversy as n mediator so long It's right
TO enter final decision Is disputed. is for gov
synmrnt TO contribute farther TO industrial
chaos.