Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-21
FIGHT 1T OUT OR STOP FIGHTING
BY Trederio J. Haskin.

to overturn existing forms OF Cow
ernmont and social organization and
they know no better way Of bringing
this about than through a finish fight
between capital and labor. They arc
The ones VINO commit or jncits and are
Responsible for practically all the iaw-
lc%nees that Is 80 inexcusabie and
80 disas.rous TO the cause Of labor.
Those Who Would Stop Fighting.
The other school Of thouzht--those
who would end the industriai con-
fiict by involving ways and neans ot
settling differences without fighting
them out to fnish--inciuGes students
or the problem OF industrial relations,
employers who view the relation Of
capitol and labor IN the light Of a
/ partnership. and Government officials
who have tackled the Job OF protecting
the public against the evil conse-
quences OF strikes. They are all
| paciflsts, although not In inc sense in
which that word was made a term o,
opprobrium during the World wor
Theodore Roosevelt was of this
school when no ended the great an
| thracite coal strike 0, 1902 becsuee no
compelled tho miners and operators
10 stop fighting and then presented a
! plan for working out a peace that
continued for almost 20 years
President Harding and Secretary
Hoover and others OK his associates
have identified Themselves with this
school by the efforts they have made
within. recent weeks 70 stop the costly
warfare in the coal and transportation
industries.
John j.. Rockefeller. Jr., the ate II.
y. Endicott and Henry Ford have been
conspicuous among the great employ
ers Of labor who have acted upon tho
theory that the way TO end the Indus
trial war is to make Il unnecessary
and undesirable. Lord Leverhuirns.
perhaps the largest employer Of labor
in the British empire is another such.
None OF them or Of their kind has ever
advocated fighting It out"
Students Of the Industrial problem
point out that the war with Germany
and the Central Powers was fought 20
finish, with result that has not aa
yet proved altogether happy. Ulti-
mately the world may be all the better
: for this demonstration Of the militant
idea. but that remains to be seen.
I Russia is also cited an an example Of
> what Il may mean TO fight Il out
IN the light OF history as Il has been
2 recorded during the last century and a
= half in the United States It ls not 20
0 be expected that either the militant or
e the paclfist idea will completely don1i-
r nate in dealing with the strike prob
g lem. There will be compromise.
q -a-1T ~
/, demonstrate, that Il would be a bad
L thing for society in general for either
e side to emerge from the conflict a
complete victor. Perhaps there ha4
been that much already.
On the other hand, Il VIII be shown
II that at would not be for the genera.
10 good 70 work out a peace that in.
- wolves the complete surrender o.
Is either side. After ali, capital and labo,
~ must live and work together IL IN.
Al duetrv and civilization are to go for.
d ward and this Is not possible II ons {.
e 70 Do subordinated entirely 70 tn.
re other as a result either OF war 20 the
" bitter end or Of an inJud.cious peace.
le One real danger IN the present stu.
- at,on- as leaders OF affairs in Washing
ID ton view It, Is that the general publ,
N will cease 70 be concerned about III,
m Industrial problem as soon as the I'm
60 nedIately disturbing conflicts are over
.v In that event little or nothing will b.
,,+ done 10 prevent a recurrence OF sue!
troubles or toward working out
,-o permanent solution OF the problem. 70
such steps are taken only In respons
e to an insistent, overwhelming publ
sentiment