The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-20
Speaker Gives Interesting HoYy Of Efforts Through Many
Years Solve the lasuc Between Capital and Labor
Hi, Address One of Surprises Of Convention

EIruue " tho lows operation tho
number ~ f'Ut,N uU1 'Hp number
Of those Involved Increased ana
quito recently. pH re- result uf tHnse
r,urr'trtaF. the law h1H been
amended by s'IiI.r ogt the com.
pulHry feature. s0 ih1t strikes are
uo l.nraf Illegal
'Tu... uptr been efforts ~ enact
legislation making labor ,Ompul
a'Jy. hut these have failed because
tAuy "uru aa economically uusguud.
uH ih.s Nrlr ImpIuIII aI us uu.
boufd Hud uH luuIu irN na EiH.
ln'nu wnU't hr whI % made huHI.
noes rpmpulsUrg SO man viii con
urue In 'ualuraB Then Doc finds that
ho ls doing fhi8 If 70 i.sE 30 state
IAN compel a man o. remain M
biFlu,HF and thereby lose hlr FOR
tune, neither ,ur fhr rtHi. succeed
IN compelling men ~ work f1r wages
which lower the standard o. living
nud for This reason arc Ilaotlsfir.
tory To- tho gfcut majority
we are the living witnesses o'
tho Er'A'HHi effort the world has
Bccn to ,stnblifh compulsory labor
which. under the term the mIlIfur-
lena uf labor has attempted GOO l!us.
'NNA AN iE NAN lIf. f''.tiN y NNN 'INN l.N |N'"
Duss the result which has followed
,ha milfnriem ~ nbor upuu Rus
Hnu Industry. How far II hbf failed
We are unable to nov because of
conflicting reports cnihuling from
thUt unfortunate country but That
&, hnF not boon IA success In 30 Dyi-
dent that Il requires mo- further evi-
dcnCe than that which Is already
common know ledge
I'm our own country two methods
have hocu attempted which deserve
consideration. During the war we
had temporary body. the national
whgr board which dealt with Il
temporary condition uudN which,
because OF tho nations devotion 90
the task Of winning the war. con
dltlons could hc established which
would not Doe successfully attempt
ed during normal timoH. We nave
recently witnessed the efforts of a
federal commission to deal with the
human factor In industry upon the
railroads. and We found that both
management aud labor refused TO hc
governed by its decisions. and fur.
thormorc there came HB result, al
least In part due 10 the railway
NHgo boards activities, tho great
est railroad strike which the Cpuu-
Try has over witnessed.
Government I'm industry by COM
misaiona, has AT least up TO the pres
cnt iimc, utterly fsiiod to solve the
problem In the past, or for tods y
and tomorrow. Some OF our states
have attempted 10 solve the prob.
lem through legislation under which
tho stnJO. acting through commits
hurs " industrial courts. would de-
trrmiu, wage rates aud other terms
ot employment That they have
failed to solve the problem, that
they have failed TO prevent strikes
that they have failed 20 compel en-
playor to give labor To wage carner'
whom employers could not sell their
product. IL 80 well known that
win not attempt 10 10 into details
There Is another method which
has been applied TO which | desire
20 give fuller consideration. Volun-
tury arbitration has been held w
ns an ideal method, and unqucstion
ably 1t Possesses great value In eN-
ccptiunHl cases. particularly as a
fru aid 60 tho injured. but Just ns
we would bu unwilling 10 have the
legislation we desire as citizens sub
mittcd TO some third party for ar.
hiuatlou, 80 both management and
labor except IN extreme cases have
preferred some other method.
when an industrial dispute oc'
ours, voluntary arbitration is IRE
quently recommended 10 both par
ties. Sometimes IL IL uuwlllingly ac'
cepted by both sides, but generallS
tho party TO the dispute who fccl'
that their strength and position vii
enable them to win the contest, op'
poses arbitration, while those who
believe they occupy she weaker posi-,
tiun advocate IT, while invaluahl,
for temporary purposes there IL III
tie lu the experience following vol
untary arbitration which would rec.
ummend II IA q universal method OF
adjusting industrial problems and
tho human relationships involved II
them. II those involved IN an indus
trial dispute cannot adjust their dit
terence themselves, Il ~ scarcely
possible that outsiders can do thi'
Tor thrm. and this is particularly
true whcre technical problems ar,
involved. the rules and methods OF
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