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lnexcusable and so disastrous to the
cause of labor.
Those Who lNonld Ston EYrhtinr

lnexcusable and so disastrous to the
cause of labor.
Those Who Would Stop Fighting.
The other school of thought-those
who would end the Industrial conflict
y involving ways and means of set
Ting differences without fighting
them out to a finish-include stu
dents of the problem of industrial
relations. employers who view the re-
lation Of capital and labor in the
light Of partnership. and government
officials who have tackled the job of
protecting the public against the evil
consequences of strikes. They are all
pacifists. although not in the sense
in which that word was made a term
OF opprobrium during the world war.
Theodore Roosevelt was of this
school when he ended the great an
thracite coal strike of 1902 because
he compelled the miners and opera
tors to stop fighting and then pre-
sented a plan for working out a peace
that continued for almost 20 years.
President Harding and Secretary
Hoover and others of his associates
have identified themselves with this
school by the efforts they have made
warfare in the coal and transporta-
ton industries.
John D.. Rockefeller, Jr., the late
II. B. Endicott and Henry Ford have
been conspicuous among the great
employers Of labor who have acted
upon the theory that the way to end
the industrial war Is to make it un-
necessary and undesirable. Lord Lew
erhulme, perhaps the largest employ
err Of labor in the British empire, is
another such. None of them or of
their kind has ever advocated fight
ing it out" .
Students of the industrial problem
point out that the war with Germany
and the Central Powers was fought
to a finish. with a result that has not
as yet proved altogether happy. VI
t1mately the world may be all the bet
ter for this demonstration of the mill
tant idea, but that remains to be
seen. Russia is also cited as an ex-
ample of what 1t may mean to fight.
II out.
In the light of history as it has
been recorded during the last century
and a half in the United States it is
rot to be expected that either the
militant or the pacifist idea will com
pletely dominate in dealings with the
strike problem. There will be a COM
promise. There will be enough of
fighting to demonstrate that 1t would
be a bad thing for society in general
for either side to emerge from the
conflict a complete victor. Perhabs
there has been that much already.
On the other hand, it will be shown
that it would not be for the general
good to work out a peace that in
wolves the complete surrender of
either side After all, capital and Ia
Dor must live and work together II
Industry and civilization are to 20
forward, and this is; not possible IL
one is to be subordinated entirely to
the other as a result either Of war
to the bitter end or Of an injudicious
pace.
One real danger in the present sit
uation, as leaders of affairs in Wash
tngton view 1t, is that the general pub
nc will cease to be concerned about
Immediately disturbing conflicts are
over. In that event little or nothing
will be done to prevent a recurrence
Of such troubles or toward working
out a permanent. solution of the prob
lem, for such steps are taken only
In response to an inststent, over
whelming public sentiment.
Q. Was gunpowder knbwynn or used
before guns were invented? a. i. w.
8{A. Older historians agree that
KunpOwder al known before # M
applied for . In guns. All the
oomponents and mixtures for Greek
nre similar to gunpowdersawsEe al
ready known a. early asl12SO.aaGutt
man, who has made m exhaustive
study Of the subject. ssys that NJ UNI
powder was gradually developed from
i9reAk fire, Ind waa knownsfOr year,