The Farmington times., 1922-09-29

and helped, or some great body OF
labor to lead the way and, instead Of
seeing how much they may exact from
an employer for the least work, to
try the other scheme and see how
much they can do in given time 70
profit the employer and let the wages
depend not on organization and
threats, but upon the work done and
the spirit of cooperation.
That's all! But as yet the leader
does not appear. No great corpora
ton as yet fails to get the best of the
bargain if it can when making terms
with labor. No labor organization
as vet has considered the employing
interest before its own. And if you
ask why, the answer is plain; be-
cause men are selfish, because men
distrust each other, because expert
ence has proved to each that neither
is wholly to be trusted.
Then the answer, the real answer,
is an inculcation of spirit of unset
fishness, and spirit of trust. In
other words, all those who stand in
church and admit the Fatherhood of
God, must stand in factory, at bench,
beside desk, in a bank, on farm,
railroad, and in mines, and practice
the Brotherhood of Man. Then, and
not until then, will the leader arise
who will make capital and labor tru-
ly fraternal instead of opponents.
We all see. But we do not all see
clearly. When we see an evil, we Of
ten say, 'let us pass a law against
it" in the child-like belief that what
is forbidden is eradicated.
A prohibitory law may, or may not,
be necessary. But unless, behind
that law, is the will of us all that that
thing not be done, the law does more
harm than good. People can not be
made over by law. They can be made
over by one, and only one thing, edu-
cation. If we find a base ball game
before IL o'clock on Tuesdays an OBJ
iectional moral lapse, we may, if we
can command enough votes, get q law
passed against playing ball until
midday on Tuesdays. But unless the
community feels that what we think
is an evil is really evil, the boys ano
the ball players will play when they
get feady, and the community will &c
Ito see them do it, law or no law.
There are many people in this coun'
try who know the evils of child labor
and many states have laws regulating
lit. But the law is often broken, ant
there are many places where there i
no law about it. The way to elimi
nate the evil of child labor is to ed
ucate the whole country in regard tt
tit9 the law will. follow automatically
and the evil be as much ended as pi
Tracy, or burning at the stake, or tn
decking stool.
There are many people in thi
country who know that our trans
\ 3portation problem is not solved, Will
strikes and lockouts continue to in
lterrupt it. The way to make it ade
Ghate is not to pass law after Law
d 5forbidding this and compelling that
but to educate all of US SO that we al
know that the whole peoples right i
SUPERIOR to any right of any group.
Education-not only the wisdom il
books, but in the ability to think, j
what we all need. Good schools
good teachers, Federal aid as in tn
Towner-Sterling bill. d nowa beforl
Congress- to create:@ Department q
Educatipna these 1Rre the hope Of AZ
of US wbq ssn Vet doepgt seM with A
clear al yisiAs RB DC those who lea
our thought and ffcgystalizes our idealss
And If we carr not get out of .th
national habit of passing law ahou
lit, let US pass our laws for more an
better education.