Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-10-12


If that frzfsfanee iu 1922 gave the
amplaFiag interest and big business
ms 10 understand even If they
zaeeeeaed IN 9age reductions il
EssIH easf lem more In the end than
- pa the cal which prevails; and
a fer the .oses 10 me working pe0-
pie. Ne aare little 10 lose and can
Afford u Use il.
with he prevention Of wage re-
dBe.isn 20 turn the tide Of industry
a. Ne h Ve, 10 secure that which We
have To- and 10 20 forward still, Ne
sill zssH make up the losses which We
SUSTAINED during the contest. ] don't
Wang any man to believe that | am
an advocate Of strikes OF strife, but
/ do hold that when the time shall
come in the history of industry wheil
men cannot maintain themselves and
those dependent upon them ln man
ner conforming to the standards o.
American life, If they would not strike
they would write themselves down
as towards and poltroous.
Start Vicious Circle.
Il have thought Of this period even
when there were more than five mil
lions Of American workers unem-
ployed. walking the streets and high
ways and by-Ways of our country
Vainly seeking for employment-to
put into effect at that time drive
for wage reduetiOns-was that the
way OUT To cut wages and reduce
the asing. purchasing and consuming
power of the people whose wages
had been reduced, and when you re-
duee the purchasing, using and con-
Stunning power you necessarily throw
others out Of employment, and wher
they are unemployed the same thing
goes on ike an endless chain until
il reaches the lowest Fung in the in
dustrial ladder; then it begins over
and over again, from the top down
cutting more and more. q there Is
any one who can gvie me any good
cause for the transition from this
terrible situation of unemployment
and the return to what we are pleased
to call industrial activity and indus
trial prosperity, except the movement
of labor Of America in resisting these
wage reductions and in many instan-
ces succeeding in their resistance,
which brought about the return of
workers when employed, giving the
opportunity for others to work and
use and eonsume--if there be any
other cause that any one can ascribe
than the one which have Just made
quately mentioned, | would like to
know it.
Forward Within The Law.
I'VE are now in a most fortunate
position. Que movement is growing.
The spirit of our movement has caught
the ideaism as we'll as the practical
men and women of America. They
are beginning to understand us better,
that we have not purely selfish mo-
tive and purpose to serve. Selfish
ness2 In part, yes, but that higher
and nober selfshness which recog-
nizes that this is a world of activity,
that service and good faith. honor,
progress, and civilization are the ends
to be served.
1--WE have many grievances of which
we justly complain, and giving credit
to any and all countries which have
striven are striving to reach the goal
of freedom and democracy, we still
hold, yes, and |, as an adopted citizen
of the United States of America, de-
clare verify and on my honor as a
men that | believe the Republic of the
United States of America is the best
government on the face Of the globe.
said ! was an adopted citizen. Out
of my seventy-two years of life
have been in America sixty years,
longer than most Americans have
lived here. repeat that we have
many grievances against which we
protest, and we are going to make our
protest effective. Wonderful and
splendid rs is our American Republic.
it is not good enough for us or for
those who are yet to come, and We are
going to do our duty under the laws
of our country and our labor move
ment conforming to those laws and 10
the ideals of our Republic, will help
to contribute its Share toward max
ing this not only the most wonderfully
productive country in the world. but
the leader in the onward mach of
progress and civilization"