Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-12

the destruction of the protective prin-
cipe
Having earned my living with my
own hands. / cannot have other than
the greatest sympathy with the aspira :
tons OF those who toll, II has been
nv good fortune during the past Il
years to have received the cooperation
of labor in many directions and In pro-
motion of many public purposes.
Lauds Labor Stand.
The trade union movement in our
country has maintained two departures
from such movements in all other coun-
tries. They have been Stanch sup
pnrters of American individualisrn and
American institutions They have
steadfastiy opposed subversive doctrines
from abroad. Our freedom from for
eign social and economic diseases is In
large degree due 10 this resistance by
our own labor Our trade unions. with
few exceptions. have welcomed all basic
improvement In industrial methods
This Iargeness of mind has contributed
10 the advancing standards of living Of
the whole of our people They prop
erly have sought TO participate~-hy adj
ditions to wages--in the result of i'm
provements and savings which they
have helped to make.
During these past years we have
grown greatly In the mutual under
standing between employer and EN-
ploye. We have seen a growing realiZa-
ton by the employer that the highest
practicable wage is the road to increased
consumption and prosperity, and we
have seen growing realization by labor
that the maximum use OF machines. OF
effort and of skill Is the road to lower
production costs and III the end to
higher real wages. Under these i'm
pulses and the Republican protective
system our industrial output has In
creased as never before and our wages
have grown steadily in buying power
Our workers with their average weekly
wages can today buy two and often
three times more bread and butter than
any wage Garner of Europe. Al one
time We demanded for our workers a
full dinner pail" We have now gone
far beyond that conception Today we
demand larger comfort and greater par
ticipation In life and leisure.
The Republican platform gives the
pledge of the party to the support Oh
| labor. II Endorses the principle OF col
lective bargaining and freedom In labor
negotiations. We stand also pledged tc
/ the rtffIaItInEDb III tAJtHciNt hot VA tAae
| Injunction in labor disputes.
For More Building.
The war and the necessary curtaii-
| nent of expenditure during the recon-
| struction wears have suspended the con-
| structlon Of many needed public works
Moreover, the time has arrived when We
| must undertake a larger visioned deVel"
onnoent of our water resources. Every
! dron which runs to the sea without
Welding Its full economic service Is q
waste.
Nearly all Of our greater drainages
| contain within themselves possibilities
of cheapened transportation, irrigation
reclamation, domestic water supply, ny"
| dro-electric power and frequently me
necessities of flood control. But this
| development Of our waters requires more
definite national policies in the syste-
matte coordination Of those different
! works upon each drainage area. We
| have wasted scores Of millions by prof.
! Gets undertaken not as a part OF a
whole but az the consequence OF purely
| local demands We cannot develop
modernized water transportation by lso"
! lated nroiects We must develop IL as q
| definite and positive interconnected sys-
| tenn of transportation We must adj
| INST reclamation aud irrigation to our
| needs for more land Where they lie
| together we must coordinate tranapof
| tation with food control, the develop
ment Of hydro-electric power and Of n
! rieation. else we shall, as In the past,
! commit errors that will take years ana
4 millions to remedy. The Congress mas
/ authorized and has In process OF leglSla :
| ton great programs of public works In
! addition to the works in development OF
| water resources, we have In progress
| large undertakings In public roads and
| the construction OF public buildings
| All these projects VIII probably re-
ouire all expenditure OF upward OF Sl,~
| 600 900 600 within the next Tour years
| IL comprises the largest engineering con
/ structi0n ever undertaken by any gov
/ eminent. II involves three times the
! expenditure laid out upon the Fafatna
| Canal. 1t Is justified by the CROWN,
| need and wealth OF our country Lnr
organization and administration OF TINS
Construction is a responsibility OF the
| first order For IL we must secure the
! utmost economy honesty and skin.
These works which viii provide Jobs FOR
an army of men should so far as pfac~
| tieable be adjusted To take up the SLACK
| Of unemployment elsewhere
Repeats Dry stand.
rejoice In the completion Of legisla
tiOn providing adequate flood control oil
The Mississippi II marks mol alone the
undertaking III great national TASK
| but IL constitutes q contribution 10 the
| development of the South, In eneoui :
agement of their economic CROWN lies