The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-02-01
Job and Industry
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homes unquestionably have been the
bulwark of our nation during the one
hundred and fifty years of it's exist
ence.
1t has been said that what makes a
people is domestic life and the loss
of it degrades the people to horde.
The family is source of patriotism,
the home is the root Of citizenship.
The purpose of the family is to fit for
citizenship and train youths in habits
that will fit them to play their parts
nobly and wisely in the nation. The
family is the training school of the
nation. AS our families go, so goes
society. If well ordered, well instruct
ed and well governed, they are the
springs from which go forth streams
of national greatness and prosperity,
Of civic order and public happiness.
The family, which represents a social
organization in its most elementary
form, has been the chief social factor
in every age and cline. Since the
development of the individual depends
upon his usefulness to others and the
social order the family organization
is of supreme Importance.
The aim of the American Federation
of Labor is to further these objectives.
1t has been demonstrated through
life's experiences that the laboring
man cannot hope to share in the fruits
of industry unless organization is
maintained. Men in all lines of activity
make progress only through organiza-
ton. Without organized society we
could not keep up our modern munich
palities, such as Clarksburg, and many
other cities in the nation which make
up our civilization.
Labor desires only an equal op-
portunity in the general scheme. The
one and only way in which labor can
keep its position is through organiza-
tion with intelligent and constructive
leadership.
If industry is to continue to exist
in America and provide pay to enable
its employees to sustain the American
standard of living, there must be a
market where its products can be sold
under fair competition. 1t is inimical
to the best interests Of the workers
to permit products of the workers Of
foreign nations, where low wages
are earned under the most deplorable
conditions, be sold in our American
market in competition with the pro-
ducts Of our industry. We may as
nf,
nations to come to our shores and
enter into competition with our work
ers for jobs, by offering to work for
the same standard of wages received
in their own lands. This is not per-
mitted by the restrictive immigration
law of America.
No other nation is as Indifferent and
unconcerned over the problem of pro-
tecting its industry and job opportuni-
ties of its workers as in our country.
During recent years, most foreign
governments have thrown over board
their free trade ideas and adopted
measures of protection in some form
or another. Restricted quotas are the
rule among the European nations.
Lord Beaverbrook, England's leading
publisher, has on many occasions
stated that is was the "Buy British"
campaign which restored prosperity to
the British Empire.
Large American corporations have
established factories in foreign lands
as a means of avoiding the tariffs,
only to be hemmed in by manufacture
ing and capital restrictions which
have prevented them from competing