The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 30, 1919, Page 14

ee + moan enema etm O-OPERATION Is the Keynote to National Prosperity We will have real “PEACE” only when EVERYBODY gets to work again, and when the healing processes of trade have had a chance to make themselves felt. The tremendous wealth destroyed by the war can only be replaced by the UNITED EFFORTS OF ALL INDI- VIDUALS—in fact, national commerce may’ well be looked upon as the peerless medium for the restoration of law and order, and the hope of the world. America Must Furnish the Things They Need Over There We must build hundreds and thousands of homes, within our own country, to house our people adequately. The railroads must spend millions to be able to take care of the commerce of the country satisfactorily, and we must supply the food and raw materials of various kinds to the countries of Europe, at least temporarily, until its people may be fed and put to work, as it is an apparent and acknowledged fact that the factories of Europe can- not start on their own supplies. In stimulating our own exports and imports we are not only helping Europe recover from the effects of the war, but are, at the same time, establishing our own prosperity on a broad, firm basis. The Future Prosperity in America Is Definitely Related to the Wisdom With Which We Work Out the Relationship Between Capital and Labor For the solution of this important subject, the co-operation of Capital and Labor is absolutely essential. Un- less men and management, with hands joined, are backed up by invested Capital, the wheels of industry will clog and halt. This forward movement will mean a prospering nation—resulting in benefit for all. Harmony in the relations between Capital and Labor is far more beneficial to everybody concerned than is vic- tory for one side or the other, that is gained as the result of bitter strife. A world that has learned destructive- ness of force and violence in domestic and foreign politics, must now realize the folly of industrial strife. Never before has any generation been better equipped, morally, physically and financially, to meet the issues which are coming up daily for solution. We behold on all sides the unparalleled prosperity, the recognized virtues and the indisputable evidence of our country’s triumph. With wages chasing prices and prices chasing wages, we are not getting anywhere. It is a time for broad views and sympathetic understanding, a disposition on the part of everyone—employers and employes alike—to get the point of view of the other fellow, to see the difficulties of others, and to adjust our actions in the light of such broad understanding and sympathy, with fairness and justice. Our whole national life today—the ha piness and tentment of individual—i in- disdaband chamarcial premeine Pp contentment of every individual—is dependent upon our in This Page Contributed by Prominent Seattle Business Concerns