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PROPER RELATIONS BETWEEN CAPITAL AN DLABOR. Wellesley Hills, Mass., August 2, 1922. During the past few months Calvin Coolidge, Vive President of the United States has been giving great thought and study to the labor sit uation owing to the coal and railroad strikes. In view of the masterful ay in which he handled the Boston liceman's strike in 1919, he was in vited to the Babson Industrial Con ference to state his position on this momentous question. Mr. Coolidge assumes we will ac cept labor unions and that capital, labor and management will unite in brin about a true industrial de moc* 3t, he states fearlessly that no democracy, political or in dustrial can survive without discipline. organization, and obedience. There must be law and order. Boards of arbitration must be created and obey ed in order for wage workers them selves to get on. His own words are as follows; "We need a fulier realization and a broader comprehension of the mean ing both of political and economic democracy. In this age of science and invention and organization, there is a special need for a full under standing of the foundations of indus trial democracy. The word democracy is used very inaccurately. It is often taken to signify freedom and equality. Many have thought it represented an absence of all restraints. Others have considered it as providing a relief from all duties. The people of Amer ica have long been committed to de mocracy. The best thought of the world has been compelled to follow $he . The easy way to understand W may be expected of it is first to understand what it is. "There has never been any organ ized society without rulers. The great power of mankind has been created through unity of action. This has meant the adoption of a common standard. In most ancient times this was represented in the chieftain. In modern times it is represented by a code of laws. The important factor to remember is that it has always re red obedience. Democracy is obe dience to the rule of the people. "The failure to appreciate this double function of the citizen has led much misunderstanding for it is plain to see that there cannot be e of the people without .a peo ce be y is not t of obe e t~. a - e becomes a abute sovereign by absolute odiance. He will be a limited sov ereign if he limits his obediance. The 'ia loses all his freedom. It is easy to see that democracy will have attained perfection when laws are made wholly wise and obedience is made wholly complete. r"One of the great tragedies of American institutions is the exper ience of those who come here expect ing to be able to rule without render ing obedience. They have entirely ,iienceived the meaning of democ racy. But they need not disturb its defenders. To cast it aside could only mean the acceptance of some old kind of rulers which have already been dis carded. The true hope of progress lies only in perfecting it. Already it is better than anything else in the world. But it rests entirely on the people. It depends on their ability both to rule and to obey. It is what they are. The Government is what ey make it. This same principle as been working out in our economic ind industrial life. We are slowly, nd of course painfully, arriving at state of democracy in this field. In 4s development it has been analogous ,o the development in political life. -is not very long ago that the man (ho owned an indlustry assumed to be absolute lord over it. He ruled He fixed the hours andl the con ions of employment and dictated ie amount of wages. He recognized -ttle or no obligation towards his em \loyees and had little regard for his austomers. "In large enterprises the owner sip gradually became more r~nd more Ivided with the advent of the corp ration. Ir that case, oftentimes the 1nanagement was entrusted1 to rep esentatives, while the owners corre ponded to absentee landlords. - "Under this system, as soon as em ,Ioyees could organize andl make de iands, a condition existed which led Sthe most violent and bitter of in ustrial disputes. All hands were agerly asserting their right to rule, brgetful of their obligation to obey. "Investigation and experience have :adually brought about the recog * tion of the correct principles. Time ?d economic development will in ire its adoption. Industry is chang g from the theory of exclusion to e theory of inclusion. It no long is content with one small part of *e individual, it seeks to enlist all ts powers, to recognize all his rights g well as require the performance of hi Me igations. In the ideal in dustry, each individual would become an owner, an operator, and a manager, a master and a servant, a ruler and a subject. Thus there wonld be es tablished a system of true industrial democracy. "In very many industries this is already taking place. Employees are encouraged to purchase stock in the credit facilities for such purpose. This gives them ownership. They are encouraged to make suggestions for the better conduct of the business. They are requested to apply their in ventive ability in the various mechan ical operations. Through trade unions and shop committees they have a large share in the determination of wages and conditions of labor. By the introduction of the sliding scale and piece work they share in the gen eral prosperity of the concern. This gives them management. Thus in dustrial democracy is being gradually developed. "There is a principle in our eco nomic life that needs somewhat more emphasis. Long ago James Otis (le clared that kings were made for the good of the people and not the people for- them. It needs also to be remem bered thiut the people are not created for the benefit of industry, but in dustry is created for the benefit of the people. Those who are employed in it are its chief beneficiaries. Those who have acquired capital provide the plant and machinery for the work man. Those who have acquired skill in organization provide the manage ment for the workmen. The manager secures the raw materials and mar kets the product. Capital and man agement perform this great service for the benefit of the workman. He performs a corresponding service for them. Unto each who contributes in accordance with his ability there is due equal consideration and equal honor. There is no degradation in industry, it is a worthy enterprise, ennobling all who contributes to it.. It will be successful in accordance with the opportunity given for the development of all the powers of man kind and of the acceptance of the ob ligation alike to rule and to obey. "The disappointment which has been experienced, at first thought, in the increase of power, whether of wealth or place, has resulted from the expectation thate it would bring relief from the necessity of obedience. Neither political nor industial de mocracy can relieve 'nd from the requirement of obedi ce. There is no substitute for virtue. much emphasis has beenr put on th desire to rule and too little on the obli tion to obey. More and more all rworked t u t ordance with this prnci e. 'An ediant nation would possess -spre power. The law of life, the law of progress, is the law of obedience, the law of service. "Whosoever will be - great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will b echief among you, let him be your servant." WANTED-to buy green 4 foot pine wood. J. S. Ketchin. NOTICE TO FARMERS With new and improved equipment, nder charge of a professional head miller of twenty years' experience, we have resumed the manufacture of flour and solicit shipments of wheat. The management will try to please its customers with promptness, and in quality as well as quantity of pro duce. Each patron receives the prod uct of his own wheat. RIDGEWAY ROLLER FLOUR MILL Box B, Ridgeway, S. C. 18-20 CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina, County of Fairfield. By W. L. Holley, Probate Judge: Whereas, Robert C. Coleman made suit to me to gra?m him Letters of Aministration of the Estate and Ef fects of Mrs. Mattie C. Coleman; Thesc are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Mrs. Mattie C. Coleamn, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Winnsboro on 14th day of August next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenooni. to show cause, if any they have, why the said administira tion .chould not be granted. Given under my hand this 28th day of July Anno Domini 1922. W. L. HOLLEY, Judge of Probate. E VE RY RE A DY .P OND (REIMERS) GOOD PLACE TO SWIM AND HAVE PICNICS P. D. ELDERS, Prop. LADIES-Hemstitch and picot for yourselves and others. Attachment fits any make sewing maghine. 32 postpaid. Mention kind of machine. McLean Co.. Wiimington. Ohio. Watch the label on year paper and BETTER SOLDIEi THAN Ls;VER Great Duke of Wellington Somewhat Awkward in His Courtship - of Jenny Lind. In his book of reminiscences, Ar thur Coleridge, a great-nephew of the famous poet, gives an interesting ac count of Jenny Lind. He was her intimate friend for 20 years. He tells the following story of the prima donna and the duke of Wellington: "In four months after her arrival in London the old warrior had be come a captive to the enchantress. He courted the lady so ostentatious ly as to rouse the jealousy of the Italian faction; his enthusiasm was rather awkward at times to the ob ject of his homage. I have her own authority for saying that the duke always arrived early and seated himself in his box on a level with the stage. Directly he saw Jenny Lind he opened fire: 'Good evening. Miss Lind, how are you tonight? All right, I hope.' These well-meant utterances were a trifle out of plade at the particular time, for the Lucia. Amina, or Daughter of the Regi ment was always so absorbed in her part as to be out of touch with all outside influence." FLAPPER HAD KINDLY HEART Just Goes to Prove That One Is Not Always Safe in Judging by Appearances. She got on the interurban car a few stops the other side of Greencastle last week-a typical little flapper.with bobbed hair, an abundance of paint on her cheeks, short skirt and imita tion of a blhse, and she flirted with every available man in sight. Across the aisle was an old-fashioned girl, the sort you see in pictures. Every one of the latter's glances toward the little flapper were full of scorn. But when they reached Green castle a little Japanese girl got on the car. And then both of the girls watched her. A few miles out of town the Jap anese girl became ill. The old-fash ioned girl sat aloof, but the little "flapper" immediately got interested, moved over to her, patted her gek and then straightened her on the seat, taking the other girl's head in her lap. If a vote could have been taken for the most popular girl on the train the "flapper" would have taken first, last and all honors.-Indianapolis News. Worth Recording. A Washington woman had scrimped for a long time to take a trip to eana ma. A man very much younger than herself, in the deck chair beside her, was making the voyage for the good nervous system. He was er, who could joke up and downs, and she so they talked of came around to the the traditional mare go. The woman, still dazed at .the Aladdin-like power that could transmute small economies into a fairy world of blue ocean bil lowing into blue sky, took her turn at the conversation by voicing civiliza tion's oldest platitude: "Money talks, doesn't it?" "It sure does, though my money only knows two words--'Good bye'" And the woman has brought it home as one of her good little stories.. The Church Fair. The suburban woman and her sew enteen-year-old son, George, went to the church fair. The fair, like most church fairs, was costing the womaa a great deal of money. It was a chance on this anid a chance on that. A few articles she bought outright. Since she was well known and her husband's salary was also a matter of town gossip, all her friends who had charge of booths insisted upon her buying and huyipg. All this continual handing out money was too much for George's comnpre hension. He couldn't seem to under stand the cause of it all. Finally, when his mother was free for a few moments. he looked at her seriusly and asked. "Mamma, do we have to pay to get out?"-Chicago Journal. Cuts the World's Whiskers. The American safety razor is given the credit of having conquered the Spanish beard. On account of the heaviness of their beards, the Spanish men generally shave much less than those of other countries and the re sult was they presented a rather un shorn appearance. The visit to the barber was a serious matter and the Spaniard selected his barber as other men would select a dentist, the one that was least painful. But the American safety razor is said to have overcome this and the men are not only enablert to shave themselves, but to shave more frequently. Penny-urlous, So to Speak. A man who had just opened a store in a strange town was interrogating one of his early customers on the pur chasing power of the citizens. "Now, there's Deacon Brown," he said. "He has the reputation of being wealthy. Would he be likely to spend much money in here?" "Wa-a." drawled the native, reflec tively, '"I wouldn't exactly say that he'd' go to hell for a nickel, but he'd fish around fer one till he fell in." Salt Lake Telegram. A Privilege of Youth. Mrs. haterton-Oh, Henry; what doyo hk Little Riehard 3a be :infinlg to ta . Her anhi:rd-Good lack to him: It's miore th:.. I've jeen able to de in t:as house. How did be evmr get the chance? A CARD. We wish to thank 0 friends, for their many kindnesse shown our father and brother, J. R. Cole man, during his illness d death. *e Family. EDADUEDA Nunn Many persons, /,9therwise vigorous and h thy, are bothered occasi ly with Indigestion. Th effects of a disordered sto ch on the system are d erous, and prompt treatm t of indiges tion is Impo t. "The only - medicine I h~e needed has been somethJg to aid diges tion and Ci ' the liver," writes Mr., Fred Ashby, a McKinney,.' TexaB, farmer. 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