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Show 1 111 1 1 I Ml I hove Needed to Cure Ills of Industry, Says Bishop Miildoon I'.ljJyfV X y iobmrnditslTial . BISHOP PeTCN J. MULOOON By QEOROE BRITT ROCKKORD, 111.. Spt. I. "Can-aroua "Can-aroua concesslone Inataad of grudging grudg-ing aubmlaalona to forca la tha splr-It splr-It needed to bring Indualrlal peace." Tha Rrr nrr liln . Meldeoi-Blshopof Meldeoi-Blshopof Rockford and honorary president of tha National Cathollo confarenca on Indualrlal relation urge that policy fur- both workara and employer. . "Hara la an example of ganaraua eoneeealon," aaya tha blahop. out- UmIrv v lwB fnrmed durlne ycara of tba eotvent for all difficulties tn human hu-man ralatlonahlpa. Irritatlona navar will ba a 11 ml naiad. But tha aplrlt of brotharly lova will break down tba barrlara which kaap men aa-etranged. aa-etranged. . . . Pre aant Inrtiielrlal anadltlaaa would promlaa a dreary future ax-rapt ax-rapt for tho ho pa of auch a aplrlt. Blahop Muldoon declares. "Capital la strengthening Itaalf." ha aaya. "Small Induatrlaa ra be-Ing be-Ing drawn Into tha larger or ran-last ran-last Ions. It la baeomlng mora dirfl-CMltfor dirfl-CMltfor tha man to work himself up to control of bla own lndepend-ant lndepend-ant bualnaaa. Labor to expanding Ita unlona. Thoaa devetopnenta la themeelvaa, you aaa. and not evil. "But If tha two groupa approach In tha old aplrlt of conflict, aach paray-daaarmtnad to boat down tha othar. tha raauH will ba daatructloa. Aa Intalllgent. rightly form ad public opinion la tha baat aid to either capital or labor la an Indus-trial Indus-trial dispute, Neither ran thrive for any great length ef time whan It darea to act contrary to a well defined, rlrhteotm public opinion " thought and obeervallon. "An employer once aald to me, 'My painters plan to atrlka for a raiae of 1? centa an hour, and I can't pay It.' , -Well, volunteer an Increaee.' I advised him. 'Admit that buelneaa haa picked up and tell them you want them to share your prosperity. prosper-ity. Offer them It centa an hour. Tou can afford that.' FORESTALL STRIKES. ' - 'Why ahould I give anything to those follower he objected. They're out to cripple my business.' . "Finally he went to them with his offer. They accepted. They were grateful and took a new Interest In toe-work, quite different from tha attitude e, . atrlka -would have caused." - I . Employer also must abandon distrust of their men and aeera-tlveneaa aeera-tlveneaa In regard to bualnaaa. ha declare. They must ba ready to open their books when they go Into a wage conference. The workera must acknowledge faults frankly, be boneat enough . to dethrone bad leadera and insist upon competent and educated men for Important union posts. Each group muot ba willing to understand tba other's viewpoint, and both roust recognise recog-nise the riant of tha community aa a third partner, ha avera, UROES STRIKE TRUCE. If labor would agree not to strike for a year and would epend that time Investigating tha trouble of tha employer. It would be of tremendous tre-mendous value In tmaeeved under-' standing," aaya the blahop. "Capital "Cap-ital ahould spend that eame year, of courae. In atudylns tha workman's aide. "Tha final eummary of tha way to aolve our problem la thla: Tou muat bring tha aplrlt of Jeaua Christ Into tha hearts of employers employ-ers and Into the heart of tha work-are. work-are. "When Christ announced hie new commandment. Thou ahalt love thy neighbor aa thyself.' he gave It as |