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HARDWOOD RECORD 



November 25, 1920 



excerpt from that address as being good to think on during this 

 period of readjustment, for there is a dynamic force of encourage- 

 ment in it: 



"I believe the American people have come to realize that we 

 must face momentous problems — world problems, but more par- 

 ticularly our own problems — with resolute courage, practical wis- 

 dom and patriotic determination. There must be no reason for 

 pause, no excuse for despair, no place for pessimism. Inevitably 

 there must be reconstruction. Unavoidably there will be readjust- 

 ment, and the old order will never return. 



"But there must come stability and dependability. We can not 

 escape all the consequences of fevered war or the unsettled condi- 

 tions of its aftermath. There are sure to be reverses. There will 

 be endless discouragements. But a confident America will face 

 them all with good courage. And we will win. We may slow up 

 a bit now and then; we may have to bend our backs to new bur- 

 dens. Surely we are going to be called on to renounce nationally, 

 collectively and individually extravagances and to learn anew the 

 old lessons of thrift and providence. 



"The big thing for America to realize now and always is the 

 dignity of productive labor. Xo matter how humble, the producers 

 are the makers of the essantials of civilization, and we must, each 

 and all of us, accept and discharge our duty of producing for the 

 world or ministering to the needs or comforts or progress of man- 

 kind." 



When Mr. Harding enunciated the phrase, "The dignity of pro- 

 ductive labor," he undoubtedly meant, not only the man who 

 actually toils with Ms hands, but as well the men who capitalize, 

 organize and direct the great productive units of the Nation. These 

 men, among whom are included producers of lumber and the manu- 

 facturers of eonfmodities from wood, are the very essence of the 

 country's greatness. They are the men who make possible its 

 magnificent achievements, and it is essential that they at all times 

 maintain a high courage and unweakened determination. 



Means of Industrial Peace May be at Hand 



A MOVEMENT WAS BEGUN IN WASHINGTON on Nov. 18, 

 which if it is encouraged and permitted to grow and fructify, 

 may stand out as an epoch in the evolution of American industry. 

 It may well be the beginning of the solution of the problem of 

 reconciling the fundamental differences of capital and labor; and 

 permit these two presently antagonistic elements to function in 

 harmony to the end of the contentment and universal well being 

 of the people of the nation. 



This is the plan proposed by Herbert Hoover in his first speech 

 as president of the American Engineering Council and agreed to 

 by the executive oommittee of the American Federation of Labor, 

 meeting simultaneously in the Federal capital, to bring about 

 cooperation between labor and industrial engineers to increase the 

 productivity of labor, or rather of industry. It would appear that 

 the acceptance by the leaders of this tremendous labor organiza- 

 tion nf the suggestion made by Mr. Hoover means that there is a 



new spirit in labor. Labor is prepared to make constructive efforts 

 to eliminate the principle of "soldiering," •r minimization of pro- 

 duction, from the code of labor and substitute therefor the will 

 to produce at maximum. This should go far toward remedying 

 many of the ills that now trouble labor and the people in general. 

 Maximum production on labor 's part should cheapen the cost of 

 commodities at the only place they can be logically cheapened; 

 and should make available more of the necessities of life for every- 

 one. Such a situation should certainly be conductive to national 

 contentment. 



Mr. Hoover said in his Washington address that the engineers 

 could assist in the erection of a bridge of cooperation if organized 

 labor, which has already made a beginning, would ' ' extend more 

 widely its adoption of the principles of a shop committee, settling 

 its problems of wage and conditions of labor in general agreement, 

 and applying its energies through shop committee organization to 

 development of production as well as to the correction of griev- 

 ances." 



This is most important — "applying its energies ... to 

 development of production as well as to the correction of griev- 

 ances. " 



Mr. Hoover said further: 



"The American Federation of Labor has publicly stated that it 

 desires the support of the engineering skill of the United States 

 in the development of methods for increasing production, and I 

 believe it is the duty of our body to undertake a constructive con- 

 sideration of these problems and to give assistance, not only to the 

 American Federation of Labor, but also to other great economic 

 organizations interested in this problem, such as the Employers' 

 Association and the Chamber of Commerce. 



"The growing strength of national organization on both sides 

 should not and must not be contemplated as ,an alignment for bat- 

 tle. Battle quickly loses its rules of sportsmanship and adopts the 

 rules of barbarism. 



"If we could secure cooperation throughout all our economic 

 groups we should have provided a new economic system, based 

 neither on the capitalism of Adam Smith nor upon the Soeialiam of 

 Karl Marx. We should have provided a third alternative, that pre- 

 serves individual initiative, that stimulates it through protection 

 from domination. We should have given a priceless gift to the 

 twentieth century." 



It is most hopeful to contemplate that at the labor session the 

 executives of the Federation agreed that labor's conduct should be 

 such that no blame for low oirtput could attach to the workers. 



It was declared that council members had planned a senies of 

 conferences with industrial experts looking to gradual establish- 

 ment of a cooperation which many deem invaluable. In more than 

 one instance, it was said, the plea had been made that labor leaders 

 employ every effort to clear their attitude of suspicion, which some 

 leaders held had attached to labor's position when seeking reforms. 



It is true that labor's apparent intention to produce as little as 

 possible for as much pay as possible has antagonized employers and 

 the public to a considerable degree. Continuation of such a policy 

 had potentialities for all kinds of trouble. 



Table of 



REVIEW AND OUTLOOK: 



General Market Conditions 13 



Means of Industrial Peace at Hand 14 



Hardingr's Challenge to American Courage 13-14 



SPECIAL ARTICLES: 



Hardin? Backs Forest Conservation 15 & 17 



Appalachian Loggers Hold Congress 16 



Big Order Leads Export Revival 17 & 22-23 



Versatility of Tractors 18-19 



Building Prospect Continues Dark 20 & 26 & 28 



Important M'-et-ng a4 Woodworking Engineers 28 



Quartered Oak Veneer Cut Is Limited 31 & 42 



NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL: 



Miscellaneous 24 



CLUBS AND ASSOCIATIONS: 



Miscellaneous 47-48 



WITH THE TRADE 30 & 47 



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