MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ' OTfEClOX, MONDAY, JULY H. 1922
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SAN FIIAXCISCO, July 3. The
threo trans-continental railroads hav
ing terminals in the San' Francisco
bay region the Southern Pacific,
Western Pacific and the Saiita l'e
began an aetivo campaign today to
break the shopmen's strike. Tho
Southern Pacific company not only
advertised for strikebreakers but for
"able bodied men to act as guards."
.. Tho . Northern Pacific Hailroad
company, operating between San
Kranclsco and Eureka, ' Cal., an
nounced that its shops, were closed
and would remain so until the larger
roads had settled the problem of ob
taining new workers. The company
could operate for two weeks without
difficulty, 16 was announced. The
system is owned jointly by the Soutu
ern Pacific and Santa Fe systoms.
Passengers on the Overland Lim
ited, a Southern Pacific train between
San Fruncisco and eastern points
were told yesterday while going
through the Sacramento valley with
the thermometer registering 104 in
. places, that the electric fans could
not be operated, as it was necessary
to conserve the power for lighting the
cars and electricians could not be ob
tained for repairs.
A Declaration of Inter-Dependence
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STRIKE
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That document, commonly called
The Declaration of Independence,
but technically' headed "'The Unani
mous declaration of the Thirteen
United States of America," drafted
by Thomas Jefferson, and unanlmuos
ly passed by congress on July 4,
1770, recorded the birth of a nation.
In It there were clearly sot forth
those fundamental humanitarian
principles which have been the dis
tinguishing genius of ouv people, i It
is fitting that we, as a people, overy
yean celebrate the occasioi. of the
adoption of these words as tho fun
damental law of our land:
"We hold theso truths, to be
Belt evident that all men aro
created equal; that they are en
dowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable rights; that
among these aro life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness."
It is hut natural, that a national
pride should have been born with our
independence. The spirit of na
tionalism has characterized tho life
of every nation. And surely of all
nations which havo just cause for
national pride, the United Statos of
America must rank first In reasons
for legitimate self esteem. Let us
see. . . . . .
As indicated In the foregoing
words from the Declaration of In
dependence, the nation has funda
mental, God ordained principles as
the foundation, of her government,
so that the rights of her citizenry aro
forever guaranteed against vlolabil
ity. This in itself is our chief glory.
-. Such principles would naturally
attract the finest type of people on
earth, hence the purest and richest
blood of earth's greatest races has
mingled to make up our population.
Hence we have cause for pride in our
people themselves. In one short half
century our country produced an
Abraham Lincoln, and made him a
national type. As a result the "com
mon people" havo come into their
rightful heritage in world affairs.
And certainly our natural resour-'
cos are cause for national pride. We
are today the richest nation on which
the sun shines. It is but due hun
dred and forty-six .years since tho
signing of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, but in that short time wo
have gained the commercial suprem
acy of the whole wide world. . And
yet our natural wealth is largely
stored in the vaults of the earth,
adorning the mountain sides of our
great ranges, or lying dormant In the
fertile plaints and valleys.
, It Is no wonder that "American
ism" has become a word to conjure
with, and the United States a haven
for-thirty-six millions of people who
wore born in other lands!
Is Pitt-riottam'Tor Scoundrel:. '
Now, 'what. J want you to .consider
with me today is, Shall this Bplrit of
national pride bo perpetuated? Is our
nationalism inimical to the interests
of mankind? Shall it give way to an
internationalism that looks forward
to the blending of the colors of all
flags? Shall we continue to echo the
cry "America for Americans!" or is
H. (1. Wells right when, aftor a study
of the history of ancient and modern
nations, he says, "Nationalism as a
God must follow, the tribal gods to
Umbo; Our true nationality is man
kind?" Does security He in national
pride? or must we believe Rabin
drath Tagore who 1s reported to have
said when ho was In America: "The
nation with all its paraphernalia of
power and prosperity, Its flags and
pious hymns, Its blasphemous pray
ers in the churches and the literary
mock thunder of its patriotic bras
glng cannot hide the fact that the na
tion Is tho greatest evil for Its peo
ple?" ' -'Shall' wo continue to feelingly
quote those words of ' Sir Walter
Scott: .
"Breathes there a man with soul so
: dead,
Who never to himself hath said.
This Is my own, my native land?"
Or shall we wholly believe, to use
the words of Samuel Johnson, that
"Patriotism Is the last refuge of a
scoundrel?"
. -Let no one think these are not per
tinent, questions. Disagreement on
these. matters has precipltatod a state
of confusion In international rela
tionships. Differences of opinion on
these. issues have left the masses in a
confused stale of mind.
Clirfct Internationalist
Strict analysis will reveal the fact
that a simple fallacy Is the cause of
our troubled state of mind. It Is the
most natural thing in the world for
one to feel that it is a case of "either,
or;" whereas it Is a case of "both,
and." ,
'. The Christian- especially is likely
to ba confused over these issues. He
feels . tho : moral compulsion of
Christ's brotherhood teachings, . and
at the same time recognizes that he
owes absolute fealty to his own
country. He knows very well that
Christ was an internationalist, Ilia
love being cosmopolitan, and His in
terests reaching out to every living
creature. Moreover, there is His un
mistakable command for his follow
ers to- be like minded. Again, He
said to Ills disciples: , "Go ye Into all
the world, and make discinlcs of all
the nations." This calls , for many
Christians' to lay down their lives for
nations other than their own. Again
there is the Biblical statement that
God has created of one blood all na
tions to dwell on the earth.
, It is certain, then that the Chris
tian must bo an. internationalist, but
this does not 'Say that he cannot at
,IJio samo time', be a patriotic citizen
of his own native land. Dcait-Inge,
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All classes under strike conditions best explained by Chairman Ben
AV. Hooper of the United States Hailroad Labor Board, in his statement of
July 1st, reading as follows: "In the past a man who took up the work
of another who was on strike against wages and working conditions was
termed a 'scab' or a 'strikebreaker,' terms to which much opprobrium
was attached. In the present situation created by the strike of shopcraft
workers, men who assume the work of the strikers cannot justly be re-;
'proached with such epithets. This is not a customary strike in which the
employer tries to impose upon the employe unjust wages arid unreasonable
working rules. In this case the conflict is not between the employer and
the oppressed employes. The people of the country, through an act of
Congress, signed by President Wilson, established a tribunal to decide
such disputes over wages and working conditions which are submitted to
it in a proper manner. It is the decision of this tribunal against which the
shop crafts are striking. . Regardless of any question of the right of the
men to strike the men who take the strikers' places are merely accepting
the wages and working conditions prescribed, by a government tribunal
and are performing a public service. They are not accepting the. wages
and' working conditions "wMch an. employer " is trying' to impose. For
this reason, public sentiment and full government "power will protect
the .men who remain in. their, positions.and new! men, who may.'Comc in.''
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Adequate provisions have been made for the full, protection of all
new employees, the same as old employes who 'have remained -loyally
at work. . -. - , ,:...,; . , -
Applicants should apply to the office of the superintendent at Port
land (Union Station), or to the Assistant Superintendent at lioseburg.
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J. II. DYER, General Manager Southern Pacific Company.
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oi St. Flail's cathedral. has expressed
It by saying, "Me who loves not his'
home and country which ho has
seen, how can he love humanity in
general which ho lias not seen?"
National selfishness is such a large
element in our patriotism that it is
hard for us to see that we can love
tho Lord our God with aH our hearts
and our sister nation with the same
kind of love as wu have for our own,
Just as it is hard for us to carry out
tho command, ::Thou shall love the
Lord thy God with all Ihy heart, soul,
mind and strength, and thy neighbor
as thyself." .
By force of circumstances we aro
being made to realize that ono nation
cannot suffer without all nations
suffering, and likewise, the prosperity
of ono nation contributes to the pros
perity of every other. And some day
a world congress will adopt a Declar
ation of 'National inter-dependence.
That will como when nations real
ise that no nation must live, nt the
expense of another. This nipans that
patriotism must bo purged of tho
motivating idea, "enlightened self
interest," and an altruistic, yes.
Christian motive substituted. That
keen student of political economy,
Mr. Norman Angell of England, has
made this very plain in bis postwar
book, "The Fruits of Victory." He
says:
"If it bo truo that since tho'
world Is of limited space, we
must fight ono another for It,
that If our children are to bo fed ;
others must stnrvo, then agree-;
inent between peoples will bo
forever Impossible. Nations will
certainly not commit sulcido for
the sake of peace. If this is
really the relationship of two
'great -nations, they aro, of
course, in the position of two '
cannibals, one of whom says to
the other: 'Kither I have got to,
eat you, or you have got to eat
mo. Let's como to a friendly , .
agreement about it.' They won't;
como to. a friendly agreement:
about it. Thoy will fight. And !
my point is that not only would)
they fight if it really were true
that the one had to kill and eat
the other, but they would tight
as long as they believed it to be
true. It might be that thore was
amplo food within their reach
' out cf their reach, say, so long
as each acted alone, but within
their reach if one should stand
on the shoulders of the other
('this Is an allegory'), and so get
the fat cocoanuts on tho higher .
branches, r but they would, nev
ertheless, be cannibals so long;
as each believed that tho flesh
of tho other was the only source
of food. It would be that mis
take, not the necessary fact,
which would provoke them to
Heht." . ... ,
' Christianize Patriot Ism
The solution of tho problem lies in
the Christianizing of patriotism
National cannibalism will but per
petuate, on an ever increasingly hor
rible scalo, the ''abomination of des
olation" which has sooner or later
drenched the nations of the past in
the blood of their own sons. .Every
cannibal has his day, and no nation
can live forever whose patriotism Is
but the "organized selfishness" of
its whole people. So we see that our
very national security lies . in the
Christian ideal of ."peace on earth;
good will to men." But it Is a funda
mental law of God that there' will
be peace on earth only among those
who exercise good will.
Tho - whole' matter is summed up
by a recent writer of statesmanlike
insight when he says: - i
"It is the conflicting alms of na
tions rather than the idea of nation
ality itself which prevent the great
world cooperation for which all crea
tion groans. Therofore Christianity,
which proposes, no destruction of na
tional values but which in tho nation
has a. powerful instrument for the
accomplishing of her vast designs,
must Insist in the harmonizing of na
tional purposes If it is the Kingdom
of God, which is' 1 described , in tho
lines:
When the -war-drums throb' no
longer ,
And tho battle flags are furled
In the Parliament of Man ,
Tiie KeiU'ratitn of the orld.
lliat fi'derulion will not mean tlu-j
equating of all values and the ro-
duction of all mankind to a dead
level of machine made activities. It
will rather mean the coming together j
for common tasks of representatives;
of a many colored and inuny sided
humanity. A world of tuitions .all
different but all friendly will make I
a happier world than a world state I
without nations. Such friendliness1
persuppuses. the spirit of Christian-1
ity. For nations with all their dl-l
versities are capable of being held I
together only by the one potent bond!
which Jesus proclaimed 1 as love.
Over the carnage, rose prophetic a
voice,
"Ho not disheartened, nffoctlou
, . shall solve tho yroblont of
-freedom tc.1,j ' v
'
Woro you looking to bo held to-:
gother by lawyers?
Or hy an agreement on a paper?
or by arms?
Nay, nor the world, nor any living
, thing will so cohere."
And so, humanity waits on that
day when nationalism shall have
been purged of its dross of solfish-
ness, and duly accredited representa
tives of- tho nalions In a world con
gress assembled slmll adopt a Decla
ration of the Inter-iiepeiulenco of tho
Nations. ... ,
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