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Dodging Investigation of 4 r News Says There Is Nq,Need'For Iu Solicitor Evi dehtly Evading the Issue. , Labor Unions De , manding Investigation And Let the : ' ; 'V Blame Fall Where It May c' ' .-, ; - 'T: It would be surprising to find any; one anywhere that took the position that the Charlotte killing should not be investigated,-, therefore it: is in deed surprising that v the ' Charlotte News editorially in its criticism of Attorney Newell, goes;so far, s to say , that - no . investigation is.' neces sary, in spite ot the; fact that there is carried in the news column of the same paner'this significant statement referringvto ornef of I the evidenced "Detective (plain clothek poh,; liceman) CVMcNigh said he A overheard some of the. men (Im" ported strikebreakers) ' remark, i : , 'That ' -crowd J got ; no more than V was coming , to it. v We7gaveA some of them hell over here .next us. f ; Not investigate ' with a . statement like this staring' everjr one iriHhe foool ', ' Hnw ia 1 If" nnssitilA - - f nr tw News to on one hand take the position . th at it is not under , Southern -Public , Utility influence, and pn" the other hand take the position tnatj tnere is nothing to . investigate, i. i ne solicitor f paper, taking the .stand thay no t in vestigation: is' necessary and: with the manaing v an i iuveuguou; - uib pud ; lie, we ; hear so much about, '"has thorift is aniriAthlner 'mt.t.pn - in Tn- ; mark." ? The . information that ' has come out of Charlotte in a condensed (1UI1U auuut tut luuvnsv . , ..i. . ,.. I 1 . There was ) i , strika of ; street car men in unariotte.,. - , - 2. No-property whatever was de stroyed or any likelihood ' of property destruction. ': ' - ; 3. Imported ' strikebreakers r from " lite Jiu n lixci niw guuoi i ncio brought 'in.; it ' . ; '-'.. "4. Several hundred spectators; not strikers, gathered in automobiles and afoot near the car barn, 5. During an altercation betweenm to ' be killed tand ' fail to make a man named. Wilson, and f& police man, who Wilson claimed struck his brother - slome;, hours before, - a'; shot was fired, resulting in: , . 6. The kijllng'of five (5) specta 60r.IPRS DISTURBS . - WALL ' STREET' BMONS His Appeal to, President Wilson Has Disqirieting Effect -on i Money Lords Who Thought v '.N They Had Labor Tied Up :.:h' New York, Sept. lO.IndUstry and the security markets did not long enjoy immunity, from the de pressing ' effects of j labor ? agitators." Developments . over Labor Day . had been favorable .rather than disturb? ing. The railroad strikes in. Cali fornia had Vtieen broken - railroad snopmen throughout vthecrmntryri with the exception ofa" few groups of recalcitrants, liad accepiejd vPresi-s dent Wilson's compromise -on' their wage demands and had taken kindly to the American federation's propo- sal of a vtruce,. fpr 9 0 days: the day, set by HhesteeUunioni. leaders asfa limit to th'e'Hime . they t would wait for Judge Gary chairman of : thes steel corporation, to '' grant themi Kn audience passed and no. strike was called; the federatlonfof labbr? 'of this State had come"'out with a prop osition calling ' . for " a six-months' armistice,: during which arbitration, rather than strikes, should ' be-v- re sorted, to ras a means. xf rad justing la bor difficulties. f)All 'these " develop ments 'combinedto gtvei the- country. breathing .spell when' the situation had become acute! Vi'Then ia.tnAt.hA- anRoimcement.that Mr.: Gompers had reopened-the' steel strike-question'' by asking President Wilson -to use his influence to; arrange, 9, -conference between the -' union heads and the steel corporation ; officials. - ItScame as a. shock to the stock trading com unity, .because too much that1 had - not actually transpired - had been taken forgranted and because spec-f ulators ; had felt justified; in. rocket- .. "ls security values until the market was susceptible if any kind of dis quieting news The effect wa"s' more marked than "would have been the case if Wall Street had not under taken to discount "a, period of free dom .from labor troubles., ' . The executive! has, agreed to; use his good offices along the .lines' sug gested by, the- labor leaders. To avoid the precipitation'of the trouble , wmch;the country thought it had ; oeen spared, much tact wUl be need- liilling in: Charlotte tors and t wounding thirteen (13) others.. . 7. No claim has . been made . that those killed and wotinded: were not shot In the back - - 8. -No, policeman or imported giin man-strikebreaker was injured ,in anyway, : : NOT . TO INVESTIGATE THIS AF FAIR WILIBE A'BtOT'UPOr THE GOOD; NAME OF NORTH CARO ljna. r t .s s . Lots, .of people -cannot " understand how -T the. Attorney-General - of the: State could a, few weeks ago - argue f before.: the Supreme; Court .that; the uovernor couia" nave investigations nade , in" all ' matters"" p'ertainin A to the . lawor to the , interest of ; the State or people, in a warehouse case ana now claim that the Governor can not . investigate or order an investi gation inV a case' where some, half dozen' men ' are " killedr :'nd a dozen wounded,'ALL. SHOT IU THE BACK. ' v The following editorial from, the News; and Observer - expresses the opinion ofa majority. of our people: SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY INYESr TIGATED" 3 After so Jong a;time7'the Southern several renters have been "halebrl.be thm Utilities fiftmftanv nr atr-tT,. 1 re the committee to answer ta Public , Utilities Company find strik ing carmen "in -Charlotte; have set ing carmen in '-Charlotte- have set- tied their troubles and the strike in ir troubles and-the tVikUnMactIon bn taken tbe ody. , r: that city is off. r This is; gratifying. vBut -no sortof agreement can ' bring backthelive's of the , inhbeent men who , have - been slain. -s S'ome v way must, be found for dissatisfied work ers and employers who do not want 45 recognize the? right of labor to or ganizeor whowant tQ recognize: it with 'reservations 'to ' work out " their differences in a less costly way -than characterized the settlement at '. Char lofte.,' ' ;x - .-A- f jQf course, too, it is imperative that thje i killing: at; Charlotte shall be in vestigated so as to fix the responsibil ity .for . the. tragedy which shocked the State. The State of North Caro-t lina cannot, afford, simply because a coroner is old and;lnflrm, to permit am honest effort to' fix the blame for the killing. oThl's is ademand of labor- in , which all good citizens can unite. The Charlotte tragedy should behoroughly investigated. -"; V' y ' - t ' ' -' ' i - " - - '- ed from each 'angle of the three-cor nered discussion. Judge . Gary had flatly stated - that Jie- will not have conversation with the union's repre- 'sentatives;""claiming7that they" 'repre s'ent only a, minority of the ;workers in the corporation's mills. The union chies 'have' threatened to strike un less Mr. Gary gives them a hearing The - President has : agreedto .bring the two parties. J together. Fresh from-'.the Versailles conferences, whte; he was compelled tb7 stand : as a buffer between - whole nations makV ing : -claims and ? counter-claims - that seemed almost' impossible to adjust, but' whichwere smoothed out satis factorily, Preslddnt' Wilson can ,be trusted to ,perf orm , -this 1 task-with a minimum of . friction. . It is-a situa ti6n fraught with great "danger tc; jlndustrialpeace, for. on. the disposi tion'bf it may depend the ability of the conservative,- responsible Element. of organized labor) to keep the reins Y, i GUN MEN RAMPANT, "'5 . -Charleston, W." Va., Sept. 9,--Gun; men are running wild : in the Tugl river mining section of this state and recently ;assaulted nearly a 'score ot, workers, nine of whom were brutally beaten; The public press has given much . space to pperators; inthia non-union sectionf; '"because " wages; have been" increased '32vcents a1 ton.'" The'-'-West Virginia', . Fedefationist; spoils ; this iStory.-'bys the : claim that "they - were 'not 't'being paid byr the: ton, but by the cafr, jpT more Prop- erly speakingT'by 'the acre, and "they were paid about 71 cents, an acre. "They; demanded $1 ran.' acre. As soon as this hanpened; the gin 'men were brought into play. That is.: the law and order that prevails in -'the sacred pre?ints op the coal operators who foisted Ae state ; constabulary upon -the taxpayers of West; Virr ginia.". The United Mine Wbrker3 , of America will continue their3 opposi tion to thes tactics and President Keeneyand other officers of this dis trict are calling on all mine workers locals to assist them in establishing Jaw'and order in that, section.- Wallace,,; Idaho, Sept. 9 , A wage increase of . 50 cents a day has been secured by the Painters' Union. The new rate is $7.50 for eight hours. , EXPECT DEFINITE ACTION : i f ' OX, GENERAli STRIKE ISSUE Detroit, Mich' - s'ept. ; 8. JDeflnite' action by . the end of this week on the- threatened strike is expected of the tjpnventipnjbf the United Broth erhood of Maintenance ot - Way Em? ployes and; Railway Shop Laborers, which opened its sessions here today wibL more than 2,000 delegates from the ' United States-Canada and t Pan ama Canal zone present. f f '. The m&mberhip has alreadyT voted power; to the? executive committee call aN continent-wide strike. Of the 600,000 men in these crafts iunless wage, demands and -working -agreements asked of the railroad .admin-, istration of the, United States and the Canadian, government' are grants ; - . rent profiteers Ask That Legal . Power Be ' Gifen, : Them to Curb the Practice.1 ' Wilmington, "Bept 'io! The cfty1 -council wants Congress to pass legis lation. 'that will 'give a weapon for striking back at -rent" profiteers: ' At a ; recent jneeting the . matter .was'dis- cussed and as a result : telegTams were f orwardedtoBenators Simmons and Overman anl; Representative H J Li. uoawin urging them to use their PQwer in putting through the Haugr enHi)ilI, which is designed V to i -hit profiteers in rents and other, things. .The council hasa cominittee;at workc: investigating' alleged f 'profiteer ing in .rentain the city., --BcV far. complaints, ,.Dut not yet.Jias . deniiite NEWSPAPER MEN v - ;;f;me organizing CampaignOnjto" Orffanize News paper Reporters on .the Pa ciflc Coast - Fresno, Cal., Sept 10,-Therfirst move" inaampaign toLunibnize uewspaper reporters every cny on the "Pacific Coast waa made here -by - .... .' ... ... ... ..- - v. .. . :, r t h a nw'anl r A tinn nf , "Rran A ; -. P.rtii n v Newspaper Writers' nioJiTJie.Lvery country poinds t-itself to movement A,toV i organize ' newspaper writers is strongly backed -by unions in ff ex nrtr tin tr . 4a rt act y t r i Newspaper ; men :say that ; 95 per cent of eligible 'reporters in . the ' ci: 1 " ' . . '- I ' .1' ana- county signed ithe application to the international 7 Typographical Union : for. a charter. Delegates from the union have, been ? seated . in; the Allied Printings Trades 'Crafts, The reporters' union is the first - west o9 the Rockies which has applied for an I.-T. U charter,. . cl . i ' - ; ; The quesjtion; of ; hoiirs and wages wilLnbt be raised- until the proposed wage scale has been indorsed by the I. 'T. - U. officials at Indianapolis Managing editors 'of ther local papers were notified prior to the meeting at which the union was formed. 5 The-, union . issued ; the ' following statement "At a-time when-not only;meif in every.Jinaustry but vindustriea them selves! are ; organizing : and binding themselves together for' mutual bene fit, the newspaper man has, been ! the last to-recognize the 'Value 'of solidary ity and co-operation; ' f.While orVanizationwill bringthe' news writer better hours,' wages and conditions, it -also will, elevate the itandad'of the profession and; make : - J. lili -r-V. , ' t m V -' i mr greater- renaDiiity, xrum ana ac-; curacy, .thus benefiting the, newspa- ( "The. Fresno' Newspaper 'Writers' Union will not; mae .any. demands upon v either of the rpapef sV-involved but will? pr.esent .their schedule to the Allied Printing, Trades Council;! after it has beeV approved by, the I. TU., and the claims of all11 the, crafts, will then be Submitted by the Qouncil to the , employers at the same time; 1 "The, Newspaper oWritersV Union also went on-record against "any at tempt by the "news writers to dictate, influence, or subvert'5 the established editorial policies,; by-the "coloring of newspaper articles. . v v . "Many problems will cpme up iin formulating aworking ."basis for thes new, union and these will be "discussed not .only with the leaders-of .the1 Al lied Printing - Crafts, but with the managing editors i of the- newspapers involved." 7 , 'RINTEJIS RAISE WAGES. ' r . k t ' San Francisco; ; Sept. 10. --The Ty pographical Union Jhas secured wage increases - for members employed' in commercial x jshops; y-J ob . men and operators will : be 1 paid . $39 a week and "machinist-operators, $42. .Day shifts, will be operated on the 48 hour week basis, , with 45-hour week for: the first night shift and a 42-hour week for the second night shift, .with an 'additional -$3 a week for. both night shifts; The union 'is now negotiating higher rates, for it's newspaper members. ' - - :;auLD ioll eAroii 1 I-- . - - SECTIOIi; OP TREATY AVorld freeds to Be Hade Cafe for t theortersUso, gajs-;"- ;f4 ; ' ;'fi j , ;Gpmpers . ?" " Vashinglton, 1. I C.,' , Sept.' 10. H4muel GoWpertf has5 issued" a state njfent proclaimlrig the value of the la- dot section of the peace treaty i and declaring 'that'the world "needs td be made' safe" for' labor as well as made safe for-'democracy.' 'a t The Gompers statement- was: called f f rth J)j an amendment- proposed' b i3najtor all - tor eliminate the labor section from the" treaty -"7 ' ; . 'v "This first international'; charter for the iirhts of" labor ! should : be adopted without : delay ' sayi Ir. ompers7 f; ' yy -f V "li begins, .among , the nations the great; and sublime task; ot raising the level; of x.thejcpnditions of abor the' Itforld ; overBverj.workman,.' in the world; wherever, he may ber, is- put in peril;hy; every wprkman whose hours are long; ; whose T pay 1$. inadequate, whose cphditions ot labor are dariger ofis andwhose'stahd jrdlDf life is low: Ejvery child at work' atrtoo early 1 an age makes more difficult ': to! main tain the; age standard for the ; labor of 'childhood. This is fourteen years inniany of "our states: ir should be siiteenr ' I - ; . V ? '-"J- 'Jvery -Voman 7 toiling "twe,lve and f ourteen houfsayday renders it 'hard eK f ot every woman working; eight hoursT'ac ayit tf-shouidb'esix- -tp keep her hours secure. '77:. ''"frf - I The Vorld needs to be made'safe for Mabor as well aa;forrdeniocracy. The world .cannottbe safef for democ-J lay uuiii is saie ; lor jauor. ; , a world .unsafe for, labor never can be sate.; for dem;ojcracy:o The -dnly snrev protection for any labor, any where; is universaV justice i to all labor ev'ery-where.-vW vvc.' h-?fi -.cvThev covenant andtreaty -delayed so long1 in;, the Senate propose to gain this.Thev declare" labors isn6tTa cmmodity. S They make it the right cpmmouuy. xney rnaae ic me ngni, ahd duty' of -.every land, (to .bring be- lore; a , woria.xn Dunai . conditions -anywhere which .are-perilous - to its owi labor. 'uituio ; uu ( a&i ccuicut wiwu , any uiuer country lowering the" standards " of labor.-. The covenant ".provides a ma-, rine commission . byrwhich labor at sea - can ; beC" Watched and the sailor projected" against , unfair and under paid competition; -An International union card has Jong" existed. ' s VThe treaty, looks to raising labor conditions to their 'highest present level in all land and ending the ceni petition -of -unfair, conditions in' tlie future, so that there shall be inter-' national conditions as well a - inter national cards. v - v . 'Senator iFall, of New -Mexicov has already proposed , that the labor arti cles ? of the treaty be; cut out-ilnder thet pretense that they . level down. They do. not.; - , . 4, T , 1 "The. article of the treaty : creating a conference of labor in which, all na tions are represented provides that the article 'shall be interpreted in ac cordance with the following princi ple: In" no case, shall any member be asked or required: as" a; result of, the adoption 'of anySrecommendation or draft convention; by-the icoiifertence to tne protection -anorapa Dy;its ex- isting legislation touie worKers con cernedV '',y,f . ' r' !rV-'; ) i The) labor .'articles- of r the; treaty were' drawn by labor t men v for labor. They' -will. stand." v T-.t --.Jt - mNSTON-SAIiEM AGAIN .V HAS ITS X2AR SERVICE ' - 'n.. i .i A ' C Carmen's' tJnion Approves Agreement : .and Men ResnpiedTheir. Runs - ' V Saturday "Afternoon. ,? " JAfteK'four' weeks'. '-'suspension . ot street car, service' in Wiristoib-Salem'; dueto-the"; strike - ofe platform - men, the cars began running last' Satur day J afternoon at '$t' o'clock. An' agreement was reached between the Power : company .and representatives Ui?ine swinere urmay Wuoon; ana f resident - Cope,, of -;the Carmen's the. union f o approval. ' The strik ers voted unanimously to acceptttie i proposition 1 , which is the .same as that t entered Jintp with ' the strikers it, Charlotte and; Greenville, S. C. Manager. Pfohl was . immediately in formed 'thatthe men-were ready ;to return to work, and an- order was issued to begin service again at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon', I .Mayor- Gorrell expressed . apprecia- tion of the splendid'conduct of J.the men wniie iney v were on me service, the.community fo'r their patience. ' RAISE WAGES 12 1-2 CEXTS. Peoria, Ill.ept 9. TThe Metal .Workers' - Union' haa5 wages . 12 1-2 cents an hour. . - Sheet raised 'CHICAGO strikers, WIN. Employers I Attempt to i Break Strike - - ' Proved-a Fluke.1 ' Ni , Chicago, Sept 10. iSeveral thous and employes of the Crane Company have won aV;t seven-weeks v striken 5Vages ' are increased and shop ' com mittees will be recognized. . The company', attempted! to 'Weak the; strike ? by mailing ballots and stamped enyelp peseta .the strikers' homes. The employes, were asked to express; ail pinion on ,whether ''the works should open." ' When the com pany discovered;; that 5,000 of these ballots- were , handed , to the" strikers', committee, a. settlenieht , was made.' TO TRAIN RAILROAD WORKERS. r The United States railroad admin istration calls attention Vol railroad officials tp the' 1 federal vocational training ' law passed i by Congress February 23, 117.' . 'These, officials are Purged to- establish part-time schools for railroad shop apprentices and pthers": who come ' within the scope;6f'the act s ' In a$! circular' issued '-to the rali road. officials it is stated that "where it is -found -necessary in j order 1 to facilitate "this work, railroads will be -authorized, on request; -to' -fittip' suitable ? study or ;class?rpoms at the different sliops iwhere ; such( schools may - be, : held. Where such schools are r established,;" railroads i wilf" be authorized to pay apprentices at their usual: rate : for the 51 time ;spent in at tending such - schools. Apprentices on roadswhere such schools are . es tablished will be required to attend not less than 2 0 8. hours PCr year HIGH FONT WORKERS 1 : 3 ' DETERfiUNED TO Will Have'foraland Finariciai? Support .of State Federation -of Liabor ''"Mill : Owners -' Refuse" to Consider m .Unionists- Proposals J j - - i f;" f . : : jj :: j r I The attitude of thex High Point manufacturers- 4n denying theirff or- mer". employee's T the right" of ;- free. American i citizens " by closing ; , their daotST&lwhir allyl.lheeUesithithatm sharing that" a AiaDpr .union, ana-v Dy tne autocratic arid Hunlike stand they take in re fusing. .to even consider - proposals I coming from the workers,, will serve to place 'a' ban on liigh Point turn ture throughout ie ate, the ef fects of1 which they" c. will feel for years to corner. . V . l The High Point correspondent : : of the Greensboro Daily News, in writi ing of , conditions ' existing there, says: yu t , ."Av r second conference between Mayor; P. -A. Stanton, and a number of manufacturers Monday afternoon failed to bring about any change, in the controversy between employers f and- employes. The t-mayor carried, according: to " 'reliable " information, two proposals v from . unionized , labor to Hhe manufacturers, the , first that themen' I.who :are out would return to ,work at - once under open' hop conditions; - the second, 'Ihal they would discontinue pickeUng i if -the f actorle would Tall remain ? closed ajid make no attempt to resume with rei- tfJT thft manufacturers reiterat uuu-uuiya lauor. dviu. - ,ybio , unuy ing their' determinaUon to: have Naln solutely'no;' dealings": with;, .union workers. - -- .w . '; ' ''"'The first conference. between the mayor., andmanufacturers ; held Sun- day afternoon was devoid of - results except to give air to "the attitude, ot; the, manufacturers "on certain phases of the controversy Mayor," Stanton' had: -.another heayigwith represen tatives of the unions Monday and is understood to have informed them that C the city government would no longer ' tolerate such " picketing tac tics -as- have been pursued during? the" last few'v weeks. : "it was then tli af . the unioh men made their "star. vatipn" proposal; r to- refrain from any further picketing if the Banu fflrirrers would close s their plants until one side 'of tfie other was willr ing to admit defeat. ; ' - - r " VThe first pf the 5 two; proposals isjthe.one the unionists' have -been advancing and v contending for throughout the" six weeks Vbfe ltrou bie;- or 'lockout, has- been in vogue, and : little surprise. Is manifest over its refusal , by those familiar with conditions as? they exist in High Point today; ; r. But ' v there is a little surprise that; 'the 5 second ; " should have ; been flatly turned down, since it; has, been the belief all along' that such a; system would, be favored by many of the mill owners, they being better prepared' in a financialway to go through a further: extension- of fthe Penod of Industrial inactivity than the average wage earner. "The double refusal '. did one thing: it-caused an interesting state ment to- be issued 'by H. A. Himpton, secretary and treasurer of the local Tr (Continued on page 8.) - the ivmrrr'cis h Ann Resident of Cinnaliers Inter- , national Union Addresses? ITa . v , tional Civic Federation in. 'Annual Hcctinj". ' ' . v New. York,J.Sept. ' 11. -Speaking . today, at the annual meeting of the National Civic Federation on Profit y Sharing pr the Worker's' Fair Share " George- W. Perkins,:'. Presi-' dentot the ' CigaTmakers' Interna- tional ; Union, said in part: ; . ' "T? Worker's Fair Share" has -been V real problem ever since the., world began.-', it haV changed great-. . ly as' civilization has progressed, and has crowded harder, and harder for -solution as intelligence and educa tion have spread and broadened., :. Thp worker's . fair share: wa ' an. . unsolved problem ywhen the; expres sion that designated, the relationship between .the man otuapital and the man of labor; was "o-ner and slave." " It;sUU existed ;whenVthe expression ol: relationship Ibecame ., master; V and V man." s' It ;still, exists in. thesq'days, when uthe. expression of relationship is i'employer and employe', j These ' ' very changes in the expressions used : to designate the relatipnshipr between V icapltal &nd i labor show that .steady ; ; ' progress haseen made toward solv ing, the problem off , the worker's . fair , shared .x VV JV, "'- ' , -. 1 , take Jit. -that. 'everyone Tbelieves , that.ecanotvgq:,bac'k:; tq vthe'bld , conditions; .that: we must move' for- " ward ttb ? an. even better . relationship -" than that expressed by the term, "em- : ployer, J" and, employe.' ' k You j - ask . "What; is 1thisVnewer 'relationship;' to . -be and what term, .will -.express it?" , I Answer ,thatVl believe, it! must' be partners' ; If A.ain rightthen the V next . question : is how ; can inis 'rela- -( f tionshi'p, fbe worked out;sdf.'i as " to . bring the V best results ; : to vail'1 coni ' cerned.?, J ' ;;;;; V: - .t.v , This", problem! has , greatly interest- ed me for thirty years. 1 ,have stud-", ted it ; earnestly, not ; from books but irptn experience obtained ; 1 in. the lhard. -knocks 5of everyday .work 'jin, the which. If haye been' connected Twen ty-fiye years. ago I. became convinceci- was real:, honest "and JopViifcouid we TV hope ta;f find anything likef.'a satis-.. I rivirisr at- the wc . Irer'a falr. RTmr'ft'I . " . jsiver -since mat time I nave, im proved i every opportunity to- spread . s the gospeKof profit sharing and. to 1 have; its principles adopted by. busi- ness organizations, and. I have great ly appreciated the; honor ;df serving as chairman; of ' your ' prpfitharing t recall . that 1 read profit-sharing .;r paper before this prganlzation about 1 twelve years ago, and I find littleif anything, to change In the; basic prin- . ciples then laid down." 1 1 "believe the work; 'that has ; been accomplished meanwhile has been worth' while ahd that the time ''isVnow' ripe for us to push it harder; than ever along con- " structive lines.T -V 1 - ! ; ; T have found . that my views ' on profit' sharing and . my beliefs as to :x how to apply; it, differ radically, from those of many - other-people; that - the ' plans J "have been instrumental , in having, aaoptea are 'very aurerenv in application and; In -results,1 from . ; many other so-called : profit-sharing V ; plans?' I want," It; possible, ' ti) Ppint , out wherein thesef differences iey . 7. Profit. Shartog Kot Phihthropyi , -" , Jn the, first, plaCe, I ; do ' not. look ' . upon ;profit sharing as philanthropy; or a form. of benevolence. I do, nob.; nut it tin , rnA samo .iisa wirn frirra r at Christmas-time or bonuses atthe ' end of th6 year,; I do not approver ; 6rvheIievenrany;;planthat-'-even,f;a--'::f; vors ' of giving 4 man something f or , nothing. I do 'not believe that any?- " self Respecting man wants any. such, arrangement, ' arid I - do not , believe , that? any broadrminded, self-respect Jng ; employer can, in the 'long run, : - ment. , - . . ' ' ,The profit sharing I 'believe in-is the kind thaii real; the -kind .thatr' promotes thorough and ;;efficientr co-? , ; operation between employer and em ploye; the kind that' makes partners ingthat ' is 'practiced between part- ; ners in V business.' Anything short . of this is bound to result in ; failure ; and will widen rather than narrow , the breach between employer and y emDlove. r " ' r No man or firm or corporation that is,' thinking ot adopting prd"fit shar-, ing, can hope for success, unless; pre pared . to approach I the . . subject in . thisspirit and deal with it in an ab- ? solutely honest, open and . broad minded manner. : r. As I'have said.the relationbe tween r employer and employe haa changed with the centuries.. Origi-; nally it was owner and slave; then, it was master and nan; nc,w it is - (Continued on page 6.) , ' j
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