The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-06-13

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eoif3sIIereial d epressign is greater and
Z wages are eighty.four f,erca,,t lower
than in the United States.
The methods which f,0wssee,n ia
promise the best resnIts in gl,l Vi jllg i fae
industrial problem after knoWI4due
becomes more general and society
better prepared for their adbnfias,.
are
Arbitration, ana copciliafion.
n 2s Ee Oberatf0n.
81 Profit sharing
Arbitration, as "a method If ttIfng
differences between nations and iTl-
silViauais, has already made great
tli0tnllis and secured the best rest: rs
Ilfs France and England arbitration
and coneiiiatiDn have made Crafty
Ils,sS isog gress IN adjustlngf dIffi ifepiAas
between capitalist and labOrer. The
State OF pennsylvania has passed a
law providing regulations to govern
arbitration of disputes between en-
pIoyer and employed. 1t has already
prevented some strikes and violence,
ana promises to do well.
Productive cooperation has made
tne greatest progress IN France; co.
operative cfedlt ana banking IN Ger
many, and distrlbutIve cooperation
III England. Inc BRITISH 0fhclal re-
port SHOWS that, IN 1885, there were
loo lhuuS'rial cooperative socletie3,
with OIL '9oI members, ana over 94o,-
OOo'oOO working capital, whose sales
exceed Sl4O 900, and whose profits
averaged % percent, the average OF
Scotch companies even reaching %
percent. In TINS country, as In all
the countries named, cooperation has
been retarded by lack OF intelligence
on the part OF IaoorerS. Men WllhOu'
education nave been unable to com
olne, or haYe lacked the ability, train
ing ana discipline to manage large OF
even moderate business enterprises
Educate the worker, furnish him the
opportunities Tor training ana dlS
clpllhe' ana cooperation VIII be
success
incorporated cooperation mas oeel
suggested as one means OF unltlnk
the interests OF laborer and capitalist
with the provision that the share
may be paid for in money and il
labor. There are many excellent
features in this plan.
Profit sharing, based upon indus
trlal cO-partner6hlp, seems TO furn
lsh the best means oil uniting the III
terestS OF employer ana employed II
agricultural, manufacturing and 0the
large business enterprises. Prom
sharing is not new in this or Othe
countries; it has been adopted in ag
ricultural industry in portions 0
some of the SCuthem and Westerl
States, and is growing in favor. Th
forces employed in transacting bust
ness and producing wealth, are labO
and capital. The question is to unit
these forces in a way that the inter
ests of those controlling them shall b
the same, and not hostile, as now
Constant war between employer ant
employed has brought great loss t
both. Such war can be and ought t
be superseded by their becoming
partners, so that both snail nave al
interest in the business in hand. Th
interest need not De equal at hrSt. a
basis, the capitalist should have 10
the use OF his capital percentage c
the amount he contributes, and a
against TINS, the laoorer lair wages
Then, after paying all expenses, tn
profl's should be DIVIDED between th
capitalist on one SIDE, ana the ood
of laborers, according to their carr
ings, on the other. In addition, eac
worker should have the right, D.
leaving with the working capital
the concern such part of his earning
-. oLo.oo -. 10 ...,.. olo,oo 30 f.