New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-24

1Ga FIFTH AVE.
r,,o sun, rcr hour but list Of plecework prices
Nevi 10 the standard rate. the FORMAL Gay j. ~"
sis,cd on-a uniforr maximum working time for
all ,he members OF crdfi. The succeSSN" nm
t.,,i,us OF 4 ten hours day between 1880 ana I'P)
and q nine hours day between lsiC Gnd Io'f Se''"
- our authors 20 indicate that :he present asl'a
ZION Of the subject IS the beginning OF move
men, which is to result in making an eish' ho"i'
d,y no normal time In all branches Of British IN
austry But the line in which the most rap" sue
ccss he's attended the trade unions ehor' 10 '''',
Nh. worl,nar's CONDITION "a that Of sanitation ana
sofc;v Public sentiment has here strongly rom
forced thor1 Tho public conscience has TcSi'h'c"
IN mo workman's plea that IN selling his ianor NJ
.ro,1 uoi bo con,3eied 20 sell his life Fear OF
Infections disease spreading from unsariarY WORK
rooms has reinforced preventive efforts. Inc pre-
ycniIon of industrial accidents has become r"coe
rzc4 duty Of Government. But u mas bcoh i1u'"
tina, NOV could not be prevcntcr by making ihem
costly 10 employers. who have discovered 'n''
compensation is on the whole chearef man pre-
vcrilon TWENTY years hot contention for me Ia
b!ity OF employers has proved It iliusor% as
ron,o1y public opinion is becoming aware that
accidents are an Inevitable part Of The cost OF
modern Industry; indeed. statisticGly considered.
they are not accidents nj all, hni ceramics.
Such cost. our authors judge. should be
charge upon The public treasury saiegiard'u u!
legal provisions for such supervision and rrccau-
lion as TO reduce fatalities 10 The lowest terms.
Why the trade-union Is nimical 10 the trust IS
easily understood. lis numbers and is resources,
when piticd against the power Of tines" colossal
combinations OF capital. are as arrows against
irCnclads." Its only available recourse for Sc
curlty in extremity can he - The possibility OF
legal protection. Why il should be mimi M also
10 profit sharing needs explanation Il seems to
he an unwise philanthropy. Proii-sharinG can at
hes, benefit only u fraction Of ihe whole working
force TIE objection TO il il hat it divides the
force in whose united effort for better conditions
is is hope OF success. For a part TO stand aloof
from the rest in cOnteuiment with the special
terms offered by generous employer, makes Il
more dificult for less fayorabg situated workmen
- contend successfully with less scrupulous en-
ployers More wise and really kind il would be
to promote the spirit Of corporate Solf-help by
promoting the Organization Of the men. from
which. az history shows. The greatest mutual
benefit has come. both employers and The en-
rloycd. A simple addition 10 the standard rae. or
n simple reduction Of tn" normal day. earnings
not being reduced. would be preferable to profit
sharing in the tradc-union view. Is more likely TO
facilitate an extension Of the benef 20 ali in the
same trade.
The ,rade-union world. ne described BY Mr. and
Mrs Webb is = varied as the astronomical heav-
ems in its exhibition of multudinous bodies in
various degrees OF magnitude ana types and
stages Of organization, but all moving in one diiec-
ton with common aim toward industrial democ-
rncy In the highly organized Of these. as
in the Lancashire cotton industry. tho popular
leader has given place 70 the professional expert
whose high characte- Is evidcnced by the slin cx-
animation papers set to competitors for the i'm
portant posi- Of general secretary Of the Cotton
Spinncrs' Association.
Il is here tina, We discover the answer to Car
lyles question. How in conjunction with mevi-
hon ~ GF4s e 'gf
exist certainly Il T. The hugcst question ever here
meant early observers imagined. a con-
cenjration OF knowledge and power in the hands Of
the numerical majority for the tim" hoiag 1t
might easily become as Injurious tyranny as ans
autOcrary. An actual study OF the spontaneous
( democraccs OF Anglo-saNon workmcn re-
vedls the splitting M Of This dangerous authority
,ni0 Two paTS W9rh'r IN p2c% o. ndHsir@
or consumer ultimately gives The order. f. IS the
profess .onhl expert who advises what the order
shall be. u democracy Is - mean the
combination Of administrative efficiency with genu-
Inc popular control iraee-union experience points
clearly 10 ar cter-inor'asing dinererilaiioE BE-
tween the functions Of ;he three Indispensable
classes of cuzcn-e'nc,ors. chosen representatives.
and expert civil servants.
The man Of truly democratic apirl:-,o whom as
- Victor Hugo. democracy means not.
good you. bur. you good will
recognize the fac, that in spite OF all the hlunder
ine which bodies q perfectly educated men have
committed in their search and struggle for human
rights the modern state Is indebted to the trade
the demoorati. idea Decided progress has been
made toward me truth tha' tho partners in in
dus;rlai enterprise employers and employed. must
meet as equals Although even now many wcil-to-
90 American, 500 no more Inconsistency between
democracy and unrestraned capitals; control than
their grandfathers saw between democracy ana
negro slayery. the instinct Of wago-earnera has
succeeded IN working out and enforcing on Il
large part Of the community different view Au-
tocracy in industry IS felt 20 ho Inconsistent with
democracy I'm citizenship. The "irr-pressi3le con-
nlct" between the two. though yet az an
end Is 50 far fought that one may say. with the
Hon. Wayne MacNeagh: The way OF America -
toward equality; the stars in their courses are
fighting for IT," only the student Of tho struggle
for Industrial democracy can fairly realize me
compioXity o. democracy itself. as c0ntrasted with
The earlier notions OF f. The wording OF demo-
cratic institUtion MS j.. in fact "a training in en-
nChtened alirusm." taking into account all The
considerations requisite for determining what Is
socially cXrcd!out for all whose interests are in
voi;od. The fundamental conception of liberty l.
SELF thus becomes modified. The dense massing Of
industrial population requires long succession Of
restrictive regulations the OF air. water.
the sill machinery. etc. abridsing individual lib
cry in the Interest Of soca. freedom
in The world OF civilization and progress no man
can %" h4s own master Hut the very fact that in
loses conIol over his OWL life makes HIM desire
10 regain collectively what has become individuality
impOs-lb.c. Hence The Irresistible tendency to
popular government. 10 sptt OF al IT'S dfficuities
Unknown.
NIX. NOODl'S NETHOD.