The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-09
punches TO have themselves put on the
same basis as the bedstead makers.
How Ii Is Put in Operation.

| thing is that manufacturer mus not
| charge less than cost for his goods II
! find said MI Smith that not third of
/ The manufacturers in England know eN-
actly what it costs 90 produce each of the
articles that they make. My first step IS
to find that cost, and L never takes less
than six months. Included in the cost Is
. per cent. interest on the capital, and the
| price thar the services of the principals
would bring if they were working on sal
airy After that, If you add 10 per cent
! for profits 10 the cost Of production, l
think no one should have any reason 10
| complain.
after the cost is ascertaiued I go for
| the worNmen. If YOU get the workmen,
| the manufacturers will have to come
along, too When you set a majority OF
The manufacturers the rest will have to
| come in time; but we don't begin TO fight
| them until we have to. Sometimes we
have waited two or three years before put
| ting on the pressure, If necessary the
| workmen can be called out As long as
! the men are on strike they get fun pay.
| In the bedstead trade the workmen them
| selves are raising half of a sum required
| for fighting purposes, and employers are
raising the other half
My advice to an industry that | have
organized is: Don't begin to raise prices
| until all the manufacturers are In the
combination. rs soon as prices go up my
work as an organizer is gone"
MIR. Smith Makes Money.
Mr.. Smith seems TO be making great
deal of money out of this new scheme of
| his. He goes on the no cure, no pay"
| principle, but when the prices are raised
| the first weeks extra profits usually go to
| him in quarterly payments. In one case
| recently those extra profits for a week
| were $4,000. The manufacturers were
rather astonlshed at the sum, and the or
Han Nnis
| Whenever he Is retained to keep track
OF costs and act as chairman Of the wages
| and Cancellation board he also gets from
81, 800 to 81 500 year salary. The bedstead
manufacturers alone, however, give nm
| $500 a year 10 act In this capacity.
The Birmingham Napoleon insists. how
ever. that he is not in this novel husl-
| ness for pounds, shillings and pence. ana
| added, in answer to my question, that II
| the government would give him modest
salary to make his work an official un-
| dertaking he would be pleased, and that
with the machinery thus placed at his DIS
posal every big industry in England could
be organized before long,
Not copyrighted.
1.-THE movement has been called ono
man affair" he said. but ] trust that
| this is not so, and that those who have
| said ii will fail as soon as / leave II
| will find themselves mistaken | believe
! that in two years 1t will have become
| so familiar that manufacturers can put
| its principles into operation without call
! ing me in TO set them going, Then ! can
| be simply an expert 10 be called into con-
| sultation when / can be of service. /
| have money enough now, and would be
| glad indeed If l could find some Que TO
| take up my work, / have had offers from
some of the best men in England, but
| they had not had the actual practical ex-
| perence required In cost taking and in
| considering questions from the viewpoint
| of the workman as well as Of the en-
| ployer.
However, I'll soon put stop to the
| talk that / am in this business simply
for the money there is In H. 1t is the
principle that | want to see established,
and to that end l would be willing to
| live on bread and cheese. No trade that
has actually adopted this plan has ever
given IL up or even held a meeting 10
consider giving 1t up. The only cases in
which ii has failed have been where the
manufacturers refused 10 give the work.
men the required interest in the business,
or where the workmen themselves could
not be organized or bound to work only
for the alliance.
Suitable for the United states.
ut seems 10 me that this plan could be
adopted TO great advantage in the United
| States. / believe your trusts are founded
on the wrong principle, for they destroy
| Individuality and cause oVercapitafizati ton.
The only remedy is to bring In the work.
men and to charge a fair and reasonable
profit, based on scientific rules. other
countries are also taking great interest in
| The idea. The German government sent
over an official to examine il. Mr.. Wester-
| gaarde, professor of political economy in
| the Copenhagen University, also investi-
| gated ID and reported favorably on II. It
| is exactly what Denmark needs to stop
| the industrial strife over there. for once
the plan is adopted labor disputes are
banished Canada, Australia and even
| New Zealand have also been taking up
the plan. Not long ago | was called over
to Limoges TO explain the movement for
| the benefit of the potteries there, and | am
now at work on the earthenware trade in
| England, which has a total capital of $25,-
100000. some 800 employers and 10000 en-
| ployes."
An Astonishing Physique.
The man who is thus engaged in dealing
| with mere important Industrial operations
than any other private citizen In Europe
is as surprising physically as he Is finan-
Gladly. For years he went to bed at 3 in
the morning and got up at 6. He says the
more work a man does the more he can
find time 10 do, and that the only man WHO
is too busy TO take on extra work Is the
man who never does anything anyway.
| Yet, in spite of this alarming doctrine, he
! is to-day at 81 in perfect condition. He app
| Piled for an extra large insurance not
| long ago, and was examined. therefore,
with extra care. He was in such perfect
condition that the examiner wanted TO jot
down his rules OF life for the guidance of
| other men.
you evidently take great care about
your eating" observed the examiner.
We'll" said Mr.. Smith, when / get
home late at night and am cross-examined
by my wife as 10 whether / have eaten
anything or not, have to go over my en-
gagements for the day to see If there are
a couple of half hours not accounted for.
If there are, l am free to suppose that
| have used them for luncheon and dinner.
! That's the only way can tell. for | can
rarely remember whether / have eaten or
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