The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-21
as to a direct partnership with capital.
don think it advisable"

as to a direct partnership with capital. I
don't think 1t advisable"
why not?" / asked.
I'VE should have to have a different
scale of profits for every factory. and this
scale would rise and fall with the husi-
ness. Labor would not be content with Its
| share, and capital would not be satisfied.
, The two elements must always be. TO a
certain extent. antagonistic. although they
| are associated together
do you think ought to have
stock in the factories where they work.,
Il doubt it. The little stock they hold
| cannot have weight in matters relating
The labOring mans greatest capital is his
own muscle and brains. He relies upon
them for daily dividends. They are his
best investment and the one he should
in the establishment to which he Is selling
his muscle and brain Will be often vi
tally opposed to this sale: In other
words. he has to work against himself.
I him he ought to keep out of all busi-
ness connections with those who pay his
wages"
How abop. the United States Steel
II think It has been a failure. said
Mr.. Mitchell. THE managers Of the
t tenied" 70 beneit the men when they gave
them the right to buy a certain amount
Of their preferred stock at sS2:O a share;
They thought, and the men who invested
thought, too, that the stock would in
crease in value and would pay good di-
vidends right along. Since then it has
gone down more than SIS per share. l
fairly with the men. They will get their
dividends, but 1t will be a long time be-
fore they can be paid back what they
have put in"
UNCLE SAM AND UNIONS.
How about unions in the Government
service, Mr.. MITCHELL" 1 asked.
II see no reason against Them" replied
Mr.. Mitchell. II mean among all classes
Of Government clerks whose duties are
not OF a confidential nature. Men and
women who are working for the Govern
right to combine"
Take the Government printers. for in
yes" replied Mr.. Mitchell. They
ought to have a union and manage their
affairs on union lines just the same as
though they were working for an indi-
How about the mail clerks?"
THE same"
How about the army"
The army as We view it." said Mr..
Mitchell. docs not demand skilled labor.
I see no reason why it should have unions
and vet I see no reason why the soldiers
should not combine to ask the Government
for more wages and other privileges"
How s5out politics: will We ever have a
labor President"
II don't know about that. said Mr..
Mitchell. .if the times come ard the man,
1t may be, but II so IL will be by fair and
legitimate means. Abraham Lincoln was
a laboring man. He stood for all that We
stand for and he might ave been our
candidate"
Just one question more. Mr.. Mitchell"
said 1. What are the rights of the nom
H has all the rights of any individual
under the law" was the reply.
But the unions will not permit him to
exercise Them said l..
Il do not think you are right" replied
the president Of the United Mine Workers.
THE unions do not modest the %nonunion
worker in any Illegal way. There are cases
now and then. II is true, where individuals
have been ill-treated. but 1t has been by
individuals and not by the unions as such.
A great deal has been said about such out
RACES and the deaths caused by them
There have not been as many such deaths
In thirty years as ordinarily occur in New
York City in three months-not as much
Of such disorder in twenty years as is
caused by other things in New York City
in one month. No. the older of the unions.
and, indeed. all of the unions. regret such
actions. We claim or right to persuade
the nonunion man hot to work and to
argue with him by word of mouth. Lut
not to force him in any way We claim
the right not to work with him. IL we so
desire. and not t~orecognize him or frater-
nize with him."
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Copyright. 1904. by F. G. Carpenter.