Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-23

strike the clause referring to our property
rights out of the Constitution. The idea
of arbitrating the question whether an en-
ployer can employ man who does not be-
long to union Is absurd. 1t is revolution
airy. It means that individual liberty is
destroyed and that we must bargain with
lot of irresponsible blatherskites for sucn
liberties as we may be allowed to possess;
How public men can lend their voices ana
influence to arbitration is beyond my COM
prehension. 1 can only account for 1t on
the theory that they are afraid OF their
shadows or are willing to sell their pa
triotism for the sake, of money and polit-
ical power"
Strikes and Hard Times.
What do you think of the charge that
the present business depression is caused
by the demands of organized labor!
IT think it is largely .so.' said Mr. Parry
1.-The unions have caused the strikes that
we have had, and the losses arising from
them have become national disaster.
believe that 1903 will go down in history as
the year when the labor agitators put a
check to a period of unparalleled pros
perity. The strikes they originated nave
caused an enormous loss in our aggregate
production, and you must always reH1ein-
Der that the consumption is regulated by
the amount produced. You cannot divide
more than you have to divide, and any one
with a thimbelful of brains can see that
cutting down the production is not the way
to make the people rich. In times ike
this it is the ma sses who suffer most Ihe
capitalist can shut down his business anu
still have enough for his personal wants Is
The laborer has only his work, ana ne
who is poorest suffers most and Longest.
But you do not deny labor the rignt 10
strike, do you?"
individuals or collectively. but they nave
no right to interfere with the business OF
their employers or with the men hlreo u
take their places. Many of the demands TOT
not be granted and the business go on. Inc
labor Organizations do not CONSIDER ina 7.
They act as though labor had no in.eres.
whatever in the business, and II Opposed
they try to attack their employer through
the consumers of his goods, and by boy
colt dog him from one end OF the country
to the other. They prevent others from
doing the work they will not do themselves,
and if they succeed in destroying MIN, as
they sometimes do, chorus of glee goes up
from the labor agitators and their 1oIloW-
ers throughout the whole country. Ihey
think they have won great VICTORY Wneii
they have actually killed the goose Wnlcn
has been laying their golden eggs: Ihey
remind me of the man who trled TO lmpro w
his personal appearance by cutting on MS
own nose"
Against the Eight-Hour Day.
"How about the working day. Mr.. Parry!
Can the United States be run on an elght-
hour basis?"
81 think not The ma jority of men work
ten hours, and that is an indication that IL
requires a ten-hour day to produce enough
to satisfy the needs of humanity. you
cut the working day to eight hours, you
cut off one-fifth of the total production. anu
This means that the people will have to be
satisfied with four-ifthS or the coHinooi-
ties that they now get ORGANIZED lapo t
does not look upon it in that way. II insists
upon more of the necessities and comforts
of life for it's own peculiar class. and there
fore demands that it Shall nave Ten houiS
pay for eight hours work rms Is pracu,
callv % per cent increase OF wages, ana
if granted it must come out OF the con-
sumers So YOU see, organized labor Is
bound to have a good bargain even II tnat
bargain is rather hard on the rest OF the
population
ueI Gompers say that man can 90 as
much in eight hours as he can In ten
yes I know that; but upon the same
logic he can do as much in six hours as ne
can in eight, and as much in four as ne
can in six Indeed, you might go on and
prove that a man can do as much by not
working at all as he can by working ten
hours which is ridiculous. l am especially
opposed to granting the eight-hour day as
to government work. l see no reason why
the government should give ten hours pay
for eight hours labor any more than an In
dividual should be compelled to do SO, and
think that those who favor that law are in
favor of robbing the public treasury"
Labor as Capitals Partner.
but, Mr. Parry, speaking of wages. Is
not labor capitals partner? And If so, does
it get its share of the profits?"
1T gets a big share" replied Mr.. Parry,
"and far more proportionately than the
capitalist. What are the average dividends
of our big industrial organizations? Those
which do a safe, steady business do not pay
more than per cent. That is, cents on
every dollar That is the profit of the capt.
talist. The balance of the earnings are
spent for raw materials, rent and labor. AS
time goes on and capital accumulateS 1t
comes into competition with other capital,
and its profits decrease, while at the same
time the real wages-that is the amount
that a man can purchase from days work
tend to rise. Labor gets more and more
and capital less and less every year"
Profit Sharing Scheme.
what do you think of giving the work
ingman a share in the business?'
Il don't believe in it. He will never be-
leve that he is fairly treated, and If
money is lost he will not be willing to take
his share of the losses. He looks upon it
as matter of charity, and it is a bad
thing all around. We had manufacturer
at Indianapolis who called his men to-
gether year or SO ago and told them that
his profits had been such during the past
twelve months that he could afford to make
them a present of ) per cent of his earnings
in addition to their wages and at the end OF
the speech each man was given an envelope
containing his share. After the employer