The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-05-07

HEhNtiEL llN NFLfELAAAa VA bAAN A-ANtA 49, 1910
not on the mill 1t is those who buy,
aud not those who sell. who have in
their keeping the well being OF the
com munIty.
The average manufactured lmagtnes
that his road To wealth lies IN the way
OF eleyating prices TO the highest pos 7
sible point and OF depressing wages TO
the lowest possible scale. Occasionally
he can see an advantage In cutting
prices, but his one consuming ambition
is to reduce his wage fund he cannot
comprehend that IN the nnal analysis
his employees are his customers. lie
cannot discern the plain truth that
those who work for him must buy
back that which they create. Who else
will buy IL? II pianos are To be manu-,
featured and sold, a country must have
piano buying wage scale.
But what Is your plano manufac-
turer contemplating this very moment?
He Il to Join an association OF employ
ers which will start u crusade against
the tyranny OF labor unions | am not
defending many OF the methods OF Ia
Dor unions. Some OF them are guilty
OF petty exactions and OF unwarranted
use OF power. But who taught them
their lessons? But our piano manutac-
turer is really concerned with only one
result OF trade unloulsm. Il has forced
him 10 pay higher wage scale. There
fore il must be attacked and II possible
destroyed. True times have never been
so prosperous as since organized labor
compelled more pay for lts members.
but that Is only a coincidence. Thus
reasons the intellectual plano manutac-
turer. The market Is active In the pt
anO trade All that IS necessary in or
der for him to get richer than ever Is
to cut the wage scale In two and keep
on selling as many pianos as before, or
more, al the same Or higher prices.
There are three grades OF lntelil.
gence mOng manufacturers. Those ~
the FIRST class have learned the wisdom
OF organized Industry as opposed 10
competitive capttallsric anarchy They
also accord the same right OF orsaulza
don TO their employees They have
come 10 know that the best results FOR
all concerned will be obtained by sell
Ing their output at the minimum OF
safe profit and by paying the highest
wage scale possible to a balance On the
( right side u their ledgers. They do
/ not always do this. but they realize
that it Is scientifically correct from an
7 economic and business viewpoint II
such a system were generally adopted
I the menace Of Industrial panIcs would
be forever removed.
The second grade Of manufacturing
Intell gence recognizes the advantages
Of combination Of employers and az
firms their right To thus consolidate,
but denies both the advantage aud the
right On the part u the wage eurusrs.
They seem to regard employment a. a
GIT u their bestow.uE, and assume
that their dignity IL offended aud their
perogatiyes lnirin9ed upon the moment
their employees suggest that there = i
solidarity Of interest which entities
them 10 eonsiicra ton. They refuse to
'reco.niza' union ot those men and
women whose loyalty and intelligence
make their success possible The third
class knows nothing and seemingly "a
Incapable 81 learning anything VI the
advantages or results Of cUmJlaA lion
for The protection Of ia own Interest,"
or for that 81 it, employees. IL pos
se>ses an independence AKIN to that ot
The sheep which wander about In the
storm rather than seek a common shell
ter. It spends 10 Useless time in think
Ing Of any problems more intricn t.
than getting the very most X can out
Of those compelled To work for it. NJ
matter what The future holds In store
thlB latter class l. doomed to sDSSdJ
and complete extinction.
Il have wandered from my subject
triae, but the point wish 10 MAKE
Gear II this: The long and uninterrupt
ed period Of comparative prosperity
this nation has enjoyed has be"u mad
possible by an intelligent co-operatlo5
between organized Industry and organ
tied labor. There are no signs tha'
this alliance Il to b. disrupted Tbs
unions are strong enough to protect
themselves against such plutOgOguei
as have recently been active In st!r
ring up strife The consuming power
Of the public Is st.ll enortuous II q
made 20 by high wage scale and 8
fair rate for the products Of farm auC
planta ton. So long "a these condition.
are not seriously disturbed there car
be no industrial panic The mon VII,
seek to combine 20 generally reduce
wages may not know It. but they arr
traitors 70 their own best interests NJ
a menace 10 the continued prosperitl
Of the nation"
Il believe you are right. colonel:
honestly do" exclaimed Posfmaate
Jenkins, who had been listening nttpn
lively. 1T seems pretty tough to pa
a carpenter a dollar a day more thai
we did few years ago. but he spend
the money for things and helps keel
the factories running and men a work
II wages were cut down. he couldn'
buy 20 much. md somebody else wouh
lose his job The more each man get