The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-09

XIX.
ANOTHER MEETING OF THE CAN !
TERBURY ANTI-HUMBUG so
Getty.
CAPITAL AND LABOR HUMBUGS.
(continued)
''If man is elected an agent or man
ager OF business enterprise. then the
money Is divided proportionately among
the stockholders OF the undertaking, ae-
cording to the amount Of stock they hold.
why should a man be any more selfish
about declaring dividends because he
happens to establish the business and Is
the owner Of the enterprise? There is
no sound reason. Besides himself the
workmen employed are the stockholders
IN that enterprise, and they should draw
their proportion OF the earnings. after all
salaries and expenses OF the business
are paid and that proportion should be
estimated by thee amount or their wages'
BY this system the most skillful work
men. the men who have made the great
est effort 10 be proficient In their line
will receive the greater reward, because
tney are entitled TO. IL viii never DO
10 encourage lazy man so that he can
think he viii reap as great a harvest from
any given business as the man who IL
willing 10 always do his share, and who
is desirous OF making some improvements
that shall be a blessing to this old world
So YOU see II the lazy workman Ia ca
pable OF earning only $500 per day ana
his fellow workman on the same bench
is considered by the manager as worth
81 90 for the same number OF hours. then
OF course the man who Is willing to strive
and accomplish more than the ordinary
workman who is content to be a plodder.
receives his reward at both ends OF the
contract by drawing double the wages
and double the proportion Of the net earn
ings.
want to thank Mr.. Davis for his sus-
gestion for coming as II does from
manufacturer IL carries more weight than
ordinary. II shows that there are men
in this world who arc willing TO
look truth In the face and then own up
10 the real justice OF things.
II believe that organized labor. fntelli-
gently directed. will be the thing by
which this condition will be realized. or
course II will have 10 be educational I'm
the beginning in order TO get the manu-
facturers TO thinking about IL. Get men
TO thinking and then some of them will
be sure to get on the right side OF the
question. After this process has been
carried along. then will follow the re-
quest for a proportionate share OF the
net profits together with the scale OF
wages that will be required for the labor
ers according to their ability as workmen.
Every labor organization In the country
will consider that labor is a part Of the
investment OF every business enterprise.
and they Will demand labors portion OF
the profits.
why" continued the elder. I'VE have
already had some proof that this system
Is correct In a measure Some manu-
featuring concerns have adopted the
.pront sharing system. and you know
that that In along the same line TO be
sure IL is only small percentage that
they give their worKmen. but Il will In
time lead up to the point OF giving the
workman his honest share In this worlds
Goods The only difference is they give
what they please. while this new system
VIII give all that n due labor both In
wages and in profits.
''The Standard OIL company will never
again be able TO give any one man
profit OF n hundred millions after this sys-
tenn Is adopted. because when they put
another cent on to a gallon OF oil. two
thirds Of that cent will be paid over TO
the workmen that make the commercial
value Of that oil.
The railroads VIII then have to divide
their net earnings with the brakemen.
conductors clerks and engineers. The
great trans Atlantic steamship companies
will turn over TO the officers. stewards,
deck hands etc, the amount due them
for their invested labor The great min
ing combines will give two-thrds or
more OF tho advance OF coal 10 the miner.
and the great mill owners throughout the
world will not only give all OF the oper-
atives their share Of the profits as called
for by their investment but one OF the
greatest and most emphatic demands Of
organ lied labor Will be that laws shall
be made ma king the employment Of child
labor a state prisons offence. And so on
ell along the line. labor will get what God
Almighty intended II should get. and that
Is enough out OF all the enterprises of
this world so that city slums Will not be
possible. because the poor Will have
money enough 20 demand good wholesome
houses 10 live IN. and there will never
be any more calls for millionaires 10 as
tablish hospitals and homes for the poor.
for what few poor we may have will he
well taken caro- ~ by the money that
labor will receive from the profits Of the
business world. which for centuries II has
not been allowed 10 poesess.
Another thing organized labor Will do ~
he continued. will be 20 teach kings and
emperors TO say Our ships and our navy.
instead OF My ships and my navy, etc.
They will teach them this, because !
believe organized labor will enter into
politics enough 10 teach the world that
The earth is the Lords and the fullness
thereof and that which belongs To the
Lord belongs 20 the people. and all OF the
people, and any representative OF the
people should speak OF the peoples prop
erty a. our property, and not NY prop
erty.'
ITS the thing" be continued. that
will DO away with the one man power, by
making n impossible for any individual TO
become the posseesor OF a great deal more
property than rightfully belongs 10 him.
And, furthermore, believe that more
justice viii be dealt out to the people or
this old world by it's demands. than the
courts OF justice have or ever will be
suie to give
Wen. when the Blder took his seat
things hsd got duieted down quite good
deal. and AZ the hour had got 10 he pretty
late. liberation called for the appoint
ment of confrittee 20 prepare resou-
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