The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-05-06

be carried on under the old Industrial
method. There must be large CO.
partnership, or. more frequently, a
large corporation, under which the liza
bilities of the investors and managers
have decreased, and the mutual duties
and obligations Of the employer and
employee entirely changed. Organiza-
largely supplemented by organization
on the other.
Labor unions attempt sometimes to
regulate the business affairs Of the
establishment, and too often look with
suspicion on the organizations Of cap
ital. One of the great problems Of the
day, therefore, is how the Suspicious
attitude, resulting in antagonistic po-
sitions, can be removed and the inter-
ests of the two elements under indus
try be made fully reciprocal, with a
corresponding influence on society it.
self. When capital is invested it is
jeopardized, and it requires the most
skillful management to keep it intact.
Labor is jeopardized when it is con-
tributed as necessary element of pro-
duction. This constitutes reciprocal re-
lations, and it Is the misunderstanding
of this relationship that often leads to
unhappy conditions, antagonisms, and
eventually labor strifes IN the form of
strikes, boycotts or lockouts.
Capital seeks, and legitimately, to
prevent impairment. Capital. if not
used, or il not profitable today, is saw
ed for use and profit in the future
Labor, on the other hand, must invest
itself or it's capital today. If it does
not meet with profitable investment
now, it is not conserved for future en-
ployment. There is no charging of to
cover the Impairment Of labor. This
truth should be more thoroughly recog-
nized when capital and labor treat with
each other.
Managers are more ready to meet
men, and the manufacturer more eager
to make an alliance with the artisan,
under which each shall recognize the
manliness OF the other. It is an alli-
ance, however, the success of which de-
ponds upon the intelligence with which
the employer and employee accept the
fellowship.
Ignorance of conditions of the wage
receiver by the employer, ignorance
of the complicated conditions of the
production by the employe. prevent
moral relationship. The knowledge Of
the truth Of each Of the necessary con-
ditions for success on the part Of the
other makes such fellowship possible.
THE hope for industrial prosperity
and the making Of modern industry a
real social force are to be found in
these principles.
1T is fortunate that we have men.
able to protect and carry to success
great Industrial and commercial enter
prises. These men exhibit capacity
for the organization Of varied forces
miration.
This class of men are teaching the
world that America holds the key to in
dustrial supremacy among nations, and
the result is an aristocracy here in
whose ranks the proudest may march
AN aristocracy Of brains-whether the
brains are possessed by the capitalist
or the skilled artisan: and in this we
must recognize that fortunes belong to
men, but that the principles of their
use and Of their value are of God.
1.-The intelligence which comes from
the friction of the modern industrial
esta blishment is sufficient to justify its
existence for it has taught men the
value of mental development, of in
tellectual growth and moral RESPONSE
bility.
In the old ignorance of some class
es Of labor men did not strike, but un-
der Intelligence they do strike. The
next step in the development Of intel
ligence will be that the strike will not
take place, for men will be able to ac-
because they will know them and I'M
derstand them better. Each man wilr
be able to recognise his own rights in
relation to the rights of others, and to
know fully what is necessary for sue
cessful production.
IF one is dealing with an intelligent
man, he must recognise that mans
rights. If he is dealing with an ignor-
ant man, he may get along peacefully
without recognising his rights. but such
action toward the ignorant man Is a
brutal one, while the action. toward the
man is an Intelligent one.
This intelligence means further COM
plication. but It. will lead to q better
condition. better feeling and a truer
relation Of the man who represents
capital to the man who represents la