Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-10

morrow. The thing under them is not their
child. They never. as a matter Of fact
get their hands and their minds fully into
the work And THIS will always be the
case for in its nature republican govern
ment is founded on short tenures and fire.
quent changes.
Nor will civil service change this. Civil
service examinations may secure capable
men. but no civil service examination can
assign the right man TO the right place,
can pick out Of the thousand capable men
Just the kind of capsbility that IL fitted to
this place. and just the kind that is fitted
to that. Indeed, between government con-
troll and private control the difference u
between what we call true organization
and what is the merest aggregation, for
in private enterprise each man has come
by a process OF attrition to the place he
is best fitted to Ill, while in government
employment each man is dropped into his
place Irrespective of special fitness, and
under civil service is riveted there And
all this is said on the assumption that
politics would have no part in government
ownership and operations. When we stand
before that side Of the question efficient
public ownership looks almost hopeless"
Control from Outside.
As for the other remedy-control from
outside the corporation, as it is today
Judge Grossaup points out that under the
shadow of the Wanted, Sherman antitrust
act the greatest OF the so-called trusts
| have grown up. True, the administration
OF President Roosevelt has begun num-
Der of prosecutions. But the Beef trust
| injunction, the railroad rebate injunction
and the Northern Securities decree contain
so far their results.
with these results" he says, II am
finding no fault The railroads say that
they are obeying the injunction and thus
far the law officers OF the government
| have not with success disproved or even
| tried to dlsprove, that assertion. No prose
| cution for contempt under the Beef trust
| injunction has been instituted"
This expected cure from the outside, he
argues, is no cure at all. 1t may palliate,
| but il neither eradicates nor restores. There
| must be reconstruction just as laid down
| in his plan As to what may be expected
| then, the best answer is to show what has
been done.
| First, Judge Grosscup says, corporate
property is now successfully and safely
owned by large numbers OF people who
have put their individual resources into
their proprietorship. He cites in this con-
nection the case of railroad running out
Of Chicago.
He then cites another type of the good
corporation. that which interests it's wage
earners as owners in its profits. He tells
OF a corporation which helps its employees
to purchase it's shares at market value by
lending them the money. Then he calls
attention to a large manufacturing COM
| ba efO r,f wi lie ba1 n
family. but which for six years has given
to its employees from 3 to 10 per cent of the
net earnings OF the preceding year, the last
distribution amounting to about 10000.
The third example is that of a large man
ufacturing company also Any of it's en-
poyes who earns not more than $500 g
year may have purchased for his account
an amount of the common stock of tho
company equal to the amount of his annua
wages, paying therefor not less than "a
per cent a year down and thereafter PEI
cent a year out of his wages. But to hi
| credit on the purchase price also go tn,
dividends, guaranteed to be not less thar
IL per cent upon the amount of wages &C
tually earned by him. When the employ'
has been with the company for 1--WE year
he may increase his holdings Is per cen
and after ten years he may increase hi
holdings 30 per cent and Is guaranteed ]
, per cent. And under this plan nearly ever
employe is a stockholder in the corporation
An Approach to the Ideal.
This. Judge Grosscup says, is perhaps tn
nearest approach to the ultimate idea
Capital and labor are partners, each gettin
not only its fair share Of the profits fror
year to year, but also its fair proportion @
the permanent results of success and pros
perity-the lasting property-that grows an
continues to grow out of success.