The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-04-04

titled to and what he would really be
| willing to accept. So. | say, the Erdman
| Act conteInplates, We think and MS
| we have tried TO administer II, that the
duty OF the mediator Is not 10 form
| judgment of how the controversy ought
TO be settled. but to hnd out how IT can
be scttled-to discover. so to speak, the
| weak point on each side. to see where
| the ueedful concession IS Hkely To bring
about a settlement. so that, at the
| proper time and otter the negotiations
hnve continued far useful. tho
medators themselves may suggest term9
OF settlement which they have, by pre-
| vtouS intimatlon. been advised both sides
| would be willing to acccpt Happily
| that result has been reached 10 practical
! ly every instance
THE essential merit OF this plan le
| TINT 1T brings about, CT aids in bringing
| about, a voluntary settlement No rec
| ord-Do minutes OF the meeting are kept
| The interviews nre most formal. flrst
with one side and then with the other.
| the medlators expecting that they Will
be received with fraokness aud told
| truthfully and sincerely the situation
| from the point OF view OF the party with
| whom they aro then In conference And
| go, 10 that way. they lead along until
| frictions which still exist between the
| parties and which they themselves, per
| haps would be unnble to inlay, are by
this method relieved Ond a settlement
| brought about IL has this advantage
| this fundamental odvnntoge-thnt it Is q
voluntary settlement Neither party has
been defeated. There Is no judgment
against anybody. There is no award
which Is contrary to anybcdy's sense OF
justice. And there Ia no sting of de
feat. Each party can sny. can say
truthfully, while there was failure to get
all they thought they ought to have.
nevertheless they. upon consideration OF
tho whole mattor. believed that the set
tlemeDt effected was in tho best interests
or all concerned. More than that II
brings about the resumption OF friendly
relations and the taking up at once Of
the work 10 which both parties nre mu-
tually engaged. That is tho thing in
which society is Interested That IL the
thing which the community demands
not how 1t shall be settled. but that 1t
shnll be terminated and that tho busl-
ness OF the country go on uointerrupt-
edly,
Promotes Good Feeling.
81 nm very happy to say in this i'm
mediate connection that for cnn
observe, the results of the controversies
with which | have been connected have
been the restoration Of even moro friendly
feelings than existed previous to the
actual disturbance; that is to eny, sensI-
bic meD-ond men on both sides are sensl-
bic men-do not prccipltate grievances
without some rcnson. The failure 10 Sc
cure what they think they are entitled to-
of course, lends TO more CT less unfriend-
illness or bitterness OF spirit unklndness
want OF loyalty, want OF interest in the
work in which they orc engaged. and that
naturally and necessarily characterlzes
disaerccmcDts OF the kind 10 question.
II has happened. so fnr oe I have had
experience with the matter that when n
settlement hns been effected after nego-
uations have progressed. md by such aid
ns the medlatorS were able to give by
such advice rs they felt justified 10 Civ.
Ing, all that bitterness and upkind feel
ing seems to hive largely disappeared.
with the result that the relations OF tho
employer aud the employe after the set
tlcment arc more friendly, more sclf-rc-
spectfuI more considerntc OF ench other.
than they were before tho controversy
arose
81 wns quite impressed on one occasion
after bitter contest, which continued
through three days md practically three
nights. When. at last, the adjustment
WAS reached. the parties came together
and there wns almost ycrltabic love-
feast In the room. which was very grati-
flying to me.
II believe that IN this plan there Is the
germ of a valuable Idea which may he
developed to very useful results. IL Ia
certainly nm experiment, so To speak,
along the line Of composing the relations
so all important between the public serv-
Ice corporations and their thousands and
hundreds OF thousands OF employees, which
so far has Justified Its trial. Tho record
think, Ia one to which we may look with
considerable satisfaction"