Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-25

his pay from 80 to 100 per cent above
that which he received as a laborer.
A short time after the birth of my
little boy we noticed that something
was the matter with his breathing ap-
paratus. took him to our family ply
stefan, who, after an examination, dis
covered that his adenoids were too
large and advised their removal, and
although he is one of the ablest sur
geons in the middle west, he recon-
mended that I should take the child to
another doctor, who was a specialist
on throat troubles and was an expert
on that particular line. / did, and paid
him s25 for an operation that occupied
him but 30 minutes. l might as well
have gone to veterinary surgeon as to
him If the trouble had been of a differ
ent nature. but as far as the throat was
concerned he was more proficient than
the regular practitioner. If this is true
in the learned professions, why doesn't
it hold good Nm the field Of labor, and,
allowing, for the sake Of argument, that
the Taylor system was In universal use.
the only hope of the machinist would
be to compete with the man that took
his job, and If he becomes an expert
on one certain cut, fail to see why he
should not receive experts pay, to
make up for the annihilation of his
craft and the monotony of his exist
ence.
TRADEsMAN UNPROTECTED.
The comparison is ridiculous, say
you, for you could not take a man off
the streets and make a professional
specialist out of him; furthermore, the
professional man owns all the tools
with which he works, while the me-
chanic owns nothing AS to the sug-
gestion concerning the tools, I admit
you are right; as to the other sugges-
ton. wish to say that the professional
men are not so sure OF 1t as you are,
for they have laws enacted to protect
themselves against sch emergencies
but there is no law that protects the
tradesmen in a similar manner. 7
don't contend that he should receive
the excessive rates of the professional
expert, but do believe that he should
receive larger or as large wages as he
did before his craft was annihilated
This. Mr.. Taylor refuses to concede,
and further advises the manufacturer
not to pay too large a wage. as It has a
tendency to promote insobriety. He
doesn't worry about the effect OF too
much money on the other party, and
doesn't recognize the fact that the idle
rich, which is represented by not few
of the stockholders in various Ameri-
can enterprises, is the most immoral,
dissipated class In the world. I be-
lieve in the principle, live and let
live" I believe that this damnable
system would never be introduced into
the arsenals of the United States If
Abraham Lincoln was at present our |
chief executive, for he never voiceI |
any of Mr.. Tsylor's sentiments when he |
said, The Lord must have loved the |
people or He wouldn't have /
made so many of them" II Mr.. Tay- |
lor's system is going to be adopted all |
ever this country. what is going to be- |
come of the skilled mechanic that Mr.. |
Taylor proposes TO do without? II one |
laborer Is going to do the work of |
three. what becomes of the other two7 |
The most serious problem now con /
fronting the great powers OF the worii /
IS, what TO do with the unemployed.
DOING WORK MORE CHEAPLY.
But Mr. Taylor tells us that By using 1
his system work viii be done so cheap
~ and 50 rapidly that we will control
the markets of the world A dream.
Is the consolidation OF capital confined
20 the United States alone.
II man flies through the air in
France. is not the act almost immedi-
stely duplicated in America Are not
The captains of industry in Great Brit
aiH. Germany and France just as alert