The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-28
SECRETARY REDFIELD's VIEW

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! II is good to see that the Hon. Will
liam c. Redfield, Secretary of Com
merce is enthusiastic upon the work OF
! his department. As a member of Con
gress, Mr.. Redfield was emphatically
! the business man in politics, and his
| idea has been that the United States
should get into better competition with
the world at largo than it has been. His
| position, in fact. is that so high tariff
as has been maintained fosters bust
ness laziness and saps the energy from
American enterprise. Since he has be
como Secretary of Commerce he has
given out q statement, of which the
following is the pitb,
The outlook In tho department over
which l have the honor to preside is
very inspiring. American commerce
pushes its way over all seas and Into
every land The products OF American
mills and mines. the output Of the strong
hands and clear brains OF American
mechanics are making their way through
out the globe. To aid in the expansion
of this commerce, 10 open so far as we
may new opportunities for It, to be It's
willing servant, It's advance agent its
| constant friend, Is the post OF hlsh
/ privilege 10 wNlcn nave pCcn cah'u'
and | rejoice IN the prospect Of service.
Mr.. Redfield, being n Democrat, does
not see the irony Of portion of the
above address Where he states that
"the products of American mills and
mines, the output of the Strong hands
and clear brains OF American mechanics
are making their way throughout the
! globe he fails to state that they make
their way by means of the ships Of
other nations, and that the party Of
which he himself is so distinguished n
member has always opposed the appli
cation of the means in this country
that are adopted by foreign nations TO
build mp their merchant marine 1t
would be interesting to note how Mr.,
Rcdfield would apply his business priu-
ciples in the building up of American
dcep-sea commerce 1t is idle TO say
as perhaps. he might say, and as a
good many Democrats do say that the
solution is the buying of foreign-bui!t
ships and sailing them under American
colors, for this embraces two obsta-
cles; first, it would destroy the Ameri-
can ship-building industry and render
us helpless in case Of war. since we
would have under that policy no ship
yards of our own, and would lose our
ability to build ships; second, since our
port dues and navigation laws are an
tiquated and put us at n disadvantage
as compared with other nations, it is
doubtful if under them we could sail
the ships that we might buy.
Mr.. Redficld is the author of n work
"The New Industrial Day." in which
he takes up large number of business,
! transportation, and commercial sub
iects. In that book he gives colec-
tions Of aphorisms, Of which we find
as follows, some that are pertinent as
applied 70 his present position, IL he
intends himself to be guided by them:
Never give up selr-study There viii
always be something TO learn about your
ways.
Don't let your initiative become ster-
lllzed by tariff or anything else. (Th!s
may De-as friend says II is-''grossly
iinferent!al,' but II is true ncyeTtheless.)
II Is not wise 20 destroy the in!tia-
tive OF your working fore. by looking
so hard al a quarter yourself that you
can't see the nve-dollar bin beyond.
a Justly discontented force can cost
you more directly and Indirectly than the
most expert and costly supervision can
ever nnd out.
The cheapest and most efficient dis
cipllne IS that which wcil-pnid. hopeful
and Jealous work naturally creates
The cutting OF piece-work rates and
wages Is the hallmark OF inefficient
management.
Obsolete machinery is tho foe OF profits
the brother OF high cost. and the friend
OF bad methods
Export trade begins ut home. In your
own shop. and n-st with the head OF g.
To get IL bring your wages and output
u7-your costs and prices down: know
what Is doing In your own plant and you
can smile at n competing world
When you have good stun TO sell. well
and ply made. properly designed. and
OF regular quality, well packed. you VIII
have no trouble 20 rel II abroad What
one country or market won't take. an
other viii rs large world